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 Post subject: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:17 pm 
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A guy round here has had a car on order from Cab Direct since before Christmas, when he phoned them up to order it they told him it was good to go and was a result of an over order. They gave him two delivery dates in December then one for the beginning of January, one for last week and one for today.

They phoned him up this morning with the latest excuse that a notification light was illuminated on the dash.

It was booked in for a council test this afternoon for the 4th time, he's had to cancel the council test again because of Cab Directs ineptness.

How do they keep going when they're letting people down.


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:09 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
How do they keep going when they're letting people down.

Slick and lying salesmen.

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:34 pm 
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They've given him a delivery date now of Saturday.


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:02 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
They've given him a delivery date now of Saturday.

Did they say which Saturday? :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:14 pm 
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cabs4less

discount, low rate finance, free delivery to the door...

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:44 pm 
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I got an Auris from them 8 months ago, no problems whatsoever. The whole process was astonishingly quite simple.
(They did forget the extra key I ordered and left out the tyre inflation gunk and compressor cos I paid for a full size spare, but once I told them it was all couriered a couple of days later).

Maybe I was lucky but I'd use them again. :D


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:35 pm 
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sasha wrote:
I got an Auris from them 8 months ago, no problems whatsoever. The whole process was astonishingly quite simple.
(They did forget the extra key I ordered and left out the tyre inflation gunk and compressor cos I paid for a full size spare, but once I told them it was all couriered a couple of days later).

Maybe I was lucky but I'd use them again. :D

We have used them 3 times now without issue.

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:23 am 
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
They've given him a delivery date now of Saturday.

Did they say which Saturday? :mrgreen:


That's what I said to him, he looked at me and said "hum." They told him they don't deliver Saturdays but are going to deliver this Saturday. #-o #-o #-o


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
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just had a loan over 36 months £7500 cash, £8000 to repay, £222 a month 4.4% interest, and not tied to a car, can pay extras and reduce term of loan, far better than car HP

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
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Nidge2 wrote:
They've given him a delivery date now of Saturday.

Did it arrive?

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:43 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
cabs4less

discount, low rate finance, free delivery to the door...



I bought my Tourneo from them cheaper than cabs direct but had delivery problems which were down to Ford. These cars are not kept by the people selling them but are in a secure compound and as such are relying on the people running them which is sometimes a problem

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
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edders23 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
cabs4less

discount, low rate finance, free delivery to the door...



I bought my Tourneo from them cheaper than cabs direct but had delivery problems which were down to Ford. These cars are not kept by the people selling them but are in a secure compound and as such are relying on the people running them which is sometimes a problem


they sell using bulk discounts, my Skoda came from Rainsworth, he sells a few 1000, gets a discount, makes a bit, organises finance, makes a bit.....

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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:45 am 
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
They've given him a delivery date now of Saturday.

Did it arrive?



Cough, yeah it arrived on Saturday, he was taking it down to get the stickers put on yesterday and the engine management light came on and went into limp mode.

It's in the Peugeot dealership in Mansfield at the moment. It's in for it's council test on Wednesday, "if it's fixed."

The dealer principle said, "we hate these conversions from Allied."


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:49 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
edders23 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
cabs4less

discount, low rate finance, free delivery to the door...



I bought my Tourneo from them cheaper than cabs direct but had delivery problems which were down to Ford. These cars are not kept by the people selling them but are in a secure compound and as such are relying on the people running them which is sometimes a problem


they sell using bulk discounts, my Skoda came from Rainsworth, he sells a few 1000, gets a discount, makes a bit, organises finance, makes a bit.....


They all use dealerships, The Taxi Centre use Rainworth Skoda like cabs4less, Cab Direct use dealerships, they make people think they have the vehicle in stock when people phone up.


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 Post subject: Re: Cab Direct
PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:15 pm 
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as we in blackpool were voted as the nations best taxi drivers the age of the car is of no concern to the punter


run yours to death :D


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