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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on February 20, 2018, 06:38:43 pm
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Rumoured to be close to completion.
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Rumoured to be close to completion.
Old news
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See MT now offering online training to pass PSV test. Ads on "hundreds of buses". Time to reduce my level of cooperation.
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Old news
When did it complete?
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Is this a sign of things to come? Don't think there is any cab company doing well at the moment. Cab 2000 dropped their fright to €89. Things must be bad if Mr Kelly did that.
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Is this a sign of things to come? Don't think there is any cab company doing well at the moment. Cab 2000 dropped their fright to €89. Things must be bad if Mr Kelly did that.
That's a euro cheaper than when i left in 2010!
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I wouldn't imagine he has the 400 cars that he had in 2010 either.
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I wouldn't imagine he has the 400 cars that he had in 2010 either.
Probably not,i did a back of the beer mat calculation at the time,i reckoned he was taking in around 1.8 mill in driver fees per year at the time,i'd say his biggest outlay was rent on the base,i don't think staff were paid any huge amounts,
I wonder do the drivers still contribute to the staff bonus at Christmas?
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I don't think they do contribute to the bonus anymore but at the same time they are not permitted to take time off for the 2 weeks of xmas as far as I know.
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He increased the freight to 100 when they had the chip and pin machines. They don't have then anymore so no need to charge drivers for something they ain't got
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I don't think they do contribute to the bonus anymore but at the same time they are not permitted to take time off for the 2 weeks of xmas as far as I know.
Too many rules for a self employed person tbh...and paying for the privilege!!
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Exactly, that's why the PPJ app's are doing so well. No way could I go back to wearing a uniform and jumping through hoops again.
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I was chatting to a Cobh driver a few weeks ago during re-programming, he told me his base fee was 140Euro per week, and then he added on that the base fee in Midleton was 170Euro per week !
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Mad money, they should tell their customers to use mytaxi, Flag or Whistle.
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I was chatting to a Cobh driver a few weeks ago during re-programming, he told me his base fee was 140Euro per week, and then he added on that the base fee in Midleton was 170Euro per week !
Self employed...workin for the man!!
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Mad money, they should tell their customers to use mytaxi, Flag or Whistle.
Indeed 'Mad Money' and most of it is around town at a fixed Fiver rate !
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Consolidation, before the implosion.
Drivers are not stupid ( Well, some are not ) paying freight is SO 2000.
None of those so called companies can match the financial might of DAIMLER.
Were it not for the patronage of Government contracts, they'd be gone by now.
I'd like to se COQ AU VIN back in an 8 seater!! 8)
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why do you allow these companies to tell you what to do ? they are the employees, not you.
i could not believe in an earlier part of the thread where I read that the would not allow to take time of on the run up to christmas.
i actually thought the poster was joking.
do you not realise you can operate in the industry without them, but THEY cannot operate without you
so my question is why do you allow them to run your lives like this.
is it that some drivers were to long in the PAYE sector and like the feeling of being told what to do ? or is it that you actually believe these people are your employers ?@
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I could operate without them but I'd have to change the way I work. I work the Northside suburbs because that's what I enjoy. If I didn't work for mytaxi I'd have to join the blaxis fighting for work up above in the city.
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yeah I can understand a driver working with mytaxi, but I don't understand why any driver would want to align himself with a radio company who treats you like you are an employee.
telling drivers what to wear, how much to charge, disciplining drivers for giving back heavily discounted work, actually having to seek permission to take time off etc etc it's quite unbelievable that drivers would allow themselves to be in this position.
still it's their choice I guess
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Not much discounting these days. I used to work for Cab 2000 back when I was full-time. To be fair to Anthony, the hourly freight was less than I currently pay mytaxi and there was no hospitality fee or other discounts. All bribes to hotels, etc were paid by the company. As I'm sure you're aware, with mytaxi I would have to pay an extra €2 freight for every hotel job, most pub jobs and some car hire return shed jobs... and we got a free uniform without having to become "ambassadors" with logos sprawled all over the motor... so I can say, back when I wore a younger man's (Anthony's) clothes!
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ah Godbe with the days there were no apps, or radio company's , and punters had to come out of their homes to jail a cab.a level playing field then
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Indeed, the only problem being that folk didn't use taxis much. Until Blue Cabs and NRC came along most of the work was from hotels and transport terminals. Hailing a cab only gained popularity when roof signs were introduced in the 70s... even at that we were well into the 80s before a taxi culture developed with men hailing cabs to go down the local and women getting cabs from shopping centres instead of walking, etc..
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still taxi use is poplar now , rugby matches, soccer matches, concerts, RDS events , etc etc
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The kids of today don't know they're born... some wouldn't know what a bus is, never mind walk or cycle...
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I was chatting to a Cobh driver a few weeks ago during re-programming, he told me his base fee was 140Euro per week, and then he added on that the base fee in Midleton was 170Euro per week !
And I doubt either of those bases allow full fare, both are €5 for all local jobs... waste of time
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They have all had Two fare increases in the last 4 years where they should have knocked all dat shite on de head !
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Guys regularly giving MT €75-€150 pw
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... and more. A few years ago Hail0 told us that it's top drivers pay €240/week commission.
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Doubt if there will be a radio company around in 5 years.They are rapidly becoming obsolete.PPJ is the future.A mate of mine is with NRC and he tells me 50% of the jobs have some form of discount.Personally i hope Vinny looses his bollox with Expert.Poacher turned gamekeeper.He was the early incarnation of Whistle asking drivers to pony up 500 each to set up HIS company.
We may not like paying 12% to Mytaxi but for semi retired people like myself and rats they are ideal.If Flag does take off I am sure Mytaxi will quickly follow their lead regarding commission.
I am very happy to use Mytaxi at the moment for my 30 hours a week.
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i don't use ANY other party at all to find work for me I get my own.
having said that, I can understand a driver using my taxi where you are not treated like an employee.
i just don't understand why drivers don't take back power to run the industry themselves instead of giving that power to someone would treat them as though they were employees.
as I already said, we can operate without them, but they cannot operate without us .
doesn't make sense to me to be honest, but then again it's entirely the drivers choice .
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PPJ makes more sense for dispatch operators. mytaxi has proved that drivers will pay much higher freight under that system, some will even pay the firm's normal bribery expenses on to of regular commission.
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Doubt if there will be a radio company around in 5 years.They are rapidly becoming obsolete.PPJ is the future.A mate of mine is with NRC and he tells me 50% of the jobs have some form of discount.Personally i hope Vinny looses his bollox with Expert.Poacher turned gamekeeper.He was the early incarnation of Whistle asking drivers to pony up 500 each to set up HIS company.
We may not like paying 12% to Mytaxi but for semi retired people like myself and rats they are ideal.If Flag does take off I am sure Mytaxi will quickly follow their lead regarding commission.
I am very happy to use Mytaxi at the moment for my 30 hours a week.
It was 5 Grand with Coq au Vin, Mallet headed prick. 8)
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i hate to say it, but it looks like the days of the independent driver is over
with all the new apps now, an independent hasn't a hope.unfortunately drivers who have signed up to radio, or app providers, have given away the power to run the industry to others ah well
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Dalymount it is not just Taxi drivers who subscribe to apps.People subscribe to apps every day be it Virgin Media,Netflix or even online banking.That's just the way things are going and there is no way to stop it.In 20 years time everyone will be driving around in some sort of some sort of self driving car and we will be obsolete.
Until then make as much as you can and provide for your old age.
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I'm afraid I'm already old
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i hate to say it, but it looks like the days of the independent driver is over
with all the new apps now, an independent hasn't a hope.unfortunately drivers who have signed up to radio, or app providers, have given away the power to run the industry to others ah well
The truely independent drivers that I know are busier than ever, with so many lads on base/ mytaxi jobs and others cruising for mytaxi work, the queues on ranks are much shorter, even the Cork airport rank now can often be short of cars. Independent drivers never had it so good
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The state will always provide enough so we don't starve.I'd rather be old and poor than younger working me bollix off with the chance I might die early leaving the family fighting over me fortune.It will be grand lads.
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The chance to die early is rapidly passing you by, MfH... get the lead out, man!
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Kicking the bucket at 60 is considered young these days.Modern medicine keeping folks around till 90 doesn't appeal at all..
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I don't want to be around in me 80's or 90's....the missus says she won't be wiping me arse...so i'll take her word for that,
If i can spend a few months in the sun per year when i hit my 60's i'll be happy!!
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i hate to say it, but it looks like the days of the independent driver is over
with all the new apps now, an independent hasn't a hope.unfortunately drivers who have signed up to radio, or app providers, have given away the power to run the industry to others ah well
The truely independent drivers that I know are busier than ever, with so many lads on base/ mytaxi jobs and others cruising for mytaxi work, the queues on ranks are much shorter, even the Cork airport rank now can often be short of cars. Independent drivers never had it so good
I'd agree with Korky on that, I pulled in as Top car (only car) on the 'Porters' rank at about noon today, the 'Porters' rank being in the center of Cork's main street (St. Patrick st.) and usually a busy rank, very surprising to see it empty by day.
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well lads regardless of what you say, I will never understand why drivers don't take back the running of the industry themselves , and render all these apps, and radio companies surplus to requirements.
i do believe that some drivers , in a weird sort of way, need to be told what to do because they were to long in the PAYE sector , and find self employment hard to deal with.
that is is not a criticising them , just an observation
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well lads regardless of what you say, I will never understand why drivers don't take back the running of the industry themselves , and render all these apps, and radio companies surplus to requirements.
i do believe that some drivers , in a weird sort of way, need to be told what to do because they were to long in the PAYE sector , and find self employment hard to deal with.
that is is not a criticising them , just an observation
And just how exactly are we supposed to do that DM ?
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it's quite simple really.
get agreement from all drivers to delete their apps, give back their radios, this would create a level playing field for all drivers, and at the same time save drivers who do have radio's 100 plus a week.i know people would not agree, to do it, but it would certainly get those leeches out of the industry who exploit drivers by treating them as employees
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it STILL comes back to one fundamental issue.
THEY NEED YA WE DON'T NEED THEM this point seems to be overlooked all the time
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it's quite simple really.
get agreement from all drivers to delete their apps, give back their radios, this would create a level playing field for all drivers, and at the same time save drivers who do have radio's 100 plus a week.i know people would not agree, to do it, but it would certainly get those leeches out of the industry who exploit drivers by treating them as employees
Is that a serious post DM ?
Have a bit of a think about what you just posted.
P.S. Are you any relation to the Erm ?
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you are your response is the result of negative thinking.
apart from the fact that unity among drivers has always been a problem in the industry, why do you think my proposal is off the wall ? your attitude is typical of the type of thing in talking about.
you also seem to think we need to rely on cab companies to direct our lives for us
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I'm quite sure aligned drivers would love the prospect of not having to answer to their would be employers anymore.
plus the fact that would save themselves more then 100 a week
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A lot of daytime drivers are aligned to dispatch co's and will more than likely have the Mytaxi app aswell,i would imagine most night time drivers would just have the Mytaxi app which they would probably turn off after midnight and save themselves 12%,i personally find the app more of a distraction and an annoyance tbh especially at weekends when all the heroes are out and the job offer run in distances are ridiculous...they should realise by now that i don't bite!!
The reality being that you'll never get driver unity.
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therein lies the problem.
they didn't even unite on bigger issues, so I know my asperations are pissing against the wind
still I love in hope that some day the drivers will realize they don't need cab company dictators telling them how to run their business. guarantee you one thing, there people will NEVER get a foothold in to MY business
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therein lies the problem.
they didn't even unite on bigger issues, so I know my asperations are pissing against the wind
still I love in hope that some day the drivers will realize they don't need cab company dictators telling them how to run their business. guarantee you one thing, there people will NEVER get a foothold in to MY business
To repeat the question, just how exactly are we supposed to do it DM ?
As in like should someone Text or Email all 20,000+ Irish taxi drivers telling them all to turn off App's and Radio's and only work the streets, is that the plan ? Or do you have a bigger plan ?
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As in we all agree to turn off the Apps 'Seemingly'.
So 'John M' from Clondalkin is sitting at home drinking his tea and watching the Telly with the App 'Kinda' tuned off and a job pops up on his screen; "Clondalkin to Dooblin Airport" in Thirty minutes time with instant priority. John M thinks to himself; "Naw, I'm unified with the lads not to take any App work", And he 'Seemingly' refuses the job ?
No disrespect meant to John M, but can you really see that working DM ?
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therein lies the problem.
they didn't even unite on bigger issues, so I know my asperations are pissing against the wind
They are, Let it go !
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there people will NEVER get a foothold in to MY business
Good fer You, Stick it out !
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this is not about money, it's about your right to run your business as a SELF EMPLOYED PROVIDER.
i know of no other business where the owner of that business gives over total control of it to a group of scumbags who think they wield power over the owner of that business.
talk about the tail wagging the dog ?
on another note .
my idea is not as off the wall as you seem to think
all it would take would be a movement like TTNH
who, hopefully would agree with the proposal to organise a general meeting to persue this as part of their objectives. you , ib the other hand are ALSO obviously brainwashed by these companies into thinking you actually need them.
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TTnH burnt all their bridges when standing over a convicted Over-charger and Drug dealer.
That kinda sums up all our 'Unity' within this industry !
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well I'm not a member, so I don't know anything about it.
having said that, they are still a very influential movement .
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To be honest Dalymount, your proposal is nuts. If we did what you suggest every punter would need to come out on the street to find a cab. Nobody could book a car to the airport or a hospital appointment, they’d just have to walk out on the street at 5am and hope a taxi might pass by...we are part of the service industry, that wouldn’t be much of a service!!! I suppose a company like Uber could then push for ride share legislation to cover the work we throw away and we could try to find space on a rank to read our newspapers.
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now your getting it
that's exactly what I've being saying all along .i couldn't have put it better myself.
that's the situation I have been trying to create whereby punters had to come out into the street to get a cab.
this would create a level playing field for ALL drivers, save alligned drivers 100 plus a week, and get rid of radio companies out of the industry altogether .
don't forget the use of an app, ot radio company, is only a convenience provided for the customers benefit, it is NOT a necessity.
what did people do before such things were invented ? they did exactly as you suggested .
THEY CAME OUT ONTO THE STREET.
sadly you appear to have been brainwashed into believing the dictatiors cannot be done without
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The utopia you recall never existed, Paul. Folk didn't flag taxis down a whole lot before roof signs were introduced in the 70s. Phoning for a cab was the norm - not that taxi use was normal - back then. As a taxi culture developed through the 80s/90s taxi and hackney bases sprung up in the suburbs developing radio work in line with increased street work. However, there has been a huge shift to app ordering in recent times, particularly in the suburbs. Ten years ago I could easily work the suburbs without any app or radio, that's not an option now. I'd have to work the city to make ends meet without accepting app work. Now that mytaxi allows us charge full fare - and riders are happy to pay it - I don't see any great issue, although I would prefer not to be as dependent on a commercial dispatch firm as I am.
TTnH has supported and promoted various apps over the years. Initially it was in Hail0's corner but various factors such as withdrawal of PUC saw it switch allegiance to cab:app, which it still promotes. Hence I don't see it agreeing with your suggested boycott of all firms. Furthermore, removing the pick up service would discommode our customers and would strengthen the case for rideshare and such like. In an ideal world, NTA would provide the eHail infrastructure. The unions should have listened to me 5 years ago and supported that objective instead of seeking to line their own pockets by supporting commercial firms. However, there are still some active proponents of the co-op model e.g. Whistle and Eircab who may provide drivers with a non-commercial option going forward. Similarly, other commercial players such as Flag may bring much needed competition to the PPJ dispatch market
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i just think everyone is missing the point I'm trying to make.
that point being, why are SELF EMPLOYED drivers prepared to give the running of their business to a bunch of bloodsuckers ?
i completely disagree with you also.
it is a fact that a taxi culture has been established for a good number of years now, so you seriously believe that will disapear now, it no radio company a existed ?
furthermore have you ever been in town on a Friday, or Saturday night ? radio company's, and apps are redundant on those nights.
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I consider myself to be an Independent Owner Operator.
I have an App for the quiet times, and when I drop in the suburbs.
22 years on and still no need to attach to Rentseekers.
There'll always be a limited market for guys who can't make it on their own.
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If people want a taxi they ring for a taxi, or they use an app (latest craze in the last 4-5 years)
Folk will certainly not walk 1km out of their estate in search of a taxi ffs. And that's why radio companies came into being. It's about supply and demand, and business of course. There is a business need for radio
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i just think everyone is missing the point I'm trying to make.
that point being, why are SELF EMPLOYED drivers prepared to give the running of their business to a bunch of bloodsuckers ?
We get the point DM, but it's just not gonna happen fer reasons that have been tirelessly explained to you.
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well the last I'll say on it is , it's not gonna happen simply because there is no will on the part of the drivers to MAKE it happen.
it's like I said already there are drivers who just can't operate without being told what to do.
to long in the PAYE sector I guess.
ah well I tried
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although I'll never join a app ether, I have a lot less hathered for them then I do for the radio scum.
i hope some day soon , the apps will wipe the floor with these people
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Possibly a more realistic objective. There's a good few drivers that prefer to pay €200 commission (plus bribery expense) than €100 freight (inc bribery expense). As FDS used to remind us, there's a reason we drive cabs for a living.
I don't think drivers work for dispatch firms because they spent too long in the PAYE sector. I didn't spend long as a PAYE worker myself. I think it's more to do with collective marketing.
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you reckon ? ah your probably right
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I’m definitely driving the taxi longer than I spent in PAYE. When you go out DM you are truely on your own. With a radio you can get assistance via a panic button. Apps don’t have that either.
Cab companies will always be needed, whether in the current radio form or app form.
As Rats said, MyTaxi have said their top drivers are paying €250 in commission but wouldn’t pay a radio €100 because of back door work. I guarantee you their is back door work in apps as well. It’s all algorithms that they use to assign work. MyTaxis rank and ambassador system is the best example of how easy it is to give certain drivers Moreno work and they just admitted recently that prebooks were set to show work near you, not the good runs but just jobs near you.
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If MT's business model would allow them to cap commission permanently at €75 or 36 jobs they would have a good chance of wiping out non taxi renting traditional despatched. I think.
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36 jobs at the average fare of €20(they say)leaves a driver paying commission of €86 which is equivalent to radio companies. Would be bad if you got 36 jobs though.
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If MT's business model would allow them to cap commission permanently at €75 or 36 jobs they would have a good chance of wiping out non taxi renting traditional despatched. I think.
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I’m definitely driving the taxi longer than I spent in PAYE. When you go out DM you are truely on your own. With a radio you can get assistance via a panic button. Apps don’t have that either.
Cab companies will always be needed, whether in the current radio form or app form.
As Rats said, MyTaxi have said their top drivers are paying €250 in commission but wouldn’t pay a radio €100 because of back door work. I guarantee you their is back door work in apps as well. It’s all algorithms that they use to assign work. MyTaxis rank and ambassador system is the best example of how easy it is to give certain drivers Moreno work and they just admitted recently that prebooks were set to show work near you, not the good runs but just jobs near you.
When Ebbs tried to buy my freight from Pat Claffey, he said he'd only charge 10% commission PLUS €80+ freight. Have things changed ? And does he still offer % discounts to Account customers ?
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When Ebbs tried to buy my freight from Pat Claffey, he said he'd only charge 10% commission PLUS €80+ freight. Have things changed ? And does he still offer % discounts to Account customers ?
As far as I know Plebbs charges €80 or €100, &10% on account work. I have no idea if he gives discounts to customers.
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If MT's business model would allow them to cap commission permanently at €75 or 36 jobs they would have a good chance of wiping out non taxi renting traditional despatched. I think.
+1.
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i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent, YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept
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i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent, YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept
On this one, I agree with you 100%
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It's a few years since the bullet worked for Ebbs. Discounts are in the past now that the economy has recovered. Even mytaxi came round to allowing us charge full fare a while back. Of course we do have to pay an extra €2 commission on hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
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If MT's business model would allow them to cap commission permanently at €75 or 36 jobs they would have a good chance of wiping out non taxi renting traditional despatched. I think.
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+2.68 - Commission (including surcharges for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs) should be capped at €47/week.
However, we know that's not consistent with mytaxi's business model. It aspires to charging variable rates of commission of up to 30%... as introduced in Germany some time ago.
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i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent, YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept
Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.
http://bit.ly/LowFull8 (http://bit.ly/LowFull8)
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When Ebbs tried to buy my freight from Pat Claffey, he said he'd only charge 10% commission PLUS €80+ freight. Have things changed ? And does he still offer % discounts to Account customers ?
As far as I know Plebbs charges €80 or €100, &10% on account work. I have no idea if he gives discounts to customers.
The 10% on account work, he said would be an average. For example, blue cabs telling drivers Beaumont Hospital get 37% discounts,State Street Bank 25%, Ebbs said all drivers would pay 10% on accounts. he probably makes it up by charging drivers 10% on jobs where no discount actually applies.
Relying on the ignorance of drivers, plus the secrecy of Cab company /A/C Punter contracts.
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Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.
[url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url] ([url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url])
I think all firms are full fare these days. Do drivers who work for Lynk have to pay an extra €2 freight on jobs from hotels/pubs/car hire return sheds like drivers who work for mytaxi?
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That text from link expects drivers to pay them almost 8% commission from street work???? Ehhh nope
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12% with mytaxi + €2 for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
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Are Mytaxi charging 12% for street hails now?(people who ask to use the pay with Mytaxi feature)
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No idea, I use Sumup if I let street scum pay by card.
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12% with mytaxi + €2 for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
Whatever about hotels, I never accept pub jobs from mytaxi
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12% with mytaxi + €2 for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
Whatever about hotels, I never accept pub jobs from mytaxi
Goes without sayin Korky....the boozer serving them all night...and day most likely,filled the till...now pour them into a taxi...eh...no!!
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... and the publican wants €2 out of your pocket for the pleasure of removing his drunken layabouts. Must get on to Panda and ask will they start paying me for letting them collect my rubbish.
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i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent, YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept
Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.
[url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url] ([url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url])
Lowering the commission from 10% to 7.9% wouldn't entice me to work for that arsehole. it's still €80-€100 a week PLUS 7.9% commission on all account work. Account work accounts for most of Ebbs work, so I'd guess weekly outlay to be circa €160 for the average 40 hour week.
Any of you come across the arsehole, tell him I said to take a hike !! 8)
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It's a few years since the bullet worked for Ebbs. Discounts are in the past now that the economy has recovered. Even mytaxi came round to allowing us charge full fare a while back. Of course we do have to pay an extra €2 commission on hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
Contrary to your opinion, I've never worked for him. I engaged him for approx' 12 weeks in 2001. I didn't like the cut of his jib, and thought their was a whiff of cordite about his business contacts.
For that reason I had to let him go. 8)
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Swings and roundabouts... Hail0 told us it's top drivers were paying €240/week commission a few years back. Given that drivers working for mytaxi had to give discounts of up to 36% at that time and given that there was no hospitality charge, it's safe to assume they're paying well over 3 ton these days.
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i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent, YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept
Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.
[url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url] ([url]http://bit.ly/LowFull8[/url])
Lowering the commission from 10% to 7.9% wouldn't entice me to work for that arsehole. it's still €80-€100 a week PLUS 7.9% commission on all account work. Account work accounts for most of Ebbs work, so I'd guess weekly outlay to be circa €160 for the average 40 hour week.
Any of you come across the arsehole, tell him I said to take a hike !! 8)
I don't know why they sent me a text anyway because after the brainwashing I got when signing up and signing my life away I only lasted a couple of days. Lynk would not be for me.
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That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it. He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change
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That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it. He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change
Is there a €2 pick up charge on his account jobs?
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Yes
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Sum up would be a cheaper option for drivers....but probably best to suggest stopping at an ATM on their journey!!
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That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it. He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change
Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.
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That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it. He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change
Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.
The difference is, with mytaxi you can reject those jobs without penalty or pissing off the base operator who will punish you later, I do quite a bit of my taxi work... I have paid a total of €4 hospitality charges.... both errors.
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His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK
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His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK
That's right, the one account job I done when I joined last year the €2 was added and when I got the payment report
it was deducted along with 10%.
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His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK
That's right, the one account job I done when I joined last year the €2 was added and when I got the payment report
it was deducted along with 10%.
That’s the way they do it. I used to add extra on to cover it when I was there
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I Guess a lot of drivers steal from the punter to offset his expensive lifestyle, ex wives, girlfriends, and a new bird etc. A Cuban yoke I'm told, Buy Jesus, he's punching above his weight for a lad in his late Fifties.
Problem being, he still gets 10% of what's being overchargd to the punter. 8)
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Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.
The difference is, with mytaxi you can reject those jobs without penalty or pissing off the base operator who will punish you later, I do quite a bit of my taxi work... I have paid a total of €4 hospitality charges.... both errors.
The substantive difference is that there was no additional charge with C2K, all bribery expenses were included in freight. TBH, I reckon it was unlikely that Anthony was paying anything to most of the pubs that mytaxi charge drivers an extra €2/job. 93.84% of the work out of them is mickey mouse local fares, often with drunks the barmen can only shift by calling them cabs.
Whether drivers can choose to accept the work or not, it is being covered with the freight surcharges. This is where Irish firms missed a trick. Drivers would happily give them up to 3 ton a week if they went PPJ @ €2 + 12%/job.
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Problem being, he still gets 10% of what's being overchargd to the punter. 8)
He's nuts. Drivers working for mytaxi pay 12% plus €2 for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs. We even pay commission on our tips.
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Doubt if there will be a radio company around in 5 years.They are rapidly becoming obsolete.PPJ is the future.A mate of mine is with NRC and he tells me 50% of the jobs have some form of discount.Personally i hope Vinny looses his bollox with Expert.Poacher turned gamekeeper.He was the early incarnation of Whistle asking drivers to pony up 500 each to set up HIS company.
We may not like paying 12% to Mytaxi but for semi retired people like myself and rats they are ideal.If Flag does take off I am sure Mytaxi will quickly follow their lead regarding commission.
I am very happy to use Mytaxi at the moment for my 30 hours a week.
Big companies like Aer Lingus and the HSE will never use apps where there is zero accountability to the customer; for the record the only discounts NRC have are Aer Lingus (10%) HSE (20%) Holles St (15%) and Beaumount (Set Fares) All the corporate companies now pay full fare.
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i keep saying it, and nobody is listening NRC don't give these discounts, YOU THE FUKKING DRIVERS DO.these radio companies are NOT your employees when will you accept that ?
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Swings and roundabouts... Hail0 told us it's top drivers were paying €240/week commission a few years back. Given that drivers working for mytaxi had to give discounts of up to 36% at that time and given that there was no hospitality charge, it's safe to assume they're paying well over 3 ton these days.
I seriously doubt anyone is paying €240-€300 a week for a forty hour stretch. If you're Immigrant mates are doubling or tripling their hours, or better still, have three drivers on the one car, I say fair play to them.
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Problem being, he still gets 10% of what's being overchargd to the punter. 8)
He's nuts. Drivers working for mytaxi pay 12% plus €2 for hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs. We even pay commission on our tips.
Tips ? Just tell your punters upfront you get charged for tips, and that cash would be fine.