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SINGAPORE: Online conversations among Singaporeans revealed that some car owners in the city-state are taking on side deliveries while heading home, with some earning over S$50 for a \u201cslight detour\u201d along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n A Singaporean on r\/asksg asked whether it is common among car owners in Singapore to do side deliveries these days, prompting discussion online.<\/span><\/p>\n He wrote, \u201cI collected some parcels from Lalamove, and the delivery guy was in formal office attire. Got curious and asked him about it. Turns out the order was on the way home from his work; that\u2019s why he did it. Plus, he said he signed up because he gets a petrol discount,\u201d asking others if they do the same in their free time or as a side hustle.<\/span><\/p>\n He also asked if it\u2019s worth the time. <\/span><\/p>\n Commenters shared that they mostly do deliveries when it\u2019s somewhere near their area, but they don\u2019t do it often.<\/span><\/p>\n One said a five- to 10-minute detour earns him S$30 to over S$50, adding that he also gets a 23% discount on petrol. When asked whether he still gets a petrol discount even if he does not take orders often, he said it is \u201cactually no different from a normal bank card discount\u201d, estimating it at around 23% when flashing his Lalamove profile at a Caltex counter staff. He added that it is similar to fleet cards used by Grab or foodpanda delivery drivers, which also get 23% discounts at Esso.<\/span><\/p>\n Another commenter said, \u201cNot sure if it\u2019s common, but I recently joined and did some deliveries when I\u2019m out running errands. I can get S$20-S$30 for those longer-distance orders? So if it\u2019s on the way, really nothing to lose lol,\u201d adding that shorter distance orders also earn him S$15 to S$20 sometimes. \u201cIf the detours are not troublesome, I don\u2019t mind earning here and there if I have the time,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, a third shared an encounter while collecting office lunch ordered through a third-party delivery platform: \u201cDid not expect a Jaguar to pull in and dude passed us the food.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier in June, a similar question asked by a Singaporean looking into doing side deliveries to cover \u201csome petrol and earn a bit of money\u201d said on r\/drivingsg that he feels it makes sense rather than not driving, especially with the higher Certificate of Entitlement (COE) and petrol prices.<\/span><\/p>\n Commenters, however, pushed back against the idea, with one saying: \u201cIf you need to do side gigs to support your car, then imho (in my honest opinion) a car isn\u2019t for you man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n One who had tried the side hustle casually added that while he actually enjoyed it, \u201cIt will probably be different if you\u2019re relying on it for the money.\u201d \/<\/span>TISG<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n