Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Local Taxi Firms
.....and whilst I'm in question mode, I had a bad experience with a cab firm recently and am trying to find the best local cab firm, for local, London and airport trips?
Two questions:
Which is the best local cab firm (or nearby if non of the locals stack up)?
What should I expect to pay, say to Crouch End/Muswell Hill, to the centre of town and to Heathrow? (Is it the same to Stanstead? I guess Gatwick is more expensive.)
Two questions:
Which is the best local cab firm (or nearby if non of the locals stack up)?
What should I expect to pay, say to Crouch End/Muswell Hill, to the centre of town and to Heathrow? (Is it the same to Stanstead? I guess Gatwick is more expensive.)
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Permalink Reply by james walsh on
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Re: 'harringay cars' minicabs. Why in my experience they are shite.
i booked a cab for 9.45pm from the office opposite the salisbury (this the night of the last hol drinks night). i arrived on time. I got into back seat of the the cab, the driver took off. I asked him to stop while i put on the seat belt (i've been in an accident in a minicab and if you're not seat belted you cannot claim for any injuries). This annoyed him and he told me so. i had to ask him to put the light on so i could see what i was doing. This annoyed him and he told me so. I got the seat belt on but it would not slacken and kept getting tighter until i could not breathe. I told him the seatbelt was faulty. He ordered me out of the cab ! I walked back to the office and complained. the guy behind the glass was not sympathetic. i waited another 25 mins for a cab and then went to another cab office. I missed my appointment by an hour.
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Did you mean Shi-ite, James? You may be confusing them with Golden Cars, as in SB's post above.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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Why HC are rubbish? Because they don't turn up on time and their cars are smelly. Tried them a few times and quickly gave up.
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I have used 020 8211 0044 for several years and they have always been punctual and polite. (£7 Warham Road to Tottenham Hale Station at 5 a.m.)
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OMG all these years I've been using Harringay Cars, and I had no idea!!! I'm not interested in endorsing any particular company, they have always been just a phone number to me and as I said I have always had prompt and polite service. Not exactly a double blind trial but as I didn't know who they were and I'm not likely to get a 'kick back', and really don't care one way or the other, I'll keep using the number when I need a taxi at some ungodly hour.
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Permalink Reply by Kit on
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The cabbies next to the Beaconsfield is OK for local/landmark destinations if you walk over and ask for a cab on the spot. Rare to find a driver not available. Cabbies a wee bit taciturn. Recently paid £8 for an early-morning run to Archway. But they're a bit hit-and-miss for not-well-trodden destinations. One night tried to get to a small company in St John's Wood, ended up driving round and round and stopping bypassers for directions. The driver expected us to guide him to destination but we had no A-Z or phone number, and he had no Knowledge or back-up from his office. Not good. £15 quid a steep fare, given the lousy service.
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Permalink Reply by Sapphireblue on
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Well the cab driver I had last week (Golden cars) had a SatNav and he said all the cabs have them as standard now -the firm punches(phones?) in the post codes for them and all they have to do is follow the satnav - so don't even have to know London anymore...
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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A satnav ain't any good if it takes you via Hanger Lane! Cabbies need 'the knowledge'.
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I was ordered out of the (harringay cars) cab for daring to point out the seat belt was faulty. I am semi-disabled with a walking stick. Imagine the cab firm was a restaurant, would you go back to that place to eat with staff with that attitude ? No brainer. But because it's a cab firm it seems ok for them to treat their customers badly knowing they'll come back. It's lazy for an establishment to assume that all it's customers are trouble makers.
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