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tim..... · October 8th 15, 01:21 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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01:40:23 on Wed, 7 Oct 2015,
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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

Where from? Must have been outside the city.

I think he means he expected a discount because of booking ahead at
all.

I expected a discount in the same way that I get a discount
pre-booking a contract cab instead of hailing a hackney carriage in
other towns.

in Cambridge, it seems, you do not get such a discount

Their loss

The reason I asked whether it was truly in Cambridge was because fares
going
outside the city are entirely up to negotiation between taxi driver and
hirer. Where was the planned hire from?

It was from a Northern Village (so in S Cambs)

I can't actually remember if I wanted to go to Waterbeach station (and hence
wholly inside S Cambs) instead of my normal destination of Cambridge
station, but either way I thought the cost ridiculous and went on the bus
(to Cambridge, of course)

tim