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popcorn
PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:33 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
what did u decide mate?



I would get my own cab but cant get the finance due to being unemployed at the moment and then wanting to go self-employed :cry: :cry:
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wannabeeahack
PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:44 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
what did u decide mate?



I would get my own cab but cant get the finance due to being unemployed at the moment and then wanting to go self-employed :cry: :cry:


get your badge then just drive for someone then, expect a 8 week delay for DBS checks tho

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popcorn
PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:21 pm 
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I have my badge but no one has a spare car to drive at momment
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wannabeeahack
PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:27 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
I have my badge but no one has a spare car to drive at momment


no, drive for an owner on a back shift when his/her car is idle, dont rent

you may be on a % of the take or hourly rate to start


take a walk round the ranks and ask, and ring every local firm in the book, jockeys are like gold dust and the schools are back now

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handyman
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:58 pm 
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popcorn wrote:
Been let down by local firms to rent a ph so now thinking of getting my own have been told earnings are around £1000 pw before expenses so the question is whether to take the gamble of financing a car and if so how much to spend iam no mechanic so all work would be at a garage car would be a skoda superb 2010 costing £10000


Your better off being a driver and finding a good taxi operator to work for. Being an owner is a lot of hassle and a totally different job. I know some very good drivers who went and got their own cab, and hated it, and gave it up to go back to being drivers again.
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kaillum
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:17 pm 
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as all the advice above, go and drive for someone else.... I worked the local circuit for 2 years before buying my plates... and no.. I don't clear £1k gross a week on a hackney!! but I earn enough to make it pay... and have my wife with her badge working some of the day shifts......
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