Originally Posted by goldener
25-30 years ago (prefax) my father made more money/week as a messenger than most messengers do today. and this is just straight checks- not adjusted for inflation or anyting.
and the "messenger scene" is draggin everybody down
the "messenger scene" doesnt have anything to do with actual messenger work as far as pay goes, and rarely have I seen any posengers last very long in the job either
decent messenger these days can easily knock down $1000 per week, even more if your indie and have your act together, but most are lucky to make $100 per day, that is one of the attractions of the job, there's very little BS or politics---------you work hard, you get paid accordingly, its about as close to darwinian capitalism as it gets
I find the messenger scene kinda funny myself, I think its hysterical that people actually work at it to both look like and act like messengers LOL. Very similar to the OCP thing on the roadie forum.