pendennis wrote:
In the old, regulated, ICC days, it was nearly impossible. "Common carriers" were just that, whomever, whatever needed to be shipped, cost everyone the same tariff. There were some discounts available, and our purchasing and transportation folks took advantage of guaranteed CL, TL, and TL pool car and truck rates, when they contracted with a lot of the carriers. Of course when you're guaranteeing carloads of vehicle engines, transmissions, truckloads of A/C and trim parts, etc., you do get "respect".
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Indeed. Deregulation changed a lot of things.