Are you tired of freight brokers sign the petition
#11
07-23-2009, 02:48 PM
That's because you only hear what you want to hear. Brokers are going out of business left and right.
Personally I call it price fixing which is agianst the sherman act.
#12
07-23-2009, 03:10 PM
So I just looked at your little rant on your "petition" that has garnered a whopping 16 signatures (which is really 11, when you take out the duplicates and the ones who signed every family member's name).
To: U.S. Congress Regulate Freight Brokers and Save Every Family up to $400 a month immediately!
Have you ever wondered why the price of a pair of shoes is so high? Ever question why a pound of meat is so expensive? The answer is... transportation. Every product sold includes transportation costs, heck; even the advertising mailed to your mailbox or in a newspaper must be shipped to get it to you, so between physically shipping the product and advertising, that’s close to 50% of what you pay at retail. source - Transportation spending relative to the cost of goods sold is on the rise.(Management UPDATE: AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY NEWS) | Logistics Management (Highlands Ranch, Co.) | Find Articles at BNET
Transportation is a 650 billion dollar industry, but most of these profits are kept by a small number of freight brokers that feel entitled to most of the profits, and do little for their golden "commissions" which varies up to 60 percent. Every time you buy a car, a home, a taco, or a magazine, you just put tens of thousands of dollars in a freight broker’s pocket.
Businesses are secretly deceived with inflated shipping costs that are ultimately passed to all consumers.
All truckers know this; remember when they went on strike in 2008? Remember the news reporting the price of everything going up 20 percent afterwards? Did you know despite paying 20 percent more, 45,000 truckers still went out of business?
Guess who took your money and never paid it to truckers and keep demanding more? Most people have never heard of a freight broker, nor understand the impact they have on our lives. Today that impact is unemployment, higher prices, foreclosures, and sleepless nights.
Can you see how much transportation costs effects how much we spend?
One freight broker recently took in 26 billion dollars and does not own one single truck to haul freight, and guess where the 26 billion came from? Who is being laid off tomorrow because of them? Maybe your company will have to cut back next. The funny part is that with a GROSS revenue of $1.9 billion, their NET revenue was about $920 million. That means their operating costs are 50% of their revenue. That "10 minute phone call" must be friggin expensive.
Industry of *********s was written by Paul Todd, an industry professional that blows the whistle on freight brokers and how they are maliciously inflating shipping costs through deception. This book talks about how freight brokers pay-off dirty shipping managers at businesses that take money under the table, and guess what... CEO's and General Managers do not know this.
#13
07-23-2009, 03:28 PM
Your right about your expenses, and I have to admit their are alot that do not manage their money as good as they should, but, if the rates did pay better, i.e. some brokers taking up to 60% of the gross, some taking 25% of the gross, then a decent carrier would not need an advance. Now as for the advance, we pay our fair share. Brokers charge a check charge then around 5% of the gross, then do it again for the quick-pay. For a load paying $1,500 and and advace of 40% the 5% fee is $30 bucks and the check fee is $25, now for the quick-pay, the fee is and additional $45 bucks and another $25 fee for the check, so the carrier has now paid the broker $125 in fees and charges for the service... BANKS can't get that kind of return that quick! So a broker is well compensated for that service. Think about that, if your a broker and you do that sort of average transaction 20 times in one day... thats $2500 a day in fees and $12,500 a week just in fees for quick pay and advances... that does not count the 25 - 60% they took off the top of the gross of a load. I know some brokers are honest, but... most are not, and despite all the industries struggling in this economy... I have yet to hear of freight brokers needing a bail-out. Heck, the porn insustry put in for funds, but not brokers?
As far a those that think regulating brokers will cut carriers fee... if a broker is mandated to 10%, for them to keep the lifestyle they are accustomed to, they will have to work twice as hard, and be a little more honest about lumpers, detention, delivery times, and other terms. Brokers are suppose to be an intermediary between a shipper and a carrier, not a stopping point for most of the funds. Personally I call it price fixing which is agianst the sherman act. A broker can tell a Shipper, "the drivers are demanding 2.25 a mile." Then turn around and tell the Carrier, "The customer is cheap and will only pay 1.51 a mile." And that is a clear violation of the sherman act of the 1800's, I just want the sherman act enforced and the only waty to do that is regulate brokers to protect the free market, businesses, carriers, consumers, which is the economy. As far as brokers not needing a "bailout" maybe you should educate yourself on the number of brokers that go out of business every day. You should also have a least a minor knowledge of the sherman act before you qoute it.(and for those that say the rate should be what the price of fuel is,that could be construed as price fixing) Just so i understand it correctly do you want all business to be limited to a 10% markup or just those that you want? Again if it is so easy for brokers to get that "high dollar" freight why not do it yourself as a carrier? Sorry i forgot that you don't have the ability to service an account. You have too many "i don't do ??"
#15
07-23-2009, 04:07 PM
I like the mentality of blaming someone else for your own shortcomings and expect everyone else to jump on the bandwagon with you.
I also like his numbers for the advance ect. By those numbers the brokerage would have gross sales of 7,800,000.00 a year. And thats assuming that every carrier on every load took the advances. Minor return for the risk of that amount of money. I mean god forbid the carrier have money for fuel. Best of all is the advertising of a dispatch sevice that "only" charges 7% of the gross. Well i guess it is under that magical 10%. But if they are making money off a carrier it's all acceptable.
#16
07-23-2009, 04:16 PM
The book will not release until sept 15... as for the petition, it has to start somewhere, before one can have 100000 you have to start with 1... that is common sense, so I am past 1 I am at 16, and my publisher will be doing a huge media blitz and press releases, so in short, dispite your little opinion... its going to happen weather you like it or not. I am just trying to help carriers, businesses, and consumers, while you just want to hate on someone, so what does that make you?
#17
07-23-2009, 04:34 PM
In your defence there are bad brokers just as there are bad carriers. The very idea of limiting anyones income really upsets me and blaming someone else for your own woes does the same. Take some responsibilty for your actions(or in-actions) Many carriers operate on low or nil use of brokers. How do they do it? They spend lots of money on salespeople to find there own freight. You can spend tens of thousands on salespeople before getting even one account. In the present economy i know this very well. If you just lay back and wait for a customer to come to you well get a second job.
#18
07-23-2009, 04:37 PM
But your publisher hasn't contacted ClassADrivers.com to purchase advertising, so your attempts to steal free advertising from us are hereby coming to an end. Too bad, so sad.
#19
07-23-2009, 04:41 PM
Blaa, blaa, blaa, what have you done for the industry? I wrote a book, and it was good enough for a publisher to take it. Your just hating on someone that is actually doing something, how about doing something on your own vs. hating on others? It is a feat to put yourself out there open to the public. I can only assume your a broker becaue a REAL trucker with a family and mortgage would not have a problem with ANYONE trying to help them, but if you just so happen to be a trucker... your not a real one.
#20
07-23-2009, 04:42 PM
Oh as for my publisher not contacting you... you must be too small or insignificant to matter.
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