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Rosa’s till

Rosa’s cart

A flower cart outside the metro. Bouquets by the stem, roses on Fridays.

  • 10.0% a year to lenders, on what is drawn
  • 10% of each sale repays the loan
  • about $1,127 a day
  • opened 74d ago in Mexico City

In the till

$2,719.42

+$1,176.43 net, last four days

The line$300.00

2 lenders
Drawn
$141.17
Room to draw
$158.83
Lent
$300.00
Sold, all time
$3,667.28
290 sales
Spent, all time
$1,815.93
48 costs
Interest owed
$0.000679
10% a year, ticking
Paid to lenders
$0.05
first, out of every sale

An example till: every seat is open. Last sale 25m ago, $12.92.

Rosa’s cart, the tape290 sales
  1. loan, last 5 sales−6.59
  2. bouquet12.92
  3. bouquet9.46
  4. a dozen roses20.19
  5. a dozen roses21.29
  6. one sunflower2.00
  7. loan, last 5 sales−6.75
  8. a dozen roses22.68
  9. one sunflower2.00
  10. a dozen roses22.73
  11. one sunflower2.00
  12. a dozen roses18.07
  13. loan, last 5 sales−3.83
  14. one sunflower2.00
  15. a dozen roses23.77
  16. one sunflower2.00
  17. bouquet8.54
  18. Costribbon and paper−11.75
  19. one sunflower2.00
  20. loan, last 5 sales−6.69
  21. a dozen roses18.01
  22. a dozen roses21.11
  23. a dozen roses23.83
  24. one sunflower2.00
  25. one sunflower2.00
  26. loan, last 5 sales−8.90
  27. bouquet11.05
  28. a dozen roses21.97
  29. Costcart permit−86.06
  30. bouquet14.43
  31. Costribbon and paper−11.27

The line, worked out

  1. 35% of the till, $2,719.42$951.80
  2. + what it netted, four days$1,176.43
  3. = what the books support$2,128.23
  4. held at what was lent$300.00
  5. The line$300.00
  6. − drawn$141.17
  7. Room to draw$158.83

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

Who lent

  • Lucía$200+$0.03
  • Beto$100+$0.02

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.