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Steve Voltage
11 Sep 23 09:18
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Anyone on here work for Amazon Flex as a side hustle?

I have the time but unfortunately my insurance company do not allow the required bolt-on Hire & Purchase insurance. If I swap insurance company(Admiral) to one that does allow the Hire & Purchase bolt-on insurance my premium doubles to almost £1,000 making the venture almost unviable. Plain Hoping some shrewdie on here has a work around.

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By:
King of Spain
When: 11 Sep 23 09:26
I don’t think many of their drivers have a licence let alone insurance
By:
Steve Voltage
When: 11 Sep 23 09:28

Sep 11, 2023 -- 9:26AM, King of Spain wrote:


I don’t think many of their drivers have a licence let alone insurance


Suspect most do not have the correct insurance.

By:
GLASGOWCALLING
When: 11 Sep 23 09:34
What time does it run ??
By:
saddo
When: 11 Sep 23 09:56
Almost every near miss I have is an Amazon van, shocking driving standards.
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Sep 23 10:03
A poor bloke (part-time) was trying to earn a few extra £. He was stopped (on tv) by coppers in a patrol car for not having the correct insurance. As such, he was done for driving without insurance. Not only did he receive a fine, he also got points.

A double whammy.
By:
Steve Voltage
When: 11 Sep 23 10:04

Sep 11, 2023 -- 9:56AM, saddo wrote:


Almost every near miss I have is an Amazon van, shocking driving standards.


Amazon Flex require you to use your own vehicle.

By:
saddo
When: 11 Sep 23 10:50
I covered for someone in delivery for a week once and it's awful when you are not familiar with the round.
I went through a side gate at one large house- no one in- and a rotty walked up, took my wrist in
it's mouth quite gently, and stayed locked to me walking round the garden for 20 minutes. Laugh
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GLASGOWCALLING
When: 11 Sep 23 10:57
A poor bloke (part-time) was trying to earn a few extra £. He was stopped (on tv) by coppers in a patrol car for not having the correct insurance. As such, he was done for driving without insurance. Not only did he receive a fine, he also got points.

A double whammy.


    Luckily the ANPR camera doesnt differenciate between rich or poor, any uninsured driver should face a minimum  1 yr ban plus a fine of twice what his original insurance would have been.
By:
FatPunt
When: 11 Sep 23 11:16
I've been looking into it. Does anyone do it? Is it worth doing? How much extra is the correct car insurance?
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Sep 23 11:22
The coppers spotted the car loaded with parcels. Maybe visibility was impeded. It was not the ANPR.
By:
The Management
When: 11 Sep 23 11:27
If you do apply and want to get the job, be sure to tell them in the interview:

1) You used to be a get-away driver
2) When you were young you used to play "knock-door-run" and you never ever got caught.

The fella that does it round here, I struggle to believe he has passed his test. He basically always drives like the police are already chasing him. Maybe he is just practicing, for when it inevitably really happens.
By:
impossible123
When: 11 Sep 23 11:44
I'd a package comprising 5 items with a total weight of 15kg, and an Apple Macbook Air lost. Both use Packlind as the agent. Inside job? I was a buyer.
By:
Steve Voltage
When: 11 Sep 23 13:48

Sep 11, 2023 -- 11:16AM, FatPunt wrote:


I've been looking into it. Does anyone do it? Is it worth doing? How much extra is the correct car insurance?


It seems very popular but long-term I'm not sure it is worth it.

You will need Hire & Purchase insurance. Amazon suggest using a company called INSURE who have quoted me 0.47p per hour.

Amazon also suggest that you contact your SD&P insurance company to let them know of the change of details. Some say you may also need business insurance as you will be likely to use more than one Amazon depot. but I think the extra cost for that is negligible.

Now the problem. My SD&P is with Hastings Direct who will not allow any bolt-on insurance to be added on. It appears that the only companies that do are Admiral and Direct Line. Direct Line are ridiculously over priced. In fact all the insurance companies are now ridiculously over priced with premiums increasing by 30-40% in August!

July I paid £465 with Hastings Direct. I can cancel for £45 and start again with Admiral but their quote is £935 Cry

A 3 hour block at Amazon Flex pays approx. £50. 
Minus fuel approx. 100 miles @ 0.15p per mile £15

Not including the unknown cost of wear and tear/deprecation cost due to extra mileage on your vehicle leaves £35 profit or £11.66 per hour.

As already paid-out an extra £500 in Insurance 500/11.66 = 43 hours before breaking even??

So no don't think so Sad

Unless you don't tell you insurance company Plain as I suspect most do not.

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