Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: stonethecrows on March 12, 2019, 12:08:37 pm
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"At mytaxi, we’re always looking for new ways to improve our service and make accepting jobs as fair as possible. That’s why we’re trialling a brand new feature at Dublin Airport called Virtual Queue.
This means jobs from Dublin Airport will be allocated based on a queueing system which we hope will make your experience at the airport a lot fairer. We'd love to hear your feedback on this new feature and will be following up with a survey at the end of the week."
Wonder will the ambassadors have the privilege of moving to the top of the Q.
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Clever bastards. Big delays expected?
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Clever bastards. Big delays expected?
I'm sure the DAA will have something to say about this
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Novel... a plot based dispatch system! I've no interest in Zone 18 jobs. Each job costs €1.50 for the car park on top of the 12% commission. The (immigrant) ambassadors are welcome to it.
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I'm fairly sure I saw keshies stickered up as ambassadors.I wonder what they think about all this stuff.
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Where is zone 18?
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T2 surface car park.... where you see all the mytaxi ambassadors go.
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T2 surface car park.... where you see all the mytaxi ambassadors go.
And here's me thinking that was taxo drivers responding to personal ads in the Hotpress.....like minded people....into driving....plane spotting....non scene!!
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I got a text back from Emma saying Zone 18 is 1.50 for the first 30 minutes.
Kealys on the other hand is free, as is McDonald's and the Circle K.
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The email they sent me said you have to collect their clients at Zone 18.
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I tried it this morning
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Wait time was 40 minutes,and I got a 27 euro fare into town.
It worked very smoothly,and I'd do it again if the number waiting was a bit less.
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Was that 27 after parking fees and minus 12%?I usually just hang about at the pedestrian crossing on T2.
I wonder if you can still spoof yer location so that you could plot herself in the airport when your leaving town.I also wonder how many limos are in that queue ahead of us?
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27.50 with no commission showing on the job listings,but 1.50 to pay for the zone 18 parking.
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You can't, MfH. To be fair, they fixed that... you should get a message asking you to deactivate all fake location apps if you try.
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Why is there no commission, VD... do you have a full wrap or was it a wheelchair job or what?
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I got that message RC but I've been at it for an hour and managed to get on the map at the airport while at home but it's not offering me to join the virtual rank.I don't really want to do plot there just wanna know if it can be fiddled really.
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You got further than me... let us know if you beat it!
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Maybe it's an error?
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Heya, I tried it today, zone 18 wanted 3euro min, and had to pay by card, is this right? I just left it seems a lot of hassle
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€1.50 last (and the first) time I used it... anyone else?
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Heya, I tried it today, zone 18 wanted 3euro min, and had to pay by card, is this right? I just left it seems a lot of hassle
If you ranked for over an hour it would be three yoyo .
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It's 150 on exit
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You don't rank there (especially if you're of Chinese origin)... you go there when you're allocated a job... at least that's what those with no self respect do.
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I have a Romanian pal who logged into the virtual rank, then went to McD's for scoff. There's some Jobsworth going around clamping anyone there for longer than 30 minutes.
Moved to the Garage, then when he was around 18th place told to move to Z18, after 52 minutes overall waiting he got a job to Leopardstown.
He could easily have got Swords, them's the breaks.
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Is there a short job return system?
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Is there a short job return system?
Not sure. There is a cancellation system in place. Which seems fair.
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Thanks lads, I didnt rank up at zone 18, i waited till i was fourth in q then went up to it and realised it only takes cards and i hadnt got mine with me, just saw on the machine it said 3 euro min but i understand now if you are only there for 30 mins it charges you 1.50, i might try it again tomorrow, on another note i pulled into macs carpark and was asked to move as well, funny thing is when i pulled in there was allready people sitting in their cars, and yet that guy was only asking the taxis to move, he didnt ask one private car to move.
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Thanks lads, I didnt rank up at zone 18, i waited till i was fourth in q then went up to it and realised it only takes cards and i hadnt got mine with me, just saw on the machine it said 3 euro min but i understand now if you are only there for 30 mins it charges you 1.50, i might try it again tomorrow, on another note i pulled into macs carpark and was asked to move as well, funny thing is when i pulled in there was allready people sitting in their cars, and yet that guy was only asking the taxis to move, he didnt ask one private car to move.
Too many taxis sitting around not using the premises for its intended purpose. Private cars don’t take the biscuit like taxi drivers
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It must annoy McDonald's no end that their car park is almost exclusively taken up with taxis and limos so punters can't park to get food.
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It must annoy McDonald's no end that their car park is almost exclusively taken up with taxis and limos so punters can't park to get food.
Ah go in and treat yourself to a big Muck, problem solved
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It must annoy McDonald's no end that their car park is almost exclusively taken up with taxis and limos so punters can't park to get food.
Ah go in and treat yourself to a big Muck, problem solved
The Big Mac grand is some serious burger.
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Some seriously hopefully drivers this morning
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If the lads in the kesh can join the virtual queue from the real one they could artificially boost the numbers in line to a few hundred on the system making it look pointless to bother waiting..
I think paying for parking is no different to pay per job.Only a matter of time before it's opened up...
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It's a grand burger, JM... had one with bacon myself a couple of weeks back... a rare treat for me these days as I don't want to exceed 17 stone again... mind you, when I'm withering away on my death bed I'll probably be wishing I was the size of the erm!
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It's a grand burger, JM... had one with bacon myself a couple of weeks back... a rare treat for me these days as I don't want to exceed 17 stone again... mind you, when I'm withering away on my death bed I'll probably be wishing I was the size of the erm!
Is that what it’s called.
Had one a few weeks back with chips and drink.
Struggled to finish it.
Great valu
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Looks like a Whopper in the shape of a big mac to stop them getting sued..
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It tastes like a Big Mac though, MfH. That Big Mac sauce is unique to McDonalds. I think they do have a Whopper clone though, might be called Big Tasty?
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Ah ok.I think the mac sauce is like a mayo/ketchup blend.I think one of the big brands like Heinz got close to replicating it and selling it under another name.
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But it's not a Big Mac.
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It is, in my opinion.
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If the lads in the kesh can join the virtual queue from the real one they could artificially boost the numbers in line to a few hundred on the system making it look pointless to bother waiting..
I think paying for parking is no different to pay per job.Only a matter of time before it's opened up...
I think the Kesh is excluded from the Zone, I was reading that Kelly’s car park is also excluded.
Maybe that the big thing MyTaxi are going after. They can turn to DAA and say if we do 1 pick up every minute over 13 hours, thats 780 jobs, just from the airport and if every taxi pays €1.50 each time, that’s €1,170 in car park charges per day, that’s €5,850 a week, and 304,000 a year!!!!!!!!!!!
And the drivers are supposed to pay the parking fees and not the customer, even thought every other app allows you charge that fee.
How many kesh permits is there? Paying €440 a year. Which would the DAA prefer??
Apparently block C of the T1 MSCP has 15 minute grace, but it can take you 15 minutes to find a space in there
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The car parking charge is 100% on you.If you charge it,you are breaking the law.
(You'll also get banned from mytaxi)
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The car parking charge is 100% on you.If you charge it,you are breaking the law.
(You'll also get banned from mytaxi)
What Law VD?
That’s akin to saying we cannot charge Tolls.
Ohhh I’m so worried
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You can charge tolls,as incurred.
You can't charge for parking incurred before you pick a customer up.
You're a taxi driver,why don't you know this?
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Just thinking this virtual rank must have been trialed by other lick arse drivers before they released it to the rest of the fleet.I did notice a lot of ambassadors hanging around the car park when I was snatching on T2.They wouldn't pay for parking if they weren't guaranteed a job would they?
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How long before Metaxo charge drivers to register for HSE jobs or Airport jobs on top of the commission ?
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I know a bloke in Lynk and he thinks Mytaxi will fuk it up.Lots of this dialysis work gets covered by the same drivers everyday.Different drivers are more likely to make mistakes and be at the wrong gaffs then cancel jobs when they get frustrated.
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I know a bloke in Lynk and he thinks Mytaxi will fuk it up.Lots of this dialysis work gets covered by the same drivers everyday.Different drivers are more likely to make mistakes and be at the wrong gaffs then cancel jobs when they get frustrated.
Lymp pretended his system was honest, first on the Mater etc. Guys were colluding with Base controllers to stitch up work, or better still, receiving country work by way of a thank you.
His alimony/Palimony will be harder to come by...F**k him!!
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You can charge tolls,as incurred.
You can't charge for parking incurred before you pick a customer up.
You're a taxi driver,why don't you know this?
Where is this law you speak of? Uber, Lynk, NRC, C2K all allow drivers to charge their customers this fee. Only MyTaxi say you can’t charge it, no one has mentioned it’s illegal
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
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I know a bloke in Lynk and he thinks Mytaxi will fuk it up.Lots of this dialysis work gets covered by the same drivers everyday.Different drivers are more likely to make mistakes and be at the wrong gaffs then cancel jobs when they get frustrated.
Lymp pretended his system was honest, first on the Mater etc. Guys were colluding with Base controllers to stitch up work, or better still, receiving country work by way of a thank you.
His alimony/Palimony will be harder to come by...F**k him!!
That'll never change, algorithms or not. The 20 job chase that so many engaged in for the bonus..how many ended up stuck on 18 or 19 with nowt coming their way? Lemmings don't actually jump off cliffs.........
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
If it's not mentioned as allowable(and it's not)then it isn't.
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
The next time you pick up a fare add 1.50 at the end of the journey and see what happens.
Tell them it’s for parking.
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
The next time you pick up a fare add 1.50 at the end of the journey and see what happens.
Tell them it’s for parking.
Well for the vast majority of customers,they wouldn't have a clue how a fare is made up .That doesn't mean you should overcharge them.And once in a while,you'll meet someone who knows the rules and will report you to the NTA.Your choice.
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I know a bloke in Lynk and he thinks Mytaxi will fuk it up.Lots of this dialysis work gets covered by the same drivers everyday.Different drivers are more likely to make mistakes and be at the wrong gaffs then cancel jobs when they get frustrated.
Lymp pretended his system was honest, first on the Mater etc. Guys were colluding with Base controllers to stitch up work, or better still, receiving country work by way of a thank you.
His alimony/Palimony will be harder to come by...F**k him!!
That'll never change, algorithms or not. The 20 job chase that so many engaged in for the bonus..how many ended up stuck on 18 or 19 with nowt coming their way? Lemmings don't actually jump off cliffs.........
How very true
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
The next time you pick up a fare add 1.50 at the end of the journey and see what happens.
Tell them it’s for parking.
I do add it on.
I just don’t get why MyTaxi won’t allow to charge it when other apps automatically add it on
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We should be allowed to run the meter from the car park too even if we haven't gotten a job..
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We should be allowed to run the meter from the car park too even if we haven't gotten a job..
That would be illegal wouldn’t it
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I said it as a wind-up but charging them for parking isn't much different than charging them for yer car washes, tyres, petrol etc...Whatever app is allowing drivers to charge for car parking charges is operating illegally IMo..
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
The next time you pick up a fare add 1.50 at the end of the journey and see what happens.
Tell them it’s for parking.
I do add it on.
I just don’t get why MyTaxi won’t allow to charge it when other apps automatically add it on
How long are you driving taxis ?
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The regulatory authority is the NTA (taxi regulation act 2013).
They set the maximum fare and allowable extras.They allow extras for more passengers,a booking fee,and tolls as incurred during the ride.
That's it.Why you think expenses incurred before the customer gets in your taxi should be passed on to them is beyond me.
It’s only an expense after they get into the car. It’s free to enter the car park at Zone 18 but it costs you to get out of it.
Not one mention of car park fees anywhere being allowed or not allowed
The next time you pick up a fare add 1.50 at the end of the journey and see what happens.
Tell them it’s for parking.
I do add it on.
I just don’t get why MyTaxi won’t allow to charge it when other apps automatically add it on
How long are you driving taxis ?
13 years Jack
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So you should know what extras you can put on the meter/or charge
You can’t charge for parking.
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So you should know what extras you can put on the meter/or charge
You can’t charge for parking.
Where does it say that we can’t charge? There is nothing in the Statute Instrument about parking charges.
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So charge the punter for your happy meal that you ate while waiting at McDonald's
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Van for somebody only brand new you seem to be expert so you pull into the carpark and accept a job but your passenger goes for a shit and a mc donalds and then meets his best mate in arrivals you accepted the job but waited twenty minutes as a result of that you exceed the waiting time and the fee goes up do you cover the extra parking and waiting time .Do you turn on the meter after five minutes waiting and do you pass on the extra parking charge or are you a wueless piece of shit there to be abused by the passenger at your expence .Just asking for a friend .Also your expertise can tell us what happens if your booking does not turn up do you need to cancel and reapply to join the que ..
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A very likely scenario!
As has already been established,you can put on your meter as soon as you arrive for a booking,so if this mythical annoying punter kept you waiting half an hour,you'd be €15 odd up before you left the airport.
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The boys in the Kesh can’t be a bit happy with this.
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A very likely scenario!
As has already been established,you can put on your meter as soon as you arrive for a booking,so if this mythical annoying punter kept you waiting half an hour,you'd be €15 odd up before you left the airport.
Try getting paid 15 Euro for a cancellation.... ??? ???
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Dems the breaks of running a small business.
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Better heading back into the city on board than empty.
Worth the carpark 1.50 euro
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The boys in the Kesh can’t be a bit happy with this.
Or ambassadors.
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Ewes are nucking futs.
Who wants to be picked up at zone 18 when there's a taxi stand provided? mytaxi's clients.
Who wants you to pick their clients up at zone 18? mytaxi
Who should pay? You? Ask my testicles.
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The boys in the Kesh can’t be a bit happy with this.
Or ambassadors.
The ambassadors are getting a raw deal no matter how you look at it. How much do you think mytaxi pays for advertisements on the back of buses? Do you think Radio Nova carry the immigrants infomercials for 4c/litre off their petrol? If I was running the depot I'd charge non-ambassadors 30% commission and extend the "hospitality" charge to all jobs.
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Zone 18..
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A very likely scenario!
As has already been established,you can put on your meter as soon as you arrive for a booking,so if this mythical annoying punter kept you waiting half an hour,you'd be €15 odd up before you left the airport.
You cannot put on your meteras soon as you arrive. You have to wait 5 minutes as per MT T&Cs.
And you would be willing to pay the €3 parking then. Or cancel and lose €1.50/€3.00 and accept €5 for your 30 minutes.
If other companies are legally charging the parking fees why won’t MyTaxi allow drivers to charge it.
I feel something sly from them coming down the line
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The only way you'd be justified charging fees would be if you agreed to pick someone up at 3.30 and they didn't turn up until 3.55.Any company/driver sticking on charges before the job has been despatched would be operating illegally.
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Just a word of warning,if you even turn down the side if the Radisson,you'll lose your place in the queue.
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Has anyone found a spot where you can get virtually ranked for free?I'm starting to think the DAA asked them to set this up.On a quiet day there can be loadsa limos and taxis circling the airport causing extra traffic.Plus they benefit form the parking fees.
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McDonald's seems to be the spot of choice,but they are starting to clamp.
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Vikkiz,any link to this statement:You cannot put on your meteras soon as you arrive. You have to wait 5 minutes as per MT T&Cs.
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Vikkiz,any link to this statement:You cannot put on your meteras soon as you arrive. You have to wait 5 minutes as per MT T&Cs.
look it up yourself, you’re the expert here.
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Lol, already have ....it doesn't exist.
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Lol, already have ....it doesn't exist.
So why do they have the timer there?
If you’ve looked up their t&cs you will have also found that there is no mention of car parking fees.
Also if you’ve looked up their t&cs and the 5 minute waiting time isn’t there make it public so all the drivers can then not wait 5 minutes
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How can I show you where something isn't?
The car park fees are the law,nothing to do with mytaxi.
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I say you are full of shit.
How can UBER, NRC, LYNK, CAB2000, XPERT and all other cab companies charge the illegal parking fees but MyTaxi just say drivers can’t. Nothing about it being illegal or anything as the others all do it.
It’s kinda like the 5 minutes waiting time then ist it. If it’s not written anywhere we can do whatever we want
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Do what you want,just don't come crying on here when you're thrown off mytaxi.
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Just dropped at the airport and you can stay on the Virtual rank in Corballis park.You'd see the limo scum hiding in there during the week.
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mytaxi WILL sack you if you charge the client... that doesn't make it illegal, just against mytaxi's rules. Do they even allow you a credit for the commission on the parking fee you pay out of your own pocket?