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Skull
PostPosted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:40 pm 
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To clarify is the pic of the first or second car/


Whichever the Photo is, it would be advisable to give them the heads-up in order to put the matter to bed, desperate times and all that... :-|

I think the objective of the exercise should be to get this young soldier his money back with an apology. Anything beyond that would be over kill. :-|

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 11:38 pm 
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I don't know if its in the englandshire rules, but in ours, it states if for any reason you cannot complete a hire, you must not charge for that hire, or demand payment


There might well be something in the rules, but it is quite simply a breach of contract. It happened to me once when my fan-belt snapped. I had to hand the cash to the other driver for him to complete the journey on my behalf. :-|

The guy in this case is just trying it on. How can you keep the money for a job you never completed and then force the customer to pay twice for being delivered to his destination? #-o #-o #-o #-o

It's a no brainer, pay up or face the consequences. [-X

Nigdge2, I would put up a telephone number on this thread and give him a few days to make contact, to return the money or report it to the cab office and let them handle it. 8-[


I'm not putting any phone numbers up on here. They've been emailed to a Taxi driver in Bournmouth who is very proactive.
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I'm surprised he's not already been in touch? :shock:

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Another picture of the top sign, as you can see there's no name on it.

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2 Jobs wrote:
To clarify is the pic of the first or second car/



The first car and the driver who drove like a lunatic and flooded his engine.


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skippy41 wrote:
I don't know if its in the englandshire rules, but in ours, it states if for any reason you cannot complete a hire, you must not charge for that hire, or demand payment

That is an interesting one.
If say the job was a journey of 150 miles and the price was £150. The car breaks down after 145 miles and a car local to the breakdown completes the journey which comes to £8.00. How much does the punter pay for his journey?

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I think the punter pays the quoted amount, to either the driver or the rescue driver.

The contract is with the driver, it is him that should arrange the new vehicle and pay the rescue driver for his services.

Now that could be the £8 or £150 depends on where he breaks down, but its the driver's responsibility to fulfill the original contract.

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Sussex wrote:
I think the punter pays the quoted amount, to either the driver or the rescue driver.

The contract is with the driver, it is him that should arrange the new vehicle and pay the rescue driver for his services.

Now that could be the £8 or £150 depends on where he breaks down, but its the driver's responsibility to fulfill the original contract.

Under current legislation that could be a problem if the vehicle is private hire and miles from home.

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Sussex wrote:
I think the punter pays the quoted amount, to either the driver or the rescue driver.

The contract is with the driver, it is him that should arrange the new vehicle and pay the rescue driver for his services.

Now that could be the £8 or £150 depends on where he breaks down, but its the driver's responsibility to fulfill the original contract.

Under current legislation that could be a problem if the vehicle is private hire and miles from home.


like anyones ever gonna check up?

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Not conclusive but roof sign is more typical of Bournemouth independents. I wonder which part or Bournemouth the driver was born in. :badgrin:

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Not conclusive but roof sign is more typical of Bournemouth independents. I wonder which part or Bournemouth the driver was born in. :badgrin:



My betting is he wasn't born in Bournmouth.
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Under current legislation that could be a problem if the vehicle is private hire and miles from home.

If the driver rings a firm and books a PH where is the legal issue?

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Sussex wrote:
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Under current legislation that could be a problem if the vehicle is private hire and miles from home.

If the driver rings a firm and books a PH where is the legal issue?



Before the advent of Sat Nav's, it wouldn't be the first time, I've driven to another city, Glasgow and the likes and put the punters into a local cab and paid for the rest of their trip to their destination. It beats driving around in circles not knowing where you are going. :-|

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