On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:45:06 +0100, Tom <tom@tom.tom> wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:15:05 +0100, Mike Hughes <mike@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote: If this is a *private hire* vehicle then he can, in theory charge what he likes. Some (most) insist that the fare structure is shown in the vehicle. Some will have metered PH vehicles others do not. If, in theory, they can charge what
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:15:05 +0100, Mike Hughes <mike@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote: In message <77985a7e-822d-4ed9-b50c-15ef4324bdaa@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, tonyjeffs <tonyjeffs2@googlemail.com> writes ..It was a private hire car, hired directly from the owner who had given me his card previously. I phoned him directly because we needed a 7-seater, and I knew he had one
tonyjeffs wrote: ..It was a private hire car, hired directly from the owner who had given me his card previously. I phoned him directly because we needed a 7-seater, and I knew he had one; It normally costs in the region of £10 to taxi from my house to the city centre. I didn't ask for a price up front because it is such a routine journey; and we had to divert slightly to pick
..It was a private hire car, hired directly from the owner who had given me his card previously. I phoned him directly because we needed a 7-seater, and I knew he had one; It normally costs in the region of £10 to taxi from my house to the city centre. I didn't ask for a price up front because it is such a routine journey; and we had to divert slightly to pick up one more passenger on the way