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Billing for your mobile shop in Silvassa, Daman and Diu

The repair left on Monday, the phone paid in parts and the cable sold in a hurry, all on one phone.

A repair technician's hands holding a soldering iron over a phone, with spare phones and a power bank on the bench
A repair technician's hands holding a soldering iron over a phone, with spare phones and a power bank on the bench Photo: Johnnybam, CC BY-SA 4.0

The cracked screen wanted by evening, and the phone left on the shelf with no name

  1. The phone dropped on the way to the shift and wanted when the shift ends

    A worker drops his phone on the way to the shift and leaves it with you at six. He wants it back when the shift ends at two. The part comes from the wholesaler in the afternoon, the price has moved, and the labour is a figure you give when you see the inside. At two the man is at the counter with a figure in his head and you have another.

  2. The phone left behind with no name on it

    A crew leaves a phone for repair before the boat goes, and a visitor leaves one and takes the evening bus. Both are gone by the time you open the case. The phone waits on your shelf with no name on it, and a phone that waits with no name on it is a phone nobody comes for.

  3. The beach has drained the phone by the evening bus

    A visitor at Devka, Nagoa or Jampore has used his phone for photos and maps all day, and it dies by the time the evening bus is called. He wants a power bank or a cable and wants it now. You have three lengths of cable in one drawer and the bus will not wait, and tonight you cannot say how many power banks are left.

A man in a denim shirt sitting outdoors and looking down at the phone in his hands
A man in a denim shirt sitting outdoors and looking down at the phone in his hands Photo: Bhullargraphic, CC BY-SA 4.0

From the part on the shelf to the pouch for the boat

  • The bill is dated the day the phone goes back

    A phone left on Monday is mended on Wednesday. Make the bill on Wednesday, when the phone goes back, so the date on it is the day the work was done. The part you ordered is one line and the labour is the other. The worker who asks on Friday what he paid finds the Wednesday date on his page.

  • Waterproof pouches counted before the boats sail again

    Phones go to sea with the boats, and a pouch that keeps out the spray is a small item that sells in a rush on the day the crews sail. Keep each pouch size as its own item with its own count. After the monsoon pause the count tells you how many are left, and the order to the supplier is made from it before the crews arrive.

  • Power banks for the weekend crowd, cables for the weekday shift

    The weekend crowd and the weekday shift buy different things from the same drawer. Friday's count tells you which power banks to have in the drawer for Saturday, and Monday's count tells you which cables to order for the week.

A phone opened for repair beside its new screen, battery and screwdriver
A phone opened for repair beside its new screen, battery and screwdriver Photo: Triskal, CC BY-SA 4.0
A power bank opened to show its battery holder and circuit board
A power bank opened to show its battery holder and circuit board Photo: funnypolynomial, CC BY 2.0

Where the phones of boat crews are charged, cracked and replaced

A mobile counter near a fishing port deals with phones that have been at sea.

  • Diu invited tenders in July 2026 to build a smart and integrated fishing harbour at Vanakbara under the central PMMSY fisheries scheme. A busy jetty is a place where phones and power banks are charged, cracked and replaced.
Green and red fishing boats with black tyre fenders tied up side by side at a port in Diu
Green and red fishing boats with black tyre fenders tied up side by side at a port in Diu Photo: SMarndi, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tools for a counter of repairs, cables and phones on credit

  • Orders to suppliers

    A short order to the supplier on the day a screen runs out, noted against the order when it arrives, so the next worker's phone is not left waiting for it.

  • Bills on your phone

    A power bank and a cable billed at the counter and paid by QR code, while the visitor's phone still has two percent.

  • Low stock warnings

    A warning that the cable that sells most at the weekend is nearly gone.

Questions mobile shops in Silvassa, Daman and Diu ask

A worker's brother collects his phone from repair. Whose name goes on the bill?

The owner's name, on his page. Whoever collects it, the page is the same, and the part and the labour are two lines on it.

A worker leaves his phone at six on his way to the shift and takes it back at two. When do I open his page?

Open a page in the worker's name when he leaves it at six. At two the shift lets out, the bill is made, and he takes it.

Several workers from one workshop come on the wage day to buy phones together. How do I keep up with them?

Bill each worker as he reaches you, under his own name. The wage-day crowd is served in turn, and the night's total adds it.

A fishing crew buys power banks and cables before the boat leaves at night. Can I bill them fast?

Yes. Each cable and power bank is an item with its own price. Pick them, show the QR code, and the crew is paid and gone before the tide turns.

More questions every shop asks

How many phones the territory holds, in town and in the village

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu had 67.91 telephone connections for every 100 people on 30 June 2024, according to TRAI data. Those phones are spread over factory lanes and beach towns, and the same shop sells a cable to the shift worker and to the weekend visitor from the Gujarat side.

TRAI's January-March 2026 report counts 1.00 million wireless subscribers in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, of which 0.65 million are urban and 0.35 million rural. A SIM and a handset are two sales: the number belongs to the operator, and the phone, the cable and the repair are yours.