Here's the scam. You hire CF or any freightways to carry your cargo. They quote a retail price less a huge (sometimes 60% and more) discount called a filed tariff. Except they never file the tariff. Sometime in the future the freight company files for bankruptcy and the vultures (unsually lawyers representing the employees) exploit by going after John Q. Unaware Business customer asking for the reductions returned. It can add up to millions of dollars. A typical customer might be looking at over 100K in demands that can stretch back over 7 years. And they get their money. Talk about unfair. It's obscene.
They quote a retail price less a huge (sometimes 60% and more) discount called a filed tariff.Ah, the legacy of railroad regulation, brought to its climax just as the motor truck was coming into common use.
[conceding, of course, the stupid and persistent maritime legacy of charging per value of cargo]