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Nothing surprises me with the HC's but that is the cheek of them. They want work from everywhere but they don't want to pay fair wack for it. Oh well what goes around comes around



Typical, greedy barstewards. If it's not busy on the street we'll go and raid the PH work even though it's probably not busy there either but hey who cares when you don't pay as much for it in the first place

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Well the circuit I am on I have been on for 13 years as a PH building up the work and paying full settle.
I have traded in a £1500 saloon for a £27k WAV so I think I have paid enough. Besides which there is nothing to stop everyone else on the circuit doing the same thing !!! Maybe they are just not greedy enough eh !!

actually yes there is, like,er....restricted numbers oh HC plates and finances

what youve spent doesnt entitle you to half radio rents, nothing to do with it.

apart from wheelchair jobs (how many per week?) how did spending £27K help you?

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There is no restriction on HC plates here anymore.
I don`t make the rules about radio rent but if it was full rent then I wouldn`t bother.
As for how it has helped me, before I bought a WAV I could only do radio work.
Now I can do whatever I choose, If I want to do radio work I can, If I want to switch off my radio and work the streets/ranks I can, so really it has given me choices that I didn`t have before. At the end of the day I really don`t care whether anyone thinks I am entitled or not. I do the job to make money not friends.

how many plates have they issued up to now.... that is if you don't mind me asking..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Looking at the other side of the coin - when the streets are busy it leaves the P.H with all the office work so you will not be doing to much grumbling then. The other thing is that although they are working the streets they are still paying into that office albeit a smaller amount - it is also viewed that whilst they are working the streets they cannot always take work from an office so hence the lower rate.

My own experience is that if the offices are quiet then the streets are quiet, and of course vice versa. I have worked the office and quite frankly you are just working to pay your admin and maybe a bit over, not a lot,just a bit.

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13 or 14 I think since July and all but 1 have been to existing drivers.

6 have been to existing HC drivers and 6 to PH drivers(5 of which are on PH circuits and 1 who just works the Ranks).

Thank-you..... before the issue how many wheelchair accessible vehicles... roughly... where there on hackneys..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

There where 77 before and all were WAVS. To get a plate you have to buy a brand new WAV.

I had a sneaking suspicion that was the case.... it does make one wonder why.

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I have no objection to HC's on PH systems so long as they pay the same rates they are getting the same opportunity to earn as PH does so they should pay the same money. If they choose not to work the PH system that is up to them the opportunity is still there. PH on the other hand only work the system but find that HC pay less for the radio rent than they do as was said in an earlier post by a HC if they were charged full radio rent they wouldn't bother with the PH system. I'm all for earning money but a fair and even crack of the whip would be nice



Oh so if I pay £27k for my next saloon to be used as a PH that should justify why I should pay less radio settle coupled with the fact that I have over the years paid enough in settle to a PH company building it up to also justify a reduced settle but hey I never got one because I didn't choose to go on a WAV and to be honest I never would I like my comfort too much

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

you have a very unusual setup then, when i was HC on a circuit you did what you were told, no switching off, no private jobs, and turn out sunday morning for nil work when told also

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

and how many wheelchair jobs per week, on average have you had by spending £27K on a WAV?

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Times are charging wannabee the PH companies just want your money they don't care about anything else or least the bigger circuits like here and Chester don't. Anyway isn't Chester merging with the Port and other areas soon or has it already gone through

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

I must be missing something here, what difference does how many wheelchair jobs I have done make ?? as it happens I have done about 5 since august and those have been from ranks. It is only recently we have had WAV`s on PH circuits so wheelchair work has historically gone to HC

I do however get a lot of 5,6,and 7 seater jobs from the circuit which are priced at fare + 1/2 the PH rate.