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Well yeah of course...its when these bidders against my advice still include the DH in bid and we don't get the load.....you know who gets blamed for that eh?....in this competitive time I figure that bidder cost me any chance to get that load...

I hope your PAID miles were well paid...like above average rate to cover that cost...or, you are close to breakeven point...

what do you figure your % of unpaid miles to be at?

UNpaid DH is a great drain on our resources...and while its great to be paid ALL miles it can also be punishing to expect to be paid for them every load...or even a portion of them....to be TOO focused on the issue it can bite you in the butt as well....

To Add....IF a load bidders is adding every mile unto a bid without asking me first....that is a cause of concern for me.... Its MY load opportunity as well as the carriers...at this stage in this biz..you really think a shipper/broker is going to pay that extra $100 to cover your 75 miles DH...

:JC_goodpost::clapping-happy:...ME......Thank you!

I completely agree...If the load offer is within the contract rate and nothing is extreme...like tons of DH on either end of load that does not seem to be compensated for....exactly WHAT are these greed hounds negotiating about?... In History it was accepted that 15-20% DH was the norm in...

You could have to deal with me..:p

Hey It saved your bacon...whatever works eh?....take it any way it comes at ya!....I wish you luck in your career change...:)

Got your message Bill....but was real busy at the time....I'll be back out this Monday....:)

only in the case of "must Cover Loads" "Must not broker " if you know who those customers are you kind of have them over the barrel IF you don't get too greedy and the rate makes sense...? Play it as it goes...

watch out for that loophole some use.....Oh we are not putting on any "New" vans or "more" vans.....BUT they are replacing the ones that have left....:shifty:

Hey you got extremely lucky...with that load and reload....now back to regular programming....LOL :p

would that be like a whole hot dog or would I have to share with Ntime?....:p

the old addage....you can do a lot of things..BUT never mess with a mans paycheck!!

you are so observant :)......sometimes its a collection of "little things" that adds up to a "move" decision...

as 1 former carrier told me....we get paid ...you get paid....if we don't get paid, neither do you....literally suck it up and move off the issue, is what they said...

I refer to an expression I used.....half the distance to the goal line....I'd move just enough to be considered and then hope dispatch could wangle a few bucks more out of them.....:p

I always thought...that if a dispatcher was seeing recurring loads popping up but they were say 100 miles out and too far for the customer to consider our bid...that they'd call and say Hey this is what we are seeing " it might be in your best interest to move a little closer"....wouldn't that...