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popcorn
 Post subject: Do I get my own cab ?
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:17 am 
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Been let down by local firms to rent a ph so now thinking of getting my own have been told earnings are around £1000 pw before expenses so the question is whether to take the gamble of financing a car and if so how much to spend iam no mechanic so all work would be at a garage car would be a skoda superb 2010 costing £10000
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blackpool
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:38 am 
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'Been told earnings ?' There isnt any set wages in this job i suggest you try before you buy.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:32 pm 
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youve posted this three times mate, you must be bored

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Sussex
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:04 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
Been let down by local firms to rent a ph so now thinking of getting my own have been told earnings are around £1000 pw before expenses so the question is whether to take the gamble of financing a car and if so how much to spend iam no mechanic so all work would be at a garage car would be a skoda superb 2010 costing £10000

I've been told the moon is made out of cheese, but I don't go and a buy a mountain of it.

You will not earn a grand a week.

Write that a thousand times.

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bloodnock
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:09 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
popcorn wrote:
Been let down by local firms to rent a ph so now thinking of getting my own have been told earnings are around £1000 pw before expenses so the question is whether to take the gamble of financing a car and if so how much to spend iam no mechanic so all work would be at a garage car would be a skoda superb 2010 costing £10000

I've been told the moon is made out of cheese, but I don't go and a buy a mountain of it.

You will not earn a grand a week.

Write that a thousand times.



And you Don't get Paid Holidays, You cant afford to be Ill. you have your own accounts to do, you become paranoid over the work drying up............oh yes, self employment on the lower rungs of business is just champion... :lol:
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popcorn
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:10 pm 
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by that I mean the car will earn £1000 pw before fuel etc is deducted
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gusmac
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:14 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
by that I mean the car will earn £1000 pw before fuel etc is deducted


And if it doesn't?

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bloodnock
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:19 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
by that I mean the car will earn £1000 pw before fuel etc is deducted



And how much after HP repayments, Maintainance, Insurance, Vehicle depreciation , Tax on Profits (if any), NI Payments. and other various overheads.

Your £1000 a week will whittle away down to £400 a week before you know where you are, and that's providing you even make £1000 PW
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gusmac
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:23 pm 
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Don't forget the radio rent and the office's percentage of account work... :wink:

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popcorn
PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:54 pm 
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So how do every one else make it pay am I missing something apart from a brain cell by the replys I am getting lol
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bloodnock
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So how do every one else make it pay am I missing something apart from a brain cell by the replys I am getting lol



It may pay....Just not as much as you may think it pays. :-k
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tangarinearmy
PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:56 am 
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pal not a chance you will gross a grand a week
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Sussex
PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:43 am 
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popcorn wrote:
by that I mean the car will earn £1000 pw before fuel etc is deducted

I surprised there aren't 1000s joining your local trade then.

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Sussex wrote:
popcorn wrote:
by that I mean the car will earn £1000 pw before fuel etc is deducted

I surprised there aren't 1000s joining your local trade then.


book me in danno

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what did u decide mate?

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