Just eat driver
Discussion
Hi, I'm currently furloughed and have this week done 3 days delivering for a local takeaway. Made a decent amount of pocket money but last night towards the end of a 6 hour shift my car started to overheat. Decided doing just eat might be a better option as it seems you choose when you work so could just do a couple of hours here and there.
Has anyone got experience of doing this? Seems you need business insurance and a criminal background check. Can anyone advise where the best (cheapest) place to get these is?
Has anyone got experience of doing this? Seems you need business insurance and a criminal background check. Can anyone advise where the best (cheapest) place to get these is?
Saleen836 said:
why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
After getting business insurance (if you don’t already have it). Note this isn’t the normal level of business insurance you’d get eg. For driving between sites, but actual delivery insurance.If you’re only doing this infrequently you’ll find that the costs (if done legally) will render this unprofitable
Saleen836 said:
Did you not have business insurance in place while delivering for the local takeaway place?
If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
No, did not have it due to reasons from poster above. The car is a high mileage shed Peugeot 207 but in the last 40k I have replaced clutch, timing chain and dephasers and other bits so is worth hanging onto as long as it drives ok. Issue only came about last night and appears ok now (error codes have gone) so not sure really what there is to sort other than treat it a bit more sympathetically. If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
scoey1001 said:
Saleen836 said:
Did you not have business insurance in place while delivering for the local takeaway place?
If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
No, did not have it due to reasons from poster above. The car is a high mileage shed Peugeot 207 but in the last 40k I have replaced clutch, timing chain and dephasers and other bits so is worth hanging onto as long as it drives ok. Issue only came about last night and appears ok now (error codes have gone) so not sure really what there is to sort other than treat it a bit more sympathetically. If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
crofty1984 said:
scoey1001 said:
Saleen836 said:
Did you not have business insurance in place while delivering for the local takeaway place?
If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
No, did not have it due to reasons from poster above. The car is a high mileage shed Peugeot 207 but in the last 40k I have replaced clutch, timing chain and dephasers and other bits so is worth hanging onto as long as it drives ok. Issue only came about last night and appears ok now (error codes have gone) so not sure really what there is to sort other than treat it a bit more sympathetically. If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
scoey1001 said:
crofty1984 said:
scoey1001 said:
Saleen836 said:
Did you not have business insurance in place while delivering for the local takeaway place?
If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
No, did not have it due to reasons from poster above. The car is a high mileage shed Peugeot 207 but in the last 40k I have replaced clutch, timing chain and dephasers and other bits so is worth hanging onto as long as it drives ok. Issue only came about last night and appears ok now (error codes have gone) so not sure really what there is to sort other than treat it a bit more sympathetically. If you made good pocket money for the local place why not sort the problem with your car and continue?
scoey1001 said:
No, not to deliver food.
You need business insurance. If you get pulled whilst delivering for any reason or have an accident with a delivery bag clocked you'll have your insurance details checked. You'll then potentially have your car seized and some issues with future insurance policies.
It's pocket money for you at the moment but could go badly wrong.
Glassman said:
Ask any of the owner drivers, you know the ones with their family cars packed full of parcels, if they had to take out any additional insurance or declare their activity to their current insurer and see how quickly they get off the subject.
Surely just a busines miles policy needed, can't be that much for "peace of mind" 
TX.
Algarve said:
You'll make more money doing illegal deliveries for the local Indian kebab place who couldn't care less about the legality of what you're doing.
Hopefully you'll get caught and that extra pocket money will vanish, along with your car
Hopefully you'll get caught and that extra pocket money will vanish, along with your car
Well I didn't get caught and have now quit. The point of this thread was to ask if anyone can recommend companies to get insurance/criminal check through to deliver for just eat.
scoey1001 said:
Algarve said:
You'll make more money doing illegal deliveries for the local Indian kebab place who couldn't care less about the legality of what you're doing.
Hopefully you'll get caught and that extra pocket money will vanish, along with your car
Hopefully you'll get caught and that extra pocket money will vanish, along with your car
Well I didn't get caught and have now quit. The point of this thread was to ask if anyone can recommend companies to get insurance/criminal check through to deliver for just eat.
https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record
For business insurance you'll need to contact your current provider and ask them. It will be very expensive. Doesn't the takeaway you're working for have its own cars?
I havent read the other posts but i have experience.. driving for deliveroo and uber eats.. just eat will be the same.. (although i hear they pay slightly better than the other 2)
1) delivery insurance.. company called zego will charge you pennies on the hour and fully insure you (as long as your car is insured anyway) for deliveries.
2) yes you'll probably make more money doing this for the local take away.. cash in hand etc.. ph does deem this immoral.. which takes us to 3
3) the 3 (deliveroo uber eats and just eat) will pay you via bank transfer and so.. you will have to declare it as income and therefore pay tax on it..
I occasionally indulge.. delivering food because i enjoy the driving.. make around £30 to £40 and i leave.. but that is because i have already been signed up for a while and so its a little pocket money because its paid weekly but there are so many drivers waiting around for deliveries and sometimes the order is basically on the other side of where you are.. it can mean you've barely broke even all night. Waste of time and fuel. the local is your best bet to make some pocket change.. in which case.. carry on
1) delivery insurance.. company called zego will charge you pennies on the hour and fully insure you (as long as your car is insured anyway) for deliveries.
2) yes you'll probably make more money doing this for the local take away.. cash in hand etc.. ph does deem this immoral.. which takes us to 3
3) the 3 (deliveroo uber eats and just eat) will pay you via bank transfer and so.. you will have to declare it as income and therefore pay tax on it..
I occasionally indulge.. delivering food because i enjoy the driving.. make around £30 to £40 and i leave.. but that is because i have already been signed up for a while and so its a little pocket money because its paid weekly but there are so many drivers waiting around for deliveries and sometimes the order is basically on the other side of where you are.. it can mean you've barely broke even all night. Waste of time and fuel. the local is your best bet to make some pocket change.. in which case.. carry on
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