Tap a Taxi

[Rat Catcher]

Heard the ad on the wireless this afternoon, sounds great.

Also had another look at the rider app, Places predictions start after typing 3 letters which is much better than Hola which starts after 5 letters - no use if you're going to Rush or Lusk. Uber, Free Now and Bolt all give predictions from the first letter you type. Also noticed another "bug" with Hola's implementation of the places API i.e they've restricted it to the Free State by only including the "IE" country code in their requests. For some reason Google only includes the occupied counties in it's "UK" definition despite the .ie internet domain being available to organizations North and South. Anywaysanall that oversight makes Hola pretty useless in border counties but, then, there's probably no Injuns working dem parts.

I did notice that it's possible to order a Tap a Taxi without specifying a destination which I don't think is great for drivers. I get that it probably saves a few cent a year in Places API consumption but all the commercial apps have trained riders to specify their desto, to me undoing that is a backward step.

[Rat Catcher]

Deleted an reinstalled now that it's back in the toy shop just to make sure I'm not using an alpha/beta version. The fares are on the low side. With no desto it says from €5.40 and ~€5.00 to the station (both rate 2). Meter to the station is c.€9 for one passenger including PUC. Is Tap no PUC?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Deleted an reinstalled now that it's back in the toy shop just to make sure I'm not using an alpha/beta version. The fares are on the low side. With no desto it says from €5.40 and ~€5.00 to the station (both rate 2). Meter to the station is c.€9 for one passenger including PUC. Is Tap no PUC?

Drivers may charge the legal fare chart , 1009 shareholders so far. 183 jobs yesterday and pax app released at 10 am yesterday.

[John m]

Deleted an reinstalled now that it's back in the toy shop just to make sure I'm not using an alpha/beta version. The fares are on the low side. With no desto it says from €5.40 and ~€5.00 to the station (both rate 2). Meter to the station is c.€9 for one passenger including PUC. Is Tap no PUC?

Drivers may charge the legal fare chart , 1009 shareholders so far. 183 jobs yesterday and pax app released at 10 am yesterday.

Best of Luck with it Jack .Gorman said years ago a driver needed 17 fares a day to cover costs and bring home average industrial wage .A good start .

[Rat Catcher]

Looking good. I don't know what the thinking behind unrealistically low fare estimates is... surely that's going to piss off riders. Even an Uber to the Station with 2pax and 30% discount is c.€7.70 on rate 1 so estimating €5.00 on rate 2 is way off the mark.... teething problems, one hopes.

[Rat Catcher]

BTW, I ordered one myself by mistake when I was playing with it up above in Dublin before it was officially released. I think (although I was in a public house) I just pressed the button assuming it wouldn't work as I hadn't specified a destination and I cancelled straight away - selecting the just experimenting with the app (or similar) reason from the options presented - but they reduced my rider rating to 4.90... is there any way of getting my 0.10 back if I promise never to do it again?

[John m]

BTW, I ordered one myself by mistake when I was playing with it up above in Dublin before it was officially released. I think (although I was in a public house) I just pressed the button assuming it wouldn't work as I hadn't specified a destination and I cancelled straight away - selecting the just experimenting with the app (or similar) reason from the options presented - but they reduced my rider rating to 4.90... is there any way of getting my 0.10 back if I promise never to do it again?

Did they charge a cancellation Fee?

[Rat Catcher]

No. There's no facility to add a card so I'm guessing charging cancellation fees would be too cumbersome to administer. I cancelled within 3 seconds anyway, I don't think any of the commercial platforms would charge a fee in that case.

[Rat Catcher]

I guess the penalty for cancelling is the reduction to your rider rating making drivers less likely to pick you up in future... Leave the cancelling scum to the multinationals who can afford cancellation fees?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Looking good. I don't know what the thinking behind unrealistically low fare estimates is... surely that's going to piss off riders. Even an Uber to the Station with 2pax and 30% discount is c.€7.70 on rate 1 so estimating €5.00 on rate 2 is way off the mark.... teething problems, one hopes.

Yeah, think that`s sorted . Our rabbit techs got around to it when they got extra carrots.

[Wingnut]

BTW, I ordered one myself by mistake when I was playing with it up above in Dublin before it was officially released. I think (although I was in a public house) I just pressed the button assuming it wouldn't work as I hadn't specified a destination and I cancelled straight away - selecting the just experimenting with the app (or similar) reason from the options presented - but they reduced my rider rating to 4.90... is there any way of getting my 0.10 back if I promise never to do it again?

Strangely enough you're rating starts out at 4.90 on both driver and passenger app, doesn't look like you were effected by the mishap.

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[silverbullet]

Deleted an reinstalled now that it's back in the toy shop just to make sure I'm not using an alpha/beta version. The fares are on the low side. With no desto it says from €5.40 and ~€5.00 to the station (both rate 2). Meter to the station is c.€9 for one passenger including PUC. Is Tap no PUC?

Drivers may charge the legal fare chart , 1009 shareholders so far. 183 jobs yesterday and pax app released at 10 am yesterday.

That's a great start.

[Rat Catcher]

4.9 is ok in the driver app, that's my driver rating on Uber. Handy to know that's the default for riders, otherwise I don't think I'd accept a job from a rider with such a low rating, most Uber riders seem to be well over 4.9.

Still showing "from 5.40" in my rider app with no desto, BhT... but now "~7.00" to the station on rate 2. At least they're working on it anyway... riders won't take kindly to being taken for a ride! When they've that done tell them to add a card payment facility and make riders specify their destinations!

[Bob Shillin]

Did my first TaT job last night €18.50, no commission, no base fee.........yet. Customer was a committed user due to a friend being a taxi driver who explained the background. I suspect that word of mouth promotion, explaining the concept, coupled with reliable service, is the best way to promote the app. Expensive advertising will help, but may not affect those already satisfied with the alternatives, may only attract those who have had a bad experience, or who want to have all available options when cabs are scarce. Hope springs eternal, spread the gospel gentlemen, even if you're not yet on board.

[John m]

Did my first TaT job last night €18.50, no commission, no base fee.........yet. Customer was a committed user due to a friend being a taxi driver who explained the background. I suspect that word of mouth promotion, explaining the concept, coupled with reliable service, is the best way to promote the app. Expensive advertising will help, but may not affect those already satisfied with the alternatives, may only attract those who have had a bad experience, or who want to have all available options when cabs are scarce. Hope springs eternal, spread the gospel gentlemen, even if you're not yet on board.

Is that good ? 1 job in how many days ?