Rate con question does this sound right?

Carrier shall request instructions regarding delivery or storage of such damaged or "on hand" goods (collectively "Damaged Agreement Goods"), all at Carrier's sole cost and expense.

Is that part of a standard rate con or is that a particular shafting to the carrier?

 

Well I'm trying to figure out if this is reasonable because to me it sounds like they're saying if the receiver reject something they can tell me to go anywhere whether it's back to the shipper or wherever they choose and I have to go do that at my own expense.

Do I misunderstand that? I have to send this agreement back over to them shortly.

Not really sure what to do.

 

Thanks for the advice guys I'm going to contact them now.

 

Well I have backed out of loads before.

In fact last week I got set up with a broker and on the rate con it said that by signing this I agree to take that load if it's rejected back to the shipper for $1.71 a mile.

On a very short load by the time I would pay the toll and get back up there and they would take however long to unload me I might have made 30 or $40. And wasted a whole day.

In this case I just spoke with the broker and he said that that is about warehousing. He said that with this particular commodity if anything is damaged they throw it out.

He did say that it could take them a while to figure on that but that's what they do and it's not about taking it anywhere else and he said if for some reason ever would have to go back to the shipper which that product does not is what he said, but if it did they normally send it at the same rate that it went.

I wouldn't generally put believing Brokers on the top of my list of things to believe in but he did straightforward tell me and it's a short load that pays well so I'm going to take it.

In these kinds of situations I'm still learning and I'm open to what anyone else has to say about it.

But for this load I'm going to roll with it.