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happy cabs
 Post subject: Hackney V Private Hire
PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:05 pm 
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A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.
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happy cabs wrote:
A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.


Did you ask?

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It's about 3.1 miles from the station and about 2.9 miles back.

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happy cabs wrote:
A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.

Up to £35,000 for a TX4 as opposed to up to £12,000 for a Skoda.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:25 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
happy cabs wrote:
A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.

Up to £35,000 for a TX4 as opposed to up to £12,000 for a Skoda.
I WOULD PAY THE EXTRA RATHER THAN GO IN A SKODA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

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I think in the main legitimate private hire companies have cheaper fares than hacks, unless of course if you live in Lincoln where they charge six pounds per half mile. lol

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live in Oxford where they charge six pounds per half mile. lol


where did you get that pearl of wisdom from?
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187ums wrote:
where did you get that pearl of wisdom from?


What pearl of Wisdom? lol

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six pounds per half mile?
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187ums wrote:
six pounds per half mile?


That's what was charged by one private hire driver in Lincoln.

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you sly dog jd, you changed the oxford to lincoln, now how did you manage to do that?
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happy cabs
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grandad wrote:
happy cabs wrote:
A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.


Did you ask?


I wasn't there it was my wife and daughter
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:36 pm 
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happy cabs wrote:
grandad wrote:
happy cabs wrote:
A journey yesterday from Sheffield Railway station to the Sheffield Arena cost £9.90 in a hackney, and the return in a PHV cost £5. 80 I wonder why.


Did you ask?
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I wasn't there it was my wife and daughter


Strictly come dancing live? heavy traffic getting to arena, therefore waiting time kicked in?

My wife and daughter went. 45 minutes Lincoln to Meadowhall, 30 minutes for the one mile to the arena.
Not rocket science is it? (although rocketry is engineering, not science)

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you sly dog jd, you changed the oxford to lincoln, now how did you manage to do that?


Are you sure you weren't drinking at the time? lol

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[quote="jimboNot rocket science is it? (although rocketry is engineering, not science)[/quote]

engineers can't build rockets alone there is a lot of Science and mathematics involved !


On a more serious note most people when comparing fares tend to "forget" about the heavy traffic

and as for Lincoln private hire well if the idiot that abandoned his car in the middle of the main pick up/ drop off point at the top of the high street in Stamford is anything to go by they haven't got much up top so he probably couldn't work it out properly :lol: :lol: :lol:
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