Job as a courier / messenger?

You think I can cut it Josh?

i don't think you should...

Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.

oops, forgot the company details, ADL, www.adldeliver.co.uk

Hello all on this lovely sunny morn.

Being a retail mule hurts my soul and makes me hate my face. Would like to ask some of ye in the know about getting into couriering? Where is good to start/who to go to/ reh teh teh

Thanks

have a look at movingtarget
http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/

Stick to retailing since you're scared to commit.

Do you have the ready cash to become a courier?

Radio deposits and other costs run into the thousands before you can even set wheel on London's famous London streets of London.

No no no, If it werent for the on going banter i like to have with a few folks on here and the stigma I seem to have created(and am reveling in) I would change my account on here and get a less emo name. Anyway,I am now fully committed. Yesssir.

RPM, well good point, I didnt take that into account, do any companies provide radios n such or is this basically unavoidable?

Also I did check the moving target site and lots of it is well helpful but some of the key points are in posts from a year or so ago and I wondered how relevant/correct half of this stuff still is/is not

RPM, well good point, I didnt take that into account, do any companies provide radios n such or is this basically unavoidable?

Oh they provide radios alright, at an extortionate cost. £750+ non refundable deposits and things like that, then there's your insurance which they'll need to see before you start. Public liability insurance is about £350-400 going by what my ex-courier mates used to say.

Best man to speak to is Wigan Buffalo on this forum, he owns three courier companies.

Also I did check the moving target site and lots of it is well helpful but some of the key points are in posts from a year or so ago and I wondered how relevant/correct half of this stuff still is/is not

Well, if courier are still people delivering package on their bicycles, then it's probably still relevant.

Courier Systems didn't require radio/kit deposits or insurance certs.
You won't get any money off them though..

Thanks RPM! You have perhaps saved my life.. At least I know the craic now.. If I have to face another week toiling for His Masters Voice(of descent and dehumanization) I may just jump. Will PM Wigan Buffalo now.. One and the same as Buffalo Bill on MT forum?

Edscoble, the world changes, since last year the levels of unemployment have rocketed so yes, I think certain things that may have rang true however long ago, don't anymore, and as I werent couriering then( nor am i now but still) how am i to know?! Hence people need to ask questions. Hence the know it all vibe you're coming with isn't really very helpful.

Everybody has to start somewhere, make love and not war(you've heard it before)

Cheers guys

Courier Systems didn't require radio/kit deposits or insurance certs.
You won't get any money off them though..

I was offered a job from Courier Systems a few months back. You don't pay your deposits up front but they do take them out of your paypacket in instalments. I worked out that it would take 5 months to pay back, got offered a well-paid, non-dangerous job, and told them to stuff it.

Rob you fucking genius.

You must be lol'Ing round the velodrome.

Didn't that chap who used to post on here as Max Crowe used to be a courier until he starved to death when forumengers refused to feed him any longer?

The advantage of becoming a courier is that it gave you the necessary experience to become a charity shop manager.

also to become a secret roadie.

and plenty of time, to practice yer tai kwon do

Roundhousing it all the way.

Thanks RPM! You have perhaps saved my life.. At least I know the craic now.. If I have to face another week toiling for His Masters Voice(of descent and dehumanization) I may just jump. Will PM Wigan Buffalo now.. One and the same as Buffalo Bill on MT forum?

RPM has led you up the garden path.
You would be better off talking to VeloLibre who is real working courier. Rather than a recently retired one like me or a never-was-wannabe like RPM. Though if you need any advice on track racing RPM is your man; he's pretty busy managing the national team at the moment though.
Bill is just a dead loss.

i've just got a job at courier systems, first messenger job...anyone know anything about them? do they take the piss with pay, treat riders well? etc

could you not find out?

you're probably the best person to answer that question. at the end of the day, copy your jobs down (not fully, just, company, w1-ec1 for example), check this against your invoice, check that against how much they put in your bank, show up early, leave late, don't moan, don't fuck anything up, don't be an idiot, ask if you don't understand or know what to do, be nice to your clients and controller, you probably won't get much work to begin with.