Best alternative to Free Now?

[taxi1990]

I sometimes go out in Dublin with friends of mine who live there. when getting a taxi to go to the gig or pub etc my friends nearly always order a taxi from Free Now. What is the best alternative to using them? id rather not support them and we prefer calling a taxi to flagging one down in the street on  a Friday or Saturday night as it seems impossible to get one that way.

[john m]

Flag on the streets there is a huge oversupply in Dublin no taxi driver worth his piss would work the app after 11 oc .

[taxi1990]

we would usually be looking for a taxi from 9 to 10.

what are the apps that take 15% commission and are there ones that are owed by Drivers?

[john m]

If your living off the main roads or in the middle of a housing estate then the app is the best way to get a cab .

[taxi1990]

what app? apart from Free Now?

[Shallowhal]

S'pose other than the traditional dispatchers that have an app....Lynk?.....C2K(Swords/northside) had an app,don't know if it's still being used,

FN have captured work from everywhere so are probably the most reliable and quicker to arrive if you're in a hurry.

[taxi1990]

Will try lynx the next time, see what they are like.

[Shallowhal]

If traditional dispatchers had have gone the route of the app back in 2012 before Hailo we'd probably be still complaining but probably have more than one app,might have been some competition or they could and probably would have been as bad as FN are today.

[dalymount]

Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?

[Billy boy]

Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?

No

[dalymount]

Didnt fukin ask you

[Jack Meoff]

Support the local taxi company in your area

[dalymount]

Support independents who can make their own decisions and are not afraid of responsibility.not people who need to be told what to do

[Shallowhal]

Would ya not just stick out your hand,and support the independent drivers ?

No

Hey Billy....what's the craic with C2K and €65 per week freight or €1 per job overflow work as per Italia 90's post?

[Lizzzy]

I sometimes go out in Dublin with friends of mine who live there. when getting a taxi to go to the gig or pub etc my friends nearly always order a taxi from Free Now. What is the best alternative to using them? id rather not support them and we prefer calling a taxi to flagging one down in the street on  a Friday or Saturday night as it seems impossible to get one that way.

..and when you're chatting up them Dublin birds, tell them the truth, your from Mayo not Galway!!