I track my mileage as best I can (drove ~43,000 mi last year), and just found out about the tax rate change. How are we supposed to know about changes like this? I hadn’t heard anything about it until I got an email with this post last week. For all, I'd make sure you don’t miss out on the extra deduction for the second half of the year. Feels like it might be a nightmare for taxes next year with the mid-year change, but I’ll take what I can get I guess.

I’ve gotten to know my local Mendocino Farms managers pretty well. All of them have confirmed that they’re unaware of the so-called “lift program” aka tip pool. In conversation they brought up how good the tips could be. When I tell them that we don’t get the hotel they were flabbergasted.

So now the question is, can DeliverThat be sued for stolen wages? I know you guys seen that estimated payout and when it closes out, you usually only get an extra dollar nowhere near the higher end of that range. If you’re doing an order and the tip is $100 but being paid out 32 where is that other $68 going? I’ve i’ve done three out of the five orders at one location once and the other driver had two. We looked at the invoices and the tips totaled $400 between the 5 orders. We submitted a gratuity request and got denied. Our final payout for those five orders was 32 and a couple pennies.

There’s gotta be some way to hold them accountable.

I understand that both of these positions are the same from what I've read. Maybe someone here has experience with both or 1 of em. I'm just looking for some different perspectives at the end of the day.

For context, I'm a combat vet who spent my entire adult life in combat zones in the military and private military. I'm really fit

Sysco food delivery: 28 per hour. 15 miles away from home. Home daily. I've heard this is long hours. But I don't know about my area. I'm in central Texas

Pepsi Geo driver: 32 per hour. 35 miles away from home. Home daily. I'm assuming this sub knows about this position. I've heard it's less brutal than Sysco on the physical aspect and the hours

What do y'all think

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We currently have a small fleet (2 trucks), but we're planning to add more vehicles over the next couple of years. I'd rather choose a tracking platform now that won't need to be replaced once the fleet gets bigger.

I've been looking at a few different options, including GPSWOX. The feature list looks solid—live tracking, trip history, geofencing, driver behavior, fuel monitoring, etc.—and the pricing seems reasonable for a small operation. Still, it's hard to tell how well these platforms perform once you're managing a larger fleet.

For those of you who have been through this, what are you using now? Has it scaled well as your business grew? Any issues with pricing, reliability, support, or features being locked behind higher-tier plans?

I'd appreciate any real-world experiences or recommendations. Thanks!

Posting this so it shows up for anyone searching this mover's name before booking — wish I'd found a post like this before I did.

I recently moved from Mumbai to my hometown and hired Raunak Cargo Movers (they don't even have a Google Business listing). Here's what happened:

• Quoted Rs. 15,000 for the full move, agreed in advance.
• Guy was great pre-booking — responsive, agreed to bubble-wrap all my glass items, team showed up on time and packed everything neatly.
• The moment the truck was loaded, he called saying my stuff was "more than I disclosed" and Rs. 15,000 wouldn't cover it, even though his own team packed it and saw exactly how much there was.
• Sent a revised invoice for almost double, adding a Rs. 6,000 "insurance" charge I had explicitly told him I didn't want, plus Rs. 10,000 extra for "extra luggage."
• When I pushed back on the insurance charge specifically, he said he'd "already paid the company" and it was non-refundable — classic non-answer.
• Then came the pressure: pay now or your stuff gets offloaded. My belongings were literally in his truck at that point, so I didn't have much choice. Paid 70% (Rs. 20,000) under pressure.
• Promised 2-day delivery. Day 2 came and went. Then it became "tomorrow," then "day after," on repeat.
• He handed my stuff off to a transporter in Indore, and then the transporter started asking for the remaining payment before they'd even move the truck. Asked for video proof my stuff was okay; never got it.
• Paid the remaining Rs. 10,000 anyway, still with zero proof.
• Transporter hadn't actually already received the goods the day they asked me to pay, but claimed otherwise ("we have your good and please pay else truck won't move"), a driver later called me next day directly and told me he just reached Indore, so I knew the transport guy was lying.
• The transport guy from that day, stopped picking up the phone, responding to messages, so did the packers and movers. When picked once out of 10-15 calls we made, the transport guy had the audacity to fight back saying "Bhijva dunga saman, paise deke koi ehsan thori kia hai" & when I also fought he was like "Jao nahi bhejuga saman".
• Total time from pickup to delivery: 7 days, against a promised 2. Radio silence most of that time — answered maybe 1 in 10 calls.

Good news: everything arrived intact, no damage. But the whole process was financially and mentally exhausting, and the insurance charge for something I explicitly declined still hasn't been resolved.

Filed a formal consumer complaint, but wanted this out here too since they have no Google Business Profile so reviews/warnings don't show up the normal way when you search them. If you're evaluating movers in Mumbai and this name comes up, get everything in writing, don't pay any "revised" amount without a paper trail, and never make a final payment before you have actual proof of your goods.

Happy to answer questions if anyone's currently dealing with the same company.

Anyone do deliveries for them? How are they?

Anyone have any experience with Seim Dei?

They're onboarding is super annoying and wonder if its worth paying for the third party mvr check. (this is the annoying part: I purchased my mvr from az state and even though seim dei gives you the option to upload it they deny it and force you to pay $$ for partner mvr check "Yarkstik")

I'm in Los Angeles.

Is there a service/platform for hiring couriers of a specific designation? Like to have a certain look or dress or something of that nature?

I got the idea while I was watching Clue, and learned singing telegrams were/are a thing.

I have a birthday party planned for a friend, and I kinda want to have invitations sent out by someone dressed/acting like the grim reaper or a mortician. We're into that sort of thing.

Hey everyone,
I’m about 2 weeks into my first delivery job, and honestly I’m struggling.
I have ADHD, and my biggest problems are loading the van, finding packages quickly, and remembering everything I need to do. I have to write down almost everything I’m told, otherwise I’ll forget it.
I’m also losing a lot of time with things like customers not answering, not knowing how to buzz me into the building, or having to call multiple times before I can make the delivery.
It’s gotten to the point where I lost my full-time position and was moved to part-time because I was too slow. Most days I start at 7 a.m. and don’t get home until around 7–8 p.m., and by then my brain is completely exhausted.
For those of you who’ve been doing this for a while:
How did you get faster?
Do you have any loading or organizing tips?
How do you deal with all the small delays throughout the day without getting behind?
Did anyone else struggle this much in the beginning?
I really want to improve, so I’d appreciate any advice.

I was surprised to discover not long ago that Uber does Uber Freight deliveries, like Uber Courier but for drivers with big rigs. Based on my experience with Uber in general, this is exactly what I assume Uber Freight deliveries look like. 😂

I just saw that Curri is coming to us in Canada and wanted to see if anyone is on it, and if so how is it? Pretty good deliveries?

https://www.curri.com/canada

I own a small delivery company in NYC. We currently have our own employees, but are looking for a roster of people with cars who we could use in periods of high demand.

Our routes pick up from lower Manhattan at about 6PM and are generally 2-4 hours. Our delivery area is most of Manhattan and parts of Queens and Brooklyn (just areas by the river).

We use Spoke dispatch to manage all of our deliveries. It's small parcels so cars are fine. I'd love to have a list of people we can call either day of or a few days in advance. We'd also be open to a longer term recurring commitments.

What's the best way to find and onboard reliable contractors? What would the expected pay for this kind of position be (base rate, per mile, etc?). How can we set up the program so that it's beneficial to everyone?

Looking to supplement my income via flexible delivery jobs. Which ones are worth the time?

I just finished my semester exams and I'm planning to work as a delivery partner until my next semester starts to earn some money.

I already have an electric scooter, but it only gives around 50 km of range on a full charge. Would that be enough, or is it better to rent an EV with a higher range?

Also, which platform is currently the best in terms of earnings and work experience?

\- Zomato

\- Swiggy

\- Zepto

\- Blinkit

\- Others?

I've heard Zepto pays better, but I'm not sure if that's actually true.

I'd also like to know about the Zepto Packer job. Is it worth doing? What's the average monthly earning, typical shift hours, and overall work environment like?

Bolt Food*

I currently do Ubereats and Grubhub and Amazon flex for work. I bring my dog with me so I can work long hours and it's important.

I drive a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid with 156k on it. Are there any good paying 1099/independent contractor type of gigs that let me bring my dog? I have money from an inheritance and I will definitely get a bigger vehicle if needed to have the cargo capacity along with my dog.

What can I do?