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ST ANDREWS DIRECT (EDINBURGH FIRM)
They Take up to Half a million pounds each year away from st andrews taxis,they offer very cheap fares to every one in st andrews.
There price is £20 per person from St Andrews to Edinburgh Airport.
(We cannot compete with this price)
(The university of St Andrews Promotes them,i guess they get back handers)
It is a share service but they will take a single passenger at a slightly higher rate.
They are not even working legally,they use non plated vechiles,private hire,private buses,but they take money off the customers,i thought if you were a travel firm it was one cash payment a day,anyway its a grey area and i wish someone would explain it more clearly.
A large cab company in Edinburgh do work for them,i wont disclose the name as it could cause all sorts of hassel and that is not my intention,but i did hear on the grape vine taht they were not going to do this anymore as there wasnt enough money in it and that the drivers had be warned about doing it,well for whoever is in charge they are still doing it your plates are very distinctive.(either the rumour is incorrect or your own people are going against you)
Fife council wont take action as they say its an edinburgh firm.
Edinburgh council wont get involved as they say they are picking up from edinburgh and when they pick up in st andrews that they are under fife councils rule, so basically none take responsibility.
They tout at the airport all the time runs are supposed to be pre booked they advertise on large signs and yes they do have some pre booked runs but when other students see the sign and havent booked they take them if they have space.
Edinburgh university welcome team lets them use the taxi desk at domestic arrivals when students are coming back theu pay 10% off the cost to edinburgh university,apparenly this desk is very exspensive to have.
Anyway there is a little about this company,and im sure if St Andrews Taxis or taxis from other plated districts came to edinburgh Airport and started to do pre booked taxis into the city centre and surrounding edinburgh areas the taxis in edinburgh would take immediate action,and this is correct.
problem we have in st andrews is that the taxi association is a joke and none of them stick together,if they stuck together st andrews direct would not exsist, st andrews direct are now well established in st andrews and take alot of work away from the taxis,but there not that safe if lazy stupid idiots of taxi drivers in st andrews reunite and remove them from the town it can be done very easily,i have no time to run this but i would offer my services to help work a service that makes st andrews direct look like a waste of time.
The horrible thing is that until someones get seriously injured or even killed this company wont have action taken against them however there is video evidence of them working illegaly,non plated vechiles,and touting at airport which is not only taking fares from st andrews taxis but also you guys that work edinburgh airport.
Well i guess that Fife Council,Edinburgh Council,Fife Police,Edinburgh Police,And BAA Edinburgh Airport will all be held liable should the worse come and there is deaths caused by this company.
I mean lets be serious lets all go work the London olympics,just set up a website take loads of bookings and work from all the major london airports,if they get away with it whats to stop others doing the same thing.
(Anyway i have no intention of doing that but just trying to explain how stupid the law is and how stupid the local police and councils are on this ongoing problem)
Anyway sorry for the long rant and slightly off topic,never thought about posting this but i guess this is a bigger issue even than the drop off fee and i know that the people that run these illegal services will be reading this and it isint going unoticed,and maybe will shed a little light on some of the bad practise that goes on at the airport that goes unchecked every day.
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