See, here I am confused with the rates. Maybe someone can help me better understand. Please scrutinize the mileage and rate per mile here, its just an example but:
1. If you have a load from x for 500 miles, paying 69% of the ENTIRE load, and they bid it for say $1.00/mi we will say for simplicity, so 69% of $500.00 is $345.00
2. If you have same load that carrier bid for $400.00 plus $100.00 FSC, totaling at $500.00, you 69% of each, that totals to $69.00 FSC and $276 Linehaul, the total pay is again $345.
3. You have a carrier offer just $345.00 flat for the load
4. Or you can have a carrier say, well you get 100% of your fuel surcharge for this load which is $100.00, and then you get $245.00 for your linehaul totaling at $345.00.
Either way, my point is I think some of this talk not just particluarly here, but other places too, there just too much complication in the explanation of the rates and whatnot. I myself like option 1 or 3. A carrier is going to make the profits the want to make on a load, and how they break it down to you is really up to you, but keeping it fairly simple might clarify some things. I personally dont particularly like percentages because of that giving too much control on how cheap a load can be paid. To each his own, by I think that FSC and % is a weird setup. Think about this way, when a plumber comes to your house and fixes a pipe, he charges you labor and materials, but all you care about is total cost. Why would you try to negotiate either one on a percentage or break it down any way at all to confuse the situation? Just tell me what the damage is, and we will negotiate on the total, or the rate per mile/flat rate.
