Taxi Driver Online

how much do you guys reckon it would cost to put a fleet of 20 independent owner of cars out on the road.base, radios ,data heads or pda s advertising etcetc.


in case our nosey directors are lurking im just asking ok

ask em all for a grand upfront starters...watch em run

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

Depends on the cost of offices, type of advertising, system etc and do you already have 20 drivers available?

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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 reckon about £20K.

Your problem in blackpool is getting the customers !

That's where the advertising comes into play

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

erm, thats what I said

do it NOW and get running soon, before xmas

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

Shh! don't tell everyone.

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Grandad,

The advertising could involve those 20 drivers doing a lot of leg work, rather than monetary.

As for the pda and computer set up, give Bill a PM.

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IDFIMH

Undercut the council set rate and promote it well enough, and the punters will come.

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IDFIMH

I thought that Skippy had posted this.
So do you mean work for nothing?

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Grandad,

Most certainly not.

But the punters wont change their firms just for the love of it.

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IDFIMH

I find that by offering a better service than the other companys, we are increasing our customer base. We always charge the metered rate for in borough jobs. Discounting or undercutting is for mugs. Anyone can work for nothing. Our drivers take home more now that they ever have when they worked for the other companys in the town. Take last night for instance, we had 3 drivers out, which is good for a town the size of ours. After paying us for their mileage, they each took home between £16 and £20 per hour.

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Grandad,

Been done to death as tangerine will know, the only waynto go lower is to work for feck all .

Firstly what happens is only half the 20 stump up, 1 of those that dont is a whistle blower, the base boss finds out, he has a vested interest in stopping it, the ringleaders are kicked off the circuit, it takes a while to get set up so unless they are hacks or go work for another base they are not earning.....end of.


(been there...............done that)

20 is too many for a new base, 10 is enough, work will be tight till the number is advertised in press and yellow pages, but it is a fact every number gets calls, punters are like that

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