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Hi , I'm new here , I have a problem with my licensing office. They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl . They do not make these themselves, this work is contracted out. I know that the last printing company that held this contract invoiced £12+vat for a pair of stickers .
How much do you guys pay for a pair of door signs ?
Are the council allowed to profit in this way ?
Are there any legal implications in what they are doing?
The office won't allow a driver to approach the printers directly and other printing firms in the town have been "told" not to do any of this work ,
Any experiences? Any comments ,please , surely what they are doing cannot be right or lawful ?!

That's it ,I'm not a mug ,and won't be mugged off, that's why I'm on here to find out what I can do about it .

sCab wrote:

That's it ,I'm not a mug ,and won't be mugged off, that's why I'm on here to find out what I can do about it .

I regard workers who fail to organise themselves until their attacked as MUGS!

What can you do ??????? #-o

easy join a Union along with other drivers get organised arrange meetings draw up your complaints met with THE POLITICIANS NEVER EVER THE COUNCIL OFFICERS its the Politicians that take the decisions threaten THEM WITH civil disobedience, press campaigns, etc . do not try to appear reasonable they arnt their exploiting you the Drivers remember this .

Do not try to appear be REASONABLE they arn't get stuck in don't take prisoners =D>

ORGANISED YOU NEGOTIATE =D>

......................................ON YOUR OWN YOU BEG #-o

APPOINT A SPOKESPERSON TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA ENSURE THAT THIS PERSON ONLY EVER MAKES STATEMENTS IN LINE WITH YOUR AGREED POLICIES

change your avatar SCAB IS SURELY NOT APPROPRIATE

BE LUCKY TT

Is there any real leverage, certainly not in striking ? I'm all for unions but it still comes down to one person negotiating , and if the licensing office is being unlawful, surely that's all it would take , and this is what I want to know , but I agree , 200 people shouting make more noise than me :wink:

I regard workers who fail to organise themselves until their attacked as MUGS!
What can you do ??????? #-o

easy join a Union along with other drivers get organised arrange meetings draw up your complaints met with THE POLITICIANS NEVER EVER THE COUNCIL OFFICERS its the Politicians that take the decisions threaten THEM WITH civil disobedience, press campaigns, etc . do not try to appear reasonable they arnt their exploiting you the Drivers remember this .
Do not try to appear be REASONABLE they arn't get stuck in don't take prisoners =D>

ORGANISED YOU NEGOTIATE =D>

......................................ON YOUR OWN YOU BEG #-o

APPOINT A SPOKESPERSON TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA ENSURE THAT THIS PERSON ONLY EVER MAKES STATEMENTS IN LINE WITH YOUR AGREED POLICIES

change your avatar SCAB IS SURELY NOT APPROPRIATE
BE LUCKY TT

It not necessarily being unlawful but maybe unreasonable.

They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl!

grandad wrote:

It not necessarily being unlawful but maybe unreasonable.

grandad on his best.... I was going to say exactly the same...

sCab wrote:

They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl!

"my" company provides all stickers (magnets) for free but when you loose them you've to pay £15 each, so that what they charge you is not that bad, mate... don't drive too fast you won't loose them... :!:

Author:	sCab [ Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:	Council robbing drivers for door plate stickers
Hi , I'm new here , I have a problem with my licensing office. They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl . They do not make these themselves, this work is contracted out. I know that the last printing company that held this contract invoiced £12+vat for a pair of stickers . How much do you guys pay for a pair of door signs ? Are the council allowed to profit in this way ? Are there any legal implications in what they are doing? The office won't allow a driver to approach the printers directly and other printing firms in the town have been "told" not to do any of this work , Any experiences? Any comments ,please , surely what they are doing cannot be right or lawful ?!

Author:	grandad [ Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:20 pm ]
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It is only licenses that they are not supposed to make a profit on.

Author:	Midlife martyr [ Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:56 pm ]
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The company I am with now charge £ 5.00 a side so I would say there taking the p@ss.

Author:	trotskys twin [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:13 am ]
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sCab wrote: Hi , I'm new here , I have a problem with my licensing office. They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl . They do not make these themselves, this work is contracted out. I know that the last printing company that held this contract invoiced £12+vat for a pair of stickers . How much do you guys pay for a pair of door signs ? Are the council allowed to profit in this way ? Are there any legal implications in what they are doing? The office won't allow a driver to approach the printers directly and other printing firms in the town have been "told" not to do any of this work , Any experiences? Any comments ,please , surely what they are doing cannot be right or lawful ?! Mugs normally get MUGGED OFF looks they regard you lot as MUGS .............................What you gonna do about it

Author:	sCab [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:55 pm ]
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They are taking away my freedom of choice and trapping drivers into paying what they want to charge , surely they can't have it both ways ?? They gave me 4 points on my licence for not displaying one door sign .

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Author:	sCab [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:57 pm ]
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That's it ,I'm not a mug ,and won't be mugged off, that's why I'm on here to find out what I can do about it .

Author:	wannabeeahack [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:04 pm ]
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£16 a pair here and the fecking things rip the paint when its time to take em off so everyone puts em on magnetic backing

Author:	sCab [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:39 pm ]
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Tried magnets , used to take them off when not working, still went missing that's why I'm in this situation

Author:	trotskys twin [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:05 pm ]
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sCab wrote: That's it ,I'm not a mug ,and won't be mugged off, that's why I'm on here to find out what I can do about it . I regard workers who fail to organise themselves until their attacked as MUGS! What can you do ??????? easy join a Union along with other drivers get organised arrange meetings draw up your complaints met with THE POLITICIANS NEVER EVER THE COUNCIL OFFICERS its the Politicians that take the decisions threaten THEM WITH civil disobedience, press campaigns, etc . do not try to appear reasonable they arnt their exploiting you the Drivers remember this . Do not try to appear be REASONABLE they arn't get stuck in don't take prisoners ORGANISED YOU NEGOTIATE ......................................ON YOUR OWN YOU BEG APPOINT A SPOKESPERSON TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA ENSURE THAT THIS PERSON ONLY EVER MAKES STATEMENTS IN LINE WITH YOUR AGREED POLICIES change your avatar SCAB IS SURELY NOT APPROPRIATE BE LUCKY TT

Author:	grandad [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:31 pm ]
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trotskys twin wrote: sCab wrote: That's it ,I'm not a mug ,and won't be mugged off, that's why I'm on here to find out what I can do about it . I regard workers who fail to organise themselves until their attacked as MUGS! What can you do ??????? easy join a Union along with other drivers get organised arrange meetings draw up your complaints met with THE POLITICIANS NEVER EVER THE COUNCIL OFFICERS its the Politicians that take the decisions threaten THEM WITH civil disobedience, press campaigns, etc . do not try to appear reasonable they arnt their exploiting you the Drivers remember this . Do not try to appear be REASONABLE they arn't get stuck in don't take prisoners ORGANISED YOU NEGOTIATE ......................................ON YOUR OWN YOU BEG APPOINT A SPOKESPERSON TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA ENSURE THAT THIS PERSON ONLY EVER MAKES STATEMENTS IN LINE WITH YOUR AGREED POLICIES change your avatar SCAB IS SURELY NOT APPROPRIATE BE LUCKY TT You know, I really hate it when this happens but I have to say that I have tried the reasonable approach and as TT says, they aren't.

Author:	sCab [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:04 pm ]
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Is there any real leverage, certainly not in striking ? I'm all for unions but it still comes down to one person negotiating , and if the licensing office is being unlawful, surely that's all it would take , and this is what I want to know , but I agree , 200 people shouting make more noise than me

Author:	grandad [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:11 pm ]
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sCab wrote: Is there any real leverage, certainly not in striking ? I'm all for unions but it still comes down to one person negotiating , and if the licensing office is being unlawful, surely that's all it would take , and this is what I want to know , but I agree , 200 people shouting make more noise than me It not necessarily being unlawful but maybe unreasonable.

Author:	o-marek [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:44 pm ]
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trotskys twin wrote: I regard workers who fail to organise themselves until their attacked as MUGS! What can you do ??????? easy join a Union along with other drivers get organised arrange meetings draw up your complaints met with THE POLITICIANS NEVER EVER THE COUNCIL OFFICERS its the Politicians that take the decisions threaten THEM WITH civil disobedience, press campaigns, etc . do not try to appear reasonable they arnt their exploiting you the Drivers remember this . Do not try to appear be REASONABLE they arn't get stuck in don't take prisoners ORGANISED YOU NEGOTIATE ......................................ON YOUR OWN YOU BEG APPOINT A SPOKESPERSON TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA ENSURE THAT THIS PERSON ONLY EVER MAKES STATEMENTS IN LINE WITH YOUR AGREED POLICIES change your avatar SCAB IS SURELY NOT APPROPRIATE BE LUCKY TT ... and then on the barricades, comrades!!!

Author:	o-marek [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:10 pm ]
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grandad wrote: It not necessarily being unlawful but maybe unreasonable. grandad on his best.... I was going to say exactly the same... sCab wrote: They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl! "my" company provides all stickers (magnets) for free but when you loose them you've to pay £15 each, so that what they charge you is not that bad, mate... don't drive too fast you won't loose them...

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Author:	Midlife martyr [ Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:30 pm ]
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o-marek wrote: grandad wrote: It not necessarily being unlawful but maybe unreasonable. grandad on his best.... I was going to say exactly the same... sCab wrote: They are charging £32 for what is no more than two sheets of printed A4 sticky vinyl! "my" company provides all stickers (magnets) for free but when you loose them you've to pay £15 each, so that what they charge you is not that bad, mate... don't drive too fast you won't loose them... Your talking about magnets he's talking about stick ons. One of the reasons some drivers prefer magnets is they can take them off when there using the car for personal use but the problem with that is in my area at least it a condition of your vechicles license that all plates and door signs are permanently attached. I know this as I had a written warning for not having my door signs on when I was doing the supermarket shop.