https://www.nimber.com

Scottie99

Just come across this Website that can save you money on fuel..
https://www.nimber.com
If your traveling from A to B and someone needs i.e fridge,TV,box of stuff moved etc and can facilitate it, they'll pay you.
Is it a bargain thread? Yes I think so, it would save you money and could pay for your trip!
Could be a great idea if your selling or buying on adverts.ie

If mods do decide it's not a "bargain thread" can you place it elsewhere.
*ive no interest in this website* just think it's a great idea

_Kaiser_

Interesting idea.. few immediate concerns though:

- Say whatever you're bringing doesn't work. The seller blames you ("worked fine when I gave it to him. He must have let his rattle around the boot"). It says on the site they insure to €100. Not much use with a smartphone or decent laptop
- What if the buyer isn't available/late? Are you supposed to wait around or drive it back to the seller? Who pays for the return?
- Even more importantly.. implications on your insurance? You're transporting goods for reward. Not covered under your standard policy I'd imagine

CreepingDeath

And what if the "package" you're carrying has drugs in it ?

Scottie99

Some fair points, I don't have all the answers but it seems to be working very well in Norway and the UK.
https://www.nimber.com/terms

https://www.nimber.com/guidelines

crazygeryy

CreepingDeath wrote: »

And what if the "package" you're carrying has drugs in it ?

Party on.

IRCA

Scottie99 wrote: »

Just come across this Website that can save you money on fuel..
https://www.nimber.com
If your traveling from A to B and someone needs i.e fridge,TV,box of stuff moved etc and can facilitate it, they'll pay you.
Is it a bargain thread? Yes I think so, it would save you money and could pay for your trip!
Could be a great idea if your selling or buying on adverts.ie

If mods do decide it's not a "bargain thread" can you place it elsewhere.
*ive no interest in this website* just think it's a great idea

News Report here

gizabeer

CreepingDeath wrote: »

And what if the "package" you're carrying has drugs in it ?

its your lucky day

Red Silurian

Cheers OP, just signed up, let's see how much money I can make on the side out of this

Niemoj

That's a really interesting idea.

Cheers OP!

Scottie99

colmtheperson wrote: »

Cheers OP, just signed up, let's see how much money I can make on the side out of this

I'm heading to Scotland via Holyhead, maybe I might be able to offset some of the ferry costs using it.

Red Silurian

Scottie99 wrote: »

I'm heading to Scotland via Holyhead, maybe I might be able to offset some of the ferry costs using it.

Check out the internal UK deliveries, you might catch something there!

cormie

There's plenty of sites like this out there already for when it comes to moving larger items. They are certainly a good way to get something moved on the cheap. The vetting processes employed for the likes of insurance cover and general legitimacy is in no way strict from what I've seen and in the same way a consumer may not be fully aware of who they are hiring, the bidders wouldn't be aware of who they are competing with. I know operators using these sites who claim to have several vans and trucks on the road with insurance cover of €100,000 or more, portraying themselves as a large removal firm when it's really just some guy with a van trying to make a bit of cash on the side.

Insurance companies employ people who's job is to absolve the liability of the insurance company from a claim and using your vehicle for hire and reward could well put you in a tricky spot. Try ring any motor insurance company and as soon as you mention it's for hire and reward you'll be most likely told they don't cover it. Then there's the likes of goods in transit insurance etc too.

I've seen some pretty crazy quotes being offered which after fuel, insurance and all other costs (not forgetting the websites cut), would leave the drivers struggling to even make minimum wage and that's before even taking the operating and maintenance costs of running such a business into consideration.

Due to the nature of such websites, there's always going to be a stream of operators offering their service, so anyone who succumbs to the realisation of investment, will be replaced by fresh enthusiasm and ever competitive quotes.

This seems to be more tailored to folks making once off trips and it could definitely be possible to find a handy number, but looking at some example listings, the prices people are willing to pay (it seems to be a "name a price you're happy to pay" system than a bidding system) are more like they are asking for favours than being any real incentive to go out of your way and this will result in a lot of noise trying to sift through listings finding something actually worth your time to move. For the senders, I imagine there'll be a lot of dead listings, such as somebody rewarding £10 for a job from High Wycombe to Cork that needs to be delivered by the 27th of December. I'd be very surprised if this gets fulfilled and I'd be even more surprised if the bringer makes anything off doing it after the time spent arranging, detouring to the collection location, detouring to the delivery/meeting location.

It might work ok for densely populated area to densely populated area jobs but when you're happy you've found something to bring on your trip from Dublin to London for £30 that you can fit in your bag and you only spend 40 minutes between arranging, meeting up and getting back to where you were, but then you get to London and realise it's going to take 1 hour each way to deliver it and return, it may not be so cool. And £30 for something that will fit in a bag might be a lot more than what an post will charge so I'm not sure I see this really taking off and being sustainable but you never know

cormie

Scottie99 wrote: »

I'm heading to Scotland via Holyhead, maybe I might be able to offset some of the ferry costs using it.

Would you not be better off going from Larne to Cairnryan if your destination is in Scotland?

Scottie99

cormie wrote: »

Would you not be better off going from Larne to Cairnryan if your destination is in Scotland?

Yea I know. I'm driving an electric car so I'm going this way for the craic (no time rush) The whole trip apart from the Ferry will be free. I'm trying to see how much I can reduce the costs

tnethacker

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Interesting idea.. few immediate concerns though:

- Say whatever you're bringing doesn't work. The seller blames you ("worked fine when I gave it to him. He must have let his rattle around the boot"). It says on the site they insure to €100. Not much use with a smartphone or decent laptop
- What if the buyer isn't available/late? Are you supposed to wait around or drive it back to the seller? Who pays for the return?
- Even more importantly.. implications on your insurance? You're transporting goods for reward. Not covered under your standard policy I'd imagine

Here's what they wrote on the site:

"Yes, we insure every item up to 1000€." That's thousand, not hundred euros.

Red Silurian

cormie wrote: »

There's plenty of sites like this out there already for when it comes to moving larger items.

Name 1?

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I'd be worried a out personal liability for damaged / lost/ stolen goods.
When I was in transport and delivering for my firm using my car.
I had to get commercial insurance but with the proviso I was delivering and not selling anything.
Think it cost me an extra €60 at the time.

_Tombstone_

The Uber of deliverys and like Uber not a stitch of Insurance in sight.

shanebrk

colmtheperson wrote: »

Name 1?

shiply.com

Scottie99

shanebrk wrote: »

shiply.com

That site is totally different. It's more aimed at the professional companies. Whereas NIMBER is the ordinary "Joe Soap" travelling and helping out someone for a some sum.

cormie

Scottie99 wrote: »

That site is totally different. It's more aimed at the professional companies. Whereas NIMBER is the ordinary "Joe Soap" travelling and helping out someone for a some sum.

There's nothing professional about most of the guys bidding on these sites and a lot of the time it will be just Joe Soap Removals and Sons with no proper insurance etc.

Scottie99

cormie wrote: »

There's nothing professional about most of the guys bidding on these sites and a lot of the time it will be just Joe Soap Removals and Sons with no proper insurance etc.

If you sign up, you'll find that the website will look for insurance details.

cormie

I've signed up with a few of these sites, the info they look for isn't half of what's needed to run this type of business legitimately and even what they do ask for isn't scrutinised enough to ensure it's authentic. It's also super easy to just add a few 40 foot trucks to your imaginary fleet to portray you're a professional firm and not just some lad with a van that's empty at the weekends. I know a guy in London who earns a living and gets enough jobs to have 2/3 other guys getting enough money to earn a living off getting work solely from one such site. He doesn't have any of the proper insurance policies required at all, has a profile that shows he has a much larger fleet than he does, I'm pretty sure he's not paying any VAT or TAX etc.

It's the same with I'd say at least 95% of the furniture removal/man with a van type listings and even legitimate "looking" websites you'll find through google/adverts/donedeal etc, most of the guys wouldn't have the proper insurance.

To have a hire and reward clause on your policy is a very expensive addition and then there's the rest of the cover you should have too.