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• Last summer, when work was hard to come by, we followed up an advertisement in a magazine.
It had appeared on a number of occasions, so we checked the freight forwarder out with the bank who came back with two "good for..." references, had the rates confirmed in writing, and spoke to other hauliers who had worked for them and set off.
The freight forwarder was offering payment on CMR with one trip in hand, so we were into our third round trip to Spain before we found out that they had no intention of paying us. The loads were on behalf of a large PLC which had paid the freight forwarder within seven days.
We now know that they were trading fraudulently when we first responded to the advertisement. They no longer trade.
These are not the only freight forwarders to advertise with similar motives.
When you follow all the procedures and still get ripped off then what... Hauliers have a certain criteria to meet — why shouldn't freight forwarders?
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