Private Reggie wrote:
I never said i was going to hand back my licence, with 4 sons im thinking more handing the licence on and working part time,
Indeed, I knew there was more to it than you claimed.
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Your points are all over the place
The cost of living vary's from place to place and especially in a Capital city, London living allowance being the example
Yes, but by how much does a bar of chocolate vary?
My point was that plate values have jack to do with population, it's primarily to do with how much the market is distorted.
How much are Hackney plates worth in London, and how much in Aylesbury?
I'll give you a clue; one's jack, the other's £80k or so.
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Most of the plates have been traded in Edinburgh, it's not our fault the system is how it is, we bought in too the current system, all we are saying is the current system has gone to far, there is no going back, if we go back we who bought in to our current system are the ones being screwed, just what the abusers of the allocation system want. 80% of Edinburgh's plates are owned by individuals, where is the profiteering in that
Ah, so Ali T wasn't profiteering at all then?
But I can't really see what difference it makes who or what holds the plates, profiteering is profiteering.
Anyway, I thought most of the Edinburgh plates were owned by companies, not individuals
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New York is New York and Edinburgh is Edinburgh, we can learn from there system and impliment a re-worked system similar to New York in Edinburgh, there is no chance of plate value's hitting New York levels, all we have to do is CAP at say £50,000, plates a couple of years ago where selling for that in Edinburgh, but hey the value hinges on Survey's of demand allowing for an increase in licences, capping solves any issue's with value.
Your plan has enough holes in it Reggie, but with all the conditions you're adding it's beginning to look like a very big sieve.
And I never claimed Edinbugh plates would reach NY levels, all I said was that with the risk premium reducing significantly plate values would increase significantly, didn't I?
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80 % of plates have been traded, there is a lot of DEBT connected to the trading of plates in Edinburgh, we need a system that allows for that fact.
That's because CEC drove a coach and horses through the Act, ie another facet to the can of worms
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I'm starting to think your just stirring, but hopefully you are making sure we have thought about this
Not much evidence of thinking at all there Reggie. But I think it's you that's doing the stirring, but if your proposoal is taken seriously then I look forward to the debate.
Captain Cab is defo a wind-up merchant, but I like to engage with him occassionaly because it probably feeds his delusion slightly.
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We never set up the system in Edinburgh and we never devised the New York System, we are offering a workable ALTERNATIVE that provides the trade with the compromise required to protect it
Not saying it's your fault, but CEC capped numbers and introduced the plate scam, and the likes of yourself have benifitted, and now you want to consolidate the cartel, the plate scam, profiteering and all that, so I look forward to a more open debate rather than having it all swept under the carpet.
Hey, it may even become an election issue for the Holyrood elections in May, and to that extent I hope you're not an SNP supporter
Anyway, no point in discussing these things ad nauseum on here, so I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy NY (New Year, not New York), and look forward to CC's article and the public examination of the can of worms
The Debate is one for the New Year i agree, the council and the government have the workings of the New York Model (official workings i may add), If the council is forced to de-restrict or issue plates without the need for that issue then i know they will seriously consider bringing in the New York system.
The council will and need to keep control of the Taxi Market in Edinburgh, that's a fact
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