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chipper
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bigj5555 wrote:
the guy i used to work for up until 2 or so wks ago...
p/h wanted.

£170 per wk..that incl... insurance / tax / radio.
i had to service it and tyre it
if i had my own car..it would be £75 pw for the radio.

i gave up and told him to stuff it....got my own new car...plates ect....and going it alone very soon once plates come through.

no £170 pw pay out.....just to find £104 pw for my new 55 plate skoda superb elegance + £40 p/w for insurance.
but at least its my own...
got contract work lined up so i,m on to a good start...and i know a good whack of his(and others ) customer base having worked p/h in my town for several firms over the last 9 yrs :twisted: .

time to kick a** :evil:



Good luck mate hope it works out for you
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bigj5555
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cheers chipper....done my home work this end...well, ive had 9 yrs or so to do it.. :lol:

will take couple of wks max to get word around...just in time for xmas..YES !!!!!!!
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chipper
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bigj5555 wrote:
cheers chipper....done my home work this end...well, ive had 9 yrs or so to do it.. :lol:

will take couple of wks max to get word around...just in time for xmas..YES !!!!!!!



another thing to do bigj5555 is get a load of buisness cards printed i got around 500 for £52 and they have given me a bit of extra work.
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chipper wrote:
bigj5555 wrote:
cheers chipper....done my home work this end...well, ive had 9 yrs or so to do it.. :lol:

will take couple of wks max to get word around...just in time for xmas..YES !!!!!!!



another thing to do bigj5555 is get a load of buisness cards printed i got around 500 for £52 and they have given me a bit of extra work.


been there got that m8... 1000 full color / printed both sides and laminated for £99 + vat.... they are wallet size to so will not get thrown away...hopefully.
also got 2000 flyers done to go around houses/flats prior to starting.

and......

doing some promotional stuff ( not costing a lot ) in local paper( my friend is the editor :twisted: ).
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The PH company I was working for was charging £75 which was the rent and the radio & car included plus insurance which worked out at £26, so all in £101 per week.

I stopped a local PH driver close to me and he said he was paying out £85 per week for the rent/radio, driving his own car plus insurance.

The figures shown here seem a bit far out, can we really earn that much?

A friend of mine who used to be a PH driver in Solihull said that on his first day out he had earn't £240 for a solid 17 hours of work.
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chipper
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steptoe wrote:

The figures shown here seem a bit far out, can we really earn that much?

A friend of mine who used to be a PH driver in Solihull said that on his first day out he had earn't £240 for a solid 17 hours of work.



yes you can make that amount of cash steptoe but as you friend has showed you have to put the hours in and also it can depend on what day of the wk it is and time of year also play a part and also you need a wee bit of luck.

weekends are best for me and the rest of the wk just ticks over
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smiffyz (geoff)
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A good idea when getting cards printed is to have next years calender on the back, peeps always keep a calender in their purse/wallets.
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