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AltaGuy · 07-22-2014, 03:10 PM

I spoke to a newish cabby a few years ago about buying his plate/licence. He did not buy his plate himself, but was 'financed' by a group in his community that controls the supply of plates and makes money controlling and financing the supply in a grey-market scenario. The cabby was going to end up paying these hucksters many times as much money as the plate was actually worth had he been able to buy it himself.

I guess there are several communities in Calgary where taxi plates are heavily guarded and heavily profitable.

07-22-2014, 03:10 PM	#10
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	I spoke to a newish cabby a few years ago about buying his plate/licence. He did not buy his plate himself, but was 'financed' by a group in his community that controls the supply of plates and makes money controlling and financing the supply in a grey-market scenario. The cabby was going to end up paying these hucksters many times as much money as the plate was actually worth had he been able to buy it himself. I guess there are several communities in Calgary where taxi plates are heavily guarded and heavily profitable.