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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:27 pm 
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Weds are my day off if you must know and yes sat night was very very busy and yes my figure was £430 on the clock and £50 in tips.


So you're saying you took home well over £300 on Saturday alone? In fact around £350?

Well that's Mr QWERTY123456's question answered then :roll:

I earned the same myself when I was driving on a good Saturday night. The truth is though, it's a young mans game and the figures, Funguy, is quoting are far from achievable every weekend or day throughout the year. As I said before, try earning £430 plus £50 in tips most Saturday nights from January through to May. Once again, the time of the year can have a huge impact on your earnings, and luck plays a fair part.

Funguy, is picking the very best-case scenario and applying it to every day he's in the saddle as if the quiet times don't exist.

I think it's more about blowing his own trumpet than the reality of driving a taxi.

I suspect the bold boy has a good woman on a nice salary or a redundancy package in there somewhere, maybe even a bit of an inheritance.

I've heard all of this sh*t before and usually in the pub after a few beers. #-o For some guy's every night is a rugby international weekend. :roll:


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:31 pm 
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so ur saying you take home 100 a day during the week after bills and 300 on a sat ??????

come on a know nothing about the black cab game but 700-800 a week sounds a bit much ..

why as others have said above would drivers be in a Q to get out the trade if they figures were realistic ...

others have said 300 is sometimes a struggle in 60 hours work and ur sayin 700 after bills atleast in 72 hours :?:


The bold Funguy's figures are doable, but it's hardly your average week. They are, however, typical of a City Cabs owner, rose-tinted point of view of the taxi trade. To do £400 on a Saturday night would mean, 12-14 hours falling into plums, with a good start time and no need to hurray back for changeover. Your £180 a night during the week, is a 12-hour grind without your ass ever leaving the saddle, but every night without fail. I don't think so somehow. Then there's the rental, can you imagine what a City Cab owner would charge if he thought you were doing £400 on a Saturday Night and £180 every other night.

You would kill yourself trying to make the above your average takings over the year.

Just try doing the above from January through to May. :-|

Agreed :shock:

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:34 pm 
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i take it u work off the radio at a large black cab company everytime ur out in the cab ?

u just renting radio or cab aswell ?

if u do the hours u say u do when others r not doin it then u deserve the money ur making if ur tellin the truth .

if not the big guys will get u !!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

The big guy's alway's get the big mouths :wink:

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:41 pm 
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qwerty123456 wrote:
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i take it u work off the radio at a large black cab company everytime ur out in the cab ?

u just renting radio or cab aswell ?

if u do the hours u say u do when others r not doin it then u deserve the money ur making if ur tellin the truth .

if not the big guys will get u !!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Qwerty try not too listen to much from Skull 1 rank (Haymarket) until he got himself kicked out and AliT feared to drive after midnight so now makes his money Carpetbagging, they think they know but only ever PRESUME the situation, although Skull on this one is right, Funguy is talking in Maximums. Read my original Post, study and start Part time the value the situation for yourself, we are all different :wink: Good luck :D

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:47 pm 
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ALI T wrote:

an advocate of part time cherry pickers. #-o

your a disgrace =D>

if you could accept the truth doogie and by your own statement you cant be far away from walking away..its just a matter of time for it to sink in :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
And how would you describe your status as a Cabbie :roll: Part time cabbie Part time Carpetbagger :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

And yes i do advocate Part time to start with then decide if the trade is worth going full time, its their choice as it is the choice to offer your cab to part timers :wink:

Ali you spend to much time on other peoples business you really should get your own identity identified by professionals, their there to HELP :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:54 pm 
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Funguy, on this occasion listen to Dougie, then you'll be in no doubt why the vast majority, especially on this forum, wants out of the taxi game. :-|


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:58 pm 
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Chaps the worst thing any of us can do is talk money on an open forum, or in a cab to a punter.

Give general advice to folks wanting to know if the game's viable, but no-more than that else we're doomed. :-$

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Sussex wrote:
Chaps the worst thing any of us can do is talk money on an open forum, or in a cab to a punter.

Give general advice to folks wanting to know if the game's viable, but no-more than that else we're doomed. :-$


Personally, I believe what Funguy is telling us, £480 every Saturday night and £180 on a quiet day/night during the week. It must be great being a cabby. More money than a horse can [edited by admin]. :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:

What's that coming over the hill, is the tax man? Is it the tax maaan? :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:38 am 
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Don't know how you guys can be so cynical.

I mean, I regularly take £50 in tips on Saturday night.

Or maybe it's more like £5.00....never did have a head for figures #-o


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:07 am 
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Dusty Bin wrote:
Don't know how you guys can be so cynical.

I mean, I regularly take £50 in tips on Saturday night.

Or maybe it's more like £5.00....never did have a head for figures #-o


It's a City Cabs thing. They wipe their ars*s with twenty-pound notes, and that's on a bad night. I think Funguy, is trying to convince himself of his highly successful business venture more than anyone else. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:17 am 
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Weds are my day off if you must know and yes sat night was very very busy and yes my figure was £430 on the clock and £50 in tips. I am not fussed what you think but I have no reason to lie about any figures at all!! Why would I hid my ID and boast :?: :?:

I do about £800 to £900 per week working 5 shifts inc a sat night and the folk on here who know who I am can back me up! If your out a 4am weekdays then you can have £100 on the clock by 9, £150 by 12 and the rest by 4pm when I go home. Sat night I started at 4.30pm and I was home by 5.30am.

I know loads of folk who make the same and loads who dont. The ones who don't won't get up early to get the airport runs!


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:52 am 
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FUNGUY wrote:
I would say that if your in a company then you should make about £400 per week after deductions for working 5x12 hour shifts if one includes a Friday or Sat night.

I done just over £400 on sat for 13 hours and I know loads who made about the same for roughly the same hours but that was a very very busy sat night. I would look for £300 on a sat after fuel but then you take off about £70 for rent. During the week you can do about £180 before fuel and rent so you take home would be about £100.

Dont know what the street cars do so most on here could advise better. They are right though saying income is not the same as say 5 years ago


FUNGUY wrote:
Weds are my day off if you must know and yes sat night was very very busy and yes my figure was £430 on the clock and £50 in tips. I am not fussed what you think but I have no reason to lie about any figures at all!! Why would I hid my ID and boast :?: :?:

I do about £800 to £900 per week working 5 shifts inc a sat night and the folk on here who know who I am can back me up! If your out a 4am weekdays then you can have £100 on the clock by 9, £150 by 12 and the rest by 4pm when I go home. Sat night I started at 4.30pm and I was home by 5.30am.

I know loads of folk who make the same and loads who dont. The ones who don't won't get up early to get the airport runs!


So you bagged £480 on Saturday, the £180 you cite for the other 4 days seems to be before tips, so you must be bagging £200 on weekdays? :roll:

Anyway, that's nearly £1,300 in the bag for the week. :roll:

Your rental seems to be £350, so that's £950 left. :roll:

Or perhaps I've been a bit optimisitic about the tips, so let's say £900 for easy counting. :roll:

Fuel? Surely £30 per shift average is more than enough. That's £150 for the week, so you take home £750? :roll:

Say you bag £300 less in a poor week, that's still a grand in the bag. Less rental leaves £650, so still taking home £500 after rental and fuel. :roll:

And not even working Friday by the looks of it. :roll:


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Oh well am not sure who to believe in what a bad week scenario takings r so a will study for the test see how it's goin then take it from there . Maybe visit a few can offices and get there take on things ....


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Dusty Bin wrote:
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I would say that if your in a company then you should make about £400 per week after deductions for working 5x12 hour shifts if one includes a Friday or Sat night.

I done just over £400 on sat for 13 hours and I know loads who made about the same for roughly the same hours but that was a very very busy sat night. I would look for £300 on a sat after fuel but then you take off about £70 for rent. During the week you can do about £180 before fuel and rent so you take home would be about £100.

Dont know what the street cars do so most on here could advise better. They are right though saying income is not the same as say 5 years ago


FUNGUY wrote:
Weds are my day off if you must know and yes sat night was very very busy and yes my figure was £430 on the clock and £50 in tips. I am not fussed what you think but I have no reason to lie about any figures at all!! Why would I hid my ID and boast :?: :?:

I do about £800 to £900 per week working 5 shifts inc a sat night and the folk on here who know who I am can back me up! If your out a 4am weekdays then you can have £100 on the clock by 9, £150 by 12 and the rest by 4pm when I go home. Sat night I started at 4.30pm and I was home by 5.30am.

I know loads of folk who make the same and loads who dont. The ones who don't won't get up early to get the airport runs!


So you bagged £480 on Saturday, the £180 you cite for the other 4 days seems to be before tips, so you must be bagging £200 on weekdays? :roll:

Anyway, that's nearly £1,300 in the bag for the week. :roll:

Your rental seems to be £350, so that's £950 left. :roll:

Or perhaps I've been a bit optimisitic about the tips, so let's say £900 for easy counting. :roll:

Fuel? Surely £30 per shift average is more than enough. That's £150 for the week, so you take home £750? :roll:

Say you bag £300 less in a poor week, that's still a grand in the bag. Less rental leaves £650, so still taking home £500 after rental and fuel. :roll:

And not even working Friday by the looks of it. :roll:


Funguy, is an owner and probably scoring £300 off his driver. :shock: I bet he wishes he'd kept his mouth shut. :lol:


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