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Help Mei replace the gearbox and return to work
Mei drives for a living in Kawasaki, and a broken gearbox has stopped all income for 12 weeks.
🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan926 views
I make my living with my delivery van. 12 weeks ago the gearbox failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,650. Without the vehicle I earn nothing.
I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask.
I support my family of five. Before the breakdown I worked eleven hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next three months if I can just get the vehicle working.
I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here.
All money will go toward the parts and labor on the estimate, with a small amount for road tax and insurance renewal.
Where the $1,650 goes:
• gearbox replacement (parts): $1,250
• Labor charges: $105
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $230
• Towing and inspection: $65
Thank you for reading my story.
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Take care, Mei. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.
How is Mei doing now?
hope things get better soon, Mei. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Dhaka.
stay strong, Mei. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 25 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
this could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day!