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Having a debate with a driver on a delivery app, & can't agree on how much a customer pays if in cahoots with the driver.
He says "you use your own bank account and spend 100 on app, the product costs you 50 and the pay is 20 you will get 70 pounds reimbursement to you therefore you have just spend 30 pounds you are only paying the app's profit, £30"
I don't see how his logic includes the cost of buying the goods, but he won't have it (spouting about an accountancy Masters degree ! LOL)
I say spend £100 on app, then spend £50 on goods, total cost £150. Then get £70 back, overall cost £150 - £70 = £80.
I say that the overall cost is £80, he insists it's £30.
Am I going mad ?
He says "you use your own bank account and spend 100 on app, the product costs you 50 and the pay is 20 you will get 70 pounds reimbursement to you therefore you have just spend 30 pounds you are only paying the app's profit, £30"
I don't see how his logic includes the cost of buying the goods, but he won't have it (spouting about an accountancy Masters degree ! LOL)
I say spend £100 on app, then spend £50 on goods, total cost £150. Then get £70 back, overall cost £150 - £70 = £80.
I say that the overall cost is £80, he insists it's £30.
Am I going mad ?
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This is not a maths question. It is question about the terms & conditions of whatever is being used to buy these goods.
On the face of it, it seems you are paying £150 for £50 worth of goods and then you get £70 back (from somewhere - possibly). Somebody is £80 to the good and if I saw such an offer I would not touch it with a bargepole.
On the face of it, it seems you are paying £150 for £50 worth of goods and then you get £70 back (from somewhere - possibly). Somebody is £80 to the good and if I saw such an offer I would not touch it with a bargepole.
The whys & wherefores of how this app works is irrelevant, it is a maths question. I never said the driver had a degree, is actually his wife apparently, who agrees with his maths. That's why I mentioned it.
If it helps, people use this app to have someone do their shopping. The driver does the shopping, pays for it & is then reimbursed that cost & paid a fee for their time (& mileage) on top.
This driver is trying to say that if the customer is in cahoots with the driver, they'll end up getting the goods much cheaper. I say they'd get them cheaper by the amount of the fee (if the driver does it for nothing !). He says it'd be cheaper by the actual cost of the goods plus the fee, ie. £70 (Prudie, the £70 reimbursed already includes the £20 fee, you've added it again, hence £80).
If it helps, people use this app to have someone do their shopping. The driver does the shopping, pays for it & is then reimbursed that cost & paid a fee for their time (& mileage) on top.
This driver is trying to say that if the customer is in cahoots with the driver, they'll end up getting the goods much cheaper. I say they'd get them cheaper by the amount of the fee (if the driver does it for nothing !). He says it'd be cheaper by the actual cost of the goods plus the fee, ie. £70 (Prudie, the £70 reimbursed already includes the £20 fee, you've added it again, hence £80).
The customer orders & pays for shopping thru' the app. The app send the list to a driver who then buys shopping. Driver sends receipt to app who then pay the driver the receipt total plus a fee on top to cover their time & mileage.
Not relevant really, it's a question about maths (!) but does that make it any clearer ?
Not relevant really, it's a question about maths (!) but does that make it any clearer ?
P'raps I should clarify too ... the prices on the app the customer orders from are inflated (plus there are delivery fees on top) so when the receipt & driver fee are paid, the app still usually make some profit.
The figures I used are just an example, are in no way indicative of general fees 'cos - it's irrelevant ! It's a general maths question.
The figures I used are just an example, are in no way indicative of general fees 'cos - it's irrelevant ! It's a general maths question.
terribly garbled
outgoings - 100, app prod 50 'pay' 20 total 170
'in' - -70
cost to you 100 - -
garbled because 'pay' I have taken to be pay off for the cahoots altho I am not sure how being in cahoors works here
and yeah I can see why he is a MA ( accts) delivery driver
Apparently a 2:2 in accounting isnt worf diddly squat and you are advised to do a book keeping course ( see above) - and DON'T reader do an AAT course - cost £2250 and in my cohort they failed....91% !
of which I er was one
outgoings - 100, app prod 50 'pay' 20 total 170
'in' - -70
cost to you 100 - -
garbled because 'pay' I have taken to be pay off for the cahoots altho I am not sure how being in cahoors works here
and yeah I can see why he is a MA ( accts) delivery driver
Apparently a 2:2 in accounting isnt worf diddly squat and you are advised to do a book keeping course ( see above) - and DON'T reader do an AAT course - cost £2250 and in my cohort they failed....91% !
of which I er was one
