Take away delivery driving

holnrew

I'm looking at ways to support myself over the summer. I'd have to buy a car, which will be a bit of an initial outlay. But does anybody have experience of it? I'm concerned about everybody wanting somebody willing to it cash in hand, and if it pays much.

jellyroll

Isn't it conventional to have a 50cc scooter? Cheaper than cars, although not as useful for dating.....

RobDavies

About 20 years ago, a mate of mine did some delivery work for a local pizza company. 

 His pay was a ten pound float at the start of the night and then whatever else he made in tips on top of that.

holnrew

Hopefully things have improved since then.

Phil_aka_Pip

Wouldn't the insurers sting you so much as to make it not worth your while?

ICBM

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Wouldn't the insurers sting you so much as to make it not worth your while?

Given by the way most delivery drivers seem to behave, hopefully.

lloyd

i know a guy that does it-cash in hand under the counter, good for a few quid a week no doubt.

Easier than cabbing too as you can avoid all the expense of insurance/council permit etc.

I don't condone cash in had work by the way, pay your taxes people!!!!111!-!1!!1!!

Panama_Jack666

I have a friend that does it. It doesn't sound that good if you ask me. They don't pay his fuel and he ends up putting loads of mileage on his car (Which is a bag of spanners so that's not a crying shame). He's worked at 3 delivery places and they all have the "we don't pay your fuel" policy. I think he gets about 7 quid an hour? Maybe a bit less...

Sambostar

You could go self employed for hermes and do rural runs or something.

Sambostar

Didn't you say you thought about being a railtrack engineer or something?  Why not write to the railways and all sorts see if you can get some temporary work at a low rate?

capo4th

You are better than this my friend move forward into new arenas

lloyd

Why is he better than this? It's a pretty casual job to see him through summer while at uni.....I don't think anyone's above or below any kind of job.

(I'm not a delivery driver)

capo4th

Ah silly me he is in Gateshead!

randomhandclaps

Isn't @lloyd a takeaway delivery driver? 

Holn, you could end up meeting some lonely old sugar mummy who orders takeaways each night just to see your lovely face strolling up the garden path.  It's worth a shot.

capo4th

There are loads of jobs around if you look hard enough and having done this job many many years ago I can guarantee you its not great and the money is shit.

Look at his avatar he is a creative chap with a sense of humour, he can do better than being a pizza delivery man and besides he won't suit the baseball caps they have to wear at papajohns

Buying a car ...., repairs , insurance , petrol, tax enjoy the 50p tips I refer you to my initial post

BigMonka

If you had to get a car specifically for the job then I think it would end up costing you more than you'd earn. Also think about which areas you'd be delivering to, my cousin ended up having a fairly rough delivery area and had a few scares (being by yourself trying to get money out of people who are sat at home drinking/partying). What's the thoughts on rail engineering? (As that's the field I work in)

Bellycaster

I would seriously not lay out cash for a Car, for the sole purpose of that "Temporary" Job @holnrew.

If you were thinking of getting a little runaround anyway, then maybe, but approach with the wise words from the other guys in mind.

I once was looking for Summer work whilst at Uni and I managed to get a Van Driving/Warehouse Job for 2 years running(same Company). Try looking around your local area for large distributors(not owner driver orientated), the one I worked for was a Pharmaceutical and General Chemist Shop stock distributor.

I did around 13 weeks each summer and was out in the Van at least half the time and they send you out to learn the routes with a Driver before they let you loose on your own, well, mine did and if their worth their salt they will.

A lot of places like this are looking for Summer Cover while their Drivers are on Hols.

I remember seeing jobs for Leaflet Distributors too, usually involves getting a lift to work and back home, so money for getting a bit of excercise while you walk around delivering and then a lift both ways.

Or there is the old transporting of "Marketing Agents" better known as Window Salesman, this is usually a Company Car, not one you have to provide. Usually Agency Jobs but just type "Driver" and your location into Universal Jobmatch.

Make sure you look on Universal Jobmatch and even set up an account on there for notifications/alerts, you don't have to be unemployed to sign up.

Good Luck.

Bellycaster

Oh yeah, and if some of these jobs are not advertised as Temporary, just don't say owt about Uni, pretend you just need a job. A lot of these jobs(esp the Salesmen Driver ones) will have a high turnover of employees anyway, so they'll be used to people buggering off.

You know what to say and not say anyway, but just helping.

Oh, there are also Jobs, delivering Cars(Car Deliver Driver), but never consider one involving Trade Plates, some of the companies will ferry you with "Runner Drivers", just be aware of where your meeting point will be in relation to distance from your home.

d8m

Sambostar said:

You could go self employed for hermes and fail to deliver anything.

Fixed

roundthebend

My local Domino's pizza were looking for drivers. I think they insure you on your own car, then pay £1 per delivery. I think there may have been a mileage allowance too, to cover fuel.
Friend of mine did it to pay off a credit card and it worked well.

imalone

I wonder about the people delivering for justeat places, people tend to prepay by credit card, so from what I know (don't often get takeaways/deliveries at all) they tend to just turn up and drop off, can't be relying on tips.