Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: taxi1990 on June 07, 2020, 01:27:25 pm
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I sometimes go out in Dublin with friends of mine who live there. when getting a taxi to go to the gig or pub etc my friends nearly always order a taxi from Free Now. What is the best alternative to using them? id rather not support them and we prefer calling a taxi to flagging one down in the street on a Friday or Saturday night as it seems impossible to get one that way.
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Flag on the streets there is a huge oversupply in Dublin no taxi driver worth his piss would work the app after 11 oc .
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we would usually be looking for a taxi from 9 to 10.
what are the apps that take 15% commission and are there ones that are owed by Drivers?
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If your living off the main roads or in the middle of a housing estate then the app is the best way to get a cab .
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what app? apart from Free Now?
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S'pose other than the traditional dispatchers that have an app....Lynk?.....C2K(Swords/northside) had an app,don't know if it's still being used,
FN have captured work from everywhere so are probably the most reliable and quicker to arrive if you're in a hurry.
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Will try lynx the next time, see what they are like.
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If traditional dispatchers had have gone the route of the app back in 2012 before Hailo we'd probably be still complaining but probably have more than one app,might have been some competition or they could and probably would have been as bad as FN are today.
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Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?
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Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?
No
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Didnt fukin ask you
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Support the local taxi company in your area
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Support independents who can make their own decisions and are not afraid of responsibility.not people who need to be told what to do
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Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?
No
Hey Billy....what's the craic with C2K and €65 per week freight or €1 per job overflow work as per Italia 90's post?
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I sometimes go out in Dublin with friends of mine who live there. when getting a taxi to go to the gig or pub etc my friends nearly always order a taxi from Free Now. What is the best alternative to using them? id rather not support them and we prefer calling a taxi to flagging one down in the street on a Friday or Saturday night as it seems impossible to get one that way.
..and when you're chatting up them Dublin birds, tell them the truth, your from Mayo not Galway!!
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Ya mean kelly not only takes 65 notes a week,but ya have to give him a euro for every job as well ? Jeez I cant believe the greed of these fukin dispatchers.lets hope they get about 3 euros a week when normality is restored
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I sometimes go out in Dublin with friends of mine who live there. when getting a taxi to go to the gig or pub etc my friends nearly always order a taxi from Free Now. What is the best alternative to using them? id rather not support them and we prefer calling a taxi to flagging one down in the street on a Friday or Saturday night as it seems impossible to get one that way.
..and when you're chatting up them Dublin birds, tell them the truth, your from Mayo not Galway!!
Oh....that's just shnakey!! lol
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Support independents who can make their own decisions and are not afraid of responsibility.not people who need to be told what to do
The drivers are independent.
You have never worked a dispatch company so why all the grief towards them.
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The drivers are and my bollox independent.the drivers who work with these companies are told what to wear ( uniforms) which they must pay for,they are told what to charge ( discounts ) offered at their expense,they are disciplined for steping out of line by being knocked off the system.they are only short of having to clock in and out.next they will have to book their fukin holidays in advance its quite laughable really rhat people who are supposed to be self employed allow themselves to be treated this way
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Do you have experience of this ?
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Its well known.I have spoken to many drivers over the years,and I been told by these drivers these are conditions you must agree to haven't even mentioned about the work going out the back door
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Prob fake news.
Join them for a month and come back then.
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I wouldnt join them if they actually paid me.
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The drivers are and my bollox independent.the drivers who work with these companies are told what to wear ( uniforms) which they must pay for,they are told what to charge ( discounts ) offered at their expense,they are disciplined for steping out of line by being knocked off the system.they are only short of having to clock in and out.next they will have to book their fukin holidays in advance its quite laughable really rhat people who are supposed to be self employed allow themselves to be treated this way
All rubbish
Fake news
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Will try lynx the next time, see what they are like.
Lynx are based in Galway.
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I wouldn't chat Dublin birds up. usually stick to culchies like myself. ::)
I would put my hand out if I thought I would get a taxi passing by, but it has always seemed a very hard thing to achieve in Dublin on Friday or Saturday night from 9 to 10.
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I wouldn't chat Dublin birds up. usually stick to culchies like myself. ::)
I would put my hand out if I thought I would get a taxi passing by, but it has always seemed a very hard thing to achieve in Dublin on Friday or Saturday night from 9 to 10.
As long as you don't look like lizzzy....they'll stop for ye!!
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I wouldn't chat Dublin birds up. usually stick to culchies like myself. ::)
I would put my hand out if I thought I would get a taxi passing by, but it has always seemed a very hard thing to achieve in Dublin on Friday or Saturday night from 9 to 10.
As long as you don't look like lizzzy....they'll stop for ye!!
Ah here!!
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I wouldn't chat Dublin birds up. usually stick to culchies like myself. ::)
I would put my hand out if I thought I would get a taxi passing by, but it has always seemed a very hard thing to achieve in Dublin on Friday or Saturday night from 9 to 10.
Don't mind the culchies, you want the ones that will drop the Cacks !!
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Classy!!
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Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?
No
Hey Billy....what's the craic with C2K and €65 per week freight or €1 per job overflow work as per Italia 90's post?
you have 2 options. 1st option is €65 a week and hour called an ambassador driver. Its just means you work away as normal by working the plots and you can see the bookings and you can do as many jobs as you like off the system. Option 2 is €1 a job but the lads paying the 65 will be offered all the work first. You will be an overflow driver. So you will get a job if there is no ambassador driver in the area. Its looks anto will do will out of this. He has got a good few new drivers from dial a cab and a few drivers that work the Kesh have signed up for the €1 a job option.... And dalymount... Your an ass...
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Is that through the radio or is the app still live?
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Is that through the radio or is the app still live?
ck2 work off the iCabbi app now. He downloads it onto your phone. No radios or data heads anymore. And ck2 have got a very good customer app also.
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I m an ass that respects TOTALLY what SELF EMPLOYED means.I have the ability to make my own decisions .I dont need antony Kelly telling me how to run my business.your probably one of these drivers who go to different hotels ILLEGALLY camped in the car park waiting on people to come out,and using bully boy tactics against independent drivers who would dare to pick up there .you should be calledbully boy not fukin billy boy
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Is that through the radio or is the app still live?
ck2 work off the iCabbi app now. He downloads it onto your phone. No radios or data heads anymore. And ck2 have got a very good customer app also.
Cheers BB....thanks for the info.
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I m an ass that respects TOTALLY what SELF EMPLOYED means.I have the ability to make my own decisions .I dont need antony Kelly telling me how to run my business.your probably one of these drivers who go to different hotels ILLEGALLY camped in the car park waiting on people to come out,and using bully boy tactics against independent drivers who would dare to pick up there .you should be calledbully boy not fukin billy boy
they are ck2 hotels, so stay away... Anto and his employees own the work that comes out of them... What do you not understand about that? If you want I can put a good word in for you with Anthony and he might give you a job. Think about it.
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Does anto give you gold stars in your copy book like F,N give Ken for been a good boy ?
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Fuk sakes....that escalated quickly lads!!
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Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?
No
Hey Billy....what's the craic with C2K and €65 per week freight or €1 per job overflow work as per Italia 90's post?
you have 2 options. 1st option is €65 a week and hour called an ambassador driver. Its just means you work away as normal by working the plots and you can see the bookings and you can do as many jobs as you like off the system. Option 2 is €1 a job but the lads paying the 65 will be offered all the work first. You will be an overflow driver. So you will get a job if there is no ambassador driver in the area. Its looks anto will do will out of this. He has got a good few new drivers from dial a cab and a few drivers that work the Kesh have signed up for the €1 a job option.... And dalymount... Your an ass...
Looks good to me
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I m an ass that respects TOTALLY what SELF EMPLOYED means.I have the ability to make my own decisions .I dont need antony Kelly telling me how to run my business.your probably one of these drivers who go to different hotels ILLEGALLY camped in the car park waiting on people to come out,and using bully boy tactics against independent drivers who would dare to pick up there .you should be calledbully boy not fukin billy boy
they are ck2 hotels, so stay away... Anto and his employees own the work that comes out of them... What do you not understand about that? If you want I can put a good word in for you with Anthony and he might give you a job. Think about it.
What do yiz do if someone gets into a freenow car outside "your" hotel??
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It's your fare Marky....lets call a spade a spade(surprised that saying hasn't been disposed of)
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It's your fare Marky....lets call a spade a spade(surprised that saying hasn't been disposed of)
I suppose a death stare at the driver is the weapon of choice.. ::fds
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I m an ass that respects TOTALLY what SELF EMPLOYED means.I have the ability to make my own decisions .I dont need antony Kelly telling me how to run my business.your probably one of these drivers who go to different hotels ILLEGALLY camped in the car park waiting on people to come out,and using bully boy tactics against independent drivers who would dare to pick up there .you should be calledbully boy not fukin billy boy
they are ck2 hotels, so stay away... Anto and his employees own the work that comes out of them... What do you not understand about that? If you want I can put a good word in for you with Anthony and he might give you a job. Think about it.
What do yiz do if someone gets into a freenow car outside "your" hotel??
we take the gun out of the boot of the car that Anthony supplies to all of his employees and shoot everyone in the free now car. Have you not heard of this happening before?.
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Well ive heard of incidents involving ILLEGALLY parked taxis who actually DID make violent threats to an independent driver for picking uo at clontarf castle.not as dramatic as bully boy suggests,but nonethe less threats just the same
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Well ive heard of incidents involving ILLEGALLY parked taxis who actually DID make violent threats to an independent driver for picking uo at clontarf castle.not as dramatic as bully boy suggests,but nonethe less threats just the same
well dalymount, have you ever heard the true story about a bullet been sent to the ck2 office on swords main street when they got the burlo. It was sent from the INDEPENDENT taxi drivers on the burlo rank outside the hotel. But I'm sure that's OK because it came from INDEPENDENT taxi drivers that think they own the burlo.
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Well my recolection of the burlo was that Kelly just arrived up there and took over the car park inspite of the fact that there was an established rank outside the place since before Kelly was even in the game.Fullerton came up with a letter making it clear to him that his drivers were standing for hire ILLEGALLY because that was not an official taxi rank in line with legislation.I believe nothing has changed in that regard,they are STILL standing for hire illegally
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Well my recolection of the burlo was that Kelly just arrived up there and took over the car park inspite of the fact that there was an established rank outside the place since before Kelly was even in the game.Fullerton came up with a letter making it clear to him that his drivers were standing for hire ILLEGALLY because that was not an official taxi rank in line with legislation.I believe nothing has changed in that regard,they are STILL standing for hire illegally
I know down here the co-ops pay up to 10 grand a year for a busy Hotel contract, I'd say it's the same over there.
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Down here...over there.....me bleedin compass is bolloxed!!
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Down here...over there.....me bleedin compass is bolloxed!!
Ah Hal, it's simple !
Your up there a bit.
Lizzzy is over there.
And I'm down here.
Simples !
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All Taxi drivers have different methods of working and I respect every other drivers work choice because if'n it wasn't working fer them then they wouldn't be doing it !
Some drivers fer what ever reason dislike all dispatchers and Apps and only work street or rank.
Some drivers work loyally with their dispatcher only, while others work Dispatch and App.
Some drivers (myself included these Covid nights) work mostly App and street or Rank.
Others like Roy have their own gig on the go or a Schoolie to keep them busy.
Everyone has their own way of doing things and I respect them all, the only One that bugs me is the Rentee who pays 10 to 15K a year in Rent when the cab only costs about 5K a year to maintain making the Renter who does little to nothing except organising the few tests and repairs about 150 a week.
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They're making a profit.Why should it be cheaper?
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All Taxi drivers have different methods of working and I respect every other drivers work choice because if'n it wasn't working fer them then they wouldn't be doing it !
Some drivers fer what ever reason dislike all dispatchers and Apps and only work street or rank.
Some drivers work loyally with their dispatcher only, while others work Dispatch and App.
Some drivers (myself included these Covid nights) work mostly App and street or Rank.
Others like Roy have their own gig on the go or a Schoolie to keep them busy.
Everyone has their own way of doing things and I respect them all, the only One that bugs me is the Rentee who pays 10 to 15K a year in Rent when the cab only costs about 5K a year to maintain making the Renter who does little to nothing except organising the few tests and repairs about 150 a week.
Whos Roy?
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Can't be arsed reading the thread. What was the answer to the question posed? C2K @ €65/week or €1/job seems most likely?
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All Taxi drivers have different methods of working and I respect every other drivers work choice because if'n it wasn't working fer them then they wouldn't be doing it !
Some drivers fer what ever reason dislike all dispatchers and Apps and only work street or rank.
Some drivers work loyally with their dispatcher only, while others work Dispatch and App.
Some drivers (myself included these Covid nights) work mostly App and street or Rank.
Others like Roy have their own gig on the go or a Schoolie to keep them busy.
Everyone has their own way of doing things and I respect them all, the only One that bugs me is the Rentee who pays 10 to 15K a year in Rent when the cab only costs about 5K a year to maintain making the Renter who does little to nothing except organising the few tests and repairs about 150 a week.
Whos Roy?
Ye know Chesney Hawkes.....theoneandonly?