WHAT'S WORSE? SERVICE OR COMMUNICATION?

DaveW

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I'm not one to get on here and rant much...The world is not perfect and we all know trucking is far from it too. Service failures happen, sometimes legit, sometimes....well...you know. In my case I'll let you decide. I gave a load to Wolverton Transport & Logistics. Mississauga or Welland or wherever they want to be. Expedited shipment, not a full load but to be serviced as one. Not bad money high 3's per mile to Sarasota Fla. Pick up Fri deliver Monday 8am. Monday rolls along, I do mu usual tracking, find out about 9am the load is sitting in the Welland yard, claim driver had a family issue and can't go. They claim they can repower it and have it in Fla Tuesday afternoon. I know how far that is, told them Wed am is what I will tell the job site. They flew people down there so you know what I'm going through. Next day they claim early afternoon truck is in Wytheville Va, I mile out about 775 miles away. I ask the question, can this driver do these miles in the amount of time? Told yes, no problem. Wed morning rolls, now I'm told the ETA is 4pm...but they can't tell me where the driver is..just the ETA. Customer is losing it of course...they check with the broker and find out this load actually crossed Buffalo 1150am Tuesday, now I'm looking like an idiot. Long story short load arrives late Wed, crew has no choice but to sit around and wait for it. I'm accessed a service penalty charge, take the carrier to task regarding their "misinformation". No answer since...well done Wolverton. I've used them before although sparingly. I was told there is some shade over there but went on what I knew...now I know...
 
On my DNU - still waiting for Christine to get back to me with her full investigation of a screw up in November.... lol
 
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On my DNU - still waiting for Christine to get back to me with her full investigation of a screw up in November.... lol
I'm told by the receiver they actually put some other freight with it, not sure where it went to but it wasn't loaded until Tuesday morning from what I understand.. Low moral values for sure.
 
Again, maybe an example of the current state of affairs...bad service. As I mentioned in a previous post, due to the slow nature of our industry right now, some carriers are taking on all the freight they can get their hands on in the hope that they can make it fit their schedule. In your case and in many others, it doesn’t fit and you are left trying to explain to your customer why they have suffered such a poor experience in spite of paying everything that was asked for.
 
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Customer should get what he pays for. When he doesn't they seek alternatives. Uncaring carriers will lose in the long run. Shit customers deserve shit service if that 's what they are paying for, it should be on the backs of customers that put their product service first. Lesson learned.