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What the Fack is this? 50K. You didn’t really mean 50k did you? So why the Fack didn’t you put 25k you dopey [edited by admin], or was it a case of moving the goal posts to sustain an argument that you had already lost lol



The thing about owning a corner shop is that you might lose a little or maybe a lot of business but you don’t lose all of it. Now what do you lose when you invest 50k or 25k in a plate and the council deregulate soon after? Yes you guessed it, you lose the fackin lot

Thank you very much.



What about the Stock market? The Stock Market is very high risk?

Ask the investors of Cable and wireless, Marconi, BT, Royal Doulton. I could go on and on.



You access the risks do you? Does this mean you calculate the possibility of the venture failing? Does this mean the risk you are undertaking is calculated?

Definition of Calculated from Webster’s dictionary.

calculated - carefully thought out in advance;

I assume this is what you mean by “access the risks”

So in other words you take a calculated risk? I’m glad we put that one to bed. lol



Hang on matey, in another post did you not post under anonymous and say that people who buy a plate “show a degree of business acumen”

So now you’re saying too few plate holders have a clue about the basics of business?
Not very consistent are we matey?

There is nothing scientific about maintaining a Car or Cab. When it breaks down you get it repaired. A private hire driver has the same repair bills in those authorities that license Cars as Hackney carriages as the Hackney cars do. You seem to be associating a Hackney carriage license as something unique. Its not, the license has nothing at all whatsoever to do with maintaining a car. The license is a just a piece of paper, you may as well wipe your backside on it that’s how relevant it is to costs.



I suppose you’re one of those that’s makes a very nice living lol. It wouldn’t surprise me if Sussex makes as much if not more than you. The power of earnings in each licensed Authority is not governed by your fackin business acumen it’s governed by the amount of hours you work.

Simple economics to a brain like you.

JD

If plates are going to lose their value what’s the fackin point of investing 50 or 25 grand.



Oh you endorse what I said, lol. Simple economics isn’t it. Now you’re learning.

I asked Nigel if he was earning more money before his council de restricted numbers and not surprisingly he said he was earning far less for the same number of hours since de restriction. So you have it straight from the Horses mouth, don’t ever forget it.



There’s that 50k again lol

It’s what you are prepared to pay that is the entry ticket into the “restricted market” the piece of paper is what you are buying. In over 55% of the country you don’t need to pay for that little piece of paper.



Well blow me down with a wet kipper. You mentioned 50k with the hope that we would read your simple mind and extract from it that what you really meant to say, was that 50k was inclusive of Road tax, and Insurance. We couldn’t extract the etc part from your brain because we are not quite sure where to find the cells that contain the “etc” information. Maybe you can enlighten us on what the etc is.



lol why does this 50k keep cropping up? You said you never mentioned 50k, in later posts. Getting selective are we?



You go from the sublime to the ridiculous. Its alright paying 25k for a plate but most of us need something to attache it to. I suppose you’re going to run around town waving a plate “shouting for hire”.

When you buy a Cab to go with your plate come back and re evaluate your financial appraisal. Then tell us what Authority you intend to work in and perhaps we can get an accurate estimation from someone in the forum who has knowledge of the potential earnings of that Authority. Then and only then, will we be able to calculate the potential gross earnings and the profit and loss attached to the investment you have just ventured into.



Well if you can’t believe that then your either not very bright or you don’t know the cab game very well. Go and visit Rosendale and ask some of the Cabbies in the local villages how much they earn per year and you will get your answer.



Hours my friend, it all boils down to the number of hours you are prepared to work. The earning potential differs from location to location but at the end of the day it all amounts to how many hours you work as to how much you earn, you should know that you being a cab driver. I am assuming you are a Cab driver. What’s your registered nick anyway?




You don’t need to buy a plate to earn a living. My day driver doesn’t have a plate and he earns as much if not more than I do. So where’s the logic in buying a plate these days?

Drivers don’t buy a plate in over 55% of the country so your argument doesn’t hold water.

JD

JD.

You are a small minded moronic windbag. That I can tollerate but what I find totally unacceptable is the racsist references you have stooped to in an attempt to divert from your initial mis-understanding of RISK and GAMBLE.
You have insulted all the Aisian and West Indian taxi drivers and I apologise to them because you are not man enough to.
You have no place in this trade, you are no better than a Fascist, White Supremist.

I read all your posts avidly lol and I have no need to misquote you or misrepresent what you have said. I find your change of track when you can’t answer a point intriguing.

Such as the point I raised about in which Authority you can buy a cab and plate for 25 Grand. You gave the spurious answer that there are many Authorities including your own where a cab and plate can be bought. However, you obviously can't name any so I can only assume that you’re full of chit.



The only thing that has been recycled is your wayward thinking. You invent mythical restricted Authorities that sell cabs and plates for 25 grand, then can’t substantiate your Statement, I expect you hope someone in this forum will come to your rescue and highlight an Authority where you can buy a cab and plate for 25k lol

I’ll tell you now sunshine, the price of plates are related to earnings and rents, if you can buy a cab and plate for as little as 25k I would look very closely at the earning potential of that district.



Don’t move the goal posts, my initial reply was to your post which mentioned 50k. It might be convenient for you to try and wriggle out of your self made predicament like a slimy worm but you’re not going to get off that lightly my friend.




I could have sold my plate 100 times over but it all comes down to that added element of calculating the risk. To me the license is an asset in so far that it earns me an income. If I sold that asset and I still wished to drive a Cab I would have to do one of two things, either work in an Authority which has no restrictions, or rely on someone else in Manchester for employment.

I take the view that the plate owes me nothing and Manchester will be one of the last Authorities to ever de restrict numbers. Therefore I am not prepared to Gamble that Manchester will de restrict numbers in the next 12 month. That’s my calculated risk.

I calculate there will be lots of other Authorities de restricting before Manchester finally gives up the ghost.



Any idea how much students pay for accommodation up here? 65.00 a week I suspect down south it’s a lot more. You get 4 or 5 students in a house and you won’t stick your nose up at 300 per week.



lol show me where I have ever said “I want de regulation” smart arse. Go and spend a week going through all my posts and prove me wrong lol. When you can't prove me wrong I'll expect an humble apology, "Moron".

JD

lol do you live the real world? I think not.

I think your Walter Mitty tendencies doesn't stop at disguising your own nick. It appears you have a severe problem with calling indigenous peoples with their accurate place name.

To suggest that defining someone as a West Indian or an Asian is racist Is pure stupidity. What would you have us call Scotsman, Englishmen or Welshmen? lol on second thoughts don't answer that lol.

JD

the British?

Mr T, you present a very good arguement but give up with this moron JD, don't you you know that this is the infamous Dusty bin in another guise. He lost the arguement a few posts back by stating

"The vast majority of Asians have not got a fackin clue what is going on."

He has certainly cast a slur on our Asian friends and if it was someone else who posted it then it would be deleted.

And as for saying that his plate doesnt own him anything after spending good cash on one ( or so he says) then he is the idiot.

Thank you for the advice, I only came accross this forum recently so do not know who "Dusty Bin" is and have not read his posts.
But I think you are right about being a lost cause his mind is closed to anything other than his own bigotted rants. I do not intend wasting any more time on JD.

I think estates agents have a duty to give truefull advice. If they act the idiot they can be prosecuted.
Cab drivers can and do plead stupidity and blame the council if it goes wrong.

In Brighton most of the lads selling are either the operators cars or white middle aged drivers who then go PH.
Most of the lads buying are from an ethnic background.

I dont think anyone has slurred you. This topic may have got a little heated but i dont think anyone is being called a racist.
It just a fact in my area that most of the ones selling are a different ethnic background to most of those that are buying. Not all but most.

It sounds suspicously like your answering your own posts Mr T.


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I thought I was Dusty Bin.

As for the point about asian drivers, it's not racist, alas it's the truth, when it comes down to the issue of plate selling/de-limitation.

But I find it sad that the pious out there are more concerned about throwing stupid remarks and calling people stupid things, when all some of us wish to do is make people aware of the dangers of buying a plate.

But clearly some of those selling plates wish us to stay quiet.

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