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| Author: | outofpockeket [ Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Unfair competition from the free bus pass 4 pensioners |
How many of you since April 2006? Have seen a drop in your senior citizen's trade because of the free bus pass. Well I have noticed it has had a dramatic effect on the taxi and private hire trade in my area. Where we have a high population of senior citizens. I see the free bus pass as unfair competition and the Goverment did not think of this effect on the taxi and private hire trade. Is there a possibility that we could sue the Goverment for unfair trading practise's and claim for loss of earnings? |
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| Author: | GA [ Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:19 pm ] |
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In short our PTE has, for as long as I can remember, given all pensioners free bus passes. They used to offer "care cab" vouchers where they could buy a voucher worth £1 in the taxi for 65p then the driver would reclaim the voucher from the PTE through a registered operator. They were withdrawn a couple of ears ago when a management company (who's name escapes me) was brought in and the whole scheme was dropped cause THEY couldn't make money from it. B. Lucky 
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| Author: | GBC [ Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Unfair competition from the free bus pass 4 pensioners |
outofpockeket wrote: How many of you since April 2006? Have seen a drop in your senior citizen's trade because of the free bus pass. Well I have noticed it has had a dramatic effect on the taxi and private hire trade in my area. Where we have a high population of senior citizens. I see the free bus pass as unfair competition and the Goverment did not think of this effect on the taxi and private hire trade. Is there a possibility that we could sue the Goverment for unfair trading practise's and claim for loss of earnings? If this is true, Sussex would be out of a job as we speak. Thers no one under 63 down there. 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:26 pm ] |
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I think the bus passes have lost us a bit of work, but not that much. I've always had the view that if someone is going to get a taxi/PH, then they will get a taxi/PH. If they don't want one, then they wont. Most bus fares for the old dears are only a pound or less, so in fact a free bus one way might allow them a cab back.
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