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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on November 16, 2018, 05:26:00 pm
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... from Flag:
This morning marks the start of our biggest promotion period to date. We are kicking off by taking over spin 1038 for the entire weekend giving out free trips and listener competitions. Everyday we will keep you up to date on the range of promotions taking place across Dublin.
We are also donation from every single fare between now and Christmas to Templestreet Children's Hospital. We are delighted to be able to give out free rides and a minimum discount of €10 off to every new user. These cards will be in both our driver centres from Monday morning. We all know this is the best way to get customers.
Drivers have been coming to us with different opinions on marketing so we are having a driver meeting and bringing our new agency that are about to commence on a new campaign. Drivers can help shape the message we give to the public and the future of the business. We want them to know that Flag treats drivers fairly so they get picked up. More details to follow.
Happy to help.
Call 01 541 4789 or David Knox on 085 156 8757/ Ted Smith 086 for assistance. Alternatively, you can email info@flagtaxis.com with any log in difficulties.
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Thats a bit short, not much detail, what's the story,
Any more info,
Please, and thank you,
lol,
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Best of luck to flag
I'll be switchin it on...
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Yeah. I'm in. Mytaxi can shove their app up their German holes.
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Yeah. I'm in. Mytaxi can shove their app up their German holes.
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How do you sign up?
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via playstore
All you need to get started is:
* Smartphone or Tablet and mobile internet data
* Register in the App (Provide: Taxi Driver Licence, Vehicle Licence, etc)
* We will get in touch with you to complete the registration if necessary.
It also says...
Allowing you to take the passenger from A to B AND payment is automatically processed from their account upon arrival. This can lead to more business, extra security and guaranteed payment no matter what!
Are flag guaranteeing paying for the customer if he has no money on his debit card?
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Yeah. I'm in. Mytaxi can shove their app up their German holes.
Deja vu ,
That's what we said about the dispatches when Halo came in first.
We couldn't wait to sign up.
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I dont know what kind of taxi drivers yis are that ye cannot find your own work . Yis are like little kids yis need to be told what to do.would yis ever cop on and go out and find your own work ffs
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I do kinda feel sorry for these guys, email seems a little desperate/unprofessional. You can just feel the end is nigh... I hope I am wrong as I have supported them since their launch. The last job I got from them was paddy’s day 2018.
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I do kinda feel sorry for these guys, email seems a little desperate/unprofessional. You can just feel the end is nigh... I hope I am wrong as I have supported them since their launch. The last job I got from them was paddy’s day 2018.
Sorta know what you mean...but in sayin that,Dave wasn't very pleasant to drivers in his Hailo days when he thought drivers would be nothing without them....drivers and their families would starve....and i suppose for that i haven't switched on,i'm sure there's drivers out there that might have had words with him back then that hasn't faded.
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who is this Dave of which you speak.
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Dave is alright to deal with...I think the unpleasant driver interactions came from the other two.
For some reason the password reset link is unresponsive.Anyone else not getting a reply?
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The other owlfella in the hailon office will never know how close he came to unconsciousness.....but like most of these screwballs when ya realise they are mental cases ya kinda have to laugh at the poor cunts....... Anyway dave seemed alright but I think he did put a sticker on me roof wen I was in observing the mentellar.....
don't be touching another mans automobile dave..... It's like touching his mot.....
Anyway nobody's perfect..... I've done some real stupid shit in me time and I've an IQ of 400 million so forgive an forget and remember they Irish, they are not intending to replace you wit robots wit your own assistance, and they are not chargin 12%...... Fuking extortion.... Simple
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Yeah. I'm in. Mytaxi can shove their app up their German holes.
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How do you sign up?
What is so different about Flag than MyTaxi ?
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Are flag guaranteeing paying for the customer if he has no money on his debit card?
MyTaxi guarantee payment on all CC/account jobs, even if'n the customer has no dosh in their account,
you get paid and they get to chase the customer fer the fare owed.
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Fuck metaxi. The Commission is too high, the jobs allocation too unfair, the software doesn't work the way it's supposed to i e job radius, stickers for work scheme, shite partnerships with other robbing cunts for non existent discounts, no support for night drivers in a 24 hour industry and the list goes on. I'm not a fan as you might have gathered.
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OK, so let's break it down Al;
The Commission is too high, so what is the commission on Flag ?
the jobs allocation too unfair, Why so ?
the software doesn't work the way it's supposed to i e job radius, stickers for work scheme, Please explain ?
shite partnerships with other robbing cunts for non existent discounts, Again please explain ?
no support for night drivers in a 24 hour industry, What Fookin support ? Your a night time Taxi driver, there is No Fookin Support !
and the list goes on. What list ?
I'm not a fan as you might have gathered.
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There's no ambassador program..
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There's no ambassador program..
So No 3 second advantage to the regulars who use it and No fuel discount ?
Any more Good news ?
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Flag dont fund competitors entering your industry
https://flagtaxis.com/drivers/
The webpage states 0 commission for a limited time and will never go above 10%. Surely thats gotta be worth a go. They also have a 24hr support line manned by real humans. They're not even started and they're 24hr already. The way I see it is Metaxi and the other companies need competition to keep them in check. Don't know why you'd prefer one company to monopolize the industry. The more the merrier imo.
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You're a bit more than a regular Belker. You're in frequent contact with one of the managers in Mytaxi. You're not trustworthy IMO or qualified to look at Flag impartially like the rest of us.
For the record many of us used to work the app more before lads like you came along and started stickering up yer motor for preferential treatment.Competition is good.Except when it means more taxis..
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Fuck sakes.. who is he sucking off now..?
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You're a bit more than a regular Belker. You're in frequent contact with one of the managers in Mytaxi. You're not trustworthy IMO or qualified to look at Flag impartially like the rest of us.
For the record many of us used to work the app more before lads like you came along and started stickering up yer motor for preferential treatment.Competition is good.Except when it means more taxis..
DOH !
Where de Fook is the problem MFH !
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Flag dont fund competitors entering your industry
https://flagtaxis.com/drivers/
The webpage states 0 commission for a limited time and will never go above 10%. Surely thats gotta be worth a go. They also have a 24hr support line manned by real humans. They're not even started and they're 24hr already. The way I see it is Metaxi and the other companies need competition to keep them in check. Don't know why you'd prefer one company to monopolize the industry. The more the merrier imo.
They also have a 24hr support line manned by real humans. They're not even started..........
24 Hour Support fer what exactly ?
And, "They'ne not even started"
So when will they actually start ?
A few dates have since been mentioned and since well past their sell-by date !
And hopefully they will be supplying the JoeBlow that Gerry requires !
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24hr support in case you've a problem with the app unlike metaxi. As for when they're starting I suppose they start as soon as you download and promote the app unless of course you're happy to promote a company whose end game is to replace you with machines for the princely sum of 12% more than the company who hasn't got those plans in mind. I don't understand where your loyalty to metaxi comes from because if you really sat back and looked at it, they've done fuck all for you. I suppose even Hitler had friends.
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You're a bit more than a regular Belker. You're in frequent contact with one of the managers in Mytaxi. You're not trustworthy IMO or qualified to look at Flag impartially like the rest of us.
For the record many of us used to work the app more before lads like you came along and started stickering up yer motor for preferential treatment.Competition is good.Except when it means more taxis..
That priority is designed to create competition amongst taxi drivers ken...
Divide and conquer
Why not have nearest car gets the job?
More efficient, less waiting for passengers
And whose business is it of there's traing psv licence?
Monopoly on the app business is an extremely negative situation for you..
Its an app and should remain so... Their recent statement of talking to the nta about surge pricing must be sending some sort of large bells off in your head
Also their statement that they are in the business to collect and control data for the
Autonomous taxi business.....
......now if they take my job and pay me 500k( in writing employment contract ) redundancy plus a small pension I'm all for
Them...
But I guarantee yu they'll tell yu to go an fuk yurself.... Wen the time comes
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https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uber-daimler-self-driving-cars/ (https://www.uber.com/newsroom/uber-daimler-self-driving-cars/)
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But I guarantee yu they'll tell yu to go an fuk yurself.... Wen the time comes
I'd say they'll tell me to go fuk meself any time soon!!
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But I guarantee yu they'll tell yu to go an fuk yurself.... Wen the time comes
I'd say they'll tell me to go fuk meself any time soon!!
No problem shall..... I don't make me money from them..... I'm nobody's lackey
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Jaysus,better drink this coffee and get me hole in the shower,Johnny Sexbomb won't stop the game for me!!
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We need competition, there's no doubt about that... particularly given that the current dominant player is committed to ride share, is doing everything in it's power to increase the size of the fleet, has expressed it's objective to replace drivers with autonomous vehicles, etc, etc... Whether Flag has the necessary expertise or the required marketing budget remains to be seen. To date, it has made little or no impact and I'm not encouraged by the faith it seems to be putting in it's advertising agency. Taxi apps are all about marketing so outsourcing what is essentially the key function of the firm has to be a concern.
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Dave is alright to deal with...I think the unpleasant driver interactions came from the other two.
For some reason the password reset link is unresponsive.Anyone else not getting a reply?
When you enter your username (phone number don't use 00, use +86 123 4567.
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Yeah MFH....stop using the username Pornstar for everything!!
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The same age old story in the game,
Punters can't get a taxi at bizy peak times.
Drivers switch the app off when the streets are bizy,
Never made any sense passing a hail to find a address.
When metaxi Ring me up, don't always answer, but when I do ,
I've repeatedly told them to cut the commission during peak times,
12% is a bit much,
Saying all that,
It's still a great app,
Can you imagine having it 20 or 30 years ago, rofl,
We're just gone spoiled little cunts,
Getting guided right to the door, the name of the the passenger, phone no, and the destination.
Fuck sakes in our day we hadn't got Google maps.
No mobile phones,
A fukking inbits map, a magnifying glass, and a torch,
The base controller was too busy answer, or give ye the deaf ear
Yis are a shower of whinging cunts.
Yis don't know how good yis have it.
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Shurrup methusela
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Shurrup methusela
Or Stan of a.Thousand Years.
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Shurrup methusela
Fukking amateurs,
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The same age old story in the game,
Punters can't get a taxi at bizy peak times.
Drivers switch the app off when the streets are bizy,
Never made any sense passing a hail to find a address.
When metaxi Ring me up, don't always answer, but when I do ,
I've repeatedly told them to cut the commission during peak times,
12% is a bit much,
Saying all that,
It's still a great app,........
I had that same argument in person over the phone with all Three of the old Hailo Amigos and got shot down by all of them, my argument was that by night at the weekends they were making nothing on commission anyway because every driver had it turned Off by 1am and the customers were being let down, so why not go commission free at peak times on weekend nights and at least the customer MIGHT get a service, ye will still get nothing, but ye get nothing either way !
I said to them; "Customers are fickle, if they get let down on Friday night and then let down again on Saturday night, then on Sunday they will probably delete the App, but if they get a service at the weekend then most likely the will use it again on a Tuesday or Wednesday", but it all fell on Deaf Ears !
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Can you imagine having it 20 or 30 years ago, rofl,
We're just gone spoiled little cunts,
Getting guided right to the door, the name of the the passenger, phone no, and the destination.
Fuck sakes in our day we hadn't got Google maps.
No mobile phones,
A fukking inbits map, a magnifying glass, and a torch,
The base controller was too busy answer, or give ye the deaf ear
Yis are a shower of whinging cunts.
Yis don't know how good yis have it.
I'm only Ten years in this game but when I started I had a 4 map photocopies of the Four corners of Cork city, a 3210 Nokia and a base radio. No smart phone, No Sat-nav, No Google maps and a base op with the attitude that he was Julius Ceasar himself !
You are right Sclass, today we really are blessed !
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Shurrup methusela
Listen a bir more 'n yiz might just Learn som'it, ya Fookin muppet !
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I find it hard to listen to written words ye fookin baldy cunt!
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I find it hard to listen to written words ye fookin baldy cunt!
rofl
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Feelin the love of a Monday morn!
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I'm all about love Hal..
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Not gay love though....well a birra lesbo love!!
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Saying that mytaxi is dividing drivers by having ambassadors isn’t quite correct as the mytaxi ambassador programme was introduced at the request of the very same drivers, the argument was that independent drivers who were covering peak time work and building the brand were not being treated fairly as once the busiest periods were over, cars from traditional dispatch firms were then logging on and everyone was looking for scraps. Mytaxi introduced the scheme to address this.
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Priority shite sorted that out. Hambassadorship wouldn't make a difference to fellas cherry picking. Hambassadorship is designed to make fellas leave cab cos and monopolize the industry. Fairly obvious really.
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Which drivers requested the ambassador program?Stick up some plate numbers.That's complete bollox Korky.No offence but if Mytaxi told yis that and yous believed it yis are more naive than I suspected.
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Id say it was ken
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Find it hard to believe drivers requested the ambassador scheme....priority maybe....the ambassadorship was deffo a brainstorming session in House or somewhere pretentious like that.
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I'm bleeding sick of it...The ambassador program is the cheapest way of getting more work covered by giving away nothing but preferential treatment.It costs them fuk all and they get free advertising thrown in.No driver would be dumb enough to volunteer that idea.Would they?
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I'm bleeding sick of it...The ambassador program is the cheapest way of getting more work covered by giving away nothing but preferential treatment.It costs them fuk all and they get free advertising thrown in.No driver would be dumb enough to volunteer that idea.Would they?
Ken is all over it....a one off payment of €100 to sticker up,petrol,car wash,coffee discounts.
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Maybe they're the same drivers who asked the three amigos to dump the PUC a long time ago.
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Maybe they're the same drivers who asked the three amigos to dump the PUC a long time ago.
Refer to my reply #52.
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Lads must be fucking desperate for work if they'd resort to that shite. Defacing your jammers for fuck all. Gas thing is, if nobody had taken the hambassadorship eventually they would have scrapped the priority shite too. The cunts are applying game theory to the taxi industry and a lot of gobshites seem to be falling for it. And that is why I don't like metaxi. Meddling cunts. Breaking stuff that used to work.
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If it wasn't working it would be changed, obviously it's working. I'd say a lot of Ambassadors are relatively new to Irish culture and don't necessarily understand the strong bond of camaraderie that previously existed among Irish taximen.
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Yeah. It is working but not with the end result the diplomats are anticipating. I reckon it'll be 15% upwards commission when they own the game.
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It'll all end in tears i tells ya.....it'll take more than free coffee and donuts and cheaper petrol to console the fuks!!
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All aligned drivers advertise the particular cab company they represent, usually for free. They pay freight and give discounts.
If Mytaxis aligned drivers ALL became Ambassadors, then that cancels out any advantage.
A few stickers are no skin off my nose, and I occasionally get cheaper petrol.
Some drivers are with an old-fashioned cab company, and also operate the Mytaxi, Flag, Whistle. Imagine if they stickered up their cars? 8)
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Your car shud have taxi on the roof an stickers for tax, insurance, NCT.,licence ....
That's it.....
Wearin some radio companies jumper or jacket wit their name on compulsoryerely ( probably not a real word) is branding yourself......
Have you no pride atall left?
Anyone tryin to do that to me gets their gaff burned to the ground and their dog strangled
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Your car shud have taxi on the roof an stickers for tax, insurance, NCT.,licence ....
That's it.....
Wearin some radio companies jumper or jacket wit their name on compulsoryerely ( probably not a real word) is branding yourself......
Have you no pride atall left?
Anyone tryin to do that to me gets their gaff burned to the ground and their dog strangled
It's a work vehicle, I don't give a shit.
Could be worse, I could be renting and advertising the fucker that's riding me for €400 a week! 8)
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Id say it was ken
And that korky cunt,
Same clan
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I'm only Ten years in this game but when I started I had a 4 map photocopies of the Four corners of Cork city, a 3210 Nokia and a base radio. No smart phone, No Sat-nav, No Google maps and a base op with the attitude that he was Julius Ceasar himself !
You are right Sclass, today we really are blessed !
And he still uses that 3210
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Another email from Flag:
Hi Stephen,
I want to thank drivers for all the kind messages who were delighted to hear we are able to go after the market in time for Christmas. Its refreshing to get that kind of support, to say thanks we are giving drivers 100 cash bonus just for leaving the app on. We hope this helps increase availability while we get you customers. See email for details.
Driver Feedback Session :
This Wednesday the 21st at 3pm members of our new marketing agency are coming to the ofice, 48 Mount Street Upper. Some drivers are attending to help shape the message we give to the public and the future of the business. We want them to know that Flag treats drivers fairly so they get picked up. We will also be taking feedback on how we an improve the app itself.
[Click Here To Attend]
We are now wrapping taxis fully pink, the first one goes in for its makeover tomorrow. These pink cars will be a great way to get some attention. If you want to get more information about wrapping your car, click 'tell me more' and we will be in touch. Remember, Flag has received support from the Rape Crisis & is backed by An Garda Siocahana through the campus Watch Initiative
Tell Me More
Mark here, one of the newer members. Please call into me in the office to get your €10 discount cards for passengers. We have tens of thousands of these to give out. If each driver gives out a few over the next weeks and months, Flag won't be long acquiring a large user base. It was great to chat to many drivers today.
We had 10 promo staff at the Ireland match this weekend. There was a large number of jobs that didn't get picked up. We will continue to run many promotions and hope how we treat drivers will result in an excellent service.
Over the weekend we took over 8 shows on Spin 1038, giving out 8 prizes and other freebies. We have had radio ads on 98fm as well as Spin.
We will pay all drivers €100 for going on shift for 40 hours per week to include a morning or evening peak time over the next 4 weeks. completing as many jobs as you can.Call 01 541 4789 or David Knox on 085 156 8757/ Ted Smith for assistance. Alternatively, you can email us back or whatsapp any time for help 0830661824.
Dave and the rest of the driver team will inform drivers of all bonuses and the future of Flag this Wednesday at 3pm. Thank You
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Saying all that,
It's still a great app,
Can you imagine having it 20 or 30 years ago, rofl,
We're just gone spoiled little cunts,
Getting guided right to the door, the name of the the passenger, phone no, and the destination.
Fuck sakes in our day we hadn't got Google maps.
No mobile phones,
A fukking inbits map, a magnifying glass, and a torch,
The base controller was too busy answer, or give ye the deaf ear
Yis are a shower of whinging cunts.
Yis don't know how good yis have it.
The kids of today don't know they're born, SC. Imagine all the immigrants that are driving cabs nowadays trying to find their way around the city 20 years ago, they wouldn't last a month.
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Another email from Flag
Who's the boy band wannabe in the mail?
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I don't know about the rest of you but the pink cars thing would just annoy me. Maybe it's just me being an old cunt but I think all these morketing and business strategies piss off most drivers. Most drivers, like punters, only want convenience. My advice to flag would be to keep things simple. No bullshit offers for drivers or punters. Nearest car gets the job, end of. No favouritism i.e priority, hambassadorship etc. Keep everything fair and there'll never be problems except for when it's really busy, in fairness no amount of taxis can cover the work on big nights. If they wanna gain an edge make peak hours commission free and already they'll gain an edge over metaxi and all other app competitors. if the commission was set in stone would be another carrot for drivers and as low as possible. 7% would be nice :) I reckon 7% is a number that'd entice a lot of drivers. Basically if they do the opposite of metaxi they'll earn a lot of drivers, if they emulate metaxi they're fucked.
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So you'll be attending Al....with all your refreshing ideas?
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Don't need to Hal. Dus convince Kenny that this post is the future an he'll crawl inside a flag representatives hole like that yoke outta alien an take control of the whole company like he did with exspurt an metaxi.
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All jokes aside, app competition is healthy. If they only adopted half of what I posted they'd be in a better position than metaxi.
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Ken still friends with Vinny on Facebuke?
I might switch the app on tomorrow night and see how it goes.
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I don't know about the rest of you but the pink cars thing would just annoy me. Maybe it's just me being an old cunt but I think all these morketing and business strategies piss off most drivers. Most drivers, like punters, only want convenience. My advice to flag would be to keep things simple. No bullshit offers for drivers or punters. Nearest car gets the job, end of. No favouritism i.e priority, hambassadorship etc. Keep everything fair and there'll never be problems except for when it's really busy, in fairness no amount of taxis can cover the work on big nights. If they wanna gain an edge make peak hours commission free and already they'll gain an edge over metaxi and all other app competitors. if the commission was set in stone would be another carrot for drivers and as low as possible. 7% would be nice :) I reckon 7% is a number that'd entice a lot of drivers. Basically if they do the opposite of metaxi they'll earn a lot of drivers, if they emulate metaxi they're fucked.
6 %
Very wise al.....
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Ken still friends with Vinny on Facebuke?
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I haven't been in touch with Vinny fer years, he seems a decent sort to me,
but he could talk fer Ireland and ya ring him fer a quick 5 minute chat about something
and your still on the phone an hour later !
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You're a bit more than a regular Belker. You're in frequent contact with one of the managers in Mytaxi. You're not trustworthy IMO or qualified to look at Flag impartially like the rest of us.......
Nope ! That is not true, Bill Costello from old Hailo now MyTaxi is someone that I would consider as a friend,
but the last time I spoke or had contact with him was last May when I was Stickering up.
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Which drivers requested the ambassador program?Stick up some plate numbers.That's complete bollox Korky.No offence but if Mytaxi told yis that and yous believed it yis are more naive than I suspected.
Id say it was ken
No, it wasn't !
I was completely opposed to the Ambassador program UNTIL Korky showed me his weekly figures,
and I soon changed my mind after that !
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Your car shud have taxi on the roof an stickers for tax, insurance, NCT.,licence ....
That's it.....
Wearin some radio companies jumper or jacket wit their name on compulsoryerely ( probably not a real word) is branding yourself......
Have you no pride atall left?
Anyone tryin to do that to me gets their gaff burned to the ground and their dog strangled
Wearing a branded uniform is not compulsory with MyTaxi, they do give you a free branded jacket but you can wear it if you choose,
personally I didn't even take the jacket.
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I'm only Ten years in this game but when I started I had a 4 map photocopies of the Four corners of Cork city, a 3210 Nokia and a base radio. No smart phone, No Sat-nav, No Google maps and a base op with the attitude that he was Julius Ceasar himself !
You are right Sclass, today we really are blessed !
And he still uses that 3210
I would still be on the old 3210 only fer these Taxi forums, it was mainly Roy and a few other associates who 'Pressganged' me in to going smartphone and getting on to the Hailo app.
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Flag Vs MyTaxi;
They are both business's and anybody naive enough to think that any business has it's customers best intrest's at heart should probably refrain from posting, whether it be Taxi app's or supermarkets or pension companies or what ever the bottom line is to show a profit. Which is similar to ourselves, we are all out there to make our wages and hopefully show a profit and we all work differently, some work Rank only, some work Street only, others work App only, and the most of us just like to Mix 'n Match.
Of the old 3 Amigos from Hailo; We have Bill Costello now with MyTaxi, a man that I have befriended over the years and have never had a problem with, to the extent that if I have a businessman in the car complaining about his Taxi base business service, then I will give him Bill's personal number, or a Newbie looking to join MyTaxi who was a tad unsure about the procedure, then again he would get Bill's personal number from me in the knowledge that Bill would look after anyone that I sent to him.
Dermot retired to Spain.
Dave Knox now with Flag, I dunno, he never sat Right with me, the day he sat in SilverSprings hotel in Cork and told us that; "When we said it was nearest car gets the job, that wasn't exactly true", and as I'm sat there in the audience I'm thinking, 'What exactly Else isin't True' ? But in his defence, he did tell us that he told Lies, while he could just have easily said that the rules had changed a bit in recent days.
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I remember ya used to be on Roys forum talking about some Dark Lord I never heard of like he was some sort of hero.At one point I think ya even considered leaving your taxi plate to him.Another friend Belker?How is the relationship now?
I have to say I've never ever had a superior that I would call a friend.
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I remember ya used to be on Roys forum talking about some Dark Lord I never heard of like he was some sort of hero.At one point I think ya even considered leaving your taxi plate to him.Another friend Belker?How is the relationship now?
I have to say I've never ever had a superior that I would call a friend.
That depends on what your idea of a Superior is ?
Fer me the 'Dark Lord' and I were good friends fer many years, he provided me with work, I done it and paid him his cut, there was never a Superior/Inferiour thing about it, we just worked on and he provided the work and all was Good.
Whom exactly is your Superior today MFH ? because I have none !
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It's pretty simple really if you can't speak your mind on the forum without getting stripped of your diplomatic status then you're the inferior one.
When I was a courier there was always a couple of hungry cunts hanging around the base looking in the hatch trying to get the good work before it went over the radio.I'm sure taxi bases were the same.Now we dont have bases anymore we have stickers to see who the hungry cunts are.What an age to be alive..
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Dr Anthony Clare once quipped that men must tell themselves they're happy every morning when they regard themselves in the mirror. As Saul Bellows said AGAIN......................A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
I don't put these up for the crack lads........the illusion is that you are in control and the ignorance is perpetrated by those making money from it.
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Where did the idea that you work for them ( flag or mytaxi) come from?????
Should it not be that you are employing them?
Without drivers their app is worthless....
Where did the 12% figure come from?
You supply all the necessary expense for your business... They supply nothing....
The government here have told uber to behave themselves....
To a great extent they have protected your livelyhood.....
Daimler ( mytaxi), Toyota, are working together with uber to remove the taxi industry....
Its well publicised and you can do your own research....
Ken is right.... They dont give a fuk about you..... In fact they have openly stared that their intentions are to replace you.....
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
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I don't know about the rest of you but the pink cars thing would just annoy me. Maybe it's just me being an old cunt but I think all these morketing and business strategies piss off most drivers. Most drivers, like punters, only want convenience. My advice to flag would be to keep things simple. No bullshit offers for drivers or punters. Nearest car gets the job, end of. No favouritism i.e priority, hambassadorship etc. Keep everything fair and there'll never be problems except for when it's really busy, in fairness no amount of taxis can cover the work on big nights. If they wanna gain an edge make peak hours commission free and already they'll gain an edge over metaxi and all other app competitors. if the commission was set in stone would be another carrot for drivers and as low as possible. 7% would be nice :) I reckon 7% is a number that'd entice a lot of drivers. Basically if they do the opposite of metaxi they'll earn a lot of drivers, if they emulate metaxi they're fucked.
Jaysus what happened you,
Your getting very political,
That's a long post,
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I think his missus let him use the Ipad!!
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Have Mytaxi got many limos using the app ?
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Rainbow is the new black, dahling.
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Pink branding was a poor idea, IMO. Purple would have been better, I like purple. Having said that I voted against the poofs getting married so I'm not tuned in to the pink pound so to speak. As far as I'm concerned they can shove their pink pounds up their arses. Personally, I find Dublin being the homosexual capital of the world embarrassing, certainly not something to be celebrated and encouraged. As DM has noted on several occasions half of these poofs are only poofs because it's fashionable.
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Facebook thrives on conformity, Rats...as does Mytaxi. People like to be "liked".......unless, like me they don't seek validation from algorithms or PC drones. Purple is the colour of the Feminazis btw.........Hillary et al. 8)
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Have Mytaxi got many limos using the app ?
yes. Loads. They employ the services of probus on the airport road so I'd reckon they've been on to all limo companies offering work like the tramps that they are.
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However, there's no real evidence of the lax limousine (age) rules being exploited as a substitute for hackney plates i.e. the vast majority of Limousines on the fleet appear to be genuine exec type or classic cars with the former possibly filling dead time by covering taxi fares for mytaxi.
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
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Sweet mother of Jaysus,did you ever see anything more pathetic in yer life....
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Donuts are the new Johnny Blues.
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Nosferatu lives on...
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
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Sweet mother of Jaysus,did you ever see anything more pathetic in yer life....
Suck on that Ken Cash!!
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The ultimate metaxi cocksucker.. Ken yer gonna have to hit Krispy Kreme to top that cunt. Ye need to up your game.
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Donuts are the new Johnny Blues.
Happy days the packet of Johnny blues.
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What was the biggest bribe you paid to a FBC (Fat Base Controller), not including a free lift home?
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Know a driver who found a nodge in his car and gave it to the base operator.
He got fierce mileage out of it.
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Know a driver who found a nodge in his car and gave it to the base operator.
He got fierce mileage out of it.
Wtf is a nodge?
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Came to blows with another driver over dropsies to base controller. He knew I didn`t do it and thought he`d have a laugh at my expense . I was grand plodding away knowing it was going on until the cabbage thought he`d rub my nose in it. He had a sit down afterwards.
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Good to see you've left your terrible violent past behind ya bubba....one can tell you're a man of arbitration!!
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Good to see you've left your terrible violent past behind ya bubba....one can tell you're a man of arbitration!!
I`m a very nice quiet peaceful fella. Some lads mistook that for spineless.
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Know a driver who found a nodge in his car and gave it to the base operator.
He got fierce mileage out of it.
Wtf is a nodge?
Small lump of hash
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I’ve never given a dropsie to a base
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I’ve never given a dropsie to a base
Hungry cunt.
rofl
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A score for a job out of Metro to Killorglin.
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I’ve never given a dropsie to a base
And that's why you're down the pecking order.
It's rife where there's a FBC.
The FBC down the pub 7 nights a week while drivers are out scouring the streets.
Metro and it's work was bought ...and no doubt it's practice.
But that was 18 years ago.
Sure no one uses a phone now do they?
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Came to blows with another driver over dropsies to base controller. He knew I didn`t do it and thought he`d have a laugh at my expense . I was grand plodding away knowing it was going on until the cabbage thought he`d rub my nose in it. He had a sit down afterwards.
what do he mean bubba.
ye put him in a wheelchair?
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When I was with C2K you'd nearly pay them to stop sending you work... and you didn't have the long run ins that mytaxi offer. There wasn't a driver on the fleet that couldn't wolf down a snack box in 3 seconds flat!
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Came to blows with another driver over dropsies to base controller. He knew I didn`t do it and thought he`d have a laugh at my expense . I was grand plodding away knowing it was going on until the cabbage thought he`d rub my nose in it. He had a sit down afterwards.
what do he mean bubba.
ye put him in a wheelchair?
Nah, he was tired.
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
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Fucks sakes, with them teeth yid think he be eating carrots
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Where did the idea that you work for them ( flag or mytaxi) come from?????
Should it not be that you are employing them?
Without drivers their app is worthless....
Where did the 12% figure come from?
You supply all the necessary expense for your business... They supply nothing........
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That is not entirely true Octy, they (MyTaxi) supply the work, the work comes at a cost,
I.E. Mount Street Rent, Lecky, Staff Wages, Software, Hardware, Etc., Etc.
If'n ya want Commission free work then join a Rank !
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I’ve never given a dropsie to a base
And that's why you're down the pecking order.
It's rife where there's a FBC.
The FBC down the pub 7 nights a week while drivers are out scouring the streets.
Metro and it's work was bought ...and no doubt it's practice.
But that was 18 years ago.
Sure no one uses a phone now do they?
Mandatory. One skinny little pox who was gee-eyed morning, noon and night but very cunning sticks in my memory..........hear he had a bad end and ended up doing security for drink money afterwards. A bottle of Napoleon or Hennessy was his preferred tipple.......ugly, little drunken cunt.
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In my lifetime,I have never come across people like yis.you actually are the key players in an industry,yet you choose to give that power to a bunch of cunts who bring nothing to the table.can you not see that you,the drivers are in a position of total control of the taxi industry,and you choose to give your power to radio company owners,and app operators,etc.all I can say to you is,you deserve what you get.none of you have the balls to go out and find your own work.you rely on these cunts to direct your lifes for you.what kind of fukking people are you. ?
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Serfs, slaves and knaves typically, Dalyer.
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I cant understand it lippy.the drivers DO NOT need these cunts ,yet they have invited them to take over our industry,and allowed themselves to be treated as employees.you couldnt make it up
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If you consider that no 2 drivers will earn exactly the same money in a week and think of the factors that keep workers together in salaried jobs, it's quite simple........... no common threat. The neurosurgeon in a hospital ward finds himself talking to the cleaner in the bed opposite because they are united temporarily by a threat. Trying to stay ahead was always the name of the game in this biz..........the threat being other drivers and the perception they were earning more than you etc...in short, GREED.
In fairness, though, radio companies weren't trying to change the nature of the business. App providers are and will succeed eventually. Few yrs left yet though.
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The apps have their place.I'd still rather pay an an app company than an old-fashioned despatch company.Ebbs and Vinny want 100 to 115 a week plus a 7% of account work.Fuk that.I haven't worked a full week in years.
Everyone is looking after their own patch.The airport lads are busy so we won't hear any complaints from them and rightly so.The lads who used to work the city centre ranks have been broken up since the luas works deleted a few ranks.Many have just resigned themselves to working with Mytaxi rather than squeezing onto ranks away from the main footfall around the city center.
The damage Mytaxi are doing is reversible.As soon as word gets around that drivers are getting 5/8 grand tax bills regularly the mood will shift.Oncw ya start declaring big numbers there's no going back without drawing attention to yourself.
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The apps have their place.I'd still rather pay an an app company than an old-fashioned despatch company.Ebbs and Vinny want 100 to 115 a week plus a 7% of account work.Fuk that.I haven't worked a full week in years.
Everyone is looking after their own patch.The airport lads are busy so we won't hear any complaints from them and rightly so.The lads who used to work the city centre ranks have been broken up since the luas works deleted a few ranks.Many have just resigned themselves to working with Mytaxi rather than squeezing onto ranks away from the main footfall around the city center.
The damage Mytaxi are doing is reversible.As soon as word gets around that drivers are getting 5/8 grand tax bills regularly the mood will shift.Oncw ya start declaring big numbers there's no going back without drawing attention to yourself.
can't understand why lads keep banging on about getting big tax bills cause you work my taxi. I know lads that have been working national radio cads, expert and lynk or global or City cads, what their called now,for years and nearly every euro they made from those cab companies were on account. Very little cash made. But it's only since my taxi came along lads are talking about the big tax bills.
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Do any of them cab companies pay by check? I suppose the big difference is many rank workers don't pay much and the serious amount of rank work that has shifted towards the app means more of it is recorded leading to bigger bills.
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The difference is twofold, ease of calculation and market penetration, I guess.
Every mytaxi job, cash or account, gives rise to commission. Commission / 12 * 100 = mytaxi Fares, mytaxi Fares * 1.25 (for arguments sake) = Gross Taxi Fares.
When I was with Blue Cabs most lads switched the radio off periodically to do some street work for cash. Street work isn't so plentiful given mytaxi's market penetration and it is a lot more risky than it used to be.
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In fact, it's threefold! mytaxi work also gives rise to an audit trail. Any auditor worth his salt would get a very good idea of the proportion of work attributable to mytaxi from drilling down/compliance testing a few shifts. The weekly invoices include every detail, start/finish time of each job, etc, etc...
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Private companies are not subject to the FOI act either.
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Private companies have to hold on to a drivers job history for a certain amount of time,i don't know how long. When I handed back the radio to the cab company I was with, the owner of the cab company wasn't to impressed and gave me a ring just to tell me how many jobs I did the previous month and the month before that and the month before that.
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Private companies have to hold on to a drivers job history for a certain amount of time,i don't know how long. When I handed back the radio to the cab company I was with, the owner of the cab company wasn't to impressed and gave me a ring just to tell me how many jobs I did the previous month and the month before that and the month before that.
Revenue require us to hold on to records for five years...which reminds me to shred documents i no longer need to keep....i love shredding....and that's not a euphemism LL!!
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Not what I meant.......cottaging is not storing records off-site either.
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I thought it was 8 years
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6 years.
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My accountant told me not to shred anything for 8 years,so thats why I thought it was 8-can they go back as far as the like rat ?
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I believe its 6 years. When I joined Hailo I remember them saying that they would not be sharing records with revenue.
From what I know of revenue if they want to know what you had for lunch they will find out !
If they ever get their hands on Mybollix records or any iof the Radio companies "God help us All"
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Eight years is reasonable general advice as it catches all possible scenarios. The rule is 6 years from the end of the relevant tax year so, for example, if your year end is 31 Jan a receipt from 1st Feb 2017 will be accounted for in the tax year 2018 and must be kept until 31 Dec 2024 which is 7 years and 11 months from the receipt date.
Where fraud is suspected Revenue can go back as far as they want, otherwise the limit is seven years.
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I believe its 6 years. When I joined Hailo I remember them saying that they would not be sharing records with revenue.
From what I know of revenue if they want to know what you had for lunch they will find out !
If they ever get their hands on Mybollix records or any iof the Radio companies "God help us All"
Yeah, the one thing that will leave revenue perplexed is after looking at taxi drivers earnings,
Is why they drive around in cheap little jap shitheaps
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Any conscientious objectors go to the flag meeting at 3 o clock,,
Or does no one gives a fuck.
Mmm typical.
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There's two sides to every story, I guess.
On one hand Revenue Auditors must be fit for bulling cows at the thought of all the paperwork they can look at in auditing a taximan who works for mytaxi, no doubt a welcome change from listening to how the receipts and shift reports were meticulously stored in the boot of the car until that break in when everything was taken - meter, printer, credit card reader, the whole lot.... etc...
On the other hand they will know that it's human nature to believe that what's verifiable is undeniable and hence conclude that there's far more to gain from auditing drivers who avoid such records. Of course, the latter concurs with the report filed by the Swedish taxation authority which concluded that compliance is greatly enhanced among taxi drivers who subscribe to "high tech" dispatch operators.
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I switched the app on last night(like i said i would) got two job offers(that were gone off the screen before i could say pensioner scum)but the addresses were very vague..one was 98 R104,which was in Edenmore...Tonglegee Rd to be exact(after a birra googling!!)
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In my lifetime,I have never come across people like yis.you actually are the key players in an industry,yet you choose to give that power to a bunch of cunts who bring nothing to the table.can you not see that you,the drivers are in a position of total control of the taxi industry,and you choose to give your power to radio company owners,and app operators,etc.all I can say to you is,you deserve what you get.none of you have the balls to go out and find your own work.you rely on these cunts to direct your lifes for you.what kind of fukking people are you. ?
People like me who want their Wheels moving and their Meter running rather than sit on a Rank and wait !
Against your argument fer deleting all Bases and Apps, what happens when Sharon and her mates want a Taxi in to town of a rainy night ?
Or when Joe and his Missis want a Taxi in to town fer their anniversary dinner ?
Are they expected to walk from their housing estate to the nearest main road and attempt to hail a cab on the street ?
Or should they call a cab provider ? And be collected from their home and brought to their destination.
Personally I will collect Sharon or Joe and bring them in to town fer 88% of the fare + PUC.
But when Sharon and her mates or Joe and his wife want a Taxi home later on it's a different story,
there be no 88% or Waiting time allowed during the Peak hours.
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I believe its 6 years. When I joined Hailo I remember them saying that they would not be sharing records with revenue.
From what I know of revenue if they want to know what you had for lunch they will find out !
If they ever get their hands on Mybollix records or any iof the Radio companies "God help us All"
Not as bad as you might think....when the world is totally cashless then it's goodnight from him....
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Sharon and her mates will STILL use taxis regardless of wether or not they are being picked up at their door. So will Joe and his missis just like they did before any of these leeches got a foothold into our industry
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No DM, They wont ! If'n they need to walk to get a lift in to town then most likely they will take the bus.
If they want a Taxi at their doorstep, well I fer One will provide that service fer 88% of the fare + PUC,
rather than sitting on a Rank in town waiting fer a 100% fare without PUC.
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Belker I very seldom use ranks,because I find most of them are cliques.people will ALWAYS use taxis wether they have to come out to the street ,or not thats what they did before the likes of Kearns,Kelly,and Ebbs got a foothold into the game.there is people who will not usw the bus for many reasons.when you think about it,it is no big deal to walk outside your front door and wave your hand,you are much more likely to get a cab in half the ttime,then you are waiting for a scum cab company to fulfill a promise of a cab in 10 mins,and your still sitting waiting an hour later
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My god dalymount, you hate radio companies, you hate apps and you think ranks are a bid click. What on earth are you doing in the taxi game? You must be driving yourself mad. You'll end up in John of gods one day. Can you not just be happy with what your making and forget about what other lads do.
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I just hate the fact that drivers are being exploited by scumbahs who think they are the drivers employers,when in actual fact its the other way around drivers empoy those cunt radio companys
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It pains me to see an industry where the absolute main players are the drivers without whom nothing starts.yet they are not only prepared to not only give these bastards a foothold into it,they actually allow them too assume total control of it.Kearns crowd in particular seem to think they are the sole operators ,and are a crowd of bullys.kellys lot are not much better.threatening independent drivers from picking up at hotels ,where they themselves are ILLEGALLY standing for hire.Ebbs is just a money grabbing cunt
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Cash is King, that way there is no trail for the Tax man to sniff at ! :D
I think that's where Dalymount is coming from
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No,thats not it.I mean what I said .I cannot understand the logic of the tail wagging the dog.especially when the dog.
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No,thats not it.I mean what I said .I cannot understand the logic of the tail wagging the dog.especially when the dog.
[/quote well said daily....
When the last recession came did the radios drop their fees when drivers where on their knees.....
Anyone of us owlfellas has got to be aware that the yung people today are even more addicted to the phone screen than us and are essentially brain dead.... To them the phone is a tit to a baby..
Everything is an app for them...
They order everything on their phone even nookie....
My problem wit mytaxi is they are the only tit available... And that's not good for us
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Arguably, the customers are the main players... mytaxi control the customers so it's up to them who gets the work... when, where and why, etc... drivers just do what they're told.
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My point entirely rat,in an industry where the drivers call the shots,they are prepared to give this power to a group of bloodsuckers.how dare these bastards try to assert power over drivers when the drivers are in the driving seat.(literally)
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Trouble is we don't work together. You only have to look at the number of mytaxi Ambassadors to realise how easy it is to divide and conquer such a diverse bunch.
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I have to say,I dont have much of a problem with mytaxi.its those scumbags who try to treat drivers like employees that I have a problem with.
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Some drivers are just needy!!
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Another email from Flag:
Hi Stephen,
We would like to offer you a chance to preregister for our newest feature. Click the blue button below to get notified when we launch our pre-book service.
Notify me when pre-book launches
It's also Thanksgiving! To celebrate we are giving our earliest users €10 off their next trip this week. Thank you for helping us test, tweak and improve our service since we began earlier in the year.
To use discount :
1. Tap setting to add a card to card payment.
2. When you need a taxi, hit confirm order.
3. Confirm card payment and tap the promo code icon on the bottom right.
4. Enter the code 'thanksgiving' before requesting a ride to get €10 off.
Yesterday was a special day for us as we started the first of our grouped driver feedback sessions. We value working closely with our fleet to improve driver working conditions. We are confident this will result in an excellent service(even at peak times). "We treat drivers fairly so you get picked up".
Thank you!
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Nice Slogan at the end: "We treat drivers fairly so you get picked up" - catchy, eh?
Might use the tenner off to get to the Airport tomorrow.
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They need a new Graphic designer.
I saw their Logo on a Vegetable van and swore the word was FLOG.
Must have graduated from the university of hard Knox.! 8)
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The only thing these people want to FLOG is the integrity of self employed taxi drivers. What about that for a slogan ?
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We could try a verse or two if you have the bodhran handy:
You step in, integrity steps out again... learning to dance to the company tune...
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My feelings entirely rat
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I dont know how these people hope to establish themselves in an industry that is already grossly oversubscribed with their likes .
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Chief motivating factors in human behaviour.........Power, Sex, Money.
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We could try a verse or two if you have the bodhran handy:
You step in, integrity steps out again... learning to dance to the company tune...
What about " We had four GREEN ranks, each one was a jewel"!!
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Well the gresh was certainly considered to be a jewel once upon a time
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I think there should be two tits (preferably three)
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@ DM, My working night last night (Fri) on a very short 6 hour shift in the rain;
Started at 1am and worked the streets incessantly till 4am using no base or app,
the streets were busy and I picked up what I deemed was 'Fit to travel' in my cab.
At 4am the streets dried up and I turned on my App, the App fairly hopped fer the
next 3 hours; (12 Jobs includes 2 Cancellations).
(https://i.postimg.cc/Js9bqqxs/App.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Js9bqqxs)
And by 7am including a few street jobs inbetween the last 3 hours,
I was more than happy with my short nights work.
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Well the gresh was certainly considered to be a jewel once upon a time
Me jewel and darlin' Dublin.
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Well the gresh was certainly considered to be a jewel once upon a time
It was until Weird Al Wanky started loitering with intent!!
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
(https://i.postimg.cc/svq74bnV/453-F0-E0-A-AC71-4-FD4-A423-972-ABACD2-DF1.png) (https://postimg.cc/svq74bnV)
Dressed up in his nice shirt and his wrapped bus.
(https://i.postimg.cc/LqYFjNbJ/9-CB80-A21-92-DA-409-B-91-D7-41522-B005-C1-B.png) (https://postimg.cc/LqYFjNbJ)
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TUT TUT no stickers on his roofie rofl
or on his shirt rofl rofl rofl
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TUT TUT no stickers on his roofie rofl
or on his shirt rofl rofl rofl
But he brings donuts!!
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He was also on First Dates the TV program
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He was also on First Dates the TV program
Ah fuk right off...seriously? lol
Ye need to provide a linky to that....just to show the missus what i'll turn into...when she dumps i dump her!!
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Saw it on his twitter account.
Can’t copy the link for it
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If only Mytaxi had more drivers like this turkey.
(https://i.postimg.cc/svq74bnV/453-F0-E0-A-AC71-4-FD4-A423-972-ABACD2-DF1.png) (https://postimg.cc/svq74bnV)
Dressed up in his nice shirt and his wrapped bus.
(https://i.postimg.cc/LqYFjNbJ/9-CB80-A21-92-DA-409-B-91-D7-41522-B005-C1-B.png) (https://postimg.cc/LqYFjNbJ)
I thought he was a Florist!
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That’s his vehicle
Branding is unusual for mytaxi.
(https://i.postimg.cc/zLxYtqhp/5-A7-F65-FE-9-D60-4758-8045-5-D4980-A0-DAAD.png) (https://postimg.cc/zLxYtqhp)
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https://www.buzz.ie/entertainment/watch-lad-on-first-dates-shambles-word-quays-278780 (https://www.buzz.ie/entertainment/watch-lad-on-first-dates-shambles-word-quays-278780)
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Ya that’s the one.
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I remember him now....his fukin delph were in a jock....years of smokin,eatin chocolate....and millin donuts!!
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you don't get the auld bugs bunny teeth from the chocolate and cigarettes.
ye get it from not brushing your teeth at all.
I've all my original teeth except one tootser at the back.
brush my teeth every day. don't floss but use toothpicks.
imagine the bounce off that fella's breath.
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you don't get the auld bugs bunny teeth from the chocolate and cigarettes.
ye get it from not brushing your teeth at all.
I've all my original teeth except one tootser at the back.
brush my teeth every day. don't floss but use toothpicks.
imagine the bounce off that fella's breath.
A birra fellatio would sort the breath out....maybe neutralise the hum from both gashes!
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Fifth columnists everywhere. Drones get paid for their blandness.
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Another email:
Hi Stephen,
Drivers have requested another driver meeting tomorrow Wednesday at 48 Mount Street Upper at 3 pm for those that missed last week. As discussed with our marketing team, our next campaign is going live across Luas, Dart, Newspapers, Radio, social media, new fully pink wrapped taxis etc. Also, drivers can hand out customer discount cards to passengers. Yesterday showed there is a real appetite for change in the industry!
Click Here To Attend
We were delighted to see drivers using Flag stickers to leave a message outside MyTaxi during the protest against high commission rates and unsafe features such as ride sharing yesterday. We have made a guarantee to drivers not to change our commission rates
(some of the action yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_OF7ZF6NGA&t=27s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_OF7ZF6NGA&t=27s#)).
We are open all this week from 10-5pm and 7-11pm Thursday and Friday for night drivers that want to drop in. Please click the blue button to avail of the €100 bonus for keeping the app on while on shift for 40 hours per week to include a morning or evening peak time over the next 4 weeks. completing as many jobs as you can.
Opt In for Bonus
Call 01 541 4789 or David Knox on 085 156 8757/ Ted Smith for assistance. Alternatively, you can email us back or whatsapp any time for help 0830661824.
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erm, you have to opt in to get the bonus.
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erm, you have to opt in to get the bonus.
Bollox,i didn't opt in last week...had the app open anall.
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Why didn't you opt in?
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And more importantly....who's yer wan...the eye candy?
I just thought you had to have the app open....i opted in on the current mail.....eye candy wasn't on the last one...just the boyband wannabe...and Sir David of Knoxshire!
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Does it say you have to "opt in" in advance?
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Does it say you have to "opt in" in advance?
Give ermy a tinkle,he'll read the T&C's thoroughly and give a boring brief analysis!!
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I didn't bother opting in because I don't do 40 hours/week.
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I didn't bother opting in because I don't do 40 hours/week.
Does it say ye have to work 40 hours per week?...opting in was a waste of the arpanet so!!
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You have to be "on shift" for 40 hours including a morning or evening peak time and you have to accept as many jobs as you can. I don't know how they define peak times or how they determine whether or not you've rejected jobs that you could have accepted. It seems like a lot of ambiguity to unravel.... I'm in no fit state to bother with it today but, as you suggest, the erm might get to the bottom of it for us.
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Feelin a bit rough RC...after a weekend of ridin tellytubbies..and now guilt and self loathing has set in...you'll be grand tomorrow!!
Yeah,John is probably disecting the T&C's as we type....and still beating himself up as to why the fuk he didn't opt in for the Hailo bobo all them years ago!!
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Did he ever get that bobo?
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It's coming up to Christmas, don't be upsetting him!
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I don't know what a bobo is!
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erm, you have to opt in to get the bonus.
Ah Jaysus,here we go again...
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No “opt in” in last weeks email.
Why can’t you log in and be at home. I did last week for hours on end 8)
I was even logged in while I was asleep
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Did he ever get that bobo?
Would you ever behave yourself Stephen ?? rofl rofl
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No “opt in” in last weeks email.
Why can’t you log in and be at home. I did last week for hours on end 8)
I was even logged in while I was asleep
Anyone read (or seen) the little print? Do you have to be on shift up above in Dublin? How do they define "can accept" a job? etc?
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No “opt in” in last weeks email.
Why can’t you log in and be at home. I did last week for hours on end 8)
I was even logged in while I was asleep
Anyone read (or seen) the little print? Do you have to be on shift up above in Dublin? How do they define "can accept" a job? etc?
It's all very ambiguous....sure why wouldn't it be!!
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"....Please click the blue button to avail of the €100 bonus for keeping the app on while on shift for 40 hours per week to include a morning or evening peak time over the next 4 weeks. completing as many jobs as you can...."
So, fer me this reads as, if'n ya want the Ton Bobo then ya must be On-shift and Available or On a Flag job fer Forty hours a week to include at least one Peak time job per week fer the next Four weeks ! I'm guessing that if'n your on a street job or a MyTaxi job and are Unavailable or Busy to Flag then that time does not count.
But I'm only guessing, maybe you could go off to bed each night leaving the App on, work one Peak time job a week and still get the Ton Bobo ??
Which you must opt in fer John M !
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He's avoiding this thread like the plague...bobo a nono!!
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He's avoiding this thread like the plague...bobo a nono!!
rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl
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I was talking with a man who got a call from Flag today, told me the bonus doesn't start 'till Dec 1st.
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I had a phonecall from an 085 number today....didn't answer it!
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Ah bonus me bollox get out and find your own work
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Flag wont work commercially as I said previously I wouldnt take a 90% share in it for a tenner .I could explain to them why it wont worrk and why and how to fix it but I would want 40% of the company to come on board .At the moment im working with partners on setting up a company to peer review business proposals especiall on behalf of University students with little if any real life experience who think they have a great idea but like Flag failed to identify a business application for their simple app.The developers probably have a basic BS in computing which is equivlent to a seven year olds understanding of codeing and computing .
Some people think better is better but thats of no commercial use better must be best to succeed .It would make sense to build a better prostitute get a plastic surgeon to create two more tits on her back and convert her anus into a second vagina .Just tell clients she dosent kiss and she could cover twice the work .This would be better more efficent but is there a market even though on paper she increases producitivity by 100%
The ubberella conundrus .They invent a small umberella that shelters you from the rain when you are out shopping somebody then increases the size of the umberella it dosent keep you drier but it costs more because its bigger .John Sisk look out the window of their office and notice all the people in the rain sheltering in doorways running past shops or carrying big and small umberellas .Big Dommos kid is working in the office as a typist and she being cleverer than the whole design team at Sisks states the BBO (Blatently Bleeding Obvious )Imagine if you could put a roof over the road so even when its raining people can continue shopping in the dry and the shopping mal was invented shops on both sides with a covered walkway up the middle .Didnt do much for umberella sales probably explains why you wont find an imberella shop in the Square .Liffey Valley or Blanch .
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
I would normally bill you 6k for that type of advice .
lets play .Q1 .What problem did or does Flag taxi hailing app solve . This is where they failed they recognised the wrong problem .
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
I would normally bill you 6k for that type of advice .
lets play .Q1 .What problem did or does Flag taxi hailing app solve . This is where they failed they recognised the wrong problem .
I know sweet feck all about Flag.
It’s only up in the Capital
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
I would normally bill you 6k for that type of advice .
lets play .Q1 .What problem did or does Flag taxi hailing app solve . This is where they failed they recognised the wrong problem .
They solve the problem that if your phone dies and you lose your wallet, you can still get a taxi to bring you home. No other app can do that
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
I would normally bill you 6k for that type of advice .
lets play .Q1 .What problem did or does Flag taxi hailing app solve . This is where they failed they recognised the wrong problem .
They solve the problem that if your phone dies and you lose your wallet, you can still get a taxi to bring you home. No other app can do that
Are you willing to do that work ?
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Jaysus John that’s a lot of typing for a driver that does 20 hours a week.
I would normally bill you 6k for that type of advice .
lets play .Q1 .What problem did or does Flag taxi hailing app solve . This is where they failed they recognised the wrong problem .
They solve the problem that if your phone dies and you lose your wallet, you can still get a taxi to bring you home. No other app can do that
Are you willing to do that work ?
The passenger will approach the driver and ask if they are with Flag. If the driver is then the passenger can give their PIN to the driver who will put it into their driver app and up will c9me the passengers name and picture. Driver will know straight away if it’s the correct person.
Probably not likely to happen during my shift but if I worked nights and was approached by someone I would most likely do it
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great 0.00000000000000000000000000000000056%of people have that problem .They solved a problem that dosent really exist .Tell them to try again or offer me 40% of the company to save them 60%of something is better than 100% of nothing .Im sure they are well in the red by now they are in the last chance saloon still havent identified their selling point .Im not busy at the moment I can get myself and my associate to come in and advise them for a once off fee if that would help .I made the same offer to metaxi who are struggling for growth and to cover existing work ,Timmothy never contacted me on that issue ,pity im sure iI could of increased penitration by about 6 to 8 % I think I was only looking for 75k a year plus share options .
Had I of ran Whistle it would be still trading .
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John you’re a taxi driver.
Let’s leave it at that.
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And a part time taxi driver.
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Timmothy never contacted me on that issue ,pity im sure iI could of increased penitration by about 6 to 8 % I think I was only looking for 75k a year plus share options .
Vi4gra is considerably cheaper.
P.S. See what I done there, cut to the last line of the latest post so you think I read all that went before.
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John you’re a taxi driver.
Let’s leave it at that.
No im not a taxi driver I drive a taxi As you say part time I have a considerably greater skillset .Flag will fail with their present business model ,myself and my colleague might be able to save them .Paddys Day 2019 and the only fFag on Dublin streets will be waived by Yanks on Holiday .
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John you’re a taxi driver.
Let’s leave it at that.
No im not a taxi driver I drive a taxi As you say part time I have a considerably greater skillset .Flag will fail with their present business model ,myself and my colleague might be able to save them .Paddys Day 2019 and the only fFag on Dublin streets will be waived by Yanks on Holiday .
Oh FFS
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Defo got a ring to it Hal !
He's avoiding this thread like the plague...bobo a nono!!
Bobo ! No No !
Bobo ! No No !
Talk-in' 'bout Bobo, hey now, hey now I-ko, I-ko, ai-nay
Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-né, jock-a-mo fee na-né !!
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No im not a taxi driver I drive a taxi As you say part time I have a considerably greater skillset .Flag will fail with their present business model ,myself and my colleague might be able to save them .Paddys Day 2019 and the only fFag on Dublin streets will be waived by Yanks on Holiday .
The taxi app market here is quite similar to the betting exchanges market, Betfair were first in the door and cornered the market, many others like Betdaq, Matchbook, Etc thought that they could get a decent foothold in the market, but they have only ever been the very poor relation snapping at the heels of Betfair.
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Had I of ran Whistle it would be still trading .
What is the story with Whistle these days ?
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John you’re a taxi driver.
Let’s leave it at that.
No im not a taxi driver I drive a taxi As you say part time I have a considerably greater skillset .Flag will fail with their present business model ,myself and my colleague might be able to save them .Paddys Day 2019 and the only fFag on Dublin streets will be waived by Yanks on Holiday .
First sentence is all that was required, Emry. Taxi drivers, in the main, are a dissolute. rag-tag bunch of fellas and girls with nothing else to do or nowhere to go. Taximen work when they feel the urge, not the need.
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Im not getting paid for this consultation but if I had of been advising .My first question would of been. Justify the Brand name and Logo .If you look at the Excellent Mytaxi logo ,there is no ambiguity as to its Ronsealability (does exactly what it says on the can) Even the Ronseal Brand has a presence outside of the DIY shops paint and varnish shelf .A great example of branding .My taxi combine the item they are associated with TAXI with the two iconic taxi colours Yellow for NY taxicabs and Black for the Iconic London Black cab .That didnt happen over a coffee in the school canteen .That was designed by people who understand branding .
A flag on a purple background means what to Zlatan from Cabra or Seamus from the Islamic Republic In what way is the word Flag iconic to the taxi industry .
My next question would of been what %of your market would you need to capture to break even over a 2 year launch and incubation period based on your launch budget (How much is your launch budget )I did some work for another potential app and we assessed you would need at least 4 million to implement and sustain a launch and it would take at least 2 years before you reached break even as it would need a commitment to reinvest any revenues from active users back into growing the brand .So the ideal position would be after two years to have a self financing application .That would mean all expenditure ,wages heat,light offices ongoing business costs covered .Then like Hailo you might be able to offload the application to a bigger player who can afford to Grow the brand or aquire it so they can acquire a data base of user or driver information .It is unlikely the money you might recieve for a sale would cover the actual investment made in building the brand .
Unlike Hailo who received over 80 MILLION in subsidies from drivers by way of GOODWILL from drivers who did not charge the Pick Up Charge and offered FREE waiting time .Flag ,Whistle or no other taxi application will ever receive this gravitas and therefor has a trading disadvantage .
Next question and the important one .What do you offer the DRIVER or customer that is different from the existing available alternatives .There was some selling point being offered to passengers about if they lost their phone or had no money .This was so insignificant a point I who am interested in most things to do with the industry have no idea what it is .On the drivers side lower commission on what work .
Drivers are emotionally invested in Mytaxi/Hailo its the first app they used they hate it but love it .Its like their wife of family they complain threaten to switch it off but they will not .
There is only one way to launch a successfull app .It has to be free to use for both drivers and passengers and then monetize the platform by advertising using algorithms to send adds and promotions to the passenger based on their inputted destination and Ireland Dublin is to small an audience for a stand alone application .
My analysis to anybody starting a taxi app from scratch would be do not its doomed to fail and the market for cannibalization in the hope that a bigger application might buy you out is limited and cost of acquisition per customer or per driver is greater than the potential valuation of your business .In simple terms it is not a viable proposition to invest time ,money or effort in .The taxi application has been invented UBER ,Lyft Gett have invested tens of BILLIONS and have yet to turn a profit .Metaxi value their business on a dual valuation of revenues and data harvesting for future projects .
What any new entrant into the existing market place is selling is exactly what already exists an app to get a taxi to compete with holding out your hand .As Mister Barnam said ".There is one born every minute ".A stand alone taxi app launched from scratch has as much chance of success as Shergar has of winning the Eurovision .
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You all spend a lot of time talking about cunts (radio companies ,apps) who are surplas to requirements,and who do not need to be in our industry
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You all spend a lot of time talking about cunts (radio companies ,apps) who are surplas to requirements,and who do not need to be in our industry
2 many part-timers with loads of time on der hands.
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Ah I dont think we could John to be a part timer. a full time part timer maybe,but not a part timer as such
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
True
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
...and stopped saying "had of"...he could be a gifted....something!!
It's grammar nazi Thursday btw!!
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Ehh John, you can “Hail a taxi” “Flag a taxi”
In NYC, you can “Whistle” for a taxi.
So the name is a play on getting a taxi.
Black and yellow has been around in taxis for years, not just something MyTaxi thought of
Wasn’t C2K first colors black and yellow, they even had the cars wrapped in yellow with black writing.
For drivers, it’s less commission which will mean more money for drivers, who doesn’t want that.
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
Add in : if he had used Spell check some of what he types would make sense...some.
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
...and stopped saying "had of"...he could be a gifted....something!!
"Had of" never Bulled a calf !
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
Add in : if he had used Spell check some of what he types would make sense...some.
if i could read right and spell i could have your job
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Another email:
Hello from Team Flag! We are emailing you with our marketing update and letting you know whats going on in the background.
Our Integrated Marketing campaign is going live this Monday the 3rd of December.
The campaign will take place across a couple of different mediums. You will hear and see flag on
-Dart
-Luas
Radio Q102 & FM104
-Commuter Pods
-Digital marketing will also play a large role in this campaign.
"Commission is at a 6% promotion for December 2018, January and February 2019. We also want to reassure you that our rates will never increase. 10% for the first €50 earned, 8% for the second €50 earned and 6%on all orders after this, based on jobs completed within a 24 hour period(meaning average commission 7.5%)."
"As an Irish company I'm delighted to support Flag from the beginning and help shape a fairer fare for all drivers." - James, one of our first drivers fly the Flag and get the wrap!
Our promo teams have been braving the weather over the past few weeks, giving out freebies and discount codes.
We are running a competition amongst drivers
We are choosing the top three drivers who refer the most passengers to win additional €250 and a free valet each.
All you have to do is tell the passengers to download the app and enter your badge number(from your dash ID card) as a referral code. They will in turn receive €10 off next Flag when booked by card, its as simple as that! Driver always receives full fare.
You are welcome to our offices in 48 mount street upper or Unit 2 Monastery Road, Clondalkin to collect promo cards. We understand its the busy period and can post them directly to your home address, just hit the blue button.
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I've had it switched on....pity there's no work from it!!
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Promoting taxies at the Luas and Dart to people who already have transport is pure genius .
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You still get your ton, probably...
Plenty of work on mytaxi to be getting on with.
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Promoting taxies at the Luas and Dart to people who already have transport is pure genius .
There's no Darts or Luassss at 2 in the mornin!!
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SMS received just now:
Hi Stephen, We are moving to a larger server to deal with increased demand. This may result in some log in issues over the next few hours. See latest email for marketing update. Thank you
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Promoting taxies at the Luas and Dart to people who already have transport is pure genius .
There's no Darts or Luassss at 2 in the mornin!!
there are few drivers working the app at two in the mornig
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SMS received just now:
Hi Stephen, We are moving to a larger server to deal with increased demand. This may result in some log in issues over the next few hours. See latest email for marketing update. Thank you
Are they taking the pistachio?
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I'm guessing that the bonus scheme has encouraged more drivers to log in, putting pressure on the current server.
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I'm guessing that the bonus scheme has encouraged more drivers to log in, putting pressure on the current server.
FFS selling suncream in winter .What are the chances drivers will cover app work when the streets are full of full fare jobs .If you download an app try it once or twice and no car you will drop the app .Launching a sales drive at a time of plenty seems non productive ..I wonder what the connection rate for apps is between 12.30am and 5.00 am I would think well below 40% of riders get a cab .I know when they contacted me my average acceptance rate was 7% overall and 17% for the month in question .My acceptance rate with Flag is 0%
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My acceptance rate with flag is,and will remain _ 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
Add in : if he had used Spell check some of what he types would make sense...some.
I heard he has won arguments with Spellcheck, in his head
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If he put half the effort into driving as he does into typing he'd be minted.
Add in : if he had used Spell check some of what he types would make sense...some.
I heard he has won arguments with Spellcheck, in his head
The Erm has letters after his name...just the wrong ones!