Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on November 21, 2024, 04:33:36 pm
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Might be useful to men buying new meters to have an idea what each brand / installer charges for fare updates.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Mechanic 24HR - Hale Microtax 5 - €150
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Might be useful to men buying new meters to have an idea what each brand / installer charges for fare updates.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Mechanic 24HR - Hale Microtax 5 - €150
Jaysus....the last time it was €120.. but I thought it was to cover the fare increase that never happened during the scurvy years....from €50...to €150!!
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Might be useful to men buying new meters to have an idea what each brand / installer charges for fare updates.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Mechanic 24HR - Hale Microtax 5 - €150
Jaysus....the last time it was €120.. but I thought it was to cover the fare increase that never happened during the scurvy years....from €50...to €150!!
The cost drifts faster than the meter clock. 8)
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Anyhoo...Robinsons is also €150.
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Anyhoo...Robinsons is also €150.
I smell a Monopoly. And the NTA sits idly by. Free market my arse.
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Might be useful to men buying new meters to have an idea what each brand / installer charges for fare updates.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Mechanic 24HR - Hale Microtax 5 - €150
I’m hearing thru the wireless that certain microtax meters aren’t suitable for the update?
Seemingly microtax meters with the numbers MCT 05on the back are obsolete and can trade them against a new mirror meter and printer for €400.
However meters with MCT 05+ can be used until December 2025
(https://i.postimg.cc/8CrDgwvQ/FF0-DE9-CB-6-EA5-4-ADD-98-B2-6-FFD34-F13-CE9.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qt0W8sQj)
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Having got my meter programmed on Wednesday and made an appointment for sealing I got this by SMS from Mechanic 24 this morning:
Hi Stephen,
We have noticed that you have recently had your Hale MCT-05 taxi meter updated with the new national Taxi Tariff that is due to become effective from December 1st.
Your specific Model of Taxi meter maybe too old to take the new Tariff as the internal calendar on some of the earliest model Hale MCT-05 will expire on December 31st this year.
IF your meter is the specific older model then, YOU MUST REPLACE YOUR TAXI METER!
The oldest version of MCT-05 Taxi meter will not operate correctly After December.
Do Not get your current Hale taxi meter resealed until you have ascertained exactly which model you have as the older model is effectively redundant.
For any existing customer with a redundant Hale MCT-05, We will offer you a New replacement Mirror Taxi meter and printer for €400 including installation and 2 Years warranty.
Alternatively we will refund your €150 if already paid.
Please contact us at your earliest convenience if this affects you.
The information below will help you confirm which model of Taximeter you have:
The simplest way to identify a MCT-05+ is to have a look at the taximeter's e1-certification mark, which clearly shows "MCT-05+" (see attached pic). This label was usually placed on the back of the taximeter. (The MCT-05+ will operate normally until 31st December 2025)
Another easy way to find out the model version is to check the program/firmware version - on MCT-05 it will be "EU10" or "EU11", ( The MCT-05 with this software is now effectively redundant).
The program version for MCT-05+ is "MEUD3".
Customers can do this themselves by following the steps below (see as well attached scheme):
Press keys 2+3 in For Hire mode --> driver number is displayed -> press key 3 -> test mode is displayed -> press key 4 -> program version is displayed
In MCT-05 (discontinued for many years, no MID approval!) the automatic calendar and correspondingly the tariff will work until December 31st, 2024.
In MCT-05+ and SPT-01 (both taximeter models have been discontinued for quite some years and do not have MID approval!) the automatic calendar and correspondingly the tariff will work until December 31st, 2025.
SPT-02: the automatic calendar works until end of 2045, provided firmware version G10 PEUD76 is programmed. Attention: SPT-02 is not manufactured anymore. Devices already sold/installed will be supported with repairs and tariff updates until further notice.
MCT-06: the automatic calendar works until end of 2045, provided firmware version G10 MEUD77 2022.09.19 is programmed. This taximeter model is still being produced for the time being.
We can be contacted by the following:
Email: admin@mechanic24hr.ie
Whatsapp: +353838755500
Phone: +353862528956
Kind Regards,
Mechanic24hr.ie
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Might be useful to men buying new meters to have an idea what each brand / installer charges for fare updates.
I'll get the ball rolling...
Mechanic 24HR - Hale Microtax 5 - €150
Jaysus....the last time it was €120.. but I thought it was to cover the fare increase that never happened during the scurvy years....from €50...to €150!!
It was €75 in 2018, forget how much in 2022.
€150 next week fer Hale Microtax in Cork.
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I smell a Monopoly. And the NTA sits idly by. Free market my arse.
More a cartel than a monopoly.
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I smell a Monopoly. And the NTA sits idly by. Free market my arse.
More a cartel than a monopoly.
Definitely part of a cartel.
I remember Gerry McGrath buying a meter from abroad ( Austria), and yer man looked shellshocked when he wanted installed. flabbergasted that he could buy a HALE cheaper the PSV could.
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ATA with Quality Motors: €150. There's a pattern emerging.
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€150.00 @ Mechanic24 - I'm beginning to see a coincidence and evidence of the CARTEL operating.
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They'll probably be all having their Christmas party together...rubbing their hand and calling us gobshites...so no different to any other time of year!!
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They'll probably be all having their Christmas party together...rubbing their hand and calling us gobshites...so no different to any other time of year!!
For a laugh, the Kris Kringle presents can be no more than €150? 8)
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They'll probably be all having their Christmas party together...rubbing their hand and calling us gobshites...so no different to any other time of year!!
For a laugh, the Kris Kringle presents can be no more than €150? 8)
They wouldn't spend Christmas...those cunts!!
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Im down the Flats eating Christmas Cake and drinking Duty Free Vodka with Big Dommo and Billy the Bastard .Im telling him about the cartel that charges the same price to update your meter no matter what meter it is it costs the same ..He said sure the fare is the same on every meter does that mean taxi drivers operate a cartel as well .
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We don't set any prices!!
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ATA with Quality Motors: €150. There's a pattern emerging.
Somebody didn't get the memo >:( ATA mirror meter with Oscars: €150+VAT = €170.25 :'(
And the metrology website gave me a booking for the tail end of Jan! I wonder could you sign on for the next 2 months because metrology says it's illegal for me to work my taxi without the plastic seal? lol
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ATA with Quality Motors: €150. There's a pattern emerging.
Somebody didn't get the memo >:( ATA mirror meter with Oscars: €150+VAT = €170.25 :'(
And the metrology website gave me a booking for the tail end of Jan! I wonder could you sign on for the next 2 months because metrology says it's illegal for me to work my taxi without the plastic seal? lol
Panicked when I saw that as going away with car on Jan 3oth. Just rang them now, and got an appt for Jan 10 without having received any emails or TTI forms from them, but now have an email confirming appt.
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I did advise this to all last October !
From the NTA website;
"Once you have your taximeter installed and calibrated with the new 2024 fare program and you have received your TTI form by email from the installer, you can make a verification booking with the authorised verifier, Applus by logging onto the Legal Metrology website https://taximeterverification.nsai.ie (https://taximeterverification.nsai.ie), or alternatively please contact the taximeter verification booking line on: 01 143 5951."
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/taximeter-program-update-national-maximum-fare-order/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/taximeter-program-update-national-maximum-fare-order/)
That is Not true, you can make a verification/reseal booking any time within 60 days before fer a test.
The waiting list fer reseal appointments will be long after the meters are reprogrammed in November but you can book your reseal appointment today fer a date in December, Meter Seal 01 4135951
I booked mine in last week on Oct 22nd fer a Dec 5th test, cost €90.41 and there were lots of dates and times to choose from.
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What's the rush lads?Do yis get any grief off the drunks when you have no seal? Nobody says anything during the day shift.
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What's the rush lads?Do yis get any grief off the drunks when you have no seal? Nobody says anything during the day shift.
Exactly. The NTA started the Taxi Regulator's office in July 2005. 19.5 years later, I've yet to go through one of their compliance checkpoints. Should I move over to days? 8)
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Paul Whelan in Kinsaley charged €120.00. Cartel broken.
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A colleague said he has to buy a new meter, €650, that can't be right?
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A colleague said he has to buy a new meter, €650, that can't be right?
He's possibly going for a mirror meter, printer, and a roof sign.
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A colleague said he has to buy a new meter, €650, that can't be right?
He's possibly going for a mirror meter, printer, and a roof sign.
No just the meter he said. He has all the rest.
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I think the new Alberen mirror meter comes with it's own printer.
I paid €600 fer mine with printer last week, as my old Hale meter was almost out of date.
The €600 includes the €150 fer reprogramming.
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https://mechanic24hr.ie/dublin-finglas/taxi-equipment/
A quick google says a meter is ~350 with another ~250 for the printer (total ~600). Maybe he misunderstood the quote?
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A colleague said he has to buy a new meter, €650, that can't be right?
He's possibly going for a mirror meter, printer, and a roof sign.
No just the meter he said. He has all the rest.
https://www.psv.ie/product-category/taxi-meters/ (https://www.psv.ie/product-category/taxi-meters/)
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when I started in 2016, I paid just under 600 euro for the meter, printer, fitting of meter, door stickers fitted and roof sign.
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An Irish website, so no prices:
http://www.skan.ie/semitron (http://www.skan.ie/semitron)
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One thing I noticed with my new Taxitronic meter and my old Hale SPT-01 meter is the buttons...my Hale had physical(mechanical)buttons that(after many years) became temperamental especially the on/off button..my new meter has haptic buttons..that's not to say they can't/won't become faulty.
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One thing I noticed with my new Taxitronic meter and my old Hale SPT-01 meter is the buttons...my Hale had physical(mechanical)buttons that(after many years) became temperamental especially the on/off button..my new meter has haptic buttons..that's not to say they can't/won't become faulty.
Touch wood! 8)
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One thing I noticed with my new Taxitronic meter and my old Hale SPT-01 meter is the buttons...my Hale had physical(mechanical)buttons that(after many years) became temperamental especially the on/off button..my new meter has haptic buttons..that's not to say they can't/won't become faulty.
Touch wood! 8)
I'll leave that to the missus SB!!
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One thing I noticed with my new Taxitronic meter and my old Hale SPT-01 meter is the buttons...my Hale had physical(mechanical)buttons that(after many years) became temperamental especially the on/off button..my new meter has haptic buttons..that's not to say they can't/won't become faulty.
Touch wood! 8)
I'll leave that to the missus SB!!
I've haptic controls for the sound system and heater, and often miss the two up!
If I get a particularly attractive girl in the front I'll put on the heated front seat. 8)
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One thing I noticed with my new Taxitronic meter and my old Hale SPT-01 meter is the buttons...my Hale had physical(mechanical)buttons that(after many years) became temperamental especially the on/off button..my new meter has haptic buttons..that's not to say they can't/won't become faulty.
Touch wood! 8)
I'll leave that to the missus SB!!
I've haptic controls for the sound system and heater, and often miss the two up!
If I get a particularly attractive girl in the front I'll put on the heated front seat. 8)
That sounds like you're compensating SB!! lol
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https://mechanic24hr.ie/dublin-finglas/taxi-equipment/
A quick google says a meter is ~350 with another ~250 for the printer (total ~600). Maybe he misunderstood the quote?
The Hale Microtax 6 priced at €250 on their website is €550 in the real world.