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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:02 pm 
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Trevor is ok, not in the best of health,hes retired now gave up last year so hopefully taking it easy


Yeah, he was telling me in a letter he sent last month, I like Trevor, Blackpool's cab trade owe the guy an awful lot, and a lot more again.....he was treated shockingly by some down there.

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Its a buisness that works .


It works because it is protected from competition.

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There is always people that dont reconize other peoples work, or dont agree but he was a good man.Hes missed on the association.His cab still lives on though !!
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MR T wrote:
..... a bit like 10 families at present costing the taxpayer £1 million a year in benefits..... but who contributes towards the cost...... in the real world.


Funny you should bring that up.
How many drivers are subsidised by the benefit system?

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gusmac wrote:
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..... a bit like 10 families at present costing the taxpayer £1 million a year in benefits..... but who contributes towards the cost...... in the real world.


Funny you should bring that up.
How many drivers are subsidised by the benefit system?


I dunno......theres a good few owners in the same boat around here.

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Are ph not compotition ? You dont have to get a cab of a rank,you can ring.All this [edited by admin] about owners creaming it in,not here mate the game really is on its ar5e at the moment
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blackpool wrote:
Are ph not compotition ? You dont have to get a cab of a rank,you can ring.

Indeed they are. Perhaps you would like protection from them too?

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All this [edited by admin] about owners creaming it in,not here mate the game really is on its ar5e at the moment

Didn't you just say that restriction worked? You seem to be contradicting yourself.

Even in it's heyday, I doubt Blackpool would have been busy in January. :wink:

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Cal Cab wrote:
Well they're forced into the smaller fleet of vehicles, which are rented out for inflated sums.


Forced :shock: What you chattin about :?

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What im saying is theres no need for any more taxis on ranks.As for the winters i think thats where youll find theres been a reversal here,there actually a lot better than they used to be.
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Now Toots, explain to us all why only a select few should be allowed the opportunity to make this profit?


Don't you make a profit :?

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Now Toots, explain to us all why only a select few should be allowed the opportunity to make this profit?


Don't you make a profit :?


No they make £1500 per week according to alistair.

No wonder they can protest about fare increases.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBwZ-9xCk3g


Pmsl.......... this is wasted in a thread that is avoided by some it should be put on the general thread :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Absolute gem!!!

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Well they're forced into the smaller fleet of vehicles, which are rented out for inflated sums.


Forced :shock: What you chattin about :?


Rewind to where gusmac was asking what would happen to the surplus drivers under your grand plan, Toots.

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Private Reggie wrote:
Profiteering is not illegal, it's a circumstance of restriction, restriction is fair in area's with a limited market , what makes restriction work is regular survey's of demand, if there is a demand the selection process doesn't discriminate on who gets a plate and who doesn't, plate holders is random not selective to a few, so really profiteering in the way you indicate is not happening, what we have in Edinburgh is a restricted market that acts fairly and without discrimination, what works here in Edinburgh might work differently in other area's depending on CIRCUMSTANCE :wink:


Did you get that aff the citievictor video Reggie :lol:

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