Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on June 26, 2026, 05:47:54 pm
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No wages for last week... email received today:
Dear Driver,
We would like to inform you that your weekly payment of 78.36Euro from our last payment run was unfortunately rejected.
Our Accounts team is currently working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, we do not have a confirmed timeframe from the Accounts team for when the issue will be resolved. However, we will process your payment as soon as the issue has been fixed.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused and appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to resolve the matter.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Team Free-now by lyft
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Worst they could do is say no...
Penalise those naughty late payers (https://www.newfrontiers.ie/blog/top-tips-for-dealing-with-late-paying-clients) (Enterprise Ireland)
Did you know that you [B2B] are entitled by law to charge interest on late payments? It doesn’t just apply to your Irish customers, as this is a European Union regulation. The majority of businesses don’t do this, perhaps because they don’t know they can, don’t want to rock the boat, or think it isn’t worth the hassle. But you can do this for any commercial transaction and you don’t even need to send a reminder first; you can start charging as soon as the invoice is overdue. The Late Payment Interest rate is currently 8%. This means that if a client was a month late paying a bill of €2,000 + VAT, you’d be able to charge them €16.13 in interest.
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I owe them a euro for a cash job I did last week. Sorry lads.
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Remember the last time "Wirecard " took a month to get paid !
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They giving out tenner off codes now on next fare
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Still haven't paid my wages for week ending 21/06 and they're ignoring Help Chat.... got paid for the following week though... wouldn't be surprised if it goes into examinership/receivership sooner rather than later. Probably best to knock app payment jobs on the head.... although I know it can be difficult if a decent one pops up and you've been idle for a while.... just bear in mind you're taking a gamble if you do.
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Fuck them
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They answered the chat but still haven't paid my €78.36:
(https://i.postimg.cc/jdqGRWqL/Screenshot-20260702-204138-taxi-android-driver-Conversation-Activity.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bdM6Twth)
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Completely skint
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Freenow spending a lot on adverts. TV and social media costs a fair bit. If they lose the good will of any more drivers they're finished.
They always forget they've nothing but software without the support of drivers.
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They are playing a Race Game .They thought they had the Foreign lads sewn up because they did not know their way around ,But forgot they could learn on the Job .Fixed fares and 25% got the heave hoe last few weeks after gigs where no taxis were available and booking fees had to be refunded and free trips offered .No service Provider is Going to hover around a Gig Venue looking for the Customer .The review of Fares was supposed to Liberalize the Service Charges not the actual fares .The Booking fee could be a surge price but the metered fare is a maximum ..Why do you think there were so many new entrants offering lower or fixed Comissions .The Bounty will be in Surge Priced Booking Fees .UBER apply them with Fixed fares What you see on the Screen offered is not what the rider saw and the Same with Free Now .the booking fee is not limited the metered pick up fee of 3 yoyo is but any Tech Fee is not covered on the meter or by legislation .WHO ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THIS REVIEW ?
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Don't know if they still do it but FN were offering guarantees about FN airport taxis or your money back or compo or something. They must be pretty confident they have us by the bollox if they put out ads like that?
Plus they had over €10million in cash in the bank the last time they reported their (pre-Lyft) Irish financials. You (plural) are deluding yourselves if you think they're going broke.
Google AI:
In its most recent Irish financial results, FreeNow Ireland recorded revenues of €46.1 million and a post-tax profit of €5.4 million. The Irish arm of the taxi app also paid out a €7 million dividend to its German parent companies, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, highlighting its strong regional profitability.
The financial strength of the Irish division has been a major pillar for the brand, which recently recorded a subsequent 69.3% jump in post-tax profit. The company continues to maintain a strong footprint in the Irish multi-mobility space, retaining an estimated 31 employees in the market
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Uber tech fee is €1 per fare before discount. They discount the entire fare including the €1 hence the driver generally gets paid significantly more than they charge the rider. Free Now offer more ad-hoc discounts to riders but charge drivers 25% commission as opposed to Uber's 12%.
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If the prebook numbers are anything to go on they're fucked-unless they have boxed everthing even more than normal to the stickers and stars brigade.
They literally had the game by the bollocks and fucked it away with their tampering with somnething that wasn't broke.
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F*cK this shit, just booked a one way ticket to Buenos Aires for Sept 1st.
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F*cK this shit, just booked a one way ticket to Buenos Aires for Sept 1st.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q)
includes an advert for Eva Peroni! 8)
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F*cK this shit, just booked a one way ticket to Buenos Aires for Sept 1st.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q[/url])
includes an advert for Eva Peroni! 8)
Did some tango in Dublin (Dublin Argentine Tango Society) a good few years ago, never mastered it. Could only dream of being able to dance like this, it's exquisite.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF3IT3tMuo&list=RDsmF3IT3tMuo&start_radio=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF3IT3tMuo&list=RDsmF3IT3tMuo&start_radio=1)
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Enjoy.
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Still no sign of my €78.36. The chat continued over the weekend;
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTZDf4VH/Screenshot-20260703-131310-taxi-android-driver-Conversation-Activity.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XX2RnzcF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/YCK2V4D5/Screenshot-20260705-173206-taxi-android-driver-Conversation-Activity.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mtjG1rsj)
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F*cK this shit, just booked a one way ticket to Buenos Aires for Sept 1st.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxR-1mZem8Q[/url])
includes an advert for Eva Peroni! 8)
Did some tango in Dublin (Dublin Argentine Tango Society) a good few years ago, never mastered it. Could only dream of being able to dance like this, it's exquisite.[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF3IT3tMuo&list=RDsmF3IT3tMuo&start_radio=1[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smF3IT3tMuo&list=RDsmF3IT3tMuo&start_radio=1[/url])
Beautiful.
If this guy can do a rumba or salsa it, you can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJWLjviwftM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJWLjviwftM)
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Amazing strength of character, and personality. We only get one shot at it.
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light". Dylan Thomas.
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Amazing strength of character, and personality. We only get one shot at it.
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light". Dylan Thomas.
Dead at 39!
A lovely poem though.
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The saga continues:
(https://i.postimg.cc/bJ57THN6/Screenshot-20260710-fn.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DJqpfGGs)
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The saga continues:
(https://i.postimg.cc/bJ57THN6/Screenshot-20260710-fn.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DJqpfGGs)
There goes your ratings... rofl rofl
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Rat a nicely worded Email with attached Docs to Banking Ombudsman .There is a legal requirement on Free Now to maintain proper banking details .They are acting as your Agent in retaining your funds for work completed on their behalf .Object to the renewal of their Certificate of Conformance .Contact the Head Bunker Fuhrer and inform him of your impending action .You should have your coin within 20 minutes of the Bunker opening your e mail .
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Gonna replace them with Tap in due course anyway... I'll probably wait 'till Mrs. Catcher is back in school... ideally I only want to work a few hours per morning for the rest of the summer... I think you need to be doing 30+ hours/week to justify fixed freight.... even at the low rate it is set with Tap.
I get fuckall off them since I opted out of the 25% commission... it's only the overflow that they can't cover @ 25% which is generally shite work anyway. Obviously, my credit control dept wont allow me cover app payments for them now so there really is very little left. This week I've done two poxy €15 fares for them... hardly worth wasting my internet on to be honest.
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Rat a nicely worded Email with attached Docs to Banking Ombudsman .There is a legal requirement on Free Now to maintain proper banking details .They are acting as your Agent in retaining your funds for work completed on their behalf .Object to the renewal of their Certificate of Conformance .Contact the Head Bunker Fuhrer and inform him of your impending action .You should have your coin within 20 minutes of the Bunker opening your e mail .
I'd need a judgement to object to their licence and/or apply to the High Court for an examiner/receiver/liquidator to be appointed. A District Court Judgement is always the first step anyway... that gives you something to enforce in a legal context.
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Rat a nicely worded Email with attached Docs to Banking Ombudsman .There is a legal requirement on Free Now to maintain proper banking details .They are acting as your Agent in retaining your funds for work completed on their behalf .Object to the renewal of their Certificate of Conformance .Contact the Head Bunker Fuhrer and inform him of your impending action .You should have your coin within 20 minutes of the Bunker opening your e mail .
I'd need a judgement to object to their licence and/or apply to the High Court for an examiner/receiver/liquidator to be appointed. A District Court Judgement is always the first step anyway... that gives you something to enforce in a legal context.
Cost them more in labour and coin to reply to a request from the ombudsman about your stolen purse than it would to pay you off .Go all Rumpole on them .If nothing else it will give you hours of amusement .
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It's been downhill since Tim left to be fair...
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Panic over... the €78.36 appeared in my bank account yesterday.
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Good stuff. I owed them a euro and they threw a bit of work at me for one hour last week then the app went dead again.Pointless even bothering to leave it on.
They really wanted that euro for whatever reason.
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They obviously needed it along with 77.36 more of them to settle their debt with me. Thank you for your contribution, much appreciated.
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You're welcome.