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grandad
 Post subject: I don't believe it!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:44 pm 
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You just cant please some people.
Our license fees are due to increase by 25% on April 1st.
Our table of fares is also due to go up on April 1st
I spent quite a lot of time sorting out the formula so that the table of fares covers ALL costs and should give drivers the chance to earn at least the living wage.
This means that the Council license fees are included in the formula as a separate item so that drivers can identify that they have been included.
So that should be that. Both things are now linked together and whatever the license fees are in the future , the table of fares will change to allow for this. Simples yes?
Apparently not. I was talking to a driver this morning, who was given a copy of the proposed tariff and how it was worked out. At the time he agreed with it and signed to say so. Well now he says he is going to object to the fees even though they are linked to the fares. #-o

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roythebus
 Post subject: Re: I don't believe it!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:58 pm 
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What is the reason for licence fees increasing by 25%, after all, the council must not profit from licencing. Maybe they should be reminded of that fact.
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: I don't believe it!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:46 pm 
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roythebus wrote:
What is the reason for licence fees increasing by 25%, after all, the council must not profit from licencing. Maybe they should be reminded of that fact.

Our fees are relatively low. We have had at least 3 years now of 25% increases and the fees are still nowhere near full cost recovery. According to the Council even if the fees were doubled they would still be below cost recovery.

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grandad wrote:
roythebus wrote:
What is the reason for licence fees increasing by 25%, after all, the council must not profit from licencing. Maybe they should be reminded of that fact.

Our fees are relatively low. We have had at least 3 years now of 25% increases and the fees are still nowhere near full cost recovery.




shhhhhh, dont tell em FFS

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: I don't believe it!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:07 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
roythebus wrote:
What is the reason for licence fees increasing by 25%, after all, the council must not profit from licencing. Maybe they should be reminded of that fact.

Our fees are relatively low. We have had at least 3 years now of 25% increases and the fees are still nowhere near full cost recovery.




shhhhhh, dont tell em FFS

They have pointed this out in the report to the councillors tomorrow night.

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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: I don't believe it!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:35 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Well now he says he is going to object to the fees even though they are linked to the fares. #-o

Someone will always object, don't worry about it.

At the end of the day it's councillors who decide, not a single driver sitting on a rank.

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: I don't believe it!
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if the fees have increased 1/4 each year for three year (i.e. x75% of the 2011 fees) you must have been mugging them in 2010....

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grandad
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wannabeeahack wrote:
if the fees have increased 1/4 each year for three year (i.e. x75% of the 2011 fees) you must have been mugging them in 2010....

We haven't been mugging them. They set the fees.

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Nidge2
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Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?
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grandad
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Nidge2 wrote:
Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?

Because he is an idiot.

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grandad
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Nidge2 wrote:
Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?

Because he is an idiot.
He runs a "T" reg metrocab. The council hate it because of it's age and condition. He told me yesterday that even if it costs him £5,000 a year to keep it on the road he will do it just to annoy the LO. That makes perfect business sense. #-o

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Nidge2
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?

Because he is an idiot.
He runs a "T" reg metrocab. The council hate it because of it's age and condition. He told me yesterday that even if it costs him £5,000 a year to keep it on the road he will do it just to annoy the LO. That makes perfect business sense. #-o



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:41 am 
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?

Because he is an idiot.
He runs a "T" reg metrocab. The council hate it because of it's age and condition. He told me yesterday that even if it costs him £5,000 a year to keep it on the road he will do it just to annoy the LO. That makes perfect business sense. #-o


That's easy to overcome, inform the council that others are imposing age limits and he would have to remove it if they implemented one
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grandad
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skippy41 wrote:
grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
Why did he object? Does he want to run the public around for nothing?

Because he is an idiot.
He runs a "T" reg metrocab. The council hate it because of it's age and condition. He told me yesterday that even if it costs him £5,000 a year to keep it on the road he will do it just to annoy the LO. That makes perfect business sense. #-o


That's easy to overcome, inform the council that others are imposing age limits and he would have to remove it if they implemented one

The age limit proposed will not be enforced retrospectively. If a vehicle has been plated when we had no age limit, it can continue to be plated. Grandfather rights.

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