Peel Wellington -Milton, ON

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Please be ware of Peel Wellington located in Milton, ON, still waiting for Dec 2010 payment, every call to them on the status of the payment is a different story.....These are the companies that put the carrier out of business who have actually performed the real work!
 
They were also slow when we were dealing with them - averaged 60+ days and I had to make quite a few inquiries. Jim was A/P - not sure if it is still him or not.

Hope your issue gets cleared up soon.
 
I understand that they are not strickly a "broker" but they are acting like one.....being an asset based "broker" in their case, they should have more respect for this industry.
 
As a carrier I've always found they do a great job. It's disappointing they don't pay within a respectable amount of time.
 
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Ha, that's it...as a carrier they may do a great job...and hopefully one day they will understand what it is like to NOT get paid within a reasonable amount of time after a job well done! Ethics are ethics and unfortunately when individuals blatantly lie about payment(s)....the respect is shattered...but funny how they expect respect when servicing their needs....topic done! Thanks for the feedback.

Have a great day...
 
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I may sound like a broken record ... but it's why I believe it's better to deal with a good broker than a carrier.

A broker's best interest is to pay its primary suppliers -- our carrier partners.

A carrier's best interest is to pay its primary suppliers too -- like gas, truck/trailer payments, insurance ... so when it boils down to cash flow, who wins?

I think you all know the answer to that.
 
Good point theman, and one that I have made reference to before. Brokering "extra" or "overflow" freight for a carrier, is incidental to their primary business which is fillng their own trucks. Brokering freight for a stand alone broker, is his only business and his payables are exclusively made to carriers, not fuel companies, finance companies, etc. Not to say that all carriers who broker freight are slow payers, but as you said, who comes first, the fuel company or the other carrier you hired to haul those "extra" few skids?
 
Toot your own horn!!

I'm always a little sceptical when I encounter such behavior.

I am impressed when I see praise from an outside source.
 
Loaders/theman,

I believe that if you are a good company you pay your bills whether you are a broker or a carrier. We brokered 180 shipments last month, we are a carrier and no double brokering. All of our own freight and they will all be paid within 30 to 35 days (depending on the mail). So my suggestion would be deal with good companies period. If people pay their bills it doesn't matter whether they are a carrier or a broker. Either you are a responsible person or not.
 
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lowmiler88 said:
Loaders/theman,

I believe that if you are a good company you pay your bills whether you are a broker or a carrier. We brokered 180 shipments last month, we are a carrier and no double brokering. All of our own freight and they will all be paid within 30 to 35 days (depending on the mail). So my suggestion would be deal with good companies period. If people pay their bills it doesn't matter whether they are a carrier or a broker. Either you are a responsible person or not.
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Bullseye!!!
 
We have been using Peel Wellington and they have recently started factoring "some" of their invoices -making it somewhat confusing for our payable dept.
Seems their smaller invoices get factored.
 
The behavior I've seen when it comes to carriers brokering their own freight is partly that it's freight that doesn't make sense on trips (or won't fit on a trailer) and mostly that it's now a profit centre. Have a look at Meyers/Mortrans/Mosaic or whatever they call themselves now. They broker all kinds of their own freight when most carriers are trying to keep and move every load on their own set of wheels. Meyers is more of a broker than a carrier now because it's cheaper to get someone else to do it than send one of their own drivers.
 
noproblembuddy said:
The behavior I've seen when it comes to carriers brokering their own freight is partly that it's freight that doesn't make sense on trips (or won't fit on a trailer) and mostly that it's now a profit centre. Have a look at Meyers/Mortrans/Mosaic or whatever they call themselves now. They broker all kinds of their own freight when most carriers are trying to keep and move every load on their own set of wheels. Meyers is more of a broker than a carrier now because it's cheaper to get someone else to do it than send one of their own drivers.
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I agree but I don't think Meyers is a good example they pay better and faster than 90% of the brokers out there.
 
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