And You Thought Walmart Fines Were Bad Before

These big D.C.'s are a huge pain in the rump at the best of times. Walmart, Amazon, Loblaws etc... wait, wait, wait... Operations can't even plan their day to optimise equipment because you don't know how long they will be tied up at one of these places.
 
We do not haul for WalMart. Last time we were in a DC we waited almost 6 hours to get our signed paperwork back. The lumpers must verify all quantities upon delivery before accepting the load. They must deal with any shortages (meaning that they must get a credit note from the shipper) before signing the paperwork or they are responsible for what is missing or broken. The lumpers must also deal with the delivery schedule for the day.
 
best way to handle these loads is to cross dock the freight to a local expert who is dropping trailers there daily, this way you don't piss off our line haul carriers and the experts are in there without issues. If our clients aren't willing to pay for this and see the value in it, we don't do it direct.
 
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The tides are already turning. These large retailers are going to realize that they can't keep throwing their weight around as the driver shortage continues to escalate. They will get a lesson in respecting carriers shortly as drivers won't put up with this crap and decline hauling loads to these DCs. Then they will come crying and pay up for the linehaul and detention time.
Stand your ground. Stop taking loads to them until they pony up. If they can turn billions in profits, then they can figure a way to pay the rates and accept deliveries in a timely manner. Trucking companies are in the 'driver's seat', but you need to stand your ground. Don't complain if you accept their terms.
Cheers
Boss
 
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Can you imagine a load of iPhones going to a Walmart DC and it's one or two cases short shipped ???
Walmart: "Hello Apple, yea, your shipment was 2 cases short so we're going to have to fine you 3% of that 5 million dollar load of iPhones."
Apple: "Yes Walmart, you're going to have to take a flying f**k at a rolling donut. Tell you what we're going to do. Since we can sell our iPhones anywhere and really don't need Walmart, we're going to pull all of our products off your shelves. We're also going to demand that all of our accessory suppliers do the same. We're even going to reach out to our partner vendors and strongly suggest they do the same. By the way, Mr. Cook is on the phone as we speak to Mr. Gates. So, how's your technology department looking now ??? ... Dumbass !!!"
 
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Michael Ludwig said:
Can you imagine a load of iPhones going to a Walmart DC and it's one or two cases short shipped ???
Walmart: "Hello Apple, yea, your shipment was 2 cases short so we're going to have to fine you 3% of that 5 million dollar load of iPhones."
Apple: "Yes Walmart, you're going to have to take a flying f**k at a rolling donut. Tell you what we're going to do. Since we can sell our iPhones anywhere and really don't need Walmart, we're going to pull all of our products off your shelves. We're also going to demand that all of our accessory suppliers do the same. We're even going to reach out to our partner vendors and strongly suggest they do the same. By the way, Mr. Cook is on the phone as we speak to Mr. Gates. So, how's your technology department looking now ??? ... Dumbass !!!"
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This way a carrier will be on the hook, isn't, Michael?
 
We once hauled load to a Walmart DC for Stevens Tranport. They urged us to get the gate person to sign that the seal was intact on the load, as they said, Walmart was always claiming shortages on their loads. When the driver loaded at the shipper, the shipper went so far as to tell the driver to get down and take a picture of the intact seal at the Walmart gatehouse. They said that Walmart was claiming shortages almost as an unspoken standard policy. Sure enough, Walmart claimed that something like 30% of the freight was not on the trailer at the offload. Stevens paid us no problem, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. Luckily that was back in the day where I might give in to someone and haul a load going to Walmart. We quickly learned that you could earn a decent living and never touch Walmart freight, or any other big DC freight for that matter. Sadly, I think for the most part their policy will be implemented without much oppostion, excepting maybe BIG customers like Mike said, like Apple, etc.
 
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We pretty much only deal with big DC's (60% of our outbound), if you know the rules and play by them they are not as bad as everyone makes out.
 
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