tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post265424013065991878..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: More Taxi Rent SeekingMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-52276453463243609392014-05-13T07:30:47.362+01:002014-05-13T07:30:47.362+01:00Good one. Protect my rents, stop others from colle...Good one. Protect my rents, stop others from collecting them.<br /><br />I often have financial advisors tell me they are in a better position than MeltFund. Why? "Because my license protects me". But when they speak to their clients, all of a sudden its to protect the client from scammers.<br /><br />So funny. All the world is a scam. Affirm this and everything just falls into place. No exceptions. Even what you do.<br /><br />Am currently dealing with the contract agency network for hiring staff. Its a complete basket case for it. They are basically a tax collecting franchise and get to keep 15% for themselves. They say they will save you 10% in tax though. So get the normal rate of 5% in rent. This is all arranged through the law. Same as in Rome.<br /><br />What's almost impossible to believe is that if the all tax were abolished and locations taxed 100%, there would be no profit in all this dead weight and jobcreationism as you well know.<br /><br />What's even harder to believe than the impossible, is that this is what the majority are freely voting for - REALITY. Even the intelligent, well educated and people who are told clearly about LVT. <br /><br />REALITY is real. LVT is not.<br /><br />Something much deeper is going on than the LVT fan is willing to investigate. Because that deeper thing makes the LVT agenda merely superficial. And what the LVT fan justifies himself by, is removed.<br /><br />And that is the real problem. The LVT fan is at the frontier of making something happen. But is blocking anyone who tries to cross.Robin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648517992918303543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-43371095892904978032014-05-13T07:24:16.394+01:002014-05-13T07:24:16.394+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648517992918303543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46142399567231019532014-05-12T17:49:41.525+01:002014-05-12T17:49:41.525+01:00TS, my experience is precisely opposite. Every ti...TS, my experience is precisely opposite. Every time I think I'll give the damn thing a second chance, it sends me some weird route again.<br />Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38666045922727662412014-05-10T18:39:17.555+01:002014-05-10T18:39:17.555+01:00@ C, TS, Fair enough, my estimate of price differe...@ C, TS, Fair enough, my estimate of price differential is based on London. Maybe the black cab drivers aren't quite as greedy elsewhere.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-5913489312698532932014-05-10T17:35:39.391+01:002014-05-10T17:35:39.391+01:00Mark,
I'm roughly with Curmudgeon. Fares abou...Mark,<br /><br />I'm roughly with Curmudgeon. Fares about 1/3rd more expensive out here. That's still such an additional cost that I never use them (when I arrive back in town, I call the minicab firm from the train).<br /><br />It could be that The Knowledge raises the cost more for London.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-29062660432610575212014-05-10T17:10:22.444+01:002014-05-10T17:10:22.444+01:00Bayard,
My experience is occassional mistakes by s...Bayard,<br />My experience is occassional mistakes by sat navs (one tried to get me to go through Chieveley Services) but they generally get a pretty good route.<br /><br />Curmudgeon,<br />My cab firm has an app. That's not the thing though - it's having a name you can use anywhere (like that call-a-cab). And Uber have added lots of facilities, like centralised billing. Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-57833376086081698642014-05-10T17:07:35.392+01:002014-05-10T17:07:35.392+01:00I get the impression that there's a huge diffe...I get the impression that there's a huge difference between the London and out-of-London situation that somebody should do an analysis of. Around here I'd say that hackneys were roughly a third dearer.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-76919920326392594462014-05-10T17:04:29.624+01:002014-05-10T17:04:29.624+01:00I love it when black cab drivers say "Our far...I love it when black cab drivers say "Our fares are regulated. You might get ripped off by private hire."<br /><br />Fact is, private hire usually costs half as much as black cab. You can agree the price beforehand, unlike black cabs who just charge you what they feel like charging.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-59681656768310966452014-05-10T16:54:43.358+01:002014-05-10T16:54:43.358+01:00"There's no such thing as The Knowledge w..."There's no such thing as The Knowledge with minicabs in Swindon. You give them an address, they punch it into the TomTom and get you to the address"<br /><br />AFAIK, "The Knowledge" is more about the best way to get somewhere, rather than knowing where the destination address is. Satnavs don't have a good record in this matter, which is why I will always check their recommended route on a map if I can.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-54639266641619625522014-05-10T16:38:14.679+01:002014-05-10T16:38:14.679+01:00I vaguely remember that a while back a single nati...I vaguely remember that a while back a single national "call-a-cab" number was promoted, although I haven't seen it recently and it was probably slower than just calling a local firm directly.<br /><br />Also it can't be beyond the wit of man for private hire companies to introduce booking by app rather than phone call.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-85428659103646444512014-05-10T16:24:34.545+01:002014-05-10T16:24:34.545+01:00Curmudgeon,
It's an improvement on private hi...Curmudgeon,<br /><br />It's an improvement on private hire firms because it's a one-stop shop.<br /><br />It's a big thing in the USA because a lot of places have protected taxi cartels. They're trying all possibilities to defeat those.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-16942976185185006732014-05-10T16:06:40.372+01:002014-05-10T16:06:40.372+01:00I don't see that they really do much that priv...I don't see that they really do much that private hire firms don't already do. As you say, the original idea probably stemmed from places where the only taxis are hackneys and private hire as understood in the UK doesn't exist.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com