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GBC

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:07 pm

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London (Supreme cab company) 04 Reg TX2 (No radio) £230 per week on the flat (Exclusive use, no share)

Colts cabs, P Reg fairway, (No radio) on the flat, £190 per week.

Hope that helps as a comparison.

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Skull

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:26 pm

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greenbadgecabby wrote:

Seems fair to me, but you have no chance of getting rentals like that up here.

Makes you wonder why?

:wink:

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GBC

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:28 pm

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Skull wrote:

Seems fair to me, but you have no chance of getting rentals like that up here.

Makes you wonder why?

:wink:

Trust me, you should be relieved you don't have the choice of one of 'Colts' fairways! :lol:

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TDO

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:29 pm

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Realcabforceforum wrote:

TDO wrote:

I don't really think the precise rental figures and plate valuse matter a great deal, since as with any other transaction they will rarely be exactly the same.

But what matters is that the premiums and rentals are grossly inflated, which is wrong in principle, in my opinion.

Do tell us how much they should be them :roll:

Premiums, how about zero?

Rentals, how about the market rate, not the inflated one?

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Skull

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:38 pm

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RealCabforce wrote:

ALI T wrote:

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realcabforce wrote

I know of nobody who pays the ridiculous rental figures quoted. Put simply to pay that would make the job uneconomic.

well i know of plenty that pay the £320 mark,and thier are those that pay more
myself i pay £270
if as you say £350 makes the job uneconomic

that must means that im making a profit of around £80 per week
glad we cleared that up :lol:

One day you might grow up and be a baby.

What's wrong business not looking up after all, can't think why you are getting all bent out of shape. :wink:

Relax... the drivers, you do remember them don't you the ones that are in the majority and have been in touch with me so far see it almost exactly as wee do in fact the articles were run past a number of them before the news letter was written.

Oh and btw, they even want to challenge the council if our applications are turned down because of Jacob. The only thing they see is their rentals going up with no prospect of getting a plate, funny that eh. Seems they don't like the idea of haveing their working conditions dictated to them.

Never mind. :twisted:

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:06 pm

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Skull wrote:

So far everyone we have tested with a copy agrees and is not to chuffed when they see it in black and white. :wink:

And all Mr Ever so Clever wants to talk about is PMs. :lol:

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:27 pm

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RealCabforce wrote:

This lot represent the MINORITY view in Edinburgh.
I know of nobody who pays the ridiculous rental figures quoted. Put simply to pay that would make the job uneconomic.

Well let's see a mag from your so-called majority then.

Oh silly me, all they are concerned with is PMs. :lol:

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William Maitland

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:30 pm

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But how many drivers have contacted you Skull 10,20,100,1000, why does everyone want te represent everyone else in the Edinburgh trade

Why cant we have a properly constituted Drivers association instead of the wannabe Representatives telling everyone else what and how they should be running their own business, while conversely failing to hide the fact that it is often politically motivated causes that really interest them.

The fact that you continually threaten legal action, or complain about the authorities to other authorities does nobody any favours, least of all those you purport to represent.

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Sussex

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:31 pm

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Realcabforceforum wrote:

Do tell us how much they should be them :roll:

Plate values should be f*** all, and rentals should be a fraction of their existing rates.

And when Edinburgh de-limit, they will be. But your not interested in that are you Mr PMs? :lol:

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William Maitland

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:52 pm

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Sussex wrote:

Realcabforceforum wrote:

Do tell us how much they should be them :roll:

Plate values should be f*** all, and rentals should be a fraction of their existing rates.

And when Edinburgh de-limit, they will be. But your not interested in that are you Mr PMs? :lol:

And when will Edinburgh de-limit Sussex.

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Sussex

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:53 pm

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William Maitland wrote:

And when will Edinburgh de-limit Sussex.

Not as soon as I would like, but a lot sooner than you would like. :wink:

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William Maitland

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:11 pm

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ALI T wrote:

William Maitland wrote:

What has some of that got to do with your average cabby who just goes out and does his job to the best of his or hers ability.
absolutly nothing carry on william

It seems to be more about vengeance and spite against the council :roll:

it's all to reactionary for me, something bad happened to me so everyone must suffer the consequences, Hell hath no fury like a taxi driver scorned kind of thing.

how will we all suffer

There may be problems in the taxi trade but telling us who should and should not be resigning their positions from the Council aint going to help anyone.

mulligan should resign becouse he just backed a known and convicted criminal,all this when the chief constable objected,and mr mulligan being on the police board,if he shouldnt resign why not ?

Everyone will have the chance to vote them out, if that is their wish, in 18 months time, until then I would learn to except it.

seems you dont need to learn to accept anything william,youre a master in acceptance

Shame really a document with some reasonable stuff ruined by Political bias.

I take it you mean Milligan, as in Eric Milligan the two times Lord Provost of Edinburgh and nearly third, if it is someone called Mulligan I cant say as I do not know anything about them.

Anyway I do not like to comment on these things as I drive a Taxi for a living, I am not on the licensing commitee of CEC nor the Police Board nor do I really care come to think of it, perhaps you should be asking why it matters so much that cabbies should be telling the ex lord provost he should resign

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William Maitland

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:14 pm

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I noticed that they said 49 councils have lifted the limit on numbers since the OFT report, could I ask how many have done this in Scotland?

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Sussex

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:19 pm

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William Maitland wrote:

I noticed that they said 49 councils have lifted the limit on numbers since the OFT report, could I ask how many have done this in Scotland?

Who are they?

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William Maitland

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Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:34 pm

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Sussex wrote:

William Maitland wrote:

I noticed that they said 49 councils have lifted the limit on numbers since the OFT report, could I ask how many have done this in Scotland?

Who are they?

Maybe you should read the document again, page 5

"De-restriction is certain to come to our taxi trade. At the last count 238 local authorities have already de-restricted in the UK, 49 since the OFT report was published alone. This leaves only around 105 still to do so. With the case of TAXIFAST v Plymouth Council looking set to go all the way to the European Court, the forces for change are irresistible."

So I will ask again ,out of the 49 since the OFT published it's report, how many Local authorities in Scotland have Lifted Numbers Restriction, barring Dundee.

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