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Title: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 01:57:40 pm
Folks, Luke here from Bolt, we’re Europe's leading ride-hailing company, launching Dublin this month. I thought it might make sense to jump on here and talk about what makes us different.

I know, it probably sounds odd given how difficult things are, to launch now, but if we can do anything to lower driver overheads and get people moving safely, then it’ll be worth it.

We’re in 150 other cities, mainly in Europe, and the business is designed to be the most cost-efficient and frugal company in mobility. We operate efficiently so we can pass the savings on to drivers and charge less than the competition.

   * Our commission is 10%.
   * Your tips are yours.
   * Drivers are dispatched to the closest customers, always.
   * No driver tiers or playing with how you make a living.
   * Lots of passenger incentives. Our goal is to get the city moving again, safely.

If you want to see competition in Dublin, you can sign-up here: https://partners.bolt.eu/
Or sign-up in our office on Pearse St here: https://bolt-dublin.as.me/schedule.php

Cheers!
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: watty on September 16, 2020, 02:06:03 pm
Welcome.

https://partners.bolt.eu/driver-signup?utm_campaign=bolt-drivers&utm_medium=drive-dta&utm_source=website
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Q: How much do I pay Bolt?
A: We do not have any monthly fees, so you only pay for finished trips. We usually ask for 10% to 20% of the ride fee, depending on your city. You can get more information by contacting us.

So, is it 10% until it's not?  Do you charge 10% until you get your foot in the door and then ramp it up?
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Bob Shillin on September 16, 2020, 02:32:01 pm
signed up to Bolt ages ago, never heard back from them as promised. Trie to sign up again on EU link given. See below,


"You have already signed up with this email on 12/01/2020
Someone should contact you in a few days after registration. Please check your inbox for emails from Bolt in case if you have missed anything important regarding your registration."
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 02:45:39 pm
We ate getting to a stage now,where there is nearly more fukin dispatchers,then there is drivers.will these people not fukk off and leave us alone.I will say to this crowd bolt YOU LIKE ALL DISPATCHERS ARE NOT NEEDED WE CAN OPERATE WITHOUT FUKIN LEECH DISPATCHERS
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Jonno on September 16, 2020, 02:54:05 pm
We ate getting to a stage now,where there is nearly more fukin dispatchers,then there is drivers.will these people not fukk off and leave us alone.I will say to this crowd bolt YOU LIKE ALL DISPATCHERS ARE NOT NEEDED WE CAN OPERATE WITHOUT FUKIN LEECH DISPATCHERS
Jaysus [emoji15]

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Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: taxi1990 on September 16, 2020, 02:57:10 pm
Aren't they great only taking 10%, then they will be looking for more. then they will be trying to get rideshare and every tom dick and harry driving to put us off the road. The likes of these have the potential to be as bad as freenow or even worse than Uber.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 16, 2020, 03:08:27 pm
FUCK OFF
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 16, 2020, 03:14:58 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 03:57:40 pm
Considering the amount of these cunts already operating in our industry,im surprised they want to come in.I ALSO HOPE WE GO INTO LICKDOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND KEARNS KELLY AND EBBS GO BUST FUKK EM THE BASTARDS
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Jonno on September 16, 2020, 03:59:32 pm
Considering the amount of these cunts already operating in our industry,im surprised they want to come in.I ALSO HOPE WE GO INTO LICKDOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND KEARNS KELLY AND EBBS GO BUST FUKK EM THE BASTARDS
Don't think Luke'll he visiting this forum again in a hurry! Message received. Over and out.

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Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 16, 2020, 04:14:05 pm
Its  gas ....yu can fail your licence test if yu dont have a pen .....but a foreign app company can come in and control who gets the work and ride yu for 15% .........



Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 04:48:21 pm
Yer wrong ockie.NONE of these cunts can do ANYTHING without drivers,but the drivers have chose to give them a foothold in the game,and indeed they now run the kip in the shape of FN mostly
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 16, 2020, 05:02:49 pm
Yer wrong ockie.NONE of these cunts can do ANYTHING without drivers,but the drivers have chose to give them a foothold in the game,and indeed they now run the kip in the shape of FN mostly

The new generation cant poo  without an app daily ....apps are here to stay ....they find sex wit an app . Examine ther poop consistency within app .monitor ther heart rate ( god knows why ) wit an app ....hell most of them crash ther car looking at an app ......you need to get over that fact  ...they demand it .....its the fault of the government not the drivers for not regulatingthe app ....that was me point .
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: watty on September 16, 2020, 05:28:16 pm
Some serious allegations in the linked article.  It's badly written and I don't know if the guy has an agenda.

Bolt, between fares issues and drivers dismissals, is in the controversy (https://driverapplondon.co.uk/bolt-between-fares-issues-and-drivers-dismissals-is-in-the-controversy/) (Driver App London, Nov 2019)

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Drivers are deactivated for not confirming trips
One of the main reasons of this dissatisfaction is the heavy hand style sanction policy. Indeed, any driver that does not confirm more than 60% of trips is hit by a deactivation process that works in 3 bursts. Firstly, a 24-hour ban falls on drivers. A one-week deactivation is the sanction on the second time. Finally, BOLT lets drivers know that they are banned for 10 years when it happens a third time.
<snip>
Furthermore, it appears that BOLT forgot to mention that to drivers at any point before applying this policy. In truth, that was never mentionned during induction sessions or even through emails, texts and newsletters. This lack of communication makes the situation more unfair and unjust.
Refuse enough jobs and you get booted.  For 10 years after the 3rd 'offence'!

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Fares that are inaccurately calculated paid or not paid at all / BOLT does not pay drivers for some long trips
Fares dispute is another of the complaint that drivers have towards BOLT. Firstly, many of them have declared not being paid for long trips. Generally, it is because the credit or debit card used for the journey was fraudulent. As stated in one of their clause, BOLT reserves the right to not pay trips that are fraudulently ordered and could give in exchange a compensation of £80.
If someone pays by dodgy credit card, it's your problem & not Bolt's!

- BOLT refuses to pay the right amount when incorrectly calculated
- Lack of transparency on fares calculation
- The unreliability of the app is also a cause

Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Rat Catcher on September 16, 2020, 05:41:54 pm
I tend to agree with MfH, competition is welcome. If the launch goes ahead I'll give it a try provided it's open to all licensed drivers - I have tried all such apps to date, in fact I remember being iCabbie's only driver back in the day - and switch off if/when the commission increases or I'm refused a payment or otherwise have a row with them.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:31:47 pm
Welcome.

https://partners.bolt.eu/driver-signup?utm_campaign=bolt-drivers&utm_medium=drive-dta&utm_source=website
Quote
Q: How much do I pay Bolt?
A: We do not have any monthly fees, so you only pay for finished trips. We usually ask for 10% to 20% of the ride fee, depending on your city. You can get more information by contacting us.

So, is it 10% until it's not?  Do you charge 10% until you get your foot in the door and then ramp it up?

It's 10% in Dublin, that's a generic answer because we're in 150 cities the fees range for each city. For example, we have different fee's in London than we do in Vienna. We tend to always be the lowest on the market.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:33:44 pm
signed up to Bolt ages ago, never heard back from them as promised. Trie to sign up again on EU link given. See below,


"You have already signed up with this email on 12/01/2020
Someone should contact you in a few days after registration. Please check your inbox for emails from Bolt in case if you have missed anything important regarding your registration."

PM'd.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:42:22 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: stonethecrows on September 16, 2020, 06:45:55 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:47:58 pm
Considering the amount of these cunts already operating in our industry,im surprised they want to come in.I ALSO HOPE WE GO INTO LICKDOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND KEARNS KELLY AND EBBS GO BUST FUKK EM THE BASTARDS
Don't think Luke'll he visiting this forum again in a hurry! Message received. Over and out.

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I wouldn't have posted here if I didn't want have an open discussion. Some want competition, others don't. Each to their own. We'll do our best to make sure we don't make the mistakes others have.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:50:31 pm
I tend to agree with MfH, competition is welcome. If the launch goes ahead I'll give it a try provided it's open to all licensed drivers - I have tried all such apps to date, in fact I remember being iCabbie's only driver back in the day - and switch off if/when the commission increases or I'm refused a payment or otherwise have a row with them.

Thanks!, yes, open to all licensed drivers.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 16, 2020, 06:53:15 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 16, 2020, 07:24:04 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.

Yu see that's me problem wit freenow ....an yur doing it too .....do you get stars off your mot after you perform at night ?
Now I'm not trying to be impolite luke ....I wish any competition well and if you treat drivers well then you can kick the likes of freenow with ther priority ranking 5 stars bollocks out of the country with drivers support ...thers huge resentment out ther because yous dont seem to realise that most taxi drivers are grown ups ...  .the last time I got a gold star was off me ma cause I didnt wet the bed ....think I nailed it after me 18 th birthday but I'm probably the exception....
Now if your offering that sort of hogwash like freenow is .....then your going get the same resentments.....
Thers am owl basic of management of people  I learned in me first week at college ....tink it was called the carrot or stick or sumtin .....how to get a donkey to pull the cart for yu ....now I'm not a donkey but if you want to treat me like a partner in business...then I'll jump tru hoops for ya cause " wer all in this together for the mutual good ....symbiotic relationship I think david attenborough calls it .....
Anyway ....I'm self employed ....I provide the means to get people from A to B ...insurance, the vehicle , maintenance etc and me knowledge around town and my way with the ladies so theyll come back for another trip again ....
Now you provide some of my customers.....as soon as you start looking down on me an threatening me wit sanctions and gold stars an all that bolix then you arnt me friend anymore .....how come you people in these apps cant understand that ?
I'll join bolt if .....nearest car gets job
The stars shite is fuked out of it
The threatening is fuked out of it
Absolutely no ambassadors lick arse shite
No priority shite
Keep it simple and I'm in ....an I've a lovely brand new ( nearly)  electric vehicle waitin at yur disposal .....
Good luck with yur app
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 07:28:03 pm
Welcome.

https://partners.bolt.eu/driver-signup?utm_campaign=bolt-drivers&utm_medium=drive-dta&utm_source=website
Quote
Q: How much do I pay Bolt?
A: We do not have any monthly fees, so you only pay for finished trips. We usually ask for 10% to 20% of the ride fee, depending on your city. You can get more information by contacting us.

So, is it 10% until it's not?  Do you charge 10% until you get your foot in the door and then ramp it up?

It's 10% in Dublin, that's a generic answer because we're in 150 cities the fees range for each city. For example, we have different fee's in London than we do in Vienna. We tend to always be the lowest on the market.do you people not understand YOU ARE NOT NEEDED NOW FUKK OFF taxi drivers are self employed,at least that is the theory,se DO NOT need you cunts trying to exploit us further
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Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 07:32:33 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.1now here ya go.this crowd are not even operating here yet,and ALREADY they are trying to treat you like an employee,and tell you how you have to run your business.for my own d
Sake I have to stop reading this forum,because it makes my fukin blood boil
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 16, 2020, 07:39:54 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.1now here ya go.this crowd are not even operating here yet,and ALREADY they are trying to treat you like an employee,and tell you how you have to run your business.for my own d
Sake I have to stop reading this forum,because it makes my fukin blood boil

Daily fuk sake yur owl ticker ...be carefull ......
We can listen to the man ......yu never know they mite start listening to us
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: vandriver on September 16, 2020, 07:52:48 pm
Your zoom call last Monday glitched out on me.Will you be doing another?
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: stonethecrows on September 16, 2020, 09:11:33 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.
The answer helps but the ! was not called for, I'm a grown adult and have been through many positions in my 62 years on this planet, I do like to know who I'm dealing with. Little bit of advice for you when dealing with people , it's always nice to introduce yourself properly if you want to do business with people.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Justin Time on September 16, 2020, 09:21:11 pm
I'll have a go.
So Luke , tell us all about yourself.
How many years of experience have you personally in the taxi business?
What is you background?
Why is your company one that drivers should sign up to?
Compared to others out there, what advantage is it to a driver to sign up with bolt?
You say its 10% commission, how long will that commission be  before you increase it to a higher %
Why are you launching now in Dublin during a pandemic?
I await with interest

Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Bob Shillin on September 16, 2020, 09:31:57 pm
Your zoom call last Monday glitched out on me.Will you be doing another?
Are you confusing "Bolt" with "Cabapp"?
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: markmiwurdz on September 16, 2020, 09:34:25 pm
Considering the amount of these cunts already operating in our industry,im surprised they want to come in.I ALSO HOPE WE GO INTO LICKDOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND KEARNS KELLY AND EBBS GO BUST FUKK EM THE BASTARDS



 lol lol lol
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: vandriver on September 16, 2020, 09:41:16 pm
Your zoom call last Monday glitched out on me.Will you be doing another?
Are you confusing "Bolt" with "Cabapp"?
No,bolt had a information presentation on Zoom
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Bob Shillin on September 16, 2020, 09:44:16 pm
Your zoom call last Monday glitched out on me.Will you be doing another?
Are you confusing "Bolt" with "Cabapp"?
No,bolt had a information presentation on Zoom
Apologies was unaware of same.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 16, 2020, 09:55:03 pm
The only good thing I suppose about the game being saturated with these cunts is,they will cancel omeach other out.yis will all end up fighting with each other ,cause yis will all be working with different dispatchers who you have sold your principles to.any taxi driver worth his salt should be able to find his own work,and dispense with these fukin leeches .I firmly believe you all have a feeling of needing to be told what to do
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Horse on September 16, 2020, 10:10:36 pm
Its not as easy as that though DM, the punters are migrating fast to apps, more so now because of covid, cash will be dead soon. So apps are now a vital tool to make a living as a taxi driver in Ireland,  unless you've a good private customer base or school run or something.  So it's down to which app gets more punters basically and how they'll keep that up and most importantly will drivers end up paying for it. Competition is good, both for punters and drivers. Might make fn think about the enviable commission increase.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Shallowhal on September 16, 2020, 10:44:06 pm
Your zoom call last Monday glitched out on me.Will you be doing another?
Are you confusing "Bolt" with "Cabapp"?

Shsssh Bob.....let it lie!!
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: silverbullet on September 16, 2020, 11:33:42 pm
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Taxi driver42 on September 17, 2020, 12:18:14 am
Whistle  gone
Uber dead here
Taxiy ???
Flag  gone

Bolt   will die

We need a union or drivers app we all switch on
Fn have the market here it be hard to catch them and they say they losing money


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Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 17, 2020, 06:55:44 am
Its not as easy as that though DM, the punters are migrating fast to apps, more so now because of covid, cash will be dead soon. So apps are now a vital tool to make a living as a taxi driver in Ireland,  unless you've a good private customer base or school run or something.  So it's down to which app gets more punters basically and how they'll keep that up and most importantly will drivers end up paying for it. Competition is good, both for punters and drivers. Might make fn think about the enviable commission increase.
horse the only reason apps are poplar,is because they are available.if they were not available,punters would be content to just stick their hsnd out
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 07:15:36 am
Daly do you remember when we switched from records to tapes to minidiscs to CDs to MP3 players to listening to music on our phones.This is one of those moments where you need to move on or get left behind.

Smartphones do nearly everything now.I'd prefer if we never moved to cards and apps but I think we've moved passed the point of no return.

Some pubs are still insisting on cash even during the pandemic and to me it just looks like they're deliberately dodging the tax man.They stand out like white bloke in Tyrellstown.

Those of us who don't have multiple pensions cannot afford to ignore the passengers that have moved on to cards and apps. Especially during the day shift.At least you'll get another few years of cash work but it will be hard to find a cash customer in five years.It's probably hard to find one now.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 17, 2020, 07:35:52 am
Its hard to find customers full stop,but I will NEVER allow my business to be driven by dispatchers.it kinda doesnt fit in with what I believe SELF EMPLOYED TO MEAN.as far as the tax man is concerned,im not hidibg anything,in fact im making less then the unemployment rate of 205 a week at the moment
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 08:23:14 am
There are very few self-employed that can actually do what they want and still stay in business.When I was a courier I had to turn up and be nice ot the customers or I'd be sacked even though I was technically self-employed.If a plumber doesn't turn up for a job or gets too expensive his phone stops ringing.The only freedom we have is to withdraw service and another driver covers the job.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 17, 2020, 09:00:35 am
Same few useless cunts going to support these fucking parasites .ITS YOUR WORK THEY ARE OFFERING YOU AS LONG AS YOU PAY THEM FOR ACCESS TO YOUR WORK .The customers are Yours what the fuck advantage is there to paying them for access to Your work .The few retards on here and in this industry that think there is a great advantage to handing over 20+% in commission or charges to gain access to your own work is frightening .Stupidity of the lowest order .
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Tony on September 17, 2020, 09:11:42 am
Same few useless cunts going to support these fucking parasites .ITS YOUR WORK THEY ARE OFFERING YOU AS LONG AS YOU PAY THEM FOR ACCESS TO YOUR WORK .The customers are Yours what the fuck advantage is there to paying them for access to Your work .The few retards on here and in this industry that think there is a great advantage to handing over 20+% in commission or charges to gain access to your own work is frightening .Stupidity of the lowest order .

+1

Its basically a tax for stupid people
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 09:20:38 am
Ermy speaking of stupid...were you not chasing Freenow's bonuses like some sort of demented moron only last year.In fact I think your still waiting on unpaid bonuses from 2013/2014..RC will know.

At least three drivers I know on the app I've spoken to have been getting getting priority by getting their kids to book them on their smartphones.Makes me laugh that so many are gaming the system to all be back in the same place.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 17, 2020, 09:28:00 am
Ermy speaking of stupid...were you not chasing Freenow's bonuses like some sort of demented moron only last year.In fact I think your still waiting on unpaid bonuses from 2013/2014..RC will know.

At least three drivers I know on the app I've spoken to have been getting getting priority by getting their kids to book them on their smartphones.Makes me laugh that so many are gaming the system to all be back in the same place.

Let me refresh your memory Merc the first bo bo was cover 20 jobs before midnight I hit 19 at about 11 oc then nothing so the next bobo I didnt PRE register and got all the work I wanted then looked for my bobo as it never said Preregister just register but the BIG point I was making long before they came clean on Priority and Ambassadors was that they were running a logorithm which distributed work to favorites  .and I was proved right .Really you didnt understand that after all this time ?Will you be signing up for Bolt ?
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 09:41:03 am
I understand the app. I know exactly the shite that goes on.Anyone who has covered one app job in the last ten years is responsible for what we have today.Daly may not have signed up but he's a crusty old pensioner so has the luxury of not needing money.We're all part of the problem until we decide to switch it off together.

I'll sign up to anything when I eventually return.Maybe by then other apps will have gotten some legs.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 17, 2020, 09:46:51 am
Merc I have decided not to return if I can get a brush and mop job somewhere .Ill keep the licence live for my pension .Brexit and Cough will impact on the industry for a few years .I want a job no responsibility fed up running a business responsible for others and their performance I want to be a plug and play worker .
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 09:58:08 am
Fair enough John but why are yis desperate to hang on to the plate?Between now and pension age you'd spend 30k on fresh motors to keep it active.Let it go and buy a wheely when the time comes.Maybe by then they'll be giving free plates for leccy car buyers.Way off topic..

Also I've 11 months to reactivate my own.Doesn't bother me if I lose it.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 17, 2020, 10:28:25 am
Bad business decisions Merc I have no pension provision two and change wont pay the bills in ten years time might need the taxi to top up my pension .Might just rent or loan out the plate to somebody to keep it live .Gig economy in a few years there might not be a taxi trade just rideshare or the real biggie free public transport to save the planet .I was in Rialto Drivers gaff last week his kid just got his leaving not interested in College but he hasent a clue what to do .Wanted to be a mechanic but recons electric cars you will need to be an electrical technician not a mechanic with the definition of work changing so much what trade do you follow .I thought chippy .Welding is now done by robotics if you had the interest undertaking everybody will die .Nurse or Doctor everybody will get sick .It must be terrible for kids to have to make those decisions I listen to kids on the telly destroyed because they didnt get the marks they needed to follow their bliss .Even good education is no job winner the amount of people I know with degrees in menial jobs Education is now only a saleable commodity no guarentee of success .
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 17, 2020, 11:04:43 am
..daily ....yur going over the same line again an again it's very tedious me owl friend ......its the  ownership of the technology that I've the problem with and the abuse of it .... not the technology itself ..the app brings us to the customers door in the pissin rain and for the most part ...its infinitely safer than  street work and the new generation demand it ...........you   already proved yourself wen you  says yu earning less than 205 a week ...thers a bloke on here earning multiple times that as an ambassadors licky lacky in the middle of a pandemic on a 35 hour week .....hes earning more than I did before the pandemic ...do you not see that thers blokes going around picking up your customers because your customers want to use ther phone and that's the reason your only getting 200 a week ?

If you are retired and getting the pension and a work pension and  200 a week from a taxi ....that adds up to a weekly livable wage with yur mortgage paid ....you are  talking from a very  privileged position and can afford to give out fuk and sit at the local rank or pub  .
But you cannot condemn blokes  who have mortgages, college,school going kids and a mot that mite not be working and in some cases paying a mortgage and rent in a bed sit  ......its sink or swim time ........they have to grab  any advantage going and that is all to  the advantage of these foreign app companies .... the problem is compounded by a government who  allowed the taxi numbers to be oversupplied again without consideration as to the consequences for drivers in the inevitable down turn ...freenow have a monopoly ...ide love to see competition to them ...but it hasnt happened yet
Ide like to believe bolt is different than freenow ....but they are not ...none of them apps are .....they already have shown ther cards ......they are just another business that is solely profit based and will screw anyone they can givin the chance ....its called capitalism
That protest last week should have included
technology Regulation ....
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Jonno on September 17, 2020, 11:12:36 am
..daily ....yur going over the same line again an again it's very tedious me owl friend ......its the  ownership of the technology that I've the problem with and the abuse of it .... not the technology itself ..the app brings us to the customers door in the pissin rain and for the most part ...its infinitely safer than  street work and the new generation demand it ...........you   already proved yourself wen you  says yu earning less than 205 a week ...thers a bloke on here earning multiple times that as an ambassadors licky lacky in the middle of a pandemic on a 35 hour week .....hes earning more than I did before the pandemic ...do you not see that thers blokes going around picking up your customers because your customers want to use ther phone and that's the reason your only getting 200 a week ?

If you are retired and getting the pension and a work pension and  200 a week from a taxi ....that adds up to a weekly livable wage with yur mortgage paid ....you are  talking from a very  privileged position and can afford to give out fuk and sit at the local rank or pub  .
But you cannot condemn blokes  who have mortgages, college,school going kids and a mot that mite not be working and in some cases paying a mortgage and rent in a bed sit  ......its sink or swim time ........they have to grab  any advantage going and that is all to  the advantage of these foreign app companies .... the problem is compounded by a government who  allowed the taxi numbers to be oversupplied again without consideration as to the consequences for drivers in the inevitable down turn ...freenow have a monopoly ...ide love to see competition to them ...but it hasnt happened yet
Ide like to believe bolt is different than freenow ....but they are not ...none of them apps are .....they already have shown ther cards ......they are just another business that is solely profit based and will screw anyone they can givin the chance ....its called capitalism
That protest last week should have included
technology Regulation ....
Boyd Barrett doing the nut on radio eireann over taxi drivers and musicians. Fair play

Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk

Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 11:35:22 am
Look what I found....ah the memories..

(https://i.postimg.cc/3W2BnTHm/1600338809129-1138444137.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/3W2BnTHm)

(https://i.postimg.cc/hJJ8xFrJ/1600338848533-353497015.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hJJ8xFrJ)
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: luke_m on September 17, 2020, 11:38:48 am
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.

Yu see that's me problem wit freenow ....an yur doing it too .....do you get stars off your mot after you perform at night ?
Now I'm not trying to be impolite luke ....I wish any competition well and if you treat drivers well then you can kick the likes of freenow with ther priority ranking 5 stars bollocks out of the country with drivers support ...thers huge resentment out ther because yous dont seem to realise that most taxi drivers are grown ups ...  .the last time I got a gold star was off me ma cause I didnt wet the bed ....think I nailed it after me 18 th birthday but I'm probably the exception....
Now if your offering that sort of hogwash like freenow is .....then your going get the same resentments.....
Thers am owl basic of management of people  I learned in me first week at college ....tink it was called the carrot or stick or sumtin .....how to get a donkey to pull the cart for yu ....now I'm not a donkey but if you want to treat me like a partner in business...then I'll jump tru hoops for ya cause " wer all in this together for the mutual good ....symbiotic relationship I think david attenborough calls it .....
Anyway ....I'm self employed ....I provide the means to get people from A to B ...insurance, the vehicle , maintenance etc and me knowledge around town and my way with the ladies so theyll come back for another trip again ....
Now you provide some of my customers.....as soon as you start looking down on me an threatening me wit sanctions and gold stars an all that bolix then you arnt me friend anymore .....how come you people in these apps cant understand that ?
I'll join bolt if .....nearest car gets job
The stars shite is fuked out of it
The threatening is fuked out of it
Absolutely no ambassadors lick arse shite
No priority shite
Keep it simple and I'm in ....an I've a lovely brand new ( nearly)  electric vehicle waitin at yur disposal .....
Good luck with yur app

Haha, I agree with you on most of that!

Let’s start with the stars… Passengers use a platform like Bolt so they know the service they’re getting, it reflects on the Bolt if they get a bad service. We want passengers to be confident they’re going to get a good service with Bolt. Whether it’s stars, comments, phone calls, emails, we do have to have a way to make sure users let us know if they’ve had a good or a bad service.

Same for drivers, we want drivers to be confident picking up passengers on Bolt.  Drivers can rate passengers and we can ban a rider if we don’t want them to get matched with a driver on our platform.

On to driver tiers. Couldn’t agree with you more. We don’t try to play or gamify how drivers make a living, with points, or car wraps or priority or whatever.  We don’t have a priority system, it’s a fair market for all drivers.

Yes, nearest driver get first pick on nearest passenger. You have 20 seconds to accept, otherwise it goes to next nearest. It’s what’s worked in 150 other cities and over 1 million drivers. Keep it simple.

Hopefully that’s helpful!
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: john m on September 17, 2020, 11:55:56 am
Bolt me bollox If the passenger gives me a bad rating and you punish me what legal recourse do I have to Compensation for injury caused to my business .Go fuck off you and your app .Like I said you want us to give our passengers to you then pay you for giving us access to our own work .
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Justin Time on September 17, 2020, 12:01:27 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8


We don't auto block drivers in Dublin based on rating and we don't discount prices, unless we're paying for the discount. A drivers take take home pay would never be affected by a promotion we run.
Hi Luke, and tell us this ,what is your title ?

Country Manager, if that helps! We use ratings to know the level of service a driver is providing to passengers. If alarming, we'll talk to the driver first about bringing it up. If it continues, we'd consider a block.

Yu see that's me problem wit freenow ....an yur doing it too .....do you get stars off your mot after you perform at night ?
Now I'm not trying to be impolite luke ....I wish any competition well and if you treat drivers well then you can kick the likes of freenow with ther priority ranking 5 stars bollocks out of the country with drivers support ...thers huge resentment out ther because yous dont seem to realise that most taxi drivers are grown ups ...  .the last time I got a gold star was off me ma cause I didnt wet the bed ....think I nailed it after me 18 th birthday but I'm probably the exception....
Now if your offering that sort of hogwash like freenow is .....then your going get the same resentments.....
Thers am owl basic of management of people  I learned in me first week at college ....tink it was called the carrot or stick or sumtin .....how to get a donkey to pull the cart for yu ....now I'm not a donkey but if you want to treat me like a partner in business...then I'll jump tru hoops for ya cause " wer all in this together for the mutual good ....symbiotic relationship I think david attenborough calls it .....
Anyway ....I'm self employed ....I provide the means to get people from A to B ...insurance, the vehicle , maintenance etc and me knowledge around town and my way with the ladies so theyll come back for another trip again ....
Now you provide some of my customers.....as soon as you start looking down on me an threatening me wit sanctions and gold stars an all that bolix then you arnt me friend anymore .....how come you people in these apps cant understand that ?
I'll join bolt if .....nearest car gets job
The stars shite is fuked out of it
The threatening is fuked out of it
Absolutely no ambassadors lick arse shite
No priority shite
Keep it simple and I'm in ....an I've a lovely brand new ( nearly)  electric vehicle waitin at yur disposal .....
Good luck with yur app

Haha, I agree with you on most of that!

Let’s start with the stars… Passengers use a platform like Bolt so they know the service they’re getting, it reflects on the Bolt if they get a bad service. We want passengers to be confident they’re going to get a good service with Bolt. Whether it’s stars, comments, phone calls, emails, we do have to have a way to make sure users let us know if they’ve had a good or a bad service.

Same for drivers, we want drivers to be confident picking up passengers on Bolt.  Drivers can rate passengers and we can ban a rider if we don’t want them to get matched with a driver on our platform.

On to driver tiers. Couldn’t agree with you more. We don’t try to play or gamify how drivers make a living, with points, or car wraps or priority or whatever.  We don’t have a priority system, it’s a fair market for all drivers.

Yes, nearest driver get first pick on nearest passenger. You have 20 seconds to accept, otherwise it goes to next nearest. It’s what’s worked in 150 other cities and over 1 million drivers. Keep it simple.

Hopefully that’s helpful!

Still awaiting a response to my questions to you Luke (see page 2)
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Justin Time on September 17, 2020, 12:02:28 pm
Bolt me bollox If the passenger gives me a bad rating and you punish me what legal recourse do I have to Compensation for injury caused to my business .Go fuck off you and your app .Like I said you want us to give our passengers to you then pay you for giving us access to our own work .

What he said.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Tony on September 17, 2020, 12:10:38 pm
Look what I found....ah the memories..

(https://i.postimg.cc/3W2BnTHm/1600338809129-1138444137.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/3W2BnTHm)

(https://i.postimg.cc/hJJ8xFrJ/1600338848533-353497015.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hJJ8xFrJ)


I bet you were looking for something else when you found that.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: U Wha on September 17, 2020, 12:14:12 pm
All competition should be welcomed except when it's in the form of more taxis and lower fares.

Something tells me Bolt started off in the UK with lots of bonuses but ended up offering discounts.I'll dig out the youtube video.

Here it is second app reviewed.Drop below 4.5 stars and you're deactivated.Also Bolt seem very fond of discounts.I'm out.

https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8 (https://youtu.be/w1eCpfZsAd8)

It will be interesting to see if the Zareou App mentioned in the video gains any traction. It is one way of building a network up without a huge marketing budget. Also from what I learnt on a course last year it is almost imposibble to unseat the dominant incumbent player in a market unless something innovative and disruptive is introduced. This approach could be just that. It came up as an potential format when I was researching the viability of a taxi co-op app. Don't worry Dalyer I am not suggesting anything like a co-op as I came to the conclusion it wouldn't work with taxi drivers.

Zareou need to be careful it doesnt turn into a network marketing business that focuses more on referring drivers and passengers rather than providing a taxi service because it then becomes pyramid selling.

https://www.zareou.com/drive-with-zareou?gclid=CjwKCAjwkoz7BRBPEiwAeKw3qxVL5DEP_gnWDJDBFhPuZbzCh6fdv8a9xvDTEu1NybZEG-z-vMFJVhoCjQYQAvD_BwE (https://www.zareou.com/drive-with-zareou?gclid=CjwKCAjwkoz7BRBPEiwAeKw3qxVL5DEP_gnWDJDBFhPuZbzCh6fdv8a9xvDTEu1NybZEG-z-vMFJVhoCjQYQAvD_BwE)
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Bob Shillin on September 17, 2020, 01:45:06 pm
Same few useless cunts going to support these fucking parasites .ITS YOUR WORK THEY ARE OFFERING YOU AS LONG AS YOU PAY THEM FOR ACCESS TO YOUR WORK .The customers are Yours what the fuck advantage is there to paying them for access to Your work .The few retards on here and in this industry that think there is a great advantage to handing over 20+% in commission or charges to gain access to your own work is frightening .Stupidity of the lowest order .
. It isn't willing "support" for these apps, it's where the work is if one has bills topay. I certainly take offence at being called a "useless cunt". By your own admission you have debt problems. My bills are all up to date. That may be anally retentive in your book, but it's how I prefer to live.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 17, 2020, 02:11:03 pm
..daily ....yur going over the same line again an again it's very tedious me owl friend ......its the  ownership of the technology that I've the problem with and the abuse of it .... not the technology itself ..the app brings us to the customers door in the pissin rain and for the most part ...its infinitely safer than  street work and the new generation demand it ...........you   already proved yourself wen you  says yu earning less than 205 a week ...thers a bloke on here earning multiple times that as an ambassadors licky lacky in the middle of a pandemic on a 35 hour week .....hes earning more than I did before the pandemic ...do you not see that thers blokes going around picking up your customers because your customers want to use ther phone and that's the reason your only getting 200 a week ?

If you are retired and getting the pension and a work pension and  200 a week from a taxi ....that adds up to a weekly livable wage with yur mortgage paid ....you are  talking from a very  privileged position and can afford to give out fuk and sit at the local rank or pub  .
But you cannot condemn blokes  who have mortgages, college,school going kids and a mot that mite not be working and in some cases paying a mortgage and rent in a bed sit  ......its sink or swim time ........they have to grab  any advantage going and that is all to  the advantage of these foreign app companies .... the problem is compounded by a government who  allowed the taxi numbers to be oversupplied again without consideration as to the consequences for drivers in the inevitable down turn ...freenow have a monopoly ...ide love to see competition to them ...but it hasnt happened yet
Ide like to believe bolt is different than freenow ....but they are not ...none of them apps are .....they already have shown ther cards ......they are just another business that is solely profit based and will screw anyone they can givin the chance ....its called capitalism
That protest last week should have included
technology Regulation ....
Boyd Barrett doing the nut on radio eireann over taxi drivers and musicians. Fair play

Sent from my FIG-LX1 using Tapatalk

Yes johnno fair play to him .....and he shud be remembered at voting time .....
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 17, 2020, 02:53:19 pm
Jonno,I wasnt going to say this on here,but blokes are constantly going on about my 2 pensions .if they only knew the truth,they would not be so quick to judge.my two pensions consist pf one which is completely in hock to the eircom credit union for the next few years,and the state one is only half because I only paid a class  S stamp while established in eircom.so you see people on here have completely misjudged my situation.but as I said already,as a self employed driver,I STILL held true to my principle of not bowing the knee to dispatcher scum who survive off the back of taxi drivers,and treat them as though they were their employees
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: mercenary for hire on September 17, 2020, 04:12:56 pm
https://youtu.be/0lzqRVuRqN0
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Rat Catcher on September 17, 2020, 05:32:50 pm
Easy for you to say, DM... with your two pensions and a bag of sand for coming off puppy dole when you had to come off puppy dole anyway... I'd say you have 14 gaffs rented out as well... anall...
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Rat Catcher on September 17, 2020, 05:38:28 pm
Hear Octy... start your own fuckin app ifn you think you're too mature for stars... most of us love getting a gold star on our virtual copy bukes... I'd say some of the lads only get sex if they get three gold stars in a row anall...
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Octavia1 on September 17, 2020, 08:00:47 pm
Hear Octy... start your own fuckin app ifn you think you're too mature for stars... most of us love getting a gold star on our virtual copy bukes... I'd say some of the lads only get sex if they get three gold stars in a row anall...

The owlone next door across the hal doesn't give me stars ratti an I dont give her any neither ....... she just does things for me .....an I do tings for her ....an no bullshit .....thers an unspoken communication that leads to a wonderful non committal relationship that is based on she scratches my back an then I fall asleep .....and our needs are met ....its like bein married but without the constant DIY an once a month sex ....everytime I meet her we like rabbits an blissfully happy because we know we like ships in the nite and no
Connections legally or otherwise and its wonderful.....
Freenow shud come over an watch us at it ...theyed learn a ting or two about  symbiosis and back scratching without
The " I'm the boss shite " that ruins tings
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: stonethecrows on September 17, 2020, 08:43:10 pm
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Nice one SB, I'm sure Hal appreciates this one too
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: Shallowhal on September 17, 2020, 08:56:24 pm
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Nice one SB, I'm sure Hal appreciates this one too

Slow clap....gets coat!!
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: dalymount on September 17, 2020, 09:10:10 pm
Easy for you to say, DM... with your two pensions and a bag of sand for coming off puppy dole when you had to come off puppy dole anyway... I'd say you have 14 gaffs rented out as well... anall...
wrong I have 16 gafs rented out
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: stonethecrows on September 17, 2020, 09:23:30 pm
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Nice one SB, I'm sure Hal appreciates this one too

Slow clap....gets coat!!

Jasus Hal never forget the time this burd gave me the Clap, was a really bad dose.

Matter of fact it was so bad the doctor called it an applause.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: markmiwurdz on September 18, 2020, 09:25:15 am
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Nice one SB, I'm sure Hal appreciates this one too

Standing ovation?

Slow clap....gets coat!!

Jasus Hal never forget the time this burd gave me the Clap, was a really bad dose.

Matter of fact it was so bad the doctor called it an applause.
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: silverbullet on September 18, 2020, 01:51:59 pm
BOLT JOKE for STC :

I bought a dog off a blacksmith today and as soon as I got home, it made a bolt for the door. 8)
Nice one SB, I'm sure Hal appreciates this one too

Standing ovation?

Slow clap....gets coat!!

Jasus Hal never forget the time this burd gave me the Clap, was a really bad dose.

Matter of fact it was so bad the doctor called it an applause.
A standing ovulation ya cuncha! 8)
Title: Re: Bolt app launching in Dublin
Post by: silverbullet on September 18, 2020, 01:56:02 pm
Bolt sell taxi drivers and food deliveries from their platform in the Baltic state of Estonia, I wonder do they, or have they considered E.U.brides for new E.U. taxi drivers? 8)