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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KoinJester, post: 1098197, member: 29128&quot;]CladKing, Not entirely true! As I work and operate in an industry that every cent counts. The trucking industry. The loss of a cent or 2per mile would put many people out of business and the increase would affect everyone in all their goods that they purchase. So lets try some examples: </p><p>Current load</p><p>845 miles x $1.77 +$0.26 mile fuel surcharge </p><p>on your theory of rounding down I lose .03 per mile</p><p>(actual)</p><p>845X$1.77=$1495.65</p><p>845x.26=$219.70</p><p>1495.65+219.70=1715.35</p><p>(rounded down)</p><p>845x$1.75=1478.75</p><p>845x.25=211.25</p><p>1478.75+211.25=$1690 </p><p><br /></p><p>1715.75-1690=25.35 loss (to the truck)</p><p><br /></p><p>Where as the increase </p><p>845x1.80=1521</p><p>845x.25=211.25 (rounded down but some loads would be round up in which would change the outcome)</p><p>1521+211.25=1732.25</p><p><br /></p><p>1732-1715.35=$16.65(increase to the receiver who buys the goods)</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you consider this is one load of food to the warehouse and you times that buy the Hundreds of deliveries they receive a year, who do you think will pay the increase the consumer. Which inturn drives up wages to keep up with the cost of living. Then you may go to a higher tax bracket and pay more in taxes.&nbsp; I have to charge more since fuel goes up and we start the whole cycle over again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets say you receive 35 loads a day 6 days a week (small warehouse)that&#039;s 3496.50 a week times that by 52= $181,818 per year added expense to the warehouse </p><p><br /></p><p>I know that I would love to get more per mile but as we all know they will want to round down so on this theory I average 140,000 miles a year a 3 cent round down would cost me $4200+ a year. So yes I do notice every little cent&nbsp; </p><p>Ps. Sorry I&#039;m not very articulate (to many diesel vapors <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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