Quote Originally Posted by lordna View Post
Well i didnt really think Taxi driving was that easy...BUT i did think my remarks would provoke a commment from you on what its really like. What i was aiming at illustrating is that youi probably know as little about whats involved in selling the Big Issue as i do about the work of driving a taxi.

I believe sellers buy at about £1.25 or £1.50 and sell at double that. Given that most people ignore sellers i guess they could sell about 5 or at best 10 copies in an hour. In an 8 hour day thats 80 copies a day or say 400 in a 5 day week. lets say they make £1.50 for each one then earnings could be £600 but more likely £300. Thats for a 40 hour week.
Doing the figures thats not a bad income....BUT what i am trying to illustrate is they probably have to stand there a long time to earn a good income.

However it also shows you would be better off selling the Big Issue! hahaha
You know what Les.... I think he may be right!!
If you could get the Mrs doing it too,thats 600 notes a week ...tax free!!