Pay to Play Post Removed

Turtle · Feb 3, 2009

"Panther Expedited Services now has a new program that is called "pay to play!" You have to pay them just to have the honor and privilidge of keeping their decals on your cargo van."

That's not a new program.

"I have been with Panther for qhite some time now and things have gotten so inherently bad that I am now 700 dollars in the hole escrow wise."

How does something become inherently bad?

"Why should I have to pay just to keep their decals on the side of my door?"

Because you agreed to do so when you signed on with Panther.

"God knows I'm not getting any freight and I have been sitting in Chicago for over a week now."

God knows everything.

"Why are they continuing to take on new cargo van drivers if they can't even load the ones they got now? This does not make one iota of sense."

Are you sure? I mean, an iota is pretty small. It might make an iota of sense. Heck, maybe even two iotas.

"Now don't jump my skins just yet people, I am speaking what needs to be spoken. This has needed to be done said a long time ago."

How many skins do you have, anyway?
In any case, it's already been done said a long time ago. You're just saying it again.

"I done been sitting for a week now and I don't take me no cheap freight."

Harumph! Harumph! Harump!

I didn't get a Harumph! outta that guy!

"I run at my contracted rate or I turn the load down."

Harumph! Harumph! Harump! Harumph!

That's better.

"I have been sitting here since last Monday and still haven't got one tenative load offer."

That's because Panther sends very few tentative load offers over the QC. They usually send actual load offers over the QC.

"I'm tired of this."

I would imagine so. Not getting tentative load offers is exhausting. Getting actual load offers and having to turn them down, whewee, even more so.

Moot · Feb 3, 2009

Re: Pay to Play

dhalltoyo said:
At first, I thought to myself...."no way", but I have been getting other drivers sending emails regarding the highly questionable actions of other carriers as well.

Does that mean that other carriers require escrow? Certainly questionable! I thought Panther had a copyright or a patent on escrow or did it expire?

Sitting in Chicago for over a week? I think there might be more to the story than Mr. Threadlocker cares to reveal.

Lawrence · Feb 3, 2009

Post removed:

- Fake user
- Fake email address
- Fake poster

You've been had.

Sorry bogus member...Busted.

Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all folks!

davekc · Feb 3, 2009

I'm gonna get that wabbit

Moot · Feb 3, 2009

Threadlocker may change his name to threadremover and try posting again.

Lawrence · Feb 3, 2009

I hear ya Dave. LOL!!

Lawrence · Feb 3, 2009

Moot said:
Threadlocker may change his name to threadremover and try posting again.

We have learned his true identity and have turned it over to the Porky Pig.

Moot · Feb 3, 2009

Green hocker in a Greyhound locker
Postn' in the Pygmy Twylyte

Turtle · Feb 4, 2009

Not only was the Pay To Play Post removed, the rest of the entire thread was removed right along with it. My reply in that thread was there solely because I suspected it was someone other than a new poster.

Then there's the other thread. Poof, gone. Gotta love blunt surgery. The arm is in pain, so you remove the arm, yet ignore the diseased heart at its cause. The pain is gone but the malady remains.

You treated a symptom, and did so with a method that has too many side effects.

pjjjjj · Feb 4, 2009

Turtle said:
Then there's the other thread. Poof, gone. Gotta love blunt surgery. The arm is in pain, so you remove the arm, yet ignore the diseased heart at its cause. The pain is gone but the malady remains.

You treated a symptom, and did so with a method that has too many side effects.

You've gotta be kiddin me?
So this little thread from a drive-by, incognito poster whining about trivia gets an explanation when it's deleted...
but... the big thread with over 2000 views and many responses from many members was deleted, with nary a word?
Is *that* how the mods are kept in line? *poof*

Doggie Daddy · Feb 4, 2009

Well ya can't fight city hall,been there,done that,and got removed for awhile because of it.

Moot · Feb 4, 2009

Lawrence said:
Post removed:

- Fake user
- Fake email address
- Fake poster

You've been had.!

Yeah we've been had! Once by someone posting as threadlocker and then by E.O. If the original poster was a fake, why remove all the replies from real people. Why not leave the thread stand and remove the fakers name. Better yet why not replace the fakers name with his/hers real fake name.

We're in the middle of a wallet wrenching recession! I hate seeing my virtual ink so wastefully discarded.

Moved:advice please.... post removed for Admin review lastchance

Post removed? Looks like the thread was removed. More like the entire bolt of fine fabric that we all so carefully had woven was stolen. This removal most certainly requires an explanation!

I apologize to lastchance for leaving his/her screen name dangling from my cut and paste job. But somehow it looks appropriate there.

Lawrence · Feb 4, 2009

Moot and Turtle,

Good point.

I am going to add your valid comments to this thread.

Roadpig · Feb 4, 2009

Maybe I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack. What's the relevance of this thread? Panther charges it's van drivers to display their signs?

Confused

jaminjim · Feb 4, 2009

I notice that more than one of the posts was deleted, could it be that those that were deleted were from the same fake person.

cheri1122 · Feb 4, 2009

Maybe the crackerjack programmers at EO could just create a red circle with a slash through it to slap over the fake usernames in future, leaving everything else alone....

Dreamer · Feb 4, 2009

You know... this gets a little ridiculous. I get swamped with complaints because a thread is left open... so I move it for review.... after realizing it had NO PLACE being left open for reading or comment...and I dealt with the situation.

And everyone is still upset.

It can't be both ways folks.

We are doing our best to enforce the rules ... from both sides.

Removed for Admin review. Sounds pretty self explanatory. There are only 2 Admins. Myself and Lawrence. So no "Poof" by mods.

Lawrence even posts an explanation of why the Pay to Play post was removed... clear Code of Conduct violation, drive by posting.. but that's not good enough either.

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So, Move along folks..nothing to see here! Back to your regularly scheduled arguements

Dale