Sussex wrote:
Other drivers doing work for crazy low prices.
Maybe they think garages will service and repair their vehicles for nothing.
Ah, and here we are back again......
ref your comments on school runs, after watching local drivers and bases chip lower prices for the 2 "local" airports (EMA and BHX), I simply stopped even answering calls from Joe Le Public, it wasnt worth doing 3am airports, bank holidays, waiting for late flights or luggage to show up when punters were ringing 6 or more for prices, I concentrated on school runs and for 8 years had various runs from the one town >that way from us to a school <that way from us with us in the middle
Mileage was about the same as a BHX.....
When i was a hackney i asked one "local" (ahem) driver who was always on the rank waiting (watching netflix) why he, or they, didnt try for school contracts the reply was....."I might get a BHX job"
So while "THEY" were battering cash/airport jobs
downward (if they got any) and I had 4 years of bookings (191 days, 2 jobs a day) at my tendered price, if kids didnt go anytime we got paid, we got paid in lockdown and got an annual inflation rise on our payments
Only downside was only being able to take holidays in school holiday time
Ive just looked at UBER to EMA, they are quoting less than I was charging 7 years ago, my wife went to her sons yesterday by UBER for £21, I was charging £25 7 years ago to the same town
Is this trade mad?