Its cheaper than opening a new test centre to sort out the backlog. There would be all sorts of upfront costs to open a center its just not cost effective. Its simpler to run the existing test centers for longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoktorB
Simple example is:
100,000 cars need to be tested each year. Each car they test (50euro per car for simple maths) makes them a profit. (So the make 5,000,000)
Lets say they have 5 test centers. The test center costs 100,000 a year to operate. (500,000 each year)
So they make 4,500,000 a year. With the 5 test centers.
Why would the open up a new test center and cost themselves another 100,000 per year.
The 100,000 cars still need to be tested that's not going to change, but they wont make any more money with a new test center. They will make exactly the same amount. The revenue might slip a couple of months because of the backlog, but overall they will make the same amount.
The only one who is impacted are the people with the cars who have to wait 3 months for a date.
Someone needs to look at the NCT contract and financially crucify the private company when they let a backlog of cars reach this long thats the only way to ensure this wont happen again. At the moment the crowd running the centers have 0 interest clearing a backlog and costing them more money, they are out to maximize profits and minimize costs.