Taxi costs - not dropped due to petrol decrease?
Discussion
Driver101 said:
Got my usual Aberdeen taxi last night with the usual big wait and then a big walk home.
Told the taxi driver my address and also a significant landmark as a reference.
Driving along he went past the turn off that every driver uses. Not sure if he had a slightly different route or was lost, so I said nicely reminded where I wanted to go.
He then drove even further the wrong way so I told him he was going the wrong way. He got all mouthy with me and said I had agreed with him about where he thought we were going. I hadn't.
So I said as a taxi driver he should know where to go. The guy stopped the taxi and told me to get out.
An hour waiting on a taxi and then a two mile walk home. Raging.
Try booking in advance, any company worth its salt will be on Mercury/Cordic/datamaster type systems, so you get a car TO you in good time and the driver has inbuilt GPS to direct him to your dropoff, ok, cabbies should know the way but why not elimnate issues?Told the taxi driver my address and also a significant landmark as a reference.
Driving along he went past the turn off that every driver uses. Not sure if he had a slightly different route or was lost, so I said nicely reminded where I wanted to go.
He then drove even further the wrong way so I told him he was going the wrong way. He got all mouthy with me and said I had agreed with him about where he thought we were going. I hadn't.
So I said as a taxi driver he should know where to go. The guy stopped the taxi and told me to get out.
An hour waiting on a taxi and then a two mile walk home. Raging.
agree the fare before setting off or at the time of booking, the driver will be told any agreed fare
and private hire is cheaper than hackney......usually
Upatdawn said:
Try booking in advance, any company worth its salt will be on Mercury/Cordic/datamaster type systems, so you get a car TO you in good time and the driver has inbuilt GPS to direct him to your dropoff, ok, cabbies should know the way but why not elimnate issues?
agree the fare before setting off or at the time of booking, the driver will be told any agreed fare
and private hire is cheaper than hackney......usually
On most nights out I've no idea what time I'll be going home and where I'll be leaving from. agree the fare before setting off or at the time of booking, the driver will be told any agreed fare
and private hire is cheaper than hackney......usually
Some nights end early, some after the nightclub and I've been known to end up at the casino until 5-6am.
I think all the taxis in Aberdeen are private taxis. They all run by meters and I know what it's going to cost before I get in. It does seem to vary by £2 for the same journey though. Obviously not well calibrated meters.
Aberdeen is a small place. Anyone that had lived here for a few months would know where I asked to go. No idea why this taxi driver didn't.
A mate started being a private hire taxi driver last year. He's just given it up and looking to return to factory work as it pays better and of course has at least a reliable set wage.
its not like he did anything the expensive route either. An almost 5 year old diesel mondeo with spaceship miles so he could get it licensed. Almost 4k. 3.5k on insurance. just over a 100 quid a week to the taxi company for the meter head and the work. Any contract work sent his way like nhs or school runs etc they take between 10 and 20% cut out of that aswell which adds up quite quickly.
ontop of that you have to work almost twice as long as a normal job. And have to put up with the scum of the earth including people like the OP thinking they're better than you and on the road all day putting up with the crazies and cant drive but still will have a bloody good go drivers.
I dont know why anyone would do it.
hackney costs are just plain crazy ontop of all the above too.
I really struggle to think how the OP feels so entitled. Drive yourself if you have that much of a problem with them.
its not like he did anything the expensive route either. An almost 5 year old diesel mondeo with spaceship miles so he could get it licensed. Almost 4k. 3.5k on insurance. just over a 100 quid a week to the taxi company for the meter head and the work. Any contract work sent his way like nhs or school runs etc they take between 10 and 20% cut out of that aswell which adds up quite quickly.
ontop of that you have to work almost twice as long as a normal job. And have to put up with the scum of the earth including people like the OP thinking they're better than you and on the road all day putting up with the crazies and cant drive but still will have a bloody good go drivers.
I dont know why anyone would do it.
hackney costs are just plain crazy ontop of all the above too.
I really struggle to think how the OP feels so entitled. Drive yourself if you have that much of a problem with them.
Im different......not that its any legal excuse m'lud....lol
Ive always been my own man with my own school runs, etc and rarely under the thumb of a base
My current school run started at £70 a day, then grew to £98 a day, then a kid went loopy so i banned him then county asked me to get a passenger assistant (AKA a guard) so the wife having a badge already she is now in the car and its £133 a day (plus vat), mon-friday thats all i do, we stay in the town near the school and go to a gym, weekly mileage 600, saturdays i do base/cash work renting a radio (PDA) for £20 10am-7pm and average £140 takings, leaves me £100 after fuel and rent
My car, my insurance (£950 a year)
Im just about to buy a Superb 1.6 estate on a 15 plate, £17K inc vat which i can claim back
On the base are car renters paying £320 a week for anything from a 14 plate 8 seater E7 to a 2010 Octavia or Mondeo, but thats a "just add fuel" deal
Ive always been my own man with my own school runs, etc and rarely under the thumb of a base
My current school run started at £70 a day, then grew to £98 a day, then a kid went loopy so i banned him then county asked me to get a passenger assistant (AKA a guard) so the wife having a badge already she is now in the car and its £133 a day (plus vat), mon-friday thats all i do, we stay in the town near the school and go to a gym, weekly mileage 600, saturdays i do base/cash work renting a radio (PDA) for £20 10am-7pm and average £140 takings, leaves me £100 after fuel and rent
My car, my insurance (£950 a year)
Im just about to buy a Superb 1.6 estate on a 15 plate, £17K inc vat which i can claim back
On the base are car renters paying £320 a week for anything from a 14 plate 8 seater E7 to a 2010 Octavia or Mondeo, but thats a "just add fuel" deal
Edited by Upatdawn on Tuesday 24th February 20:05
Edited by Upatdawn on Tuesday 24th February 21:08
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff