About

When Bradley Davis walked into work on the 19th March as a business-as-usual day at the office working as a car salesman, he was not to know that it would be his last day there. Given 24 hours to leave what was only a temporary contract but which he relied on, Bradley found himself filled with mixed emotions. “I started as a car salesman in about 2008.  There were times that I did exceedingly well.  Customers were happy and I was happy as I thoroughly enjoyed my job. I was earning a decent living and felt worthy. Unfortunately over the last couple of years and due to the economic situation, selling cars became more difficult. I had not met my target for three months, and with the COVID-19 crisis, I was let go. I must confess that while I was in shock, I was not unhappy.”

It was not easy for Bradley to walk out of that office, knowing that he had no other alternatives and had to find a way to move on, to find something else to do to earn a living and to support his family financially and emotionally, “to give them what they deserve.” With the encouragement of his wife, who pushed him to find something that would give him success and fulfilment at the same time as financial stability, Bradley turned inward to evaluate himself as a person and try and find a way to use his deep-seated desire to help other people to reinvent himself professionally. “I love helping people, it is something I have always done that is part of my nature. I work with the community policing forum, I have always tried to do my share. Now I asked myself: How can I help people during this COVID-19 pandemic? What can I do for people who might need help in this crisis?” Out of this need to reinvent himself whilst doing something good for others, Ready, Set, Delivered was born. It is a shopping and delivery service which began with him doing a few trips to the grocery store to pick up goods for delivery, and which has grown to a full-scale shopping service where everything (but illegal contraband like cigarettes, to the dismay of some) can be delivered to your door.

“Ready, Set, Delivered began with me going to the shops, collecting the goods and delivering them to people’s houses, for a fee. Of course, this meant I had to protect myself to the extreme –the gloves, the mask, the sanitizing, the scrubbing down when I returned home at the end of the day –and safety became a core element to my business offering which people knew they could rely on.” The collection and delivery basis not only grew to become a personal shopping service as well but quickly graduated from groceries to all sorts of other things –appliances, sim cards –“you name it and I can do it.” I did not ever think that it would take off the way it has.  I am so grateful to all those who have supported me, especially my family and the friends who went the extra mile to help me brand my business, especially my friend, Gila Glazer, who conceived of the name and helps me with marketing .”

The biggest challenge for Bradley was that his car began taking strain with all the miles and parcels, but then in what was a windfall for Ready, Set, Delivered, Bradley was granted an interest-free loan enabling him to buy a bakkie and brand it, which helped him spread his name and his service offering. All the while, Bradley thinks of new ways to help people as best as he can and conceived of a Half Price Wednesday (shopping fee and delivery rate slashed in half) for pensioners. “The highlight has been the interest in the business and all the compliments I receive, both in person and on social media and Whatsapp.  It is a wonderful feeling to be so appreciated and so loved and respected.  The successes are the satisfaction of the people when their shopping is done without any mistakes. I am so proud, happy, and grateful.”