New increase

[mercenary for hire]

Watty Revolut is just another online bank.They make money when you go over a certain amount of cash withdrawals.Over 600 a month I think gets charged at 2% on a standard free account.But if you buy stuff with the Revolut debit card it free to use.

It's not meant as a credit card accepting mechanism.Just an app that makes transfers person to person in real time.Apparently they have 200000 users in Ireland.It's popular with the foreigners as it offers cheapish. currency exchanges.

I'm not sure if it was meant to be used this way by the creators but it works pretty fast so it's as close to getting cash in real time that there is.There's probably a catch but I can't see one yet.

[watty]

Thanks.  Now the next thing is to get my head around Google and Apple's version of 'pay by phone'

In 10 years time, we'll be posting photos of real paper money on here and saying 'remember the ten euro note' 

[Cool Boola]

4%...ish more for...less meter boxollogy an no more of the thieving of the 50 wads mistakes for the tenners....Wats the world coming 2

[mercenary for hire]

Just keep in mind all our
fancy phones/smartwatches are communicating with each other when they're close to each other, even with strangers.This software just allows them to send funds back and forth almost instantly.

[dalymount]

Why do the NTA get our re sealing money and not legal matrolagy ?

[dalymount]

Ere where the fukk is the ratman ??He seen to be missing in action

[john m]

Add up all the increases excluding the one the fucking retards in TTNH turned down on your behalf and taxi drivers have probably recieved the largest income increase of any workers .

[dalymount]

Yes and incurred the highest running costs as well

[john m]

Yes and incurred the highest running costs as well

Did you .What about labourers who need to renew safe passes ,manual handling just to get on a site then add in safety gear FUCK OFF and stop feeling sorry its a job with no skill requirement most passengers know where they are going and can inform or direct you a courier cant ask a box for help with delivery .

[john m]

NAME ANY OTHER WORKERS GUARENTEED A WAGE REVIEW EVERY TWO YEARS .WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A DECREASE IN FARES NOT EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE RECESSION .

[Tony]

Ken what's wrong with compulsory card payment, and indeed compulsory alignment is, it is in breech of the understanding I, and most others joined industry on. The right to operate our SELF EMPLOYED business without being detailed in our duties

Fer me, we are not detailed enough ! We are PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE licence holders and we owe our customers a Decent service.
Thankfully the NTC and Suitability have managed to put some manners on us. The RSA did a bit but not enough. Now the NTA are taking it a step further thankfully.

@ DM, Do you remember the days only Ten years back with all the totally clapped out disgraceful shiteboxes on the road ?
I'm sure you remember the days before NCT DM, I don't, but I would imagine it was scary stuff back then ?

And your clapped out heap is how old?

[The Liffey Lip]

Thanks Ken I just found it in my inbox.It's gonna be hard to argue against an increase.Twitter is gonna be raging.

The only positive thing I see is 100% cards will loosen Freenow's grip on our testicles.

You may get drivers who are fans/devotees of FN, when they get a street fare wanting to pay by card, directing them to "Pay with FN" which is commsion free, thereby increasing FN usage an popularity even more.

Telling them what they don't want to hear....it'll never happen.

[dalymount]

John most jobs that require safe pass, manual handling, etc are paid for by that particular company, or government dept, and in some cases paid for by the sole the same way as a taxi driver who attends the Muppets in mount street for a course to learn the routes are paid for

[The Liffey Lip]

No cash jobs means greater insight into past earnings.............tethered goats is all some people are.

[mercenary for hire]

Apart from a few suckers paying 100k for plates it's never been so expensive to be on the road.In 2021 I'm gonna be paying at least 14000 to stay in the job for another 4/5 years.That's before insurance,maintenance and fuel.

The standard of the vehicles has not really improved IMO.All that happened is the number on the reg got a little bit newer.

If we were smart we'd be pushing for the taxi test pass rate to be increased back to 80% in exchange for accepting mandatory credit card payments.We need better protection from all this Brexit misery.If we were smart..