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My tuk-tuk: Ezra's only way to earn a living
Ezra drives for a living in Vancouver, and a broken transmission has stopped all income for 10 weeks.
🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada1,085 views
I make my living with my tuk-tuk. 10 weeks ago the transmission failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,800. 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 wife and our newborn. Before the breakdown I worked twelve hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next six 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 $1,800 goes:
• transmission replacement (parts): $1,300
• Labor charges: $170
• Road tax and insurance renewal: $230
• Towing and inspection: $100
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Ezra
Updates from Ezra
Small update. $867 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 20% funded and the plan for transmission replacement is now scheduled.
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Small businesses are the heart of Vancouver. Hope you're open again soon. Love from Kinondoni
thinking of you. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Vancouver.
So sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. Please keep us posted. Love from Depok.
hope it all works out, Ezra. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Sending strength, Ezra. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Stay strong, Ezra. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Vancouver
wishing you peace. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. All the best!
Hope it all works out, Ezra. Shared this with my family.
Keep going, Ezra. This could happen to any of us
Small businesses are the heart of Vancouver. Hope you're open again soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend
sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.
Small businesses are the heart of Vancouver. Hope you're open again soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings.