pay as you go depot - what do you think

kotr · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 17

My wife - god love her -

is trying to help me think of new business ideas... what would anyone think of a depot which only charged you for the shifts you work - and is at a lower price - say £5 each day - first 2 months free so you can test if you get enough work - but individual driver organises their own meter and roofsign.

this would run parallel to a unique way to get passengers to use the company! (so there would be business available)

grandad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 pm **Posts:** 20130

kotr wrote:

this would run parallel to a unique way to get passengers to use the company! (so there would be business available)

Would this involve touting? If so it is not unique, it happens everywhere. :mrgreen:

kotr · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 17

no - passengers would earn money (from the depot) for fares that others (they introduce) would take.

Sussex · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:44 pm

kotr wrote:

no - passengers would earn money (from the depot) for fares that others (they introduce) would take.

Methinks you are confusing the job.

Pick up punter via rank or radio, take them from A to B, get paid by punter.

Master that first, then try the new stuff.

tx_op · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:15 pm

kotr wrote:

no - passengers would earn money (from the depot) for fares that others (they introduce) would take.

Ground control to Major Tom..... :-s

captain cab · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:22 pm

tx_op wrote:

Ground control to Major Tom..... :-s

commencing countdown engines on? :wink:

CC

bloodnock · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2007 8:15 pm **Posts:** 9170

kotr wrote:

My wife - god love her -

is trying to help me think of new business ideas... what would anyone think of a depot which only charged you for the shifts you work - and is at a lower price - say £5 each day - first 2 months free so you can test if you get enough work - but individual driver organises their own meter and roofsign.

this would run parallel to a unique way to get passengers to use the company! (so there would be business available)

I hope your wife-god love her- is going to be earning megabucks from her new postition over here..cos shes gonna need it to keep the both of you

Anyways..dont you know where it is shes moving to yet in the England/Scotland area? if we can ascertain which area we might can advise you better.

kotr · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 17

Maybe being creative is a way to help everyone? Would you not be interested in a pay as you go depot? Surely this would have to be a better option than paying thru the nose to a depot - I know here that I pay £500 a month and if I could reduce that to £150 and still get work then I am instantly £350 a month better off?? if you were getting work would it matter how the depot brought passengers in as long as they did???

tx_op · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:52 am

kotr wrote:

Maybe being creative is a way to help everyone? Would you not be interested in a pay as you go depot? Surely this would have to be a better option than paying thru the nose to a depot - I know here that I pay £500 a month and if I could reduce that to £150 and still get work then I am instantly £350 a month better off?? if you were getting work would it matter how the depot brought passengers in as long as they did???

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on...

bloodnock · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2007 8:15 pm **Posts:** 9170

kotr wrote:

Maybe being creative is a way to help everyone? Would you not be interested in a pay as you go depot? Surely this would have to be a better option than paying thru the nose to a depot - I know here that I pay £500 a month and if I could reduce that to £150 and still get work then I am instantly £350 a month better off?? if you were getting work would it matter how the depot brought passengers in as long as they did???

If its in the Scottish Borders you'll be lucky to take £1500 in fares here a month at present....If it were such a great Idea you wouldnt need to be moving to the UK.

as for Creative....Creativity means nowt at 4.00am on a sunday morning whilst the most creative thing your punters can muster is to decorate the pavement or the floor of your vehicle with a regurgitated Kebab.. :roll:

fairwaydriver · **Joined:** Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:17 am **Posts:** 102

"For here am I floating round my tin can. Far above the world"

I think you're on a different planet mate... Pick a fare up, drop them off. Return to rank / office. Repeat the same. THAT is the way the trade works.

tx_op · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:00 pm

[quote="fairwaydriver"]"For here am I floating round my tin can. Far above the world"

I just got a blueser an this ideas one big loser....bum de bum de bum bum
bum !!!

kotr · **Joined:** Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:36 pm **Posts:** 17

Interesting to note there is another thread on here saying how much longer do we pay the rent? So some people are interested in different things..... :wink:

Taxicall is a different idea and they seem to be making money?? :mrgreen:

They must have started with an idea... some of you just seem content to whine and knock anything thats a little different.....so keep on paying the sky high rents and moaning - I am sure you bring sunshine to your passengers! :lol:

bloodnock · **Joined:** Thu May 03, 2007 8:15 pm **Posts:** 9170

kotr wrote:

Interesting to note there is another thread on here saying how much longer do we pay the rent? So some people are interested in different things..... :wink:

Taxicall is a different idea and they seem to be making money?? :mrgreen:

They must have started with an idea... some of you just seem content to whine and knock anything thats a little different.....so keep on paying the sky high rents and moaning - I am sure you bring sunshine to your passengers! :lol:

well....it might work a treat in some places...but in another area of extremely low population density its just a non starter.

I hope you do some homework on the area your Moving to...as you may find things a tad dissapointing in some places

Brummie Cabbie · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:11 pm

kotr wrote:

Maybe being creative is a way to help everyone? Would you not be interested in a pay as you go depot? Surely this would have to be a better option than paying thru the nose to a depot - I know here that I pay £500 a month and if I could reduce that to £150 and still get work then I am instantly £350 a month better off?? if you were getting work would it matter how the depot brought passengers in as long as they did???

Be careful!! This guy was a cabbie . . . .

http://taxi-driver.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13612

He had ideas like yours, that mushroomed & look where it got him.

Passenger from A to B is a good start, then try & follow that with another passenger from A to B. If you're lucky you could get the occasional passenger from A to B to A.

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