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Warning: got quoted $2,100 to ship a Subaru from Denver to Seattle, then a dispatcher found the same run for $1,100 six days later
I booked a broker quote of $2,100 for my Outback in March because I thought paying more meant my car would actually get picked up on time. I watched the same route on a load board for a week and saw the exact same open spot get reposted at $1,100 after nobody grabbed it at the higher price, which told me the first number was just padding. How many of you have re-checked a quote a week later and seen it drop like that?
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mila_flores81mo ago
Bet the broker quoted you high because they knew the carrier pool for Denver to Seattle gets thin in early spring when drivers are still running south routes. I ran into the same thing moving a Forester from Salt Lake to Portland, quoted $1,850 then saw the lane sitting at $950 two weeks later. Here is the part nobody talks about: brokers price against how fast they think they can cover, not what the load is actually worth. If a dispatcher is lazy or just wants a fat cut, they pad it and hope you bite. The repost at $1,100 was probably close to what the carrier actually wanted the whole time.
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