Bolt Cash Discount

[Rat Catcher]

Do any of ewes actually give the discount on cash jobs? I've noticed it on a few jobs but only after I've trousered the full fare i.e. when I enter the fare received on the app. Still, the compensatory adjustment negates most of the commission on relevant jobs. I guess most clients would tell you to take the full fare treating the discount as a gratuity in any event but is there any notification on the screen before the fare entry stage that I haven't spotted or do we just rely on mean and nasty clients asking for the discount to prompt further investigation?

[mercenary for hire]

I think I remember those jobs a couple of years ago but haven't seen any since.As a general rule the cash work on Bolt is the stuff ya really didn't want in the first place.Lots of lads using girls names to get an app taxi when all they need to do was lose the tracksuit.Unless I'm in a good mood I decline them.

[silverbullet]

I think I remember those jobs a couple of years ago but haven't seen any since.As a general rule the cash work on Bolt is the stuff ya really didn't want in the first place.Lots of lads using girls names to get an app taxi when all they need to do was lose the tracksuit.Unless I'm in a good mood I decline them.

I had it last night. A job on FN/Jamie - from  109 Ribh Road to Kilmore - was cancelled. Same Job, Molly on BOLT - cancelled. Same job again on FN/Cody - cancelled. They finally accepted me and I dropped them to Cromcastle. Maybe they know, I know them.
I blocked them even though I got a tip. p.s Shite night otherwise,

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, some can be quite amusing. I once collected a rather masculine looking "Shinade" for Free Now.... although I guess that could be a genuine modern/Coolock spelling?

Despite a puncture I had a decent enough evening, just over the Cork Trummer for c.7 hours c.16:53 - c.23:47. I briefly considered working on for a few hours to claim Free Now's €50 bonus but I decided I was too tired.

[silverbullet]

To be fair, some can be quite amusing. I once collected a rather masculine looking "Shinade" for Free Now.... although I guess that could be a genuine modern/Coolock spelling?

Despite a puncture I had a decent enough evening, just over the Cork Trummer for c.7 hours c.16:53 - c.23:47. I briefly considered working on for a few hours to claim Free Now's €50 bonus but I decided I was too tired.

At your age, you need your rest.

[Belker]

....... I briefly considered working on for a few hours to claim Free Now's €50 bonus but I decided I was too tired.

What was the €50 bobo for ?

[silverbullet]

Do any of ewes actually give the discount on cash jobs? I've noticed it on a few jobs but only after I've trousered the full fare i.e. when I enter the fare received on the app. Still, the compensatory adjustment negates most of the commission on relevant jobs. I guess most clients would tell you to take the full fare treating the discount as a gratuity in any event but is there any notification on the screen before the fare entry stage that I haven't spotted or do we just rely on mean and nasty clients asking for the discount to prompt further investigation?

I had a BLOT [sic] job last night:
When the job ended I asked for the metered fare of 11.00.
I was handed a tenner.
The fare is 11.00, please.
I got paid the full fare.
When I processed the job it mentioned some sort of compensation to me of, I'm guessing 20%.
Whatever deals they have with punters should be made known to drivers before the trip.

The metered fare is what I expect, not to be compensated the following week!

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[silverbullet]

Do any of ewes actually give the discount on cash jobs? I've noticed it on a few jobs but only after I've trousered the full fare i.e. when I enter the fare received on the app. Still, the compensatory adjustment negates most of the commission on relevant jobs. I guess most clients would tell you to take the full fare treating the discount as a gratuity in any event but is there any notification on the screen before the fare entry stage that I haven't spotted or do we just rely on mean and nasty clients asking for the discount to prompt further investigation?

I had a BLOT [sic] job last night:
When the job ended I asked for the metered fare of 11.00.
I was handed a tenner.
The fare is 11.00, please.
I got paid the full fare.
When I processed the job it mentioned some sort of compensation to me of, I'm guessing 20%.
Whatever deals they have with punters should be made known to drivers before the trip.

The metered fare is what I expect, not to be compensated the following week!

RC's web server is down. I'll post the screenshot later.

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[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, some can be quite amusing. I once collected a rather masculine looking "Shinade" for Free Now.... although I guess that could be a genuine modern/Coolock spelling?

Despite a puncture I had a decent enough evening, just over the Cork Trummer for c.7 hours c.16:53 - c.23:47. I briefly considered working on for a few hours to claim Free Now's €50 bonus but I decided I was too tired.

At your age, you need your rest.

I do, no doubt about that. Back when I wore a younger man's (Anthony Kelly's) clothes I could easily do a 15 hour Saturday when I was on a working binge... but then freight was €80/week back then no matter how much one worked. Last week's total of 25 hours cost me €117 working for Free Now and Bolt... and that's after deducting Bolt's compensation for mythical cash discounts!

[silverbullet]

To be fair, some can be quite amusing. I once collected a rather masculine looking "Shinade" for Free Now.... although I guess that could be a genuine modern/Coolock spelling?

Despite a puncture I had a decent enough evening, just over the Cork Trummer for c.7 hours c.16:53 - c.23:47. I briefly considered working on for a few hours to claim Free Now's €50 bonus but I decided I was too tired.

At your age, you need your rest.

I do, no doubt about that. Back when I wore a younger man's (Anthony Kelly's) clothes I could easily do a 15 hour Saturday when I was on a working binge... but then freight was €80/week back then no matter how much one worked. Last week's total of 25 hours cost me €117 working for Free Now and Bolt... and that's after deducting Bolt's compensation for mythical cash discounts!

Were you riding a hansom cab back then?

[Belker]

....... Back when I wore a younger man's (Anthony Kelly's) clothes I could easily do a 15 hour Saturday when I was on a working binge... but then freight was €80/week back then no matter how much one worked. Last week's total of 25 hours cost me €117 working for Free Now and Bolt... and that's after deducting Bolt's compensation for mythical cash discounts!

But back then fer your 80 notes you weren't trousering as much as you are today.

[Rat Catcher]

I was before the 2008 wee session, Ken. We even got PUC at the depot back then. Early morning bookings were far more lucrative with humans dispatching and matching what was always a backlog... you'd struggle to take less than €60/hour in used notes after midnight of a Weekend night. In those days you'd beep your horn in any of the housing schemes in Swords and several doors would typically open, the hardest part was getting the right gaff!

[Rat Catcher]

I think what you're forgetting, Ken is the fact that Free Now / Bolt run-ins are generally much longer than we would have done in the good old days. Even when the recession hit lads wouldn't move from number 8 on the depot for a job on North Street or River Valley or wherever yet those distances be at the very very short end of typical Free Now run-ins in Swords.

[Belker]

I'm OK with the FN run-in's, I have my radius set to a strict 2.5km and as almost a total night worker I will make it to any 2.5km job in the southern burbs in about 5 minutes. I don't cross the North channel of the Lee ever on an app job fer 2 reasons, Firstly it is all windy streets and the fares are generally $hite and Secondly the Norries are a tad less civilised than us South of the Lee folk.

[Rat Catcher]

Time is money, Ken. The old plot based systems were a lot more efficient hence takings were higher when the work was there.