Agero new updated mileage starting Feb 1 2021

[Sneezefat]

Anyone else get the email today from Agero telling us they are no longer paying enroute miles until after 10 free starting Feb 1 , 2021  ?

Edited January 19, 2021 by Sneezefat
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[GILLE AUTO]

Yes we received the same one.  Good news is it will affect us, as we are not providing service to them until an updated contract is in place.

[Stuart Wagner]

I did not get that email yet. Do you think it is for everyone nationwide?  Is it just light duty or heavy or across the board? Could you forward a copy to me?   wagnerrepair@comcast.net     thanks

[thtdon]

I think that in this particular case, it is difficult for us to compare our situations, like comparing apples versus oranges.  I cover 4 towns.  Without actually calculating it on a map, I think that the farthest that I can go in any direction from my shop is around 12 miles.  And at least 80% of the calls I do are within 5 miles.  I have read messages from some of you who are in Texas, Alaska, Florida, etc. where you have occasion to drive 50 miles to a car.  If you do, I hope that you are getting adequately paid for your effort.  Agero is constantly trying to send me way out of my area, like to Berwick, ME, Eliot, ME, both of which are around 50 miles away.  Obviously, it would be ridiculous for me to go 50 miles to do a lockout.  

[ESC]

Here is what I got today.  I just laughed when I saw it.   We stopped taking jobs for them on PO over a year or two ago. When they call now they are credit card only and I hammer them hard.... usually $375 and up.  Sometimes they pay.   I refused to agree to their bs terms when they changed last time.   Their rates are far to low.  And this new change would have cut another $10 off a job 10 miles away.     Not a chance I’d do a job for them at the rates they pay.   Not these days.   It’s cheaper to keep my trucks parked.  And a lot less headaches. 

[Stuart Wagner]

Come on guys, the letter says the rate decrease will help all parties. Really??

[GRUMPS The Towman]

14 hours ago, Stuart Wagner said:

Come on guys, the letter says the rate decrease will help all parties. Really??

Well they have to try and dress it up, make it sound like it is a good thing... 

It is like them whispering in your ear from behind just before the "Big push" If you catch my drift...

I wiped my Bee-hind with their "contract" long ago....

CC UP FRONT IN FULL....Thats my motor club policy now.

[Stubborn66]

And they are one of the few clubs that wants you to carry 150K on hook.    Unfortunately some guys will run for that.  I saw a sign last week, one of those hand made ones where you rip off the phone number at the bottom, in a local mini market advertising $60.00 towing for up to 20 miles.  Bet they don't have insurance.

[SURRYTOWER]

The only one this rate reduction will help is Agero stockholders.  It sure won't help their service providers.

They are many years past due for rate increases.

[thtdon]

Every time I re-read this thread, it reminds me of a call from a couple of years ago.  I got a call in Andover to tow a Ford GT.  When I arrived at the customer's garage, the first thing that I noticed was that I couldn't slide my hand between the ground effects and the pavement.  I tried different configurations of lumber.  But no matter what I tried, the spoiler was going to scrape.  The car owner told me to give it up.  He said that he would tow the car himself on his own car trailer.  Sounded good to me.  I couldn't get out of there fast enough. That night, after I got home, I Googled the Ford GT, just to learn more about it.  I had never even seen one in person before.  The article I read on Google said that the car was worth over $300,000.  A couple of weeks later, I was watching Jay Leno's Garage on CNBC.  He had a Ford GT that was the same year as the one I went to.  But it was red, rather than the blue one I went to.  He said that the Ford GT that he was looking at was worth over $350,000.  I had another call from Agero to tow a Lamborghini that was supposedly worth over $150,000.  The dispatcher spoke of using special handling for this car, like softer straps, etc.  So I asked her if there was special pricing for the tow bill.  She said no.  All I was going to get was the same fee that they would pay me to tow a Ford Focus.  PASS.  I have always had sufficient insurance coverage to tow the average car that I encounter every day.  But I never had the level of on-hook coverage to cover a Ford GT.  I am not interested in subjecting myself to that level of exposure.  So I'll never tow an expensive car like that again.  Don't be afraid to say no.  I scrutinize every car I tow.  If it doesn't look right.   If I am afraid that I will get blamed for something, I PASS.  One day I laid down on the end of the flatbed and started taking pictures of the lower spoiler, which was bent and torn.  The customer asked me why I was doing that.  I told him that I was documenting pre-existing damage.  He went ballistic, and began screaming at me that I had no right to take pictures.  I stood up, slid the body back to it's travel position, said my goodbyes, and I drove away.  PASS. 

 

 

[GRUMPS The Towman]

6 hours ago, thtdon said:

Every time I re-read this thread, it reminds me of a call from a couple of years ago.  I got a call in Andover to tow a Ford GT.  When I arrived at the customer's garage, the first thing that I noticed was that I couldn't slide my hand between the ground effects and the pavement.  I tried different configurations of lumber.  But no matter what I tried, the spoiler was going to scrape.  The car owner told me to give it up.  He said that he would tow the car himself on his own car trailer.  Sounded good to me.  I couldn't get out of there fast enough. That night, after I got home, I Googled the Ford GT, just to learn more about it.  I had never even seen one in person before.  The article I read on Google said that the car was worth over $300,000.  A couple of weeks later, I was watching Jay Leno's Garage on CNBC.  He had a Ford GT that was the same year as the one I went to.  But it was red, rather than the blue one I went to.  He said that the Ford GT that he was looking at was worth over $350,000.  I had another call from Agero to tow a Lamborghini that was supposedly worth over $150,000.  The dispatcher spoke of using special handling for this car, like softer straps, etc.  So I asked her if there was special pricing for the tow bill.  She said no.  All I was going to get was the same fee that they would pay me to tow a Ford Focus.  PASS.  I have always had sufficient insurance coverage to tow the average car that I encounter every day.  But I never had the level of on-hook coverage to cover a Ford GT.  I am not interested in subjecting myself to that level of exposure.  So I'll never tow an expensive car like that again.  Don't be afraid to say no.  I scrutinize every car I tow.  If it doesn't look right.   If I am afraid that I will get blamed for something, I PASS.  One day I laid down on the end of the flatbed and started taking pictures of the lower spoiler, which was bent and torn.  The customer asked me why I was doing that.  I told him that I was documenting pre-existing damage.  He went ballistic, and began screaming at me that I had no right to take pictures.  I stood up, slid the body back to it's travel position, said my goodbyes, and I drove away.  PASS. 

 

 

TRUE WORDS OF WISDOM From a REAL PROFESSIONAL towing operator.

ANY and ALL New and rookie towers on Tow Force should take notice and read this !!!!

Thank you Thtdon

[Apex]

On 1/22/2021 at 6:21 PM, Stuart Wagner said:

Come on guys, the letter says the rate decrease will help all parties. Really??

It’s a misprint. It’s supposed to say the rate decrease will help us party🤟🏾    I wonder if the dispatchers have to give 10 free hours before they start getting paid? I’ve actually asked them,  it’s not a well received question.