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 Post subject: Fares
PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:04 pm 
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I was reading PHTM specifically the feature on Magnum Cars in Stoke. It showed in the summary their fare tariff was £3 for 1st mi!e and £1 per subsequent mile. That sounds mega cheap assuming I read it correctly. Our local council tariff rate 1 is about £4.30 1st mile and £2.15 for each subsequent. Are Stoke drivers busy cos people can afford the fares?

Unbelievably it is 2 years next month since I became a full time driver. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:31 pm 
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never know a firm featured in PHM to say the game is on its ar*e tbh

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:44 pm 
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2 Jobs wrote:
I was reading PHTM specifically the feature on Magnum Cars in Stoke. It showed in the summary their fare tariff was £3 for 1st mi!e and £1 per subsequent mile. That sounds mega cheap assuming I read it correctly. Our local council tariff rate 1 is about £4.30 1st mile and £2.15 for each subsequent. Are Stoke drivers busy cos people can afford the fares?

Unbelievably it is 2 years next month since I became a full time driver. :)

People work for peanuts then complain the trade's not viable.

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:42 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
2 Jobs wrote:
I was reading PHTM specifically the feature on Magnum Cars in Stoke. It showed in the summary their fare tariff was £3 for 1st mi!e and £1 per subsequent mile. That sounds mega cheap assuming I read it correctly. Our local council tariff rate 1 is about £4.30 1st mile and £2.15 for each subsequent. Are Stoke drivers busy cos people can afford the fares?

Unbelievably it is 2 years next month since I became a full time driver. :)

People work for peanuts then complain the trade's not viable.


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we work for peanuts

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:50 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
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we work for peanuts


excellent !

=D> =D> =D>

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:28 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Sussex wrote:
2 Jobs wrote:
I was reading PHTM specifically the feature on Magnum Cars in Stoke. It showed in the summary their fare tariff was £3 for 1st mi!e and £1 per subsequent mile. That sounds mega cheap assuming I read it correctly. Our local council tariff rate 1 is about £4.30 1st mile and £2.15 for each subsequent. Are Stoke drivers busy cos people can afford the fares?

Unbelievably it is 2 years next month since I became a full time driver. :)

People work for peanuts then complain the trade's not viable.


PING!



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we work for peanuts


If people pay peanuts, they should expect monkeys :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:47 pm 
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im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT
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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:41 pm 
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tangarinearmy wrote:
im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT


Your not related to Skip by any chance?

Lets do the Maths...what you used to get Paid £5.00 for you now get Paid £4.00 for so that's 80% percent of your previous earning potential, so to make up that extra £1.00 of Profit your going to have to work 25% longer. And if your trade is up 70% then your going to have to work 87.5% longer to make up the margin of lost Profit...That does not include the Extra fuel and Vehicles costs incurred by you gaining 70 % extra work at a lesser profit margin.

By what percentage has your Nett profit Increased by..I'll hazard a guess its no more than about 20% over all after all the extra costs involved.
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 Post subject: Re: Fares
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tangarinearmy wrote:
im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT

So if you drop it another 20% you will be even more busier.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:24 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
tangarinearmy wrote:
im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT

So if you drop it another 20% you will be even more busier.


Or drop another 80% and really clean up :lol:

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tangarinearmy wrote:
im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT

:roll: :roll: :roll:
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:00 am 
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You could be busy all the time and make as much by volunteering to work for your local community transport outfit. :shock:
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tangarinearmy
 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:08 am 
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i know you lot especially the fellow blackpudlian wont have it and thats fine.


im happy and thats all that matters
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 Post subject: Re: Fares
PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:36 am 
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Sussex wrote:
tangarinearmy wrote:
im now taking an average of 70% more since we dropped our prices by 20%

and that is FACT

So if you drop it another 20% you will be even more busier.



Yeah running about for nothing.
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