Barbers, Nail Salons and Vape Shops

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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Would that not just get you your cash back?

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Mentioned it earlier in the thread. Very common or certainly was a few years back.

Walk in with a wad, put it all in the machine, play one spin then cash out. Ask for a receipt for the winnings and if the polis ask why you have £499 in cash on your person you can show them the receipt for your 'winnings'.

Tbh I think these 24/7 slots places make plenty legit money too. Those FOBTs are a license to print money hence why the bookies opened all kinds of new bricks and mortar shops to get around the 4 per shop limit. They fought increased regulation tooth and nail, legislation that aimed to erase the ability to lose £100 a minute among other things. When the £2 a spin limit was implemented all these new shops started to close one by one. The slots places don't have the same limits on number of machines so are still more than viable.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Mentioned it earlier in the thread. Very common or certainly was a few years back.

Walk in with a wad, put it all in the machine, play one spin then cash out. Ask for a receipt for the winnings and if the polis ask why you have £499 in cash on your person you can show them the receipt for your 'winnings'.

Tbh I think these 24/7 slots places make plenty legit money too. Those FOBTs are a license to print money hence why the bookies opened all kinds of new bricks and mortar shops to get around the 4 per shop limit. They fought increased regulation tooth and nail, legislation that aimed to erase the ability to lose £100 a minute among other things. When the £2 a spin limit was implemented all these new shops started to close one by one. The slots places don't have the same limits on number of machines so are still more than viable.

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That makes more sense with the receipt side of things :agree:

Was reminded of this thread last night, when I went to a chippy not far from where I live. There’s a wee cluster of shops - chip shop, Co-op, Chinese takeaway, a hairdressers (which usually does have people in getting their hair done during the day), and… an American style sweet shop, which was still open at the back of 9 last night when I went past!

I’d add car washes to this group.

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Originally Posted by Chuck Rhoades

I’d add car washes to this group.

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To be honest we have used a few of them and they have all done a cracking job

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

To be honest we have used a few of them and they have all done a cracking job

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Britains productivity problem in a nutshell. We used to have machines that did this.[emoji2369]


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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

Britains productivity problem in a nutshell. We used to have machines that did this.[emoji2369]


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Try finding a car wash that isnt broken or faulty, at least the guys doing it manually dont break down

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Try finding a car wash that isnt broken or faulty, at least the guys doing it manually dont break down

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I agree they have taken over now but we used to have lots of working machines to do that job.


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This is an interesting read. Where I live in North London there has been a massive influx of Turkish barbers. I mean loads of them. Started about 10 years ago, within about 6 months there were about 8-10 in a small square mile radius.

One of them is opposite the car wash I use. Open from 7.30 in the mornings until late at night, 8 on Sunday mornings. Sign in the window saying cash only, and they offer gift vouchers!

I know someone who has recently retired form a very senior position in HMRC. They are well aware of these cash businesses opening up, it's just a matter of picking their battles and tying them into more serious, high level crime.

Whats behind the noticeable increase in folks zooming about in e-bikes for Deliveroo and Just Eat?

is that an immigration dodge - genuine question I’m not anti immigrant - my wife is one.

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Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras

Whats behind the noticeable increase in folks zooming about in e-bikes for Deliveroo and Just Eat?

is that an immigration dodge - genuine question I’m not anti immigrant - my wife is one.

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Quicker than peddling and probably a more efficient way to get around the city would be my guess.

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Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras

Whats behind the noticeable increase in folks zooming about in e-bikes for Deliveroo and Just Eat?

is that an immigration dodge - genuine question I’m not anti immigrant - my wife is one.

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I've seen a couple of places in Leith now renting these bikes on a weekly basis with queues of food delivery types outside. I'm not suggesting they're hiring bikes with the delivery on their backs, they are probably complaining about something.

On Facebook, I follow a few police pages, there's regular threads with food delivery drivers; immigration, bike doctored to go faster or without pedaling, speeding, various other traffic offences. Sharing deliveroo etc accounts. Some in Edinburgh too!

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Originally Posted by Viva_Palmeiras

Whats behind the noticeable increase in folks zooming about in e-bikes for Deliveroo and Just Eat?

is that an immigration dodge - genuine question I’m not anti immigrant - my wife is one.

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Food delivery is just a **** job now that not many people want to do unless they are desperate. I done it for a while for pocket money many years ago and back then when you worked for a take away direct the money could be quite decent and most people still paid in cash so the tips were good as well. I could easily clear £100-150 on a Saturday night for 5 hours work. Now with so many places using drivers or riders from the the likes of those mentioned in your post the going rate is rubbish most of the time. You have to put in serious hours to make any kind of money and employment rights are minimal. I know some will argue the flexibility suits for those wanting causal work on the side but for the most part it's long hours, unsociable hours, potentially high risk and very low reward. The e-bikes probably increase earning potential quite a bit in that you can cram more jobs into any given timeframe. It's a bit like care work in that the workforce is dominated by immigrants because of the awful pay and conditions. My granddad had carers going in daily until fairly recently and every single person we saw was from Africa or the Indian subcontinent. Talking to them they were often very bright people just taking anything they could get to try to make ends meet.

I'm torn on the whole thing. On the one hand I tip my hat to these people being willing to work such jobs, certainly the latter is essential. It flies in the face of the 'lazy and just here for the benefits' stereotype. On the other hand it's appalling that we have this 'underclass' doing genuinely hard work for a pittance. I saw a carer job advertised the other say for £12.79 an hour. WTF? Surely no one thinks that is acceptable? We have backed ourselves into a terrible corner in the UK though in that we have become a low wage economy in the last 15-20 years and once you get into that cycle it becomes hard to break it.

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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy

Food delivery is just a **** job now that not many people want to do unless they are desperate. I done it for a while for pocket money many years ago and back then when you worked for a take away direct the money could be quite decent and most people still paid in cash so the tips were good as well. I could easily clear £100-150 on a Saturday night for 5 hours work. Now with so many places using drivers or riders from the the likes of those mentioned in your post the going rate is rubbish most of the time. You have to put in serious hours to make any kind of money and employment rights are minimal. I know some will argue the flexibility suits for those wanting causal work on the side but for the most part it's long hours, unsociable hours, potentially high risk and very low reward. The e-bikes probably increase earning potential quite a bit in that you can cram more jobs into any given timeframe. It's a bit like care work in that the workforce is dominated by immigrants because of the awful pay and conditions. My granddad had carers going in daily until fairly recently and every single person we saw was from Africa or the Indian subcontinent. Talking to them they were often very bright people just taking anything they could get to try to make ends meet.

I'm torn on the whole thing. On the one hand I tip my hat to these people being willing to work such jobs, certainly the latter is essential. It flies in the face of the 'lazy and just here for the benefits' stereotype. On the other hand it's appalling that we have this 'underclass' doing genuinely hard work for a pittance. I saw a carer job advertised the other say for £12.79 an hour. WTF? Surely no one thinks that is acceptable? We have backed ourselves into a terrible corner in the UK though in that we have become a low wage economy in the last 15-20 years and once you get into that cycle it becomes hard to break it.

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I only get £81p/w as a 24/7 carer, so that seems decent. :thumbsup:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

2 of the 3 mentioned in the thread title in the headline.

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Originally Posted by Smartie

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

2 of the 3 mentioned in the thread title in the headline.

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High street barbers pulling on over £1m a year 😂. If they were sensible about their money laundering you would surely make it less obvious.