"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 18:17:56 on Tue, 6 Oct 2015,
tim..... remarked:
Doesn't seem to cause problems in Cambridge. Both the Hackney Carriage
and
Hire Car fleets are mixed and telephone-booked business is mixed between
both fleets because all hire cars use meters set to the same tariff as
the
hackneys.

Yes I know

I enquired about booking cab from the office to the station one day and
when I got told it would be 18 quid for a 6 mile journey. I politely
declined

I was expecting pre-booking to offer a discount, not in Cambridge it seems

Indeed, as Colin has said several times recently - they are metered,

I know

but why?

not haggled.

I wasn't looking to haggle. I was looking for the standard contract hire
rate, which I naturally expected to be less than the metered rate - it is
everywhere else in the country (subject to the list of exceptions that I
feel sure you are going to inform me of)

tim