Looking for a reasonably priced LEGAL transfer Ercan to Malatya

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 12:07

Have been quoted £40 for an Ercan to Malatya transfer on 5th January but am checking for a better price

pollymarples


Joined: 08/08/2010
Posts: 1778

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 12:24

Malcolm, for goodness sake, how many of you are there? You know the size of our car, if it is big enough, we dont charge friends.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 13:24

It's about time somebody started a club... where no fees are charged and points are earned and these can be 'cashed-in' for a free pick-up and/or drop-off...



Take someone at 2am and it earns 15 points....

15 points = one way trip between hours of 11pm and 5 am (either pick-up or drop off)

Take someone between 5am and 11pm and it earns 10 points....

10 points = one way trip between hours of 5am and 11pm (either pick-up or drop off)



You join the club... take people when you can earn some points and they reciprocate... there is a lot of trust but no money changes hands. If you join and someone has points you must try to help of the whole thing collapses due to lack of trust.

Denny


Joined: 09/12/2010
Posts: 261

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 13:36

Great idea, Groucho.

Markyboy



Joined: 05/06/2010
Posts: 228

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 14:21

A-one-rent a car £25 one way.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 14:33

Malsancak,



My mate Halil will do it for about 40 or 50TL.

0533 823 7279

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/01/2011 14:37

RE msg 6, TRNCVaughan: (...) My mate Halil will do it for about 40 or 50TL. 0533 823 7279 (...)

▶ Best price I've seen yet! A phone number to put in my address book. And you're sure he's a licensed taxi driver? (RE: the headline of this thread!).

Maz


Joined: 29/03/2009
Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
02/01/2011 00:29

I think that Groucho is about right. I know taxi drivers want to make a living, but all that extra money to and from airports is de trop. Not so long ago one could take one's own car and park up for nothing at Ercan - now it is getting impossible.



Other places I have lived abroad had the very system of which GTroucho spoke, except we just paid for the petrol each time regardless of numbers in car. The drivers were quaintly called 'friends'. Not a lot about, but a mutual pointed backscratching could be a good replacement.



So who is Halil?

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
02/01/2011 09:15

Ring him and ask.

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
03/01/2011 20:51

thanks everyone, I've now found a lift but I love Groucho's idea and wondered if anyone is interested in expanding it further to includes other skills. This idea comes from Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
03/01/2011 20:57

yeah the locals would love that ................all well in theory ........

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
03/01/2011 21:32

apc2010, that's why I suggested it

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
03/01/2011 21:56

Mal,



Scratching backs... better than someone scratching your eyes out.

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
03/01/2011 23:10

I love the idea of the LETS scheme.



I do not understand why it is £40 to Ercan when it is only £50 to Larnaca and thats a hell of a lot further.



Please contact me if such a scheme starts - will it only be Ercan or will it also be Larnaca, the thing there is that we will have to insure our cars to do that so it is possibly a non-starter. Oh well, I can dream can't I?

Maz


Joined: 29/03/2009
Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
04/01/2011 23:57

I had friends who started up a LETS, but I had nothing to offer. Still don't really, but if anyone has carpentry skills and need plumbing ones, it is terrific. Or maybe just a system of offering lifts. BUT I fear there could soon be an outcry that Brits are robbing locals of their income by doing them out of a job.



As long as one doesn't mind that! How about Mal and the Free Press being the start up????

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
05/01/2011 00:01

maz you are so right the brits will will shop you, till they want work done. There is a wealth of talent but many scared to offer for fear of reprisial. Groucho hasa great idea but hey ho who will do it xx

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
05/01/2011 00:09

and advertising it on an open forum doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do ..???