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I'm the owner of the prestige internet domain name
http://www.londontaxi.co.uk

After ignoring quite a few serious offers for it over the years I have now
decided to offer it for sale

Just to be nosey, what offers have you turned down? :-k

Sussex wrote:

Just to be nosey, what offers have you turned down? :-k

Over the years I've owned it I've had a number of offers from Mushers that usually dont go higher than a few hundred quid and a couple of serious offers from Taxi Fleet operators

The best one was just over a year ago and was the US$ equivalent of just over £8k

That was a company that wanted to use it as a general tourism site

Can anybody suggest who would be most likely to puchase this ?

londontaxi.co.uk wrote:
Can anybody suggest who would be most likely to puchase this ?

I will spread the word among the LPH community.

Ollie

As far as I'm aware there is nothing stopping a LPH firm operating a few taxis on their circuits.

So if they did that then they could advertise as a taxi outfit. :wink:

Sussex wrote:
As far as I'm aware there is nothing stopping a LPH firm operating a few taxis on their circuits.

So if they did that then they could advertise as a taxi outfit.

True enough

I am a PCO licensed PH operator but I also take TAXI bookings ( Mainly white wedding taxis )

You cannot advertise a minicab as a "Taxi" ( or even use the word "CAB" amazingly enough ) but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs and use "taxi" in his promotional efforts that relate to his TAXI's

but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs

Sorry guy's you need to read the reg's again weddings are regulated differently, in fact you do not even have to have a PCO operators license for these :shock:

The word TAXI is not allowed to be used in any form of advertising if you hold a PCO PH operators lincense. :roll:

Take care

Eric

Would not tuch it with yours Ollie :wink:

Dear folks

I'm the owner of the prestige internet domain name
http://www.londontaxi.co.uk

I am a PCO licensed PH operator but I also take TAXI bookings ( Mainly white wedding taxis )

You cannot advertise a minicab as a "Taxi" ( or even use the word "CAB" amazingly enough ) but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs and use "taxi" in his promotional efforts that relate to his TAXI's

Author:	londontaxi.co.uk [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:	Rare London Taxi internet domain name
Dear folks I'm the owner of the prestige internet domain name http://www.londontaxi.co.uk After ignoring quite a few serious offers for it over the years I have now decided to offer it for sale Further details are available at http://www.londontaxi.co.uk Can anybody suggest who would be most likely to puchase this ? Thanks & regards

Author:	Sussex [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:36 pm ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: I'm the owner of the prestige internet domain name http://www.londontaxi.co.uk After ignoring quite a few serious offers for it over the years I have now decided to offer it for sale Surely it's got to be worth a few bob to the lads at LTI, or maybe even Cabdirect. Just to be nosey, what offers have you turned down?

Author:	londontaxi.co.uk [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:46 pm ]
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Sussex wrote: Just to be nosey, what offers have you turned down? Over the years I've owned it I've had a number of offers from Mushers that usually dont go higher than a few hundred quid and a couple of serious offers from Taxi Fleet operators The best one was just over a year ago and was the US$ equivalent of just over £8k That was a company that wanted to use it as a general tourism site

Author:	JD [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:59 pm ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: Sussex wrote: Just to be nosey, what offers have you turned down? Over the years I've owned it I've had a number of offers from Mushers that usually dont go higher than a few hundred quid and a couple of serious offers from Taxi Fleet operators The best one was just over a year ago and was the US$ equivalent of just over £8k That was a company that wanted to use it as a general tourism site I would have took the 8k. I doubt you will get an offer that good. Why don't you try the domain name auctions? Regards JD

Author:	Ollie [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:08 pm ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: Can anybody suggest who would be most likely to puchase this ? I will spread the word among the LPH community. Ollie

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Author:	Eric the viking [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:26 pm ]
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Ollie wrote: Quote: londontaxi.co.uk wrote: Can anybody suggest who would be most likely to puchase this ? I will spread the word among the LPH community. Ollie Private Hire can not buy this domain name, well not in London anyway, PCO states quite clearly PH can NOT use the words Taxi or Cab in their advertising, contravens the licensing laws you see, and guess what websites are covered by the same regulations as they are afterall advertising. Would not tuch it with yours Ollie Eric

Author:	Sussex [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:53 pm ]
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As far as I'm aware there is nothing stopping a LPH firm operating a few taxis on their circuits. So if they did that then they could advertise as a taxi outfit.

Author:	londontaxi.co.uk [ Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:39 am ]
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Sussex wrote: As far as I'm aware there is nothing stopping a LPH firm operating a few taxis on their circuits. So if they did that then they could advertise as a taxi outfit. True enough I am a PCO licensed PH operator but I also take TAXI bookings ( Mainly white wedding taxis ) You cannot advertise a minicab as a "Taxi" ( or even use the word "CAB" amazingly enough ) but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs and use "taxi" in his promotional efforts that relate to his TAXI's

Author:	Eric the viking [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:35 am ]
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Quote: Sussex wrote: As far as I'm aware there is nothing stopping a LPH firm operating a few taxis on their circuits. So if they did that then they could advertise as a taxi outfit. True enough I am a PCO licensed PH operator but I also take TAXI bookings ( Mainly white wedding taxis ) You cannot advertise a minicab as a "Taxi" ( or even use the word "CAB" amazingly enough ) but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs and use "taxi" in his promotional efforts that relate to his TAXI's Sorry guy's you need to read the reg's again weddings are regulated differently, in fact you do not even have to have a PCO operators license for these The word TAXI is not allowed to be used in any form of advertising if you hold a PCO PH operators lincense. Take care Eric

Author:	GBC [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:56 am ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs Radio taxis do it daily.

Author:	GBC [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:59 am ]
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Eric the viking wrote: Sorry guy's you need to read the reg's again weddings are regulated differently, in fact you do not even have to have a PCO operators license for these The word TAXI is not allowed to be used in any form of advertising if you hold a PCO PH operators lincense. Take care Eric I agree with Eric. Especially as he shares the same thoughts as me, on a certain Radio enthusiast that frequents this site.

Author:	skippy41 [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:02 am ]
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stick it on e bay at 20k and see what hapens if it dont reach that amount you dont have to sell

Author:	GBC [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:02 am ]
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Eric the viking wrote: Would not tuch it with yours Ollie Blobby might touch it.

Author:	GBC [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:12 pm ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: Dear folks I'm the owner of the prestige internet domain name http://www.londontaxi.co.uk I'm intrigued why as a Licensed Minicab driver / operator you use the name London Taxi. Having looked at the site I can see no facility to either book a genuine Taxi for work or weddings as you claim above. In fact all I can see is adverts for Minicabs playing on the word 'cab', and worst still offers to take you to the Airport in presumably unlicensed Limo's ?

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Author:	GBC [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:16 pm ]
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londontaxi.co.uk wrote: I am a PCO licensed PH operator but I also take TAXI bookings ( Mainly white wedding taxis ) You cannot advertise a minicab as a "Taxi" ( or even use the word "CAB" amazingly enough ) but a PH operator can quite legally take private hire bookings for TAXIs and use "taxi" in his promotional efforts that relate to his TAXI's Could you direct us to the obvious part of the site that relates to genuine London Taxis and not Minicabs then?