Boober fixed fares

[Octavia1]

This too has passed as an aberation in mutual respect. "aberration is a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, representing a temporary or unusual deviation from the standard way things happen or behave"

 Diplomatic way o sayin rat was pissed 

[mercenary for hire]

I didn't take it seriously as I thought RC was doing an impression of Belker on the gargle.... exclamation marks and all!!

[Octavia1]

I didn't take it seriously as I thought RC was doing an impression of Belker on the gargle.... exclamation marks and all!!

 . Poor owl ken

[SalubriousEd]

One of the lads just sent me this screenshot, looks like uber wont be giving anymore price adjustments to heavy traffic trips anymore. Lads are fools for doing them.

[Rat Catcher]

Did they ever give any?

They offer you a job with a maximum price. If the price is too low don't take the job.

[SalubriousEd]

All i could do was laugh and tell him i hope he's learned hisbl lesson

[SalubriousEd]

Did they ever give any?

They offer you a job with a maximum price. If the price is too low don't take the job.

I dont knownif they ever gave them in practice RC. I know they claimed that they would if heavy traffic was unforeseen. Now they claim Irish law says they cant. I wonder if the protest had anything to do with the change

[mercenary for hire]

They did adjust the prices in the beginning.After you get stung a few times you'll stop covering them.


Nothing to do with Irish law as they just don't wanna bother paying someone to adjust every incorrect fare.

One day I had to ring them over login issues and I was talking to someone in a call center and it sounded like they were at a football match.

[Rat Catcher]

I'd say it's more to do with them lowering the rates up above in Dublin.

[Rat Catcher]

Done a Tap local in Drawda this afternoon. We weren't gone 134 yards and the passenger asked how much is that I owe you. Outside of the big cities - although I'd class Drawda as a city these days, the traffic can be every bit as bad as up above in Dublin and not a bus lane in the whole town - they don't really understand a taximan not knowing what he wants for a job. Anywaysanall I had a quick glance at the screen and decided it was a tenner. €9.80 on the clock when we got to the desto and she gave me 15, happy days!

[Rat Catcher]

Actually, I did have an issue with an Uber fare a few months back. It was actually my fault, my phone packed in (I had dropped it cracking the screen a month or so previously) just as I picked up the job which was c.40 to Airside. When I dropped the passenger I rebooted the phone and the screen worked sufficiently to go through the motions of starting and clearing the job but it recalculated the fare based on picking up and dropping at the same location. I rang the helpline on that occasion and the very special agent said there was no need to do anything because all fixed fares are examined and adjusted within 5 days or something like that. Had a bit of a bull and cow with him as we both knew he was lying... if it was looked at they'd just see a less than one minute job. Left it for a week and rang again, the bloke that answered that time was far more helpful and I got the full fare commission free, in fact they paid the full fixed fare which was about a fiver above the maximum amount permitted by law as calculated by the Dublin centric taximeter.... but it kinda suggests they never adjusted any fares without being asked to?

[Rat Catcher]

All i could do was laugh and tell him i hope he's learned hisbl lesson

I was looking at some social media posts - second hand, the only one I'm on is WhatsApp - on foot of the men's protest and there certainly seems to be a belief among some riders that it's only the dirty ungrateful foreigners giving out and refusing to cover the fixed fares up above in Dublin, the jist being that if you'd prefer a salt of the earth dub order a fixed price taxi. Dunno how widespread that belief is and I can only speculate that it's obviously Uber agitating far right extremists to divide and conquer?

[SalubriousEd]

Dunno if it's true but Im Irish and Ive done a total of 10-15 fixed jobbies, mate with screenshot used to do more than he's doing now, he's gotten burnt too many times.

[SalubriousEd]

Hows daytime business with tap? I'll be signing up next week.

[Rat Catcher]

I've have good days with it. I'll PM you my Tap takings. My best TAP days have certainly been when I've worked up above in Dublin for a few hours and that's what I was planning to do when Uber fuck up the fares out here. However, it's not something I want to do, I didn't enjoy the few short shifts I done up there of late whereas I do (usually) enjoy working the Fingal/Mead/Loud border, particularly as I can do that passively which suits me. Obviously I'm in the fortunate position of owning my own plate and driving a heavily subsidised car... that combined with Mrs Catcher having a decent wage and not having a particularly extravagant lifestyle means I'm happy enough with 2 or 3 decent days a week.

In summary, I'd be pretty sure you'll readily beat my takings if you're working up above in Dublin... although there are bits and pieces elsewhere. Yesterday, for example, I got Balbriggan to Swords for €50 in used notes inc tip and today I got Balbriggan to Drogheda (regular I had last week as well), a local in Balbriggan and a local in Drogheda. I've had a local or two in Navan as well. IMO it's a no brainer. When Uber start charging riders more than they pay drivers I reckon a lot of their clients might migrate to Tap. To date - without any prompting any discussion - several clients have suggested that Free Now is the one they switched from.