RE: lookout big cat peeps ..what will
>"Tennesseahawk,
>Cut-throat price competition and low balling is a constant
>theme with you. If expediters have nothing but lower rates
>to look forward to, what keeps you in the business?"
>
>Rose colored bull excrement and self-gratification is a
>constant theme with you, so what's your point?
It's not a point I was making. It was a question I raised. Now that I understand that your preoccupation with competitive forces lowering prices is based on a desire to be prepared for the lean times, the question is answered.
What some people call rose colored, I call maintaining a positive point of view or looking on the bright side. It is a proven strategy with proven results. Kindly note that it is not a strategy of looking only on one side of a situation, it is taking in all sides and then focusing more on the bright side. The bright side is where energy flows and solutions are found.
Maybe the
>fact that me and others who see the business from a
>different view than you do... ie, your qualcomm, are more
>interested in the inner workings than just a "do a load,
>collect a paycheck" attitude.
My do a load, collect a paycheck attidude? Is that not partly what this business is about? Now, for us to do a load, it must meet our minimum pay per all miles (rare exceptions are made). We do all loads while providing excellent service to our carrier and customers. But at bottom, what is expediting if not doing loads and collecting pay? Do not most expediters have that view?
Does that scare you, Phil?
After several months of industry research and nearly four years on the road of expediting there is very little that scares me about this business. Two things that do are a loss of health that would take us out of the life and work and a serious accident that might do the same.
>Does it go against your core Phil-osophy? Maybe by saying
>some scary stuff (facts) would make ppl really look
>seriously at this biz before they did something they'd truly
>regret... like being talked into buying an expensive toybox.
Nobody talked us into buying an expensive toy box. That was a decision we made entirely on our own. It is a decision that has produced zero regrets and one we would make again.
>What keeps me in this business is the goal of carving out my
>own niche, and to put food on the table for my wife and
>kids.
Finally, the simple answer to the question first asked. That alone would have sufficed for a reply.
The fact that I know what's happening helps me evolve,
>hoping to overcome the things that I believe will happen.
>It's been said before that the strong get thru the lean
>years of expediting even stronger. I'm working toward being
>strong, so I too will survive.
Good for you. Personal growth is always a worthy goal.
>Knowing what MAY come makes one more capable if it happens.
>If FXCC folded tomorrow, I'd hate to see how you handle it.
>Rosey pictures don't make truck payments.
Last time I checked, money makes truck payments. From the day our truck loan started, every time one truck payment was due, we made two. Now that our down payment is close to being restored to our cash reserves, we will soon be making three truck payments every time one is due, and a little later on, after other financial goals are achieved, that number will increase to four. The entire time, we have maintained our retirement planning focus and contributed money to retirement funds as well.
Well ahead of schedule, our truck payments will disappear. Savings to pay cash for our next truck will accelerate, as well contributions to retirement funds. You might know more about the real world of expediting than we do, but as expediters, we are happy in the life and work and well on the way to achieving all of our financial goals.
If FedEx folded tomorrow, we have numerous other options inside and outside of expediting. If expediting freight slowed to a trickle for an extended period of time, we would be hauling expeditied freight long after you have moved on to greener pastures. Truck debt is an issue for us not because it puts us under financial strain, but because we hate being in debt for anything.
THawk,
Just because you are out there working to put food on your family's table and preparing for the worst, it does not mean that other people with other points of view cannot be having the time of their lives out there, making good money, and also stashing a good chunk away to see them through the bad times too. What might be a catostrophic crash for some may be a minor bump in the road for others.
>"Tennesseahawk,
>Cut-throat price competition and low balling is a constant
>theme with you. If expediters have nothing but lower rates
>to look forward to, what keeps you in the business?"
>
>Rose colored bull excrement and self-gratification is a
>constant theme with you, so what's your point?
It's not a point I was making. It was a question I raised. Now that I understand that your preoccupation with competitive forces lowering prices is based on a desire to be prepared for the lean times, the question is answered.
What some people call rose colored, I call maintaining a positive point of view or looking on the bright side. It is a proven strategy with proven results. Kindly note that it is not a strategy of looking only on one side of a situation, it is taking in all sides and then focusing more on the bright side. The bright side is where energy flows and solutions are found.
Maybe the
>fact that me and others who see the business from a
>different view than you do... ie, your qualcomm, are more
>interested in the inner workings than just a "do a load,
>collect a paycheck" attitude.
My do a load, collect a paycheck attidude? Is that not partly what this business is about? Now, for us to do a load, it must meet our minimum pay per all miles (rare exceptions are made). We do all loads while providing excellent service to our carrier and customers. But at bottom, what is expediting if not doing loads and collecting pay? Do not most expediters have that view?
Does that scare you, Phil?
After several months of industry research and nearly four years on the road of expediting there is very little that scares me about this business. Two things that do are a loss of health that would take us out of the life and work and a serious accident that might do the same.
>Does it go against your core Phil-osophy? Maybe by saying
>some scary stuff (facts) would make ppl really look
>seriously at this biz before they did something they'd truly
>regret... like being talked into buying an expensive toybox.
Nobody talked us into buying an expensive toy box. That was a decision we made entirely on our own. It is a decision that has produced zero regrets and one we would make again.
>What keeps me in this business is the goal of carving out my
>own niche, and to put food on the table for my wife and
>kids.
Finally, the simple answer to the question first asked. That alone would have sufficed for a reply.
The fact that I know what's happening helps me evolve,
>hoping to overcome the things that I believe will happen.
>It's been said before that the strong get thru the lean
>years of expediting even stronger. I'm working toward being
>strong, so I too will survive.
Good for you. Personal growth is always a worthy goal.
>Knowing what MAY come makes one more capable if it happens.
>If FXCC folded tomorrow, I'd hate to see how you handle it.
>Rosey pictures don't make truck payments.
Last time I checked, money makes truck payments. From the day our truck loan started, every time one truck payment was due, we made two. Now that our down payment is close to being restored to our cash reserves, we will soon be making three truck payments every time one is due, and a little later on, after other financial goals are achieved, that number will increase to four. The entire time, we have maintained our retirement planning focus and contributed money to retirement funds as well.
Well ahead of schedule, our truck payments will disappear. Savings to pay cash for our next truck will accelerate, as well contributions to retirement funds. You might know more about the real world of expediting than we do, but as expediters, we are happy in the life and work and well on the way to achieving all of our financial goals.
If FedEx folded tomorrow, we have numerous other options inside and outside of expediting. If expediting freight slowed to a trickle for an extended period of time, we would be hauling expeditied freight long after you have moved on to greener pastures. Truck debt is an issue for us not because it puts us under financial strain, but because we hate being in debt for anything.
THawk,
Just because you are out there working to put food on your family's table and preparing for the worst, it does not mean that other people with other points of view cannot be having the time of their lives out there, making good money, and also stashing a good chunk away to see them through the bad times too. What might be a catostrophic crash for some may be a minor bump in the road for others.
