Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on September 30, 2017, 10:16:15 am
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First night working since the PUC went back on .Forgot to add it once also had a pick up from a pub in Dolphins Barn old lad just going round the corner picked him up a few times as I work that plot he hands you a fiver when he gets in .Decided to do a bit of PR and not add the PUC if you told him it was now 7.yoyo he would spend the rest of his life bad mouthing you .Not 1 customer commented on the PUC being added .
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Most customers aren't aware of it.Just explain nicely that many drivers stopped working the app.Tell them that it's not free to use for us.They'll be fine.At least they have an app that works instead of an app that had no cars most of the time.
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Im normally unrated at the end of the week but I went Bronz last night and I was home by 1oc .I normally work Dublin 8,10,12 and a lot of fares are under a tenner but the pick up distance is short the 2 yoyo PUC makes a big difference .I might have a go at actually doing a full week next week just to see what the story is .
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I'm usually only driving 1k to a job around town.The PUC is covering the 12% and time it takes for the passenger to come out.There's also the inconvenience of having to wait to get paid on account.
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Its only inconvenient to wait when your first 4 teams win on saturday and your waiting on the Monday Night Football .Waiting a few days for account work is no biggie .
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The flat is coming to an end soon Mr M...some big priced winners in that pile today.
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The flat is coming to an end soon Mr M...some big priced winners in that pile today.
Did you get on the Good thing I posted in the Sports section won with about a stone in hand @13/2 .I was home by 1oc this morning counting me winnings .
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No. I was knee deep in Gomorra after doing a bit of graft until 8 this morning. I don't log on unless I'm in full pyjama mode..
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The flat is coming to an end soon Mr M...some big priced winners in that pile today.
Did you get on the Good thing I posted in the Sports section won with about a stone in hand @13/2 .I was home by 1oc this morning counting me winnings .
You're winning too much...bound to end in disaster.
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Still won't use it if u have to pay 12 % on my puc...
What's the story then with the puc on the hotels johnny boy?
So you loose that too?
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Older men like that rarely use apps so the fiver is usually close enough to the fare, just take it and thank them. I wouldn't fall out with anyone over €2 or any taxi fare, within reason... life's too short!
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Older men like that rarely use apps so the fiver is usually close enough to the fare, just take it and thank them. I wouldn't fall out with anyone over €2 or any taxi fare, within reason... life's too short!
Thats my sentiment as well rodent most of those pub hails are bus fares .Barman usually calling for locals .Handy for accumulating the bobo cover 6 or 7 at closing time .
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I'm not with MyTaxi but I've had one complaint.
Apparently, the guy uses MyTaxi to get a taxi to turn up at his front door at 6.30am every morning and drives him to the front door of his workplace. 'It's f*cking outrageous' that MyTaxi would charge him €2 extra. I agreed with him and (in my head) told him he should stand out on the Finglas Rd each morning at 6.30am in his tracksuit and hail a passing taxi.
That'd show MyTaxi how stupid they are lol
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He got away with it for long enough.
any idea how much he's saved for that time.
That's how much the taxi drivers lost.
If he thinks it's outrageous ,tuff,
Get the bus.
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The Mytaxi 2Euro PUC has changed things !
I seldom works ranks, but last week I joined a few ranks as 3rd or 4th car late at night.
Every time I was offered a Mytaxi job within 1KM (usually bar staff going home) and I
took them all knowing that the PUC would more or less cover the commission, in my
eyes it was better to take a Mytaxi job with PUC less commission, rather than to wait
Ten to Fifteen minutes on the rank fer a No PUC fare.
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That's very risky... customer could cancel on the way and ya wouldn't be entitled to a scrub fee.I doubt the drivers would allow ya to rejoin the rank and take your place again.
Cash is king and if you ever get an audit you'll regret those extra app jobs you didn't need to take.Id need an accountant in the car with me to log every job I've ever done.Not because Im fiddling but its difficult to keep an accurate record.Revenue won't need anything other than your bank statements to see what you owe plus penalties.All you'd be left with is yer steering wheel knob in yer hand when they're finished with ya.
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That's very risky... customer could cancel on the way and ya wouldn't be entitled to a scrub fee.I doubt the drivers would allow ya to rejoin the rank and take your place again.
Cash is king and if you ever get an audit you'll regret those extra app jobs you didn't need to take.Id need an accountant in the car with me to log every job I've ever done.Not because Im fiddling but its difficult to keep an accurate record.Revenue won't need anything other than your bank statements to see what you owe plus penalties.All you'd be left with is yer steering wheel knob in yer hand when they're finished with ya.
@ MFH, you always see the Bad side of everything.
We got our PUC back from Mytaxi.
We are getting a 3.22% fare rise.
Streets are hopping Day and Night.
Where De Fook is de Problem ?
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Still won't use it if u have to pay 12 % on my puc...
Is there any pleasing you ? ya hungry Ballary Kount ?
Ya campainged fer No PUC !
And then ya got it !
And yer still Fookin Grumbling !!
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You'll have a problem when you get the audit Belker.An app job is not comparable to a cash job off the rank just because ya can't wait 10 or 15 mins.There's no way that PUC will cover any accrued penalties in the audit.I'm not being negative ya mong just smart.
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So put all your App jobs through with your accountant.
It's hardly 'Rocket Science'.
DOH !
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Cash is king and the Construction Federation wonder why it's impossible to get a tradesman in Dublin....only a couple of yrs before there won't be a note exchanged for any service.
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Ignore Hippo/ The Liffey Lip.
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You said Busby 78 was Hippo...what are you taking?
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The Swedish taxation authorities found that compliance was greatly enhanced among taxi drivers aligned to high tech dispatch firms, filing their report with the EU for reference by other members. However, I think Swedes are known to be chancers. Irish culture is somewhat different, from our politicians down we are known to be a very compliant bunch. Similarly, many of our immigrant drivers come from the obsessively compliant communities of West Africa.
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Similarly, many of our immigrant drivers come from the obsessively compliant communities of West Africa.
OH Ratty.....Kings of Leone...."Sarcasm on Fire"
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Still won't use it if u have to pay 12 % on my puc...
Is there any pleasing you ? ya hungry Ballary Kount ?
Ya campainged fer No PUC !
And then ya got it !
And yer still Fookin Grumbling !!
I'll have to start campaigning to get rid Of The free 5 minutes waiting time
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Still won't use it if u have to pay 12 % on my puc...
Is there any pleasing you ? ya hungry Ballary Kount ?
Ya campainged fer No PUC !
And then ya got it !
And yer still Fookin Grumbling !!
I'll have to start campaigning to get rid Of The free 5 minutes waiting time
Couldn't agree with you more Tony....don't know why Hailo introduced it...when you're ready to go out...order the fukin taxi....if you're not...don't!!
Actually got a mail from them today looking for my valuable input on how to improve the app....i'll let them know!!
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They can't realistically take anything else back from the customers fer a very long time,
after just recently hitting them with the PUC.
To be fair, the majority of Mytaxi jobs are ready to go in under 2 minutes.
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They gave passengers 24 hours notice about the return of the PUC.They can do whatever they want.5 minutes waiting is taking the piss.London drivers put the meter on after 2.5 mins.I'm guesing they get the scrub after 2.5 too if there's no show.
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Uber allows 2 mins. Most of the time passengers materialise quickly enough. I guess sometimes allowing up to 5 minutes might be appropriate but certainly not when the victim is supping ale while the driver fights off street hailing scum.
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Got a job on Kevin street too on Saturday outside of the Starbucks...parked up pressed arrived blocking the bicycle lane and no proper room for cars to overtake me. Cancelled the job after 30 seconds.You can't just block off a main road into the city center because some gimp is queuing for his latte or whatever the fuk.A lot of app customers have never driven a car.No need for 5 mins waiting in a busy city.You want a taxi or you don't.
Got flagged down then on Cuffe street so no loss.
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Yeah. Ireland has quite a lot of non-drivers now. As one UCD type said to me outside shops on Parnell St..."Cars are sooooooo yesterday dude". He was miffed at having to navigate his way past pedestrians and motorists whilst he cycled with his rainbow helmet and earphones.
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Rainbow helmet ye say.....no undercrackers or saddle either so!!
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Im guessing punters cancel MyPoxi jobs, becasue they hail a cab on the app while their leaving the house/work, they get outside and there's a taxi driving past, and they hail it instead. Scrub fee should be introduced within 3 minutes of the cab being hailed. Scrub fee being €2 and the passenger pays.
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Does the punter who cancels have to input a short story as to why they're cancelling?....doubt it!!
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Actually, they do Hal. A young lady flagged me down a while back and asked how she cancels a mytaxi order noting that the button didn't work. I hadn't seen the rider app at that stage but guessed that she needed to type something to enable the submit button so I made that suggestion. Oh, what will I type says she? Just fill it with gibberish, says I. I can't do that, says she, will I just say I found a better looking driver on the street? No, says I, that makes me sound like a down and out. OK, says she, I'll type "other reason" 'cos I pressed the button that says other reason.
A few do that alright, FW. Some also Hail0 a mytaxi and an Uber simultaneously and let them race for the job. Funny enough, I was ranked at a college residence on Mon or Tues and noted that our future bright sparks haven't quite figured that one yet. Student after Student went in search of the Uber or mytaxi they'd hailo'd ignoring the line of cars that would save them €2. Slow learners the class of 2017!
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@ Rodent young Consepta and her classmates like to use the app they think it stops old codgers like your self running them all over town and running up the meter .Conseptas aunty Bridget tell the story of arriving at Heuston and wanting to go to Saint Patricks Hospital on Stephens Hill and how the driver took her almost half way into the city to turn up Wathling Street before giving her a tour of Guinness as he sped down Jamses Street then turned down the hill to the Hospital .She said it was quicker to walk down the Hill to the train than it was to take a taxi .Young Consepta remembered that story and two euro spent on an E hail might save her a few cent in the real world .Did you check if the students were loaded up with free vouchers .
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Dunno erm, some of those mytaxi drivers are worse than DAA licensed thieves, didn't one charge 40 notes for putting a bag of toys in the boot around Christmas time?
Talking of Christmas, did you get your Christmas 2014 bonus from Hail0 yet?
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Dunno erm, some of those mytaxi drivers are worse than DAA licensed thieves, didn't one charge 40 notes for putting a bag of toys in the boot around Christmas time?
Talking of Christmas, did you get your Christmas 2014 bonus from Hail0 yet?
No I didnt but as Old Brian Lennihan uttered on mature reflection .That was a HailO legacy debt .My new detant with Mytaxi has resulted in me being paid an outstanding 50 Saturday Night bonus payment .In fact I recieved an overpayment of 100 euro which I immediately informed accounts and reimbursed the franchise As HailO no longer trade I will have to write off that Christmas 2014 bobo but look forward to any Christmas 2017 bonus although .
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Same Crew, Logo's New. Same Folk, Different Yoke.
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Same Crew, Logo's New. Same Folk, Different Yoke.
So now that whats his name is not there to Bitch Slap you have they appointed anybody to keep you in check .
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Not that I'm aware of... assuming you mean loadsamoney (Dermot)... given that you originally typed Dermot, that seems to be a fair assumption.
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Not that I'm aware of...
Thats Rude of them downgrading you like that .Oh I forgot you took the Queens Shuilling (notebook not 8/10 used Diary )
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.Did you check if the students were loaded up with free vouchers .
Unlikely, students invariably pay cash so they can spend 8 minutes dividing €22 by 4.
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Dunno erm, some of those mytaxi drivers are worse than DAA licensed thieves, didn't one charge 40 notes for putting a bag of toys in the boot around Christmas time?
Talking of Christmas, did you get your Christmas 2014 bonus from Hail0 yet?
No I didnt but as Old Brian Lennihan uttered on mature reflection .That was a HailO legacy debt .My new detant with Mytaxi has resulted in me being paid an outstanding 50 Saturday Night bonus payment .In fact I recieved an overpayment of 100 euro which I immediately informed accounts and reimbursed the franchise As HailO no longer trade I will have to write off that Christmas 2014 bobo but look forward to any Christmas 2017 bonus although .
John, what's the difference between a man's flute and a bonus?
You can rest assured she'll blow your bonus.
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Talking of Christmas, did you get your Christmas 2014 bonus from Hail0 yet?
At this stage, I dunno which of yiz are worse ?