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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:01 pm 
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Omg for £160 I'd want my fuel thrown in cheeky runts, well I hope they give you the work to justify their greed. You did however point out the differences between the two systems quite as I see it too.


Its £150/wk here or £30/day (= £210 a week).....or at least it is on our base....


The other base in town (as big, maybe busier) is £80 for 24/7 PDA or £55 for friday/sat/sun


I asked ours about having a PDA 7 days a week for use on 5 days as I am 13 miles out of town and the dead miles add up with no chance of a job till i get a PDA, and was told £120...... which is still 50% more than the 7 day PDA off base 2

A car+pda 24/7 is £320 a week

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considering a dump in Carlisle :wink:

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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Omg for £160 I'd want my fuel thrown in cheeky runts, well I hope they give you the work to justify their greed. You did however point out the differences between the two systems quite as I see it too.


Its £150/wk here or £30/day (= £210 a week).....or at least it is on our base....


The other base in town (as big, maybe busier) is £80 for 24/7 PDA or £55 for friday/sat/sun


I asked ours about having a PDA 7 days a week for use on 5 days as I am 13 miles out of town and the dead miles add up with no chance of a job till i get a PDA, and was told £120...... which is still 50% more than the 7 day PDA off base 2

A car+pda 24/7 is £320 a week


Do you have to hand the PDA back into the office at the end of every shift?

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christopherwk wrote:
So, a 4 mile, 15 minute ride, you'll get: £1.20 + £1.04 x 4 + £0.12 x 15 = £7.16 (i.e. not £4 as it appears to make out to be at just £1 a mile).

4 mile ride with me cost £10,30 (4,90 first mile, 1,80 thereafter) and yes I pay "radio" rent of £120/wk which is equivalent of £600 in takings @ 20% Über rate. every penny above seems to be free of charge ;) . idea of pay-when-you-earn looks good for part timers but traditional companies/bases have some offers for them too. and to take £600 I need more or less 400-450 miles, £50 fuel then...
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wannabeeahack wrote:
toots wrote:
Omg for £160 I'd want my fuel thrown in cheeky runts, well I hope they give you the work to justify their greed. You did however point out the differences between the two systems quite as I see it too.


Its £150/wk here or £30/day (= £210 a week).....or at least it is on our base....


The other base in town (as big, maybe busier) is £80 for 24/7 PDA or £55 for friday/sat/sun


I asked ours about having a PDA 7 days a week for use on 5 days as I am 13 miles out of town and the dead miles add up with no chance of a job till i get a PDA, and was told £120...... which is still 50% more than the 7 day PDA off base 2

A car+pda 24/7 is £320 a week


Do you have to hand the PDA back into the office at the end of every shift?


Not for the 24/7 pda rents, not sure if i can put a night driver in with no extra rent

I only rent saturdays till school breaks up, £20 for 9 hours

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