Diamond East Midlands (formerly Midland Classic)

[RobertJ21a]

At Diamond not bothered about tended route then

You really do need tlo understand the subject much better, there's some vey silly comments from people who don't know what they are talking about. Do some research!

[Wumpty]

The poster slating the driver implied it was a man but clearly the passengers on the 22 are happy with there drivers, as no one else has complained about the male driver

The post did imply a male, but the poster also implied that Diamond were incapable of operating a good service (just because they didn't pander and open a sky light!).

This post factually contradicts @Mkinson2224 point blank and gives no credence to his derogatory posts.

[Mkinson2224]

Just to be quite clear with everyone on the air conditioning I think all buses/minibuses should have windows because you can't always count on the air conditioning working especially with summer weather on the horizon. As for the drivers some of them could do with a lesson in customer service I'm not saying all of the but some of them.

[Jack]

Just to be quite clear with everyone on the air conditioning I think all buses/minibuses should have windows because you can't always count on the air conditioning working especially with summer weather on the horizon. As for the drivers some of them could do with a lesson in customer service I'm not saying all of the but some of them.

Well your previous posts implied otherwise... 

[Mkinson2224]

Well your previous posts implied otherwise...

I honestly have know idea what you lot are on about now and personally I don't care anymore because I'm now convinced you lot are twisting my word now to make Diamond look good which they are not I really don't care so as far are I'm concerned now.

[karl724223]

Just to be quite clear with everyone on the air conditioning I think all buses/minibuses should have windows because you can't always count on the air conditioning working especially with summer weather on the horizon. As for the drivers some of them could do with a lesson in customer service I'm not saying all of the but some of them.

A lot of passengers need a lesson in customer service to 

[Wumpty]

Just to be quite clear with everyone on the air conditioning I think all buses/minibuses should have windows because you can't always count on the air conditioning working especially with summer weather on the horizon. As for the drivers some of them could do with a lesson in customer service I'm not saying all of the but some of them.

I think @karl724223 sums your post up perfectly........

A lot of passengers need a lesson in customer service to

I think your posts would be taken far more seriously if you weren't so bolshie and added some fact to them.

You've made a number of very inaccurate comments regarding drivers, Diamond and myself in your posts with absolutely no evidence or substance to corroborate them.

All buses have windows and skylights though that's by design and not necessarily at the request of the operators. Just because one passenger wants a window open, doesn't mean "most" passengers do - it's called being grown up, and not slating drivers who cannot defend themselves on here.

You don't like reasoned debate because it unpicks your posts and proves them to be without base.

Oh, and I'm still waiting for 

My responses to you have been tempered so as to adhere to forum rules, and you've chosen to ignore requests to explain comments made about me, Diamond and other members. 

Oh, and I'm STILL waiting for you to explain why "I" have lost routes!

[Mkinson2224]

I think @karl724223 sums your post up perfectly........

I think your posts would be taken far more seriously if you weren't so bolshie and added some fact to them.

You've made a number of very inaccurate comments regarding drivers, Diamond and myself in your posts with absolutely no evidence or substance to corroborate them.

All buses have windows and skylights though that's by design and not necessarily at the request of the operators. Just because one passenger wants a window open, doesn't mean "most" passengers do - it's called being grown up, and not slating drivers who cannot defend themselves on here.

You don't like reasoned debate because it unpicks your posts and proves them to be without base.

Oh, and I'm still waiting for

My responses to you have been tempered so as to adhere to forum rules, and you've chosen to ignore requests to explain comments made about me, Diamond and other members.

Oh, and I'm STILL waiting for you to explain why "I" have lost routes!

Like I said I don't tea care anymore diamond is just a bloody joke the sooner they are a of burton and a really bus company coming in the better.

[Wumpty]

Like I said I don't tea care anymore diamond is just a bloody joke the sooner they are a of burton and a really bus company coming in the better.

And THAT just amplifies your immaturity and lack of understanding of the bus industry.

WHO is this real bus company you speak of?

And I ask again, what routes have I lost?

[Mkinson2224]

And THAT just amplifies your immaturity and lack of understanding of the bus industry.

WHO is this real bus company you speak of?

And I ask again, what routes have I lost?

The good bus company is Bus Link the driver are friendly and helpful unlike diamond and the bus are decent and well looked after unlike diamond.

[Mkinson2224]

Route you have lost 1s, 12Es, 129s, 125s all route are are payed for by the Council and are route they you need in Burton to keep the depot running,

[winston]

The good bus company is Bus Link the driver are friendly and helpful unlike diamond and the bus are decent and well looked after unlike diamond.

The owner of the 'really good bus company' you refer to sold out of Burton a few years earlier, why do you think this was if everything was going so well?

[winston]

Route you have lost 1s, 12Es, 129s, 125s all route are are payed for by the Council and are route they you need in Burton to keep the depot running,

Who says Diamond need those few tendered routes to keep Burton depot running? 

How do you know if they're currently contributing to Burton Depot profit?? 

[Wumpty]

Who says Diamond need those few tendered routes to keep Burton depot running?

How do you know if they're currently contributing to Burton Depot profit??

Route you have lost 1s, 12Es, 129s, 125s all route are are payed for by the Council and are route they you need in Burton to keep the depot running,

This STILL is not me!!!

I typed the following earlier and I'm not sure why it didn't post, though here goes again:

 Buslink - that'll be the same management team that were happy to take Rotala's money and leave you with this God-awful bus company you speak so poorly about? The same Diamond Bus that are still operating some of the previous owners buses, so your rationale is that because Diamond own their old buses then somehow these buses are no longer decent?

Let's just unpack this - what is a decent bus......shiny new paint job? Used buses in old liveries with fleet stickers on them?

The average age of Diamond East Midland's fleet is 9.01 years old.
Fleet of 58 (24 not liveried: 2 red and 22 in Midland Classic variants!)
41.4% of vehicles not in company livery (see above!)

The average age of Buslink's fleet is 16.4 years old (which excludes their heritage Metrobus, Olympian and Routemaster)
Fleet of 16 (5 not liveried)
31.3% of vehicles not in company livery.

Can you see how quickly your posts unravel with very little scrutiny of factual data.

To infer that Diamond's buses are not decent, casts aspersions on the former Midland Classic, and now current owners of Buslink, on what they were happy to sell to Diamond to operate for passengers like YOURSELF!

For clarity, this is a comparison to highlight how easy it is to misrepresent an operator - it is by no means my opinion of any of the operators, or the motives behind buying or selling respective businesses.

[karl724223]

This STILL is not me!!!

I typed the following earlier and I'm not sure why it didn't post, though here goes again:

 Buslink - that'll be the same management team that were happy to take Rotala's money and leave you with this God-awful bus company you speak so poorly about? The same Diamond Bus that are still operating some of the previous owners buses, so your rationale is that because Diamond own their old buses then somehow these buses are no longer decent?

Let's just unpack this - what is a decent bus......shiny new paint job? Used buses in old liveries with fleet stickers on them?

The average age of Diamond East Midland's fleet is 9.01 years old.
Fleet of 58 (24 not liveried: 2 red and 22 in Midland Classic variants!)
41.4% of vehicles not in company livery (see above!)

The average age of Buslink's fleet is 16.4 years old (which excludes their heritage Metrobus, Olympian and Routemaster)
Fleet of 16 (5 not liveried)
31.3% of vehicles not in company livery.

Can you see how quickly your posts unravel with very little scrutiny of factual data.

To infer that Diamond's buses are not decent, casts aspersions on the former Midland Classic, and now current owners of Buslink, on what they were happy to sell to Diamond to operate for passengers like YOURSELF!

For clarity, this is a comparison to highlight how easy it is to misrepresent an operator - it is by no means my opinion of any of the operators, or the motives behind buying or selling respective businesses.

Wonder if he has to ask his neighbours to open his window in the place he lives in 😂