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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:36 pm 
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You're an oxymoron Skull


Artur, and you are too stupid to be calling anyone names. #-o


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:39 pm 
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You make out as if people are forced into the taxi trade.

You mentioned bleeding drivers yet have done the same yourself.

You fought for a free plate and lost despite getting a free one and selling it on. That's capitalism my good man.

You're no longer involved in the trade but lack the class just to get on with things.

One question......now you're a real businessman what is it you do?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:44 pm 
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As if I'm gonna tell current my income and expenses on a public forum to a bunch of strangers.


What happened to your £100 a shift estimated earnings after costs working week about, days and nights, you muppet? #-o #-o #-o


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:49 pm 
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Come on Skull what does it take to be a real businessman?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:58 pm 
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Artur and molshy wrote:
You make out as if people are forced into the taxi trade.

You mentioned bleeding drivers yet have done the same yourself.

You fought for a free plate and lost despite getting a free one and selling it on. That's capitalism my good man.

You're no longer involved in the trade but lack the class just to get on with things.

One question......now you're a real businessman what is it you do?


Well, it's funny you should mention that. Once the licenses come through we will have the only dog creche in East Lothian. Oh and before you ask, our overheads are next to nothing, while our salaries stand to be just a touch more than driving a taxi for far fewer hours. It's a retirement gig for both, me and my sister.

Oh and the building we are using is bought and paid for.

Am I glad to be out of the taxis? You better believe it! I don't think I could have stood it for much longer. ](*,) ](*,)

Oh and it wasn't just the punters. It was working with guys like you. Give me, a good book and my lupine companions any day of the week. :D


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:59 pm 
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Great point Kaiser. Yes the rentals are too high.[/quote][/quote][/quote]


Oh yeah Kaiser all you pay to keep your taxi on the road after you've paid your loan, is zero. You need a driver just to keep the business pretense going, how long would last if the driver had unfettered access to his own plate and how much would your "£46,000" plate be worth, then? Oh and how much, have you lost on the plate since you bought it, they tell me, they are selling for around 30K, that's if you can find a buyer. #-o #-o


I'm saddened to some extent that you have proved just how uneducated you are skull, after all the bravado of the points you have been making. To suggest that my running costs are zero proves just why you blew your money and business, Nill business acumen Skull. There's the payment on the taxi, insurance, repairs, servicing, accountants fees, council fees for licensing, council fees for the yearly cab test. When you start adding up the costs and the time and effort it takes to make sure that the Taxi is top class working order not only to provide a safe working tool for myself, but more importantly for the Drivers who wish to rent it and of course the customer. You see skull when the driver comes to start his shift he turns the key and expects it work, continue doing so for the length of his shift and then drops it off again, end of job for him. Ne worries of getting something fixed etc. I'm sure you will agree now Skull that it is a business Nd that the Drivers are getting real value for money, after all they are getting to drive an expensive piece of equipment that just so happens to be my biggest Asset.

Tell me Skull (J D Cockerfeller) Thomson, why did you not just give your plate back to the council for nothing when you had had enough of the Taxi Trade? after all you were given it for nothing. I'll answer that for you, because it would have been bad business!! You took advantage!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:07 pm 
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Come on Skull what does it take to be a real businessman?


You need to have control over your own business by setting your own tariffs and standards of service. And above all, you don't work against your own interests.

The fact is, you are a pseudo employee working for the council, with fewer rights and poorer working conditions than your average council employee. :-| You control nothing you could really speak of that would give you a proper business status.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:14 pm 
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Great point Kaiser. Yes the rentals are too high.
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Oh yeah Kaiser all you pay to keep your taxi on the road after you've paid your loan, is zero. You need a driver just to keep the business pretense going, how long would last if the driver had unfettered access to his own plate and how much would your "£46,000" plate be worth, then? Oh and how much, have you lost on the plate since you bought it, they tell me, they are selling for around 30K, that's if you can find a buyer. #-o #-o


I'm saddened to some extent that you have proved just how uneducated you are skull, after all the bravado of the points you have been making. To suggest that my running costs are zero proves just why you blew your money and business, Nill business acumen Skull. There's the payment on the taxi, insurance, repairs, servicing, accountants fees, council fees for licensing, council fees for the yearly cab test. When you start adding up the costs and the time and effort it takes to make sure that the Taxi is top class working order not only to provide a safe working tool for myself, but more importantly for the Drivers who wish to rent it and of course the customer. You see skull when the driver comes to start his shift he turns the key and expects it work, continue doing so for the length of his shift and then drops it off again, end of job for him. Ne worries of getting something fixed etc. I'm sure you will agree now Skull that it is a business Nd that the Drivers are getting real value for money, after all they are getting to drive an expensive piece of equipment that just so happens to be my biggest Asset.

Tell me Skull (J D Cockerfeller) Thomson, why did you not just give your plate back to the council for nothing when you had had enough of the Taxi Trade? after all you were given it for nothing. I'll answer that for you, because it would have been bad business!! You took advantage!

Hear ends the lesson[/quote]

I was being sarcastic, like you didn't know. #-o

You and I both know you will never answer the questions which prove you have a pretendy business man status.

So come on Kaiser, tell everyone where the 46K plate "value" comes from or should I say, less than 30K because that's all it's worth now, that's if you can find a buyer? #-o #-o #-o


Oh and I feel I should mention that your taxi is a depreciating asset, which without a driver to keep you afloat, would be next to worthless in a few years. #-o That's if, you could keep it on the road driving it yourself and paying for a radio circuit. #-o #-o #-o #-o


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:25 pm 
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Come on now Kaiser answer the questions. #-o #-o #-o :lol: :lol: :lol:


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:32 pm 
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Skull wrote:
Come on now Kaiser answer the questions. #-o #-o #-o :lol: :lol: :lol:


Did you leave the taxi trade by your own free will Skull or did you have your taxi brief revoked??

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:37 pm 
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Come on now Kaiser answer the questions. #-o #-o #-o :lol: :lol: :lol:


Did you leave the taxi trade by your own free will Skull or did you have your taxi brief revoked??[/quote

Free will son, do you want me to show you the letter where I told the council to use my brief a four cornered suppository? :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:11 pm 
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Kaiser, is it true you are charging your driver £270 a week for a rental? [-X

Fu*k me, does he get Bupa health cover, sick pay, holiday pay and a pension for that? You cheeky ba*tard, it's no wonder you don't want him waking up to the fact, that he's being conned into propping up your fat lazy ar*e pretendy business. [-X [-X [-X [-X

How the fu*k can you charge anyone £270 a week, for a poxy taxi rental, especially now? :shock: :shock: :shock:


If I was a driver, I would be petitioning the council for my own plate, instead of going cap in hand to liberty takers like you for a drive. [-X [-X [-X [-X

Deary me, some people have no shame #-o [-X [-X [-X [-X [-X


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Skull you really are a prize prat!!! I've had a word round to find some info about you when you were in the trade and all say you were a kno€. Seems like your quite happy to carry on the trend. I think you may be telling a wee white lie about you giving back your brief free will????

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:22 pm 
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Skull wrote:
Kaiser, is it true you are charging your driver £270 a week for a rental? [-X

Fu*k me, does he get Bupa health cover, sick pay, holiday pay and a pension for that? You cheeky ba*tard, it's no wonder you don't want him waking up to the fact, that he's being conned into propping up your fat lazy ar*e pretendy business. [-X [-X [-X [-X

How the fu*k can you charge anyone £270 a week, for a poxy taxi rental, especially now? :shock: :shock: :shock:


If I was a driver, I would be petitioning the council for my own plate, instead of going cap in hand to liberty takers like you for a drive. [-X [-X [-X [-X

Deary me, some people have no shame #-o [-X [-X [-X [-X [-X


Come on Kaiser, is the above true? You are one shameless individual now answer the question.


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Kaiser, is it true you are charging your driver £270 a week for a rental? [-X

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