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Chester J.D.
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. Anyway isn't Chester merging with the Port and other areas soon or has it already gone through :?


It is merging in april but nobody seems to know what will happen regarding Licensing.
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and how many wheelchair jobs per week, on average have you had by spending £27K on a WAV?


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.


7? since august? £27,000 for a WAV?....

im glad your happy cos i wouldnt be

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


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.


Are you allowed to charge at PH rate or are you supposed to charge the cheapest rate which should be HC rate for 5,6 & 7 seater work. I know that is the case here cos some of the HC are now complaining because they don't get as much for the 5,6 & 7 seater work as the PH who can do the same job would get and our LA are quite strict about this. Essentialy you are a HC therefore you have to charge according to you LA rates or if PH the lower of the two cos you can't charge above HC cos of the LA and you can't charge above PH rate cos both would imply over charging

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Chester J.D.
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wannabeeahack wrote:
JDBubbles wrote:
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and how many wheelchair jobs per week, on average have you had by spending £27K on a WAV?


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.


7? since august? £27,000 for a WAV?....

im glad your happy cos i wouldnt be


OK I still feel like I am missing something here, by buying a WAV I get to use the ranks and pick up on the streets HC meter rates work out at approx £2 per mile at night (I only work nights)

PH rates work out approx £1.40 per mile at any time.

So yes I am happy !!!
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JDBubbles wrote:
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JDBubbles wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

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


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.


7? since august? £27,000 for a WAV?....

im glad your happy cos i wouldnt be


OK I still feel like I am missing something here, by buying a WAV I get to use the ranks and pick up on the streets HC meter rates work out at approx £2 per mile at night (I only work nights)

PH rates work out approx £1.40 per mile at any time.

So yes I am happy !!!


Here a 5 mile job for for 5,6 & 7 seats would be fare and half. At our rates thats 12.00 at HC of £2 per mile would be £10 so which rate would you charge.

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Chester J.D.
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Are you allowed to charge at PH rate or are you supposed to charge the cheapest rate which should be HC rate for 5,6 & 7 seater work. I know that is the case here cos some of the HC are now complaining because they don't get as much for the 5,6 & 7 seater work as the PH who can do the same job would get and our LA are quite strict about this. Essentialy you are a HC therefore you have to charge according to you LA rates or if PH the lower of the two cos you can't charge above HC cos of the LA and you can't charge above PH rate cos both would imply over charging


I can only charge what is on the meter or less.
So if I do a 6 seater job for PH @£1.40 per mile x fare + 1/2 it works out roughly the same as the meter.
The only time the I lose out is if I do a PH job with 5 people as there is a £3 surcharge on the meter for more than 5 people.
Also most of the 5,6,7 seat jobs I do for the PH are out of area and quoted and paid for beforehand.
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JDBubbles wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
JDBubbles wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

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


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.


7? since august? £27,000 for a WAV?....

im glad your happy cos i wouldnt be


OK I still feel like I am missing something here, by buying a WAV I get to use the ranks and pick up on the streets HC meter rates work out at approx £2 per mile at night (I only work nights)

PH rates work out approx £1.40 per mile at any time.

So yes I am happy !!!


whats £0.6 per mile into £27,000 then?....

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JDBubbles wrote:
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Are you allowed to charge at PH rate or are you supposed to charge the cheapest rate which should be HC rate for 5,6 & 7 seater work. I know that is the case here cos some of the HC are now complaining because they don't get as much for the 5,6 & 7 seater work as the PH who can do the same job would get and our LA are quite strict about this. Essentialy you are a HC therefore you have to charge according to you LA rates or if PH the lower of the two cos you can't charge above HC cos of the LA and you can't charge above PH rate cos both would imply over charging


I can only charge what is on the meter or less.
So if I do a 6 seater job for PH @£1.40 per mile x fare + 1/2 it works out roughly the same as the meter.
The only time the I lose out is if I do a PH job with 5 people as there is a £3 surcharge on the meter for more than 5 people.
Also most of the 5,6,7 seat jobs I do for the PH are out of area and quoted and paid for beforehand.


the meter is the HIGHEST you may charge, not the lowest...

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Chester J.D.
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wannabeeahack wrote:

whats £0.6 per mile into £27,000 then?....


Who cares ????
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wannabeeahack wrote:

the meter is the HIGHEST you may charge, not the lowest...


Yeah, but if he's on a PH circuit he's got to charge PH rates (provided they are not more than the HC ones)?

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Chester J.D.
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wannabeeahack wrote:

the meter is the HIGHEST you may charge, not the lowest...


I did say I can only charge what is on the meter or less
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JDBubbles wrote:
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the meter is the HIGHEST you may charge, not the lowest...


I did say I can only charge what is on the meter or less


so you can charge what a PH (may or may not charge) or use full meter and you only pay half radio rent then?

apart from blowing £27K to get 7 jobs in 5 months your on a winner id say

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wannabeeahack wrote:
im suprised a base let you have a radio at half price when you can also sit on a rank which a PH cant do, to make up income when times are lean, and take flag downs.

1 car 1 radio 1 price

I couldn't agree more.

If you are on a circuit you should pay the same as the next person.

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Chester J.D.
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wannabeeahack wrote:
JDBubbles wrote:
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the meter is the HIGHEST you may charge, not the lowest...


I did say I can only charge what is on the meter or less


so you can charge what a PH (may or may not charge) or use full meter and you only pay half radio rent then?

apart from blowing £27K to get 7 jobs in 5 months your on a winner id say


I give up !!!!!
You are right I have wasted my money.
I should have carried on paying £95 per week settle for £1.40 a mile.
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I give up !!!!!
You are right I have wasted my money.
I should have carried on paying £95 per week settle for £1.40 a mile.

All that matters, is that you, who is paying your bills, are happy with your lot. :wink:

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