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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Carless in Dallas:

      Now I have one ENORMOUS unfair thing that I think makes being carless completely a win no matter what, but I didn't want to add it to the main discussion. That's that I live abroad a significant portion of the time, and when I live in the US I travel heavily where owning a car isn't very useful, like because I fly.

      So even if it is close to break even when I'm home, it would have to cost half as much to own a car as to not to make sense for me personally.

      Well of course.

      In that case, renting a car while you're home could be the best option. Could, but Uber everywhere could be too.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in Carless in Dallas:

        that's different because you are fully on the clock the moment you leave your home in this case because your home IS your office and you're leaving to go to a client - wither you charge them or not for travel time.

        Same with an Uber. You are an Uber driver the moment you step out your front door. You don't drive to an office that is a pre-set location nor are you a W2 employee where that applies.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said in Carless in Dallas:

          But an uber is completely different. You claimed that your home is your office - but is it really? This is a known thing? Cabbies all declare their office as their homes? and get to bill even when they aren't on the clock with a client in the cab?

          Cabbies are W2 employees with an office location where they pick up and drop off their cars. Cabbies work like employees, Uber drivers work like contractors. The delineation is pretty clear.

          A cabbie isn't working until they've clocked in at work and has to be paid whether or not they have customers. Uber is contract work and you are "looking for work" from the instant you start, wherever that is.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Being an Uber driver is like being a sales person. A sales person is "working" the moment that they start attempting to get a customer or get to a potential customer. Anything involved in the attempt to do that work is tax deductible.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Carless in Dallas:

              @Dashrender said in Carless in Dallas:

              But an uber is completely different. You claimed that your home is your office - but is it really? This is a known thing? Cabbies all declare their office as their homes? and get to bill even when they aren't on the clock with a client in the cab?

              Cabbies are W2 employees with an office location where they pick up and drop off their cars. Cabbies work like employees, Uber drivers work like contractors. The delineation is pretty clear.

              A cabbie isn't working until they've clocked in at work and has to be paid whether or not they have customers. Uber is contract work and you are "looking for work" from the instant you start, wherever that is.

              Huh - that's not what I've ever understood - what's the whole medalian thing then? I've heard of cabbies having their own medalians... or renting one.. in the renting one situation I could see the clock punching you mention...

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                @Dashrender said in Carless in Dallas:

                @scottalanmiller said in Carless in Dallas:

                @Dashrender said in Carless in Dallas:

                But an uber is completely different. You claimed that your home is your office - but is it really? This is a known thing? Cabbies all declare their office as their homes? and get to bill even when they aren't on the clock with a client in the cab?

                Cabbies are W2 employees with an office location where they pick up and drop off their cars. Cabbies work like employees, Uber drivers work like contractors. The delineation is pretty clear.

                A cabbie isn't working until they've clocked in at work and has to be paid whether or not they have customers. Uber is contract work and you are "looking for work" from the instant you start, wherever that is.

                Huh - that's not what I've ever understood - what's the whole medalian thing then? I've heard of cabbies having their own medalians... or renting one.. in the renting one situation I could see the clock punching you mention...

                You think normal taxi drivers are paying $700K of their own money to get a license, and then buying a special, expensive taxi cab on top of that? Those medallions all but guarantee that you can't operate a cab unless you are employed.

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                  batman @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Carless in Dallas:

                  abbies work like employees, Uber drivers work like contractors. The delineation is pretty clear.

                  Don't tell the state of California 🙂

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite
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                    Back in the days when my wife and I shared one car. She would take our daughter to the babysitter and go to work. I would go to work via bike, bike+train/bus for long distance and train/bus during winter.

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                    • Alex JonesA
                      Alex Jones
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                      Anyone know where I can find a carpet cleaner in Dallas?

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                      • ObsolesceO
                        Obsolesce @Alex Jones
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                        @Alex-Jones said in Carless in Dallas:

                        Anyone know where I can find a carpet cleaner in Dallas?

                        No, but keep a lookout on the main page here. Something will pop up sooner than later.

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