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  • floatsy
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    Legend, thanks mate.

    Exactly the type of info/context I was looking for.

    Cheers for that.

    The NewishOuttaTowner

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by floatsy
    Thanks, Mule.

    Maybe that's the terminology - OK so if I ring to book they should be cool. (still fixed fare right?)

    Cheers for that.
    Yeah, get them to quote you a price over the phone.

    Edit: Try this

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  • floatsy
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    Originally posted by Moscow Mule
    Also, you should be ok with licenced mini-cabs. A mini-cab is the one you phone up to book.
    Thanks, Mule.

    Maybe that's the terminology - OK so if I ring to book they should be cool. (still fixed fare right?)

    Cheers for that.

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  • Moscow Mule
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    Originally posted by floatsy
    For a new in-towner please excuse this plethora of ignorant questions:

    Unlicensed cabbies - do they quote fixed fares, are they dodgy, or is it OK to use them (I heard someone say they are 'dangerous'?) I assume if you ring to book, this should be OK?

    And anyone know any OK ones around Canary Wharf?

    Ta.
    Are you a bird? If so, show us your baps and don't use them - there's some horrible statistic on the TfL website about them.

    If you are a bloke, get any ropey looking car to stop, fix a price you think reasonable, normally a few quid below a black cab cost (City to Wimbledon, black cab ~40 quid, ropey cab ~25to30). Try not to fall asleep.

    Also, you should be ok with licenced mini-cabs. A mini-cab is the one you phone up to book.

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  • floatsy
    started a topic Unlicensed Cabbies

    Unlicensed Cabbies

    For a new in-towner please excuse this plethora of ignorant questions:

    Unlicensed cabbies - do they quote fixed fares, are they dodgy, or is it OK to use them (I heard someone say they are 'dangerous'?) I assume if you ring to book, this should be OK?

    And anyone know any OK ones around Canary Wharf?

    Ta.

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