Originally Posted by cavernmech
I worked as a messenger for almost 15 years before my current gig. I would still be doing it if the pay was anywhere near what it should be. When I started in 86 most good messengers were making $100 a day....excellent wages for the day. Everyone had pimped out bikes....enough $ to buy a round on Friday and a boatload of good people on the road. Now, almost 20 years! later most folks on the road in these parts are making the same $100 a day. Cost of living increases? yeah right.
Not too long ago, there was a thread on this forum about messenger pay. When people posted what they were making, I was shocked that the pay hadn't increased at all since I was a messenger (in DC) in the late 80s/early 90s... I mean, it's been 15 years since then, and the pay is the same!