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Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Tue May 01, 2012 10:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Give me a clue!!

What would YOU consider a fair price and would be happy with if in your manor you had a punter for a;

1. 25 mile fare
2. 50 mile fare
3. 100 mile fare
4. 150 mile fare
5. 200 mile fare
6. 300 mile fare
7. 400 mile fare

This is a serious question. Big debate in our manor about this at the moment.

Author:  skippy41 [ Tue May 01, 2012 11:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Give me a clue!!

What would YOU consider a fair price and would be happy with if in your manor you had a punter for a;

1. 25 mile fare 37.50
2. 50 mile fare 75.00
3. 100 mile fare 150
4. 150 mile fare 225
5. 200 mile fare 300
6. 300 mile fare 450
7. 400 mile fare 600

This is a serious question. Big debate in our manor about this at the moment.



Thirty bob a mile here

Author:  toots [ Wed May 02, 2012 12:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

£1 per mile here.

Author:  GBC [ Wed May 02, 2012 1:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Give me a clue!!

What would YOU consider a fair price and would be happy with if in your manor you had a punter for a;

1. 25 mile fare
2. 50 mile fare
3. 100 mile fare
4. 150 mile fare
5. 200 mile fare
6. 300 mile fare
7. 400 mile fare

This is a serious question. Big debate in our manor about this at the moment.




I take the mileage and times it by 3, and that's my rough price.

Author:  GBC [ Wed May 02, 2012 1:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Unless its 3am and they're heading out to rural Herts, then a discount may be forthcoming.

Author:  Doom [ Wed May 02, 2012 2:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

2.2X here.

Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

skippy41 wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Give me a clue!!

What would YOU consider a fair price and would be happy with if in your manor you had a punter for a;

1. 25 mile fare 37.50
2. 50 mile fare 75.00
3. 100 mile fare 150
4. 150 mile fare 225
5. 200 mile fare 300
6. 300 mile fare 450
7. 400 mile fare 600

This is a serious question. Big debate in our manor about this at the moment.



Thirty bob a mile here

All the way through the long distance fare chart?

BTW, you must have a lot of Roberts in your area.

Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

toots wrote:
£1 per mile here.

Are you serious?

Does that include the shorter distance jobs of 25 to 75 miles?

Author:  captain cab [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Brummie Cabbie wrote:
Give me a clue!!

What would YOU consider a fair price and would be happy with if in your manor you had a punter for a;

1. 25 mile fare..................£50
2. 50 mile fare..................£100
3. 100 mile fare.................£200
4. 150 mile fare.................£300
5. 200 mile fare.................£400
6. 300 mile fare.................£600
7. 400 mile fare.................£800



Of course all of the above distances would take me outside of my prescribed distance......so I can change more :lol:

Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

The reason for this thread is that there is a school of though here that the further the punter wants to go the lower the mileage charge should be to encourage these hirings.

A kind of downward price graduation, perhaps starting at clock and a quarter [clock plus 25% is our standard long distance negotiable rate] reducing to, let's say, clock minus a quarter for the really longer jobs, perhaps over 100 or 150 miles.

Author:  captain cab [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Brummie Cabbie wrote:
The reason for this thread is that there is a school of though here that the further the punter wants to go the lower the mileage charge should be to encourage these hirings.

A kind of downward price graduation, perhaps starting at clock and a quarter [clock plus 25% is our standard long distance negotiable rate] reducing to, let's say, clock minus a quarter for the really longer jobs, perhaps over 100 or 150 miles.



If I did a job for £100 on a quiet day.....I'd be happy and go home, even if I did give a little discount.

Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

captain cab wrote:
Brummie Cabbie wrote:
The reason for this thread is that there is a school of though here that the further the punter wants to go the lower the mileage charge should be to encourage these hirings.

A kind of downward price graduation, perhaps starting at clock and a quarter [clock plus 25% is our standard long distance negotiable rate] reducing to, let's say, clock minus a quarter for the really longer jobs, perhaps over 100 or 150 miles.

If I did a job for £100 on a quiet day.....I'd be happy and go home, even if I did give a little discount.

And there's the problem.

I would expect to earn more than that on an average day and my happy and contented threshold would be nearer £140 a day takings, plus weekend nights.

The fact that very few drivers in Brum earn that much in a day and most certainly never consistantly day in day out, is just a sign of the times.

It's horses for courses, from area to area.

Author:  captain cab [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Brummie Cabbie wrote:

It's horses for courses, from area to area.


and running costs I guess, my skoda will get 50 mpg on a run :shock:

Author:  Sussex [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

I suspect for the lower distances it would average around £1.80-£2.00 a mile.

For the longer distances maybe £30/£40 an hour.

Author:  captain cab [ Wed May 02, 2012 7:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Give me a clue, what would you consider a fair price?

Its all variables, I'd rather go to Annan....like I did on Saturday night for £45 (the fare should be almost £60) and do the job in 1 hour.....than do 2 hours of streetwork for the same result....especially considering I was doing mainly RTFC work during the evening.

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