Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Punter on December 03, 2020, 07:12:34 am
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Just heard Irelands CEO on Newstalk's business show @6.30 if anybody want to listen to Podcast--
10% Commission---50% off first 5 jobs for Punters with Bolt picking up that discount --
Usual crap about customer focus both Driver and Punter ---talk of new dedicated Insurer for Drivers--
Might tame the opposition for a year of two as business starts to recover--
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Mark Paul---Irish Times---Today
About one-third of the taxis signed up so far for Bolt’s Dublin service are electric or hybrid vehicles. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times
New taxi rival for Free Now and Uber launches in Dublin
Bolt was set up seven years ago by a 19-year old Finnish student and is now worth €1.7bn
About one-third of the taxis signed up so far for Bolt’s Dublin service are electric or hybrid vehicles. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times
Bolt, a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber and Free Now, enters the Irish market on Thursday. The company is due to launch services at about 2pm in Dublin, with plans to extend its rollout to other cities next year.
The service, founded in 2013 by then-19-year-old Finnish tech entrepreneur Markus Villig, has signed up more than 1,000 drivers in the capital, who will pay it a commission of 10 per cent for each fare booked through the app. This compares with the 15 per cent commission drivers pay rivals such as Free Now.
Bolt, which was valued at €1.7 billion in a fundraising earlier this year, claims about 30 million users and operates in 150 cities, mostly in Europe and Africa. As well as its taxi app, the company also rents out electric bikes and e-scooters and has a food delivery division, Bolt Food.
Luke Mackey, Bolt’s country manager for Ireland, says the company has no plans to launch its food delivery service in Ireland. However, the company intends to launch e-scooter rental services in Dublin once the machines are fully legalised and regulated in this market.
“It looks like there will be some form of licensing regime for e-scooter rental. We are definitely interested in it,” said Mr Mackey. The company provides the service in about one-third of the cities in which it operates, and is investing €100 million in e-scooter rental across its network.
The company’s taxi app will initially be marketed through cut-price promotions, and in partnership with digital payments platform Revolut, which has 1.2 million Irish users including more than 500,000 in Dublin.
Carbon credits
Mr Mackey said that following Thursday’s launch, Dublin Bolt customers will get a 50 per cent discount on their first five fares, capped at a €7 discount on each trip. Revolut customers will get an extra two discounted journeys through the payment app’s rewards programme.
Bolt, which is among the top three taxi apps in London, is attempting to carve out a market niche for itself by trumpeting its green credentials. The company says it purchases carbon credits – investments in environmentally friendly activities such as tree planting – to offset all of the customers’ journeys undertaken on its network in Europe. About one-third of the taxis signed up so far for its Dublin service are electric or hybrid vehicles.
Bolt is launching in Ireland with just a handful of operations staff, but Mr Mackey said employment numbers will be scaled up as it expands services here.
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Its just UBER lite .
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How many carbon credits would you need to offset a 2010 Avensis?
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That oul Green Shite will wear thin .Green voters must be so proud The Green Party last night in a roll call vote in the Conference Center Dail voted not to pay student Nurses and Midwives for working through the Pandemic while Agricultural Students get paid .The type of Hippy this app are after dont take taxies they Cycle or walk .
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Competition should be welcomed even if it's Uber.The most important thing to take from this is the link up with Revolut.A very popular app, especially with the foreigners.This one might actually take off.
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They are launching at 2 o'clock and haven't thought to tell their signed up drivers ?
The last I heard was on October 2nd
'Due to new restrictions, we've temporarily postponed our launch. We're monitoring the situation, will keep you updated.'
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There will be a few of these press releases even if there's no work VD. Takes time for them to get their name out. If they're discounting they'll be getting more media coverage in January.
So Uber is trying to buy Free now and at the same time are funding Bolt. Yesterday, Uber's share price hit an all-time high. We haven't heard the last of them. Their food delivery business is hopping too. It's getting much harder to ignore them.
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do you think any of the apps will ever be available in small towns? why did they never try to operate in such towns? not enough money in it for them? not that I would ever sign up to them.
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Bolt will be live in Dublin FROM 2 PM TODAY. Please go online and be ready to accept orders at 10% commission.
Send STOP to +447860041800 to opt out.
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Competition should be welcomed even if it's Uber.The most important thing to take from this is the link up with Revolut.A very popular app, especially with the foreigners.This one might actually take off.
And the kids they all do it
How do we join
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Are U insane about joining up to BOLT
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NOT JUST SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR 10% of your earnings ....Dublin Bus has announced a new 24-hour service and 80 jobs as part of an extra €4.9m investment from the National Transport Authority.
Route 39a running from UCD to Ongar will go 24-hour from Sunday 13 December.
It will operate every 30 mins from 11.30pm to 5am and is the third 24-hour route after Route 41 (city centre to Airport and Swords) and Route 15 (cross city from Ballycullen to Clongriffin).
In a statement, Dublin Bus said the 24 hour services will facilitate increasing employment in the night time economy as businesses expand their opening hours.
Anne Graham CEO of the NTA said "it is no longer the case that the city shuts down at 11 or 12 at night. We believe that enhancement like these, along with the revised bus network in Dublin, and the investment in our bus corridor infrastructure under BusConnects, will bring about the kind of improvements that people expect in a modern city."
There will also be improvements to routes 1, 9, 13, 24, 39, 39a, 40 and 83.
Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan said the extra funding is the result of the government's July’s stimulus package saying funding for a public transport system is important for post-Covid recovery.
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Anne Graham CEO of the NTA said "it is no longer the case that the city shuts down at 11 or 12 at night.
No shit Sherlock!!
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Danny and Vera from the appartments near the Flats will love the late night 40 they can travel from Ballyer to Finglas to score brown if there is non available up the Gales .NTA providing a much needed service .Now we need local TD s to get the 27 Jobestown to Darndale bus made 24 hour .
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Bolt will be live in Dublin FROM 2 PM TODAY. Please go online and be ready to accept orders at 10% commission.
Send STOP to +447860041800 to opt out.
If they are going live from Dublin , you would think they would use an IRISH phone number not a UK one, or do they assume we are still part of the UK ???!!!!!
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Bolt will be live in Dublin FROM 2 PM TODAY. Please go online and be ready to accept orders at 10% commission.
Send STOP to +447860041800 to opt out.
If they are going live from Dublin , you would think they would use an IRISH phone number not a UK one, or do they assume we are still part of the UK ???!!!!!
We are all Europeans for another 694 hours .
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Late night buses AKA Fight Link.
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Well if our game wasn't fukked already,it certainly is now
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Putting my own feelings about dispatchers aside,I cannot understand why any dispatcher in their right mind would want to come to this country to operate,particularly now andwith no work out there.they must be crazy to invest in this game now.I dont know how the fukk traditional dispatchers are surviving at all.the level of competition,and the small amount of work out there.im glad I didnt invest in a new car
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would you be bothered getting a bus before or after a night out? I'd say I have only ever done it once, most people would prefer the comfort of a taxi with your friends, not on some bus with a load of pissed/drugged up skangers(and that's just the drivers).a taxi fare shared isn't that expensive either.half the routes might be cancelled anyway due to anti social behavior. there will still be plenty of work for taxis I'd say.
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would you be bothered getting a bus before or after a night out? I'd say I have only ever done it once, most people would prefer the comfort of a taxi with your friends, not on some bus with a load of pissed/drugged up skangers.a taxi fare shared isn't that expensive either.half the routes might be cancelled anyway due to anti social behavior. there will still be plenty of work for taxis I'd say.
Minimum wage hotel workers and restaurant workers that make up a lot of early morning and late night passengers will hop the bus .Its just more competition for Dublin Based drivers .You probably wont be able to pay cash need a Leap card or another card so they know who is on the bus .
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would you be bothered getting a bus before or after a night out? I'd say I have only ever done it once, most people would prefer the comfort of a taxi with your friends, not on some bus with a load of pissed/drugged up skangers.a taxi fare shared isn't that expensive either.half the routes might be cancelled anyway due to anti social behavior. there will still be plenty of work for taxis I'd say.
Minimum wage hotel workers and restaurant workers that make up a lot of early morning and late night passengers will hop the bus .Its just more competition for Dublin Based drivers .You probably wont be able to pay cash need a Leap card or another card so they know who is on the bus .
there is bound to be a lot of taxi drivers who pull out though after the pandemic. older drivers and foreigners who leave the country.
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I really dont know 1990 might depend on what else is available and what streets remain open and how many billion miles of bike lanes are in operation .
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There is bound to be a boom once things get going again, there is a lot of money saved and people are going too be mad to spend, holidays, gigs, matches, weekends away etc.
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There is bound to be a boom once things get going again, there is a lot of money saved and people are going too be mad to spend, holidays, gigs, matches, weekends away etc.
Hopefully Soon .
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There is bound to be a boom once things get going again, there is a lot of money saved and people are going too be mad to spend, holidays, gigs, matches, weekends away etc.
that's what I keep saying to cunts.
I said it to a dope in clontarf a few weeks ago.
"We won't be celebrating. We'll all be counting all the coffins."
you fuckin stupid cunt ye.
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Ye i can't wait.....ye double jobbin cunt Hal!!
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There is bound to be a boom once things get going again, there is a lot of money saved and people are going too be mad to spend, holidays, gigs, matches, weekends away etc.
that's what I keep saying to cunts.
I said it to a dope in clontarf a few weeks ago.
"We won't be celebrating. We'll all be counting all the coffins."
you fuckin stupid cunt ye.
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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There is bound to be a boom once things get going again, there is a lot of money saved and people are going too be mad to spend, holidays, gigs, matches, weekends away etc.
that's what I keep saying to cunts.
I said it to a dope in clontarf a few weeks ago.
"We won't be celebrating. We'll all be counting all the coffins."
you fuckin stupid cunt ye.
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Very profound!!
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Anyone got a sign up link?
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Anyone got a sign up link?
https://bolt.eu/en/cities/dublin/ and then take option "Drive" , wont allow cars over 10 years old, so I'm bollo'd with me nearly new 07 Avensis, anyways sent them a mail asking them about the age criteria.
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https://bolt.eu/en/cities/dublin/ and then take option "Drive"
Thanks.
wont allow cars over 10 years old, so I'm bollo'd with me nearly new 07 Avensis, anyways sent them a mail asking them about the age criteria.
Proper order, one less..
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https://bolt.eu/en/cities/dublin/ and then take option "Drive"
Thanks.
wont allow cars over 10 years old, so I'm bollo'd with me nearly new 07 Avensis, anyways sent them a mail asking them about the age criteria.
Proper order, one less..
Just for that I might buy meself a newer car for Xmas
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They charge between 10 and 25% IN OTHER CITYS
BEWARE
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They charge between 10 and 25% IN OTHER CITYS
BEWARE
They aren't worth 1.7 billion for nothing.
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I wouldn't worry about the age requirement.When they realise all the small wheelchair vans can be kept until they are 15 years old they'll change their tune.Uber made exceptions in the past for older taxis mostly because they didn't have enough new guys signing up.
It's the lads in the older vehicles that can easily afford to give the discounts that they're so fond of.The Private hire lads in the UK don't like Bolts rates.Some of the work is discounted more than Ubers.
So serious question...how many of yis are prepared to offer discounts if it means taking the work off Freenow possibly while paying a lower commission?
I know we have some former hacks on here who love discounts.Has business gotten so bad that we're ready to discount again?
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What discount ?
I thought Bolt were picking up the discount tab ??
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What discount ?
I thought Bolt were picking up the discount tab ??
For now but when YOUR customer has THEIR APP in their pocket you will do what you are fucking told .
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It's a discount app in the Uk.They're partly owned by Uber. As soon as they get some traction they'll make sure the current discounts are carried by the driver.Freenow are gonna be doing the same so it's a difficult issue to avoid.
Sign up to them all and turn off the ones with the shittiest offer.That's the only way to play it but ultimately they'll push the fare prices down.
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What discount ?
I thought Bolt were picking up the discount tab ??
Are they in Cork yet?
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Did I read somewhere the Max discount per fare was 7 euro ?Try telling the customer the 50% didcount is not a 50% discount when they are full of Coke or Cider .
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What discount ?
I thought Bolt were picking up the discount tab ??
Are they in Cork yet?
Nope.
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My dog's an Engineer.
How do you know that?
Well, I put a red hot poker to his arse and he made a BOLT for the door! 8)
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Did I read somewhere the Max discount per fare was 7 euro ?Try telling the customer the 50% didcount is not a 50% discount when they are full of Coke or Cider .
I won't be an issue,as you charge the punter the full amount.
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Did I read somewhere the Max discount per fare was 7 euro ?Try telling the customer the 50% didcount is not a 50% discount when they are full of Coke or Cider .
I won't be an issue,as you charge the punter the full amount.
Your right it wont be an issue I wont be encouraging my customers to use their app .COP THE FUCK ON you are handing them your business .
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My dog's an Engineer.
How do you know that?
Well, I put a red hot poker to his arse and he made a BOLT for the door! 8)
lol