{"id":9163,"date":"2025-12-17T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2026-09-08T04:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:17:36","slug":"the-shippers-journey-part-2-frustration-with-unfair-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/the-shippers-journey-part-2-frustration-with-unfair-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipper Stories: Part 2 \u2013 Frustration with Unfair Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Part 2. Before and After You Find Freightera<\/h2>\n<p>In this comic, John\u2014a small business shipper\u2014is totally frustrated by unfair extra charges, confusing freight jargon like NMFC, and the lack of support from the online brokerage he was working with. Read on to discover a better solution and how it is different.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-1024x256.png\" alt=\"A comic depicting John, a character stressed before finding Freightera, and relaxed after.\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-1536x383.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/John-comic-nmfc-min-2048x511.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We hope you enjoy our shipping stories and try Freightera for your business!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/the-freightera-customer-journey\/\">&lt;&lt;Prev<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightera.com\/blog\/shipper-stories-part-3-freightera-saves-christmas\/\">Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 2. 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