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PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:34 am 
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as i said i know many private hire
and i have no reason to lie and nor do they

what proof do you have to the contrary?

tell you what we have many ph on here lets ask them?


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No they dont, thats a lie, they might do ok in a busy time but during week most make no more than a pittance[quote - Realcabforceforum]



woooooops wrong iam doing ok


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what proof do you have oh that chipper surely no
a ph making descent money no
youre all on the dole, drive 17 year old hand painted sierra's and make tupence
correct me if he's wrong?????????


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chipper wrote:
No they dont, thats a lie, they might do ok in a busy time but during week most make no more than a pittance




woooooops wrong iam doing ok[/quote]

Great chipper, well done :roll:


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im a liar hes a liar
what proof do you want
bank statements
a fragged again


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my car is not even a year old yet and i would never put some of the rubbish that some PH drivers have on the road.

all i can say is that i make enough to live on and support my wife and kids as we all know some in both side of the trade will tell u thay make loads and loads of dosh but are telling lies the truth is if u put the hours in u will get the rewards and i have no reason to lie


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Tell me something, are all these Ph making a living at the expense of the taxi fleet and increasing exponentially in the market place while our market share is contracting? :shock:

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Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how long this can continue?

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Where I work a PH can easily earn more than a HC, if they have a good school run and work the radio properly. :shock:

Many cab drivers are more than happy to sit around moaning to one another about PH, all the time the PH are driving past them full of punters.

One day those cab drivers might actually work out how to earn a good living in this trade.

I think it's called doing what the customer wants, not what you want. :-$

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Sussex wrote:
Where I work a PH can easily earn more than a HC, if they have a good school run and work the radio properly. :shock:

Many cab drivers are more than happy to sit around moaning to one another about PH, all the time the PH are driving past them full of punters.

One day those cab drivers might actually work out how to earn a good living in this trade.

I think it's called doing what the customer wants, not what you want. :-$


i agree with sussex on this matter. as long as u work you radio properly and work out where the work is at diff times of the day you will do all right.


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Tell me something, are all these Ph making a living at the expense of the taxi fleet and increasing exponentially in the market place while our market share is contracting? :shock:


works both ways skull the more Ph on the road means my market share goes down as well and i dont mean to be rude but in any job i have done there has always been compeitition.

The rules dont work for both side in my view.


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chipper wrote:
Skull wrote:
Tell me something, are all these Ph making a living at the expense of the taxi fleet and increasing exponentially in the market place while our market share is contracting? :shock:


works both ways skull the more Ph on the road means my market share goes down as well and i dont mean to be rude but in any job i have done there has always been compeitition.

The rules dont work for both side in my view.




I would agree I don’t have a problem with competition if you are actually a competitor but we are not. Every market advantage we had has now been handed over to the Ph and the days of expecting all the call work to come to the trade are over.


Alan Johnston chairman of Central Taxi predicted this about seven years ago while it was proposed to bring the Ph into the company.


Needless to say he was shouted down it seems history is repeating itself only now time is running out.

I wonder when the fall in profits will hit rock bottom and level off?

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