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MyLumper: New lumper fee payment service
MyLumper, a company calling itself the “first electronic payment platform that facilitates lumper fee payment instantly and securely,” debuted its web- and smartphone-based platform.
November 17, 2016
Business
A brief history of extortion
From the ship of Captain John Jacob Brake: “Our ship was lured to the aid of the nefarious Captain Lucifer Von Ahab with a false appointment time, and we were snared in the grasp of his safety ropes before he viciously raised the grocery warehouse flag.”
November 16, 2016
Business
Red Rover, Red Rover, send George right over
Load negotiation as playground game — and an extra push that misses the mark…
September 19, 2014
Voices
Lumper fees: Sometimes a little push-back works
Readers respond to Wendy Parker’s “To lump or not to lump…” story about the lumper fees common at grocery distributors — if carriers aren’t being compensated for fees by shipper or receiver, then U.S. law has been violated.
August 6, 2013
Business
Service charges at the pearly gates
“There will be a $4.95 service charge in order for our records to be processed and a heaven/hell decision to be made. You just wait.”
June 14, 2013
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