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Kofi’s till

Kofi’s wash

A car wash under the flyover. Four boys, two hoses, cash by phone.

  • 13.0% a year to lenders, on what is drawn
  • 10% of each sale repays the loan
  • about $1,206 a day
  • opened 69d ago in Accra

In the till

$3,948.47

+$1,300.03 net, last four days

The line$560.00

4 lenders
Drawn
$334.73
Room to draw
$225.27
Lent
$560.00
Sold, all time
$3,351.83
441 sales
Spent, all time
$1,328.37
56 costs
Interest owed
$0.001813
13% a year, ticking
Paid to lenders
$0.26
first, out of every sale

An example till: every seat is open. Last sale 22m ago, $6.00.

Kofi’s wash, the tape441 sales
  1. wash, SUV6.00
  2. loan, last 5 sales−4.12
  3. wash and wax14.77
  4. wash, saloon4.00
  5. Costthe boys, the day−17.78
  6. wash and wax12.45
  7. wash, SUV6.00
  8. wash, saloon4.00
  9. loan, last 5 sales−4.88
  10. wash, saloon4.00
  11. wash and wax14.30
  12. wash and wax13.66
  13. wash, saloon4.00
  14. wash and wax12.81
  15. loan, last 5 sales−5.07
  16. wash and wax14.07
  17. wash, saloon4.00
  18. wash and wax14.89
  19. wash, saloon4.00
  20. wash and wax13.74
  21. loan, last 5 sales−3.87
  22. wash, saloon4.00
  23. wash, saloon4.00
  24. wash and wax13.52
  25. wash and wax13.24
  26. wash, saloon4.00
  27. loan, last 5 sales−4.08
  28. wash, saloon4.00
  29. wash and wax12.61
  30. wash and wax12.19
  31. wash, SUV6.00

The line, worked out

  1. 35% of the till, $3,948.47$1,381.96
  2. + what it netted, four days$1,300.03
  3. = what the books support$2,681.99
  4. held at what was lent$560.00
  5. The line$560.00
  6. − drawn$334.73
  7. Room to draw$225.27

The line, the last hour: steady, held at what was lent

Who lent

  • Ama D.$150+$0.07
  • Kwame$100+$0.05
  • Efua$220+$0.10
  • Yaw B.$90+$0.04

Interest is paid out of each sale before anything else, in proportion to what each lender put in. What is not drawn can be taken back any time.