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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:04 pm 
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I would say that PH down here do far less unpaid mileage than non-radio taxis.

But FFS don't tell the tax man. 8-[

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miss take wrote:
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Have you earned as much?

Have your costs been the same?

Or might he actually take £60 a week more than?

Might he spend a tad less a day on fuel in a well organised PH office.

We will never know?


The cost would be roughly the same, he needs to take more money than me as he has to pay £90 a week for his radio ,I don't pay anything, anyone knows that Private Hire do more dead miles than hackneys, and in our neck of the woods I don't think PH office and well organised belong in the same sentence. You know I am right, thats why 139 people have looked and no one has presented areasonable argument just the usual bitching and scathing comments even Sussex who usually has something to say on every subject is strangely quiet.


I'm not sure what you mean by "reasonable argument".

You took a risk and it paid off.

Period.

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Tom Thumb wrote:
All I see is Hacks driving of the rank with punters and heading back empty. Not sure that means they can get much above 50% paid.

Unless they live in GBC land who probably does 98.5%.



Ah, but does that include my journey to and from London from the tranquility of Hertfordshire? :wink:


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I trust you don't let yourself get flagged down as you sit on the A10 then GBC.

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Tom Thumb wrote:
I trust you don't let yourself get flagged down as you sit on the A10 then GBC.

Depends which way they are heading. :roll: :roll: :roll:

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I go North and South.

East can be a pain. :wink:


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:56 am 
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miss take wrote:
When I bought a Hackney Plate for £15,000, 11 years ago, my friend who was, and still is on private hire laughed at me and said "you don't own it you know, and they might de regulate, your'e better off like me on private hire"

I went to work when ever I wanted or in most cases needed to, he had to work shifts laid down by the company, if I did not want to go out I did not have to tell anyone, he had to report in, and then face disciplinaries if he does not work when told he has to, over the years he has paid more than £46,000 in radio rent and has nothing, so if they do de regulate next week I have earned as much as him and still spent £31,000 less and if they don't de regulate he will still be spending his radio rent and I can sell the plate for twice the cost, and he still maintains he did the right thing, I coloured my hair last week because they thought I was a dumb blonde, I don't think so.


I am just writing to say goodbye, I have sold the plate which was not mine for three and a half times what I paid for it plus it has given me a living for 11 years off to fill shelves at Asda...................


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