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| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | travel tokens, no thanks. |
York welcome by Reader's letter IT was interesting to read the letter from Mr McCabe ("Strain on train", March 9). We travelled by GNER the previous Sunday with no problems at all, the 10pm train arriving in York at 12.10am, a few minutes early. Our "problem" started with the taxi driver from the station taxi rank. On our way home he was asked if he would accept travel tokens, only to be told that he worked for cash at that time of the early morning; what was I doing out of bed at that time?; and he could not understand why pensioners were given tokens anyway. After a wonderful weekend in London, what a welcome back to York. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: travel tokens, no thanks. |
Stinky Pete wrote: On our way home he was asked if he would accept travel tokens, only to be told that he worked for cash at that time of the early morning; what was I doing out of bed at that time?; and he could not understand why pensioners were given tokens anyway.
I'm not sure what the situ is up there, but if the car can redeem the tokens at his office then he is a bit of a pillock for not taking them. But if he works independant of an office then I don't blame him for blanking them. |
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| Author: | TDO [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:50 pm ] |
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Yes, but he could have perhaps been a bit more diplomatic about it, but of course there are always two sides to every story. A major source of friction is public ignorance of taxi matters, but of course the cause of this is generally that LAs make things unnecessarily complicated, due to their own ignorance, and neither they, the trade nor the public really know what's happening outside their own little bubble. 
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| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: travel tokens, no thanks. |
Sussex wrote: [
But if he works independant of an office then I don't blame him for blanking them. I think its part of the gner contract to take tokens. I have had "young" people trying to pay with travel tokens, oh, my granny gave me them to use up. |
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| Author: | TDO [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:02 pm ] |
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So I assume that's not legal? |
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| Author: | Guest [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:12 pm ] |
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we have disabled vouchers. on them it lists the firms and there numbers that they can be used with. be they taxi or ph. ive even taken them off the rank no problem. get 100% of the fare. and if they want change i just tear off a bit and give it back. 
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| Author: | jimbo [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:20 pm ] |
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TDO wrote: Yes, but he could have perhaps been a bit more diplomatic about it, but of course there are always two sides to every story.
A major source of friction is public ignorance of taxi matters, but of course the cause of this is generally that LAs make things unnecessarily complicated, due to their own ignorance, and neither they, the trade nor the public really know what's happening outside their own little bubble. So good you said it thrice.... |
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| Author: | jimbo [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: travel tokens, no thanks. |
Sussex wrote: Stinky Pete wrote: On our way home he was asked if he would accept travel tokens, only to be told that he worked for cash at that time of the early morning; what was I doing out of bed at that time?; and he could not understand why pensioners were given tokens anyway. I'm not sure what the situ is up there, but if the car can redeem the tokens at his office then he is a bit of a pillock for not taking them. But if he works independant of an office then I don't blame him for blanking them. It's "best practise" to accept them. Pensioners get £22 in tokens here. Refuse to take them, and they go elswhere. £22 in tokens, how much in CASH do they take elswhere, you silly synt? 
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| Author: | TDO [ Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:56 pm ] |
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jimbo wrote: So good you said it thrice....
Well I can only see one, so you must be seeing things Jimbo
It was a good post, but probably not worth repeating though 
I think the forum's server was on strike, so I pressed the button twice(?) - I knew exactly what would happen, but carried on regardles; your intrepid administrator risking life, limb and personal ridicule to bring you his cutting edge views, not to mention salvage something from the microwave before it burnt to a frazzle
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| Author: | jimbo [ Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:45 am ] |
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TDO wrote: jimbo wrote: So good you said it thrice.... Well I can only see one, so you must be seeing things Jimbo It was a good post, but probably not worth repeating though I think the forum's server was on strike, so I pressed the button twice(?) - I knew exactly what would happen, but carried on regardles; your intrepid administrator risking life, limb and personal ridicule to bring you his cutting edge views, not to mention salvage something from the microwave before it burnt to a frazzle Must have been the second bottle of wine.. |
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| Author: | the thinker [ Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | taxi tokens no thanks |
Any driver working from York railway station has signed a contract agreeing to accept tokens, and by not doing so is in breach of that contract. The usual situation regarding tokens is that they usually give you more than the fare anyway. |
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| Author: | Ollie [ Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:11 pm ] |
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No tokens for me. Just cash and credit cards. Gold ones preferred.
Ollie |
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