Cheap Freight of the day

[artmax]

Midweek update: I was told today that I don't understand the market for not taking a $500 Brampton - Solon OH

also!! - someone covered a FTL from Stoney Creek to Wabush NL for 2400USD

 

[tasuinam]

Midweek update: I was told today that I don't understand the market for not taking a $500 Brampton - Solon OH

also!! - someone covered a FTL from Stoney Creek to Wabush NL for 2400USD

Someone covered Edmonton, AB, to NB for $5000 CAD!!!!! Honestly, I am not even sure how that works ... I wonder if their trucks run on fairy dust

 

[Igor Galanter]

When you were told "it got covered for so and so dinars" doesn't always mean it was. Sometimes it's a testing of water and checking your patience, eh...

 

[Shakey]

When you were told "it got covered for so and so dinars" doesn't always mean it was. Sometimes it's a testing of water and checking your patience, eh...

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tasuinam]

Good Morning folks - a blessed day when your mailbox opens to this:
Feel like taking an early Friday ....

 

[JACKBURTON]

Good Morning folks - a blessed day when your mailbox opens to this:
Feel like taking an early Friday ....
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Assumedly this is going to the GTA?
Definitely "no bargain"

 

[artmax]

Good Morning folks - a blessed day when your mailbox opens to this:
Feel like taking an early Friday ....
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who's the broker?

 

[JACKBURTON]

I'm not scared to post the broker.
WINDSOR TO MILTON

 

[tasuinam]

who's the broker?

Advance Shipment Inc.
MC# 1201063

DOT Number - 3568293

 

[Scammer911]

Advance Shipment Inc.
MC# 1201063

DOT Number - 3568293

Yes, same load that he offered us last week on Wednesday.

 

[tasuinam]

Yes, same load that he offered us last week on Wednesday.

I guess its still not covered

 

[Rob]

I guess its still not covered

Hoping it sits long enough to rot. Then maybe Mr 900 whole bucks will have a claim on his or her hands.

 

[tasuinam]

Hoping it sits long enough to rot. Then maybe Mr 900 whole bucks will have a claim on his or her hands.

just got another offer - BC to ON with three drops along the way / refrigerated - CAD 5300
honestly time to go camping

 

[theman]

The cross Canada ones are definitely trying to compete against intermodal. Honestly if I was still doing this I wouldn't even trust 90% of the time that if I book as road that it doesn't go intermodal anyway. So many sketchy players on those lanes.

 

[JACKBURTON]

just got another offer - BC to ON with three drops along the way / refrigerated - CAD 5300
honestly time to go camping

oh aren't you mr. fancy 4 digit cross canada rates

 

[tasuinam]

oh aren't you mr. fancy 4 digit cross canada rates

lol - I feel special

 

[JEAN1966]

14 years ago 2.5K a day was just another Tuesday
Now? The load board is full of third-hand fourth-hand freight You ask about a load and they act like you owe them money
And once you take it they still lowball you
Ten brokers eating from the same load while the driver gets bones and diesel fumes.Dispatcher calls you 15 times a day to hustle you along,But when it’s time to get paid everyone’s gone ghost.Fuel prices through the roof Pay stuck in 2008
You think 9 bucks an hour is fair? Come run one load and tell me that again.Load board looks like gold But it’s just a pile of polished crap.This job doesn’t kill your body first,It kills your damn spirit.

 

[JACKBURTON]

6 hours at shipper yesterday. No detention from broker due to being 15 minutes late..
What an industry.

 

[Scammer911]

14 years ago 2.5K a day was just another Tuesday
Now? The load board is full of third-hand fourth-hand freight You ask about a load and they act like you owe them money
And once you take it they still lowball you
Ten brokers eating from the same load while the driver gets bones and diesel fumes.Dispatcher calls you 15 times a day to hustle you along,But when it’s time to get paid everyone’s gone ghost.Fuel prices through the roof Pay stuck in 2008
You think 9 bucks an hour is fair? Come run one load and tell me that again.Load board looks like gold But it’s just a pile of polished crap.This job doesn’t kill your body first,It kills your damn spirit.

You're absolutely right to be frustrated—it reflects a real issue that's becoming too common in the industry: the erosion of basic professionalism and courtesy in communication.

When brokers or carriers reply with just “Rate?” or throw out a vague lowball figure with “firm, don’t ask,” — it’s disrespectful. It signals a transactional mindset with no regard for relationship-building, mutual respect, or even basic human decency. A simple “Good morning” and relevant load details take seconds.

What's even more troubling is that this behavior is slowly being normalized, especially as more people enter the industry who are either undertrained, overstressed, or simply chasing quick wins.