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 Post subject: rogue prices
PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:26 am 
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My son has been doing some price checks with other firms in the area. All of them are hackney and should be using the meter for jobs within the borough.
We have been told about overcharging but some of the prices are unbelievable. The first was a quote at 02.00 on a sunday morning from our night club to an address on the edge of the town, about 1.2 miles. the price requested was £22.00
Another was a run in an 8 passenger vehicle from an old folks home to a local ice cream parlour that should have been about £13.00 and the price was £25.00 each way these were both from the town with no dead miles.
The next one is a village to village job that again has to be priced from the pick up to the drop off because our council do not allow any fee for picking up out of town. The job, if done on the meter should be £9.70 at rate 1 and £12.00 for rate 2. 2 firms said that they couldn't do it and to try us as we are private hire, another one gave out the number for another hackney carriage and the rest have so far offered prices ranging from£20.00 at rate 1 and £25.00 for rate 2 right up to £35.00 each way.
I wonder if the Council will do anything when he reports it?

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:55 am 
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grandad wrote:
My son has been doing some price checks with other firms in the area. All of them are hackney and should be using the meter for jobs within the borough.
We have been told about overcharging but some of the prices are unbelievable. The first was a quote at 02.00 on a sunday morning from our night club to an address on the edge of the town, about 1.2 miles. the price requested was £22.00
Another was a run in an 8 passenger vehicle from an old folks home to a local ice cream parlour that should have been about £13.00 and the price was £25.00 each way these were both from the town with no dead miles.
The next one is a village to village job that again has to be priced from the pick up to the drop off because our council do not allow any fee for picking up out of town. The job, if done on the meter should be £9.70 at rate 1 and £12.00 for rate 2. 2 firms said that they couldn't do it and to try us as we are private hire, another one gave out the number for another hackney carriage and the rest have so far offered prices ranging from£20.00 at rate 1 and £25.00 for rate 2 right up to £35.00 each way.
I wonder if the Council will do anything when he reports it?



You should request they do a mystery shopper exercise.


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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:23 pm 
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heathcote wrote:
grandad wrote:
My son has been doing some price checks with other firms in the area. All of them are hackney and should be using the meter for jobs within the borough.
We have been told about overcharging but some of the prices are unbelievable. The first was a quote at 02.00 on a sunday morning from our night club to an address on the edge of the town, about 1.2 miles. the price requested was £22.00
Another was a run in an 8 passenger vehicle from an old folks home to a local ice cream parlour that should have been about £13.00 and the price was £25.00 each way these were both from the town with no dead miles.
The next one is a village to village job that again has to be priced from the pick up to the drop off because our council do not allow any fee for picking up out of town. The job, if done on the meter should be £9.70 at rate 1 and £12.00 for rate 2. 2 firms said that they couldn't do it and to try us as we are private hire, another one gave out the number for another hackney carriage and the rest have so far offered prices ranging from£20.00 at rate 1 and £25.00 for rate 2 right up to £35.00 each way.
I wonder if the Council will do anything when he reports it?



You should request they do a mystery shopper exercise.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: yeah right that doesn't happen in rural districts :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2019 2:58 pm 
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I wonder if the Council will do anything when he reports it?

It needs someone with a phone to book the job, record the job, and then report the job.

Might be a good article for the local press.

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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If this is a booking NOT rank job and the price has been agreed how is it illegal ?

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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If this is a booking NOT rank job and the price has been agreed how is it illegal ?

Because it's a hackney.

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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Surely hackney has to go on the meter price unless it goes out of boundary?


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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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heathcote wrote:


You should request they do a mystery shopper exercise.


at 2am?
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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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roythebus wrote:
Surely hackney has to go on the meter price unless it goes out of boundary?


in theory

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wannabeeahack wrote:
roythebus wrote:
Surely hackney has to go on the meter price unless it goes out of boundary?


in theory

It is the law!

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
roythebus wrote:
Surely hackney has to go on the meter price unless it goes out of boundary?


in theory

It is the law!



Feck the law

The LA would need a witness and receipt and complaint before even scratching thier a55es and opening the office blinds...

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
roythebus wrote:
Surely hackney has to go on the meter price unless it goes out of boundary?


in theory

It is the law!



Feck the law

The LA would need a witness and receipt and complaint before even scratching thier a55es and opening the office blinds...
The offering of the price is an offence so the journey does not need to take place. The price was requested by text and the price was confirmed by text by the driver/company.

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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The offering of the price is an offence so the journey does not need to take place. The price was requested by text and the price was confirmed by text by the driver/company.


do it then

the fallback is "estimated"

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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
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wannabeeahack wrote:
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The offering of the price is an offence so the journey does not need to take place. The price was requested by text and the price was confirmed by text by the driver/company.


do it then

the fallback is "estimated"



There is no mention of it being an estimated fare in the original posting, a hackney carriage CANNOT charge more than metered fare within its licensing district this includes contracts.


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 Post subject: Re: rogue prices
PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:35 pm 
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heathcote wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
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The offering of the price is an offence so the journey does not need to take place. The price was requested by text and the price was confirmed by text by the driver/company.


do it then

the fallback is "estimated"



There is no mention of it being an estimated fare in the original posting, a hackney carriage CANNOT charge more than metered fare within its licensing district this includes contracts.


We have HC in our firm who do fares with are more than Meter been here doing for centuries also contracts as well which are more than metered price.

No one has ever batted a eye lid


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