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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2017, 01:01:15 am »
He mentioned that the developers weren't progressing as fast as he had anticipated. Think he mentioned it was meant to go live next week in some fashion but having some hiccups.

That is the danger of going with a deal like the one he describes, where an app development company controls & owns the platform, poor performance, no control of the platform and the data. If they ever wanted to develop their own platform, the current app developer/provider might not release the customer database, history, data etc.

It solves a start up problem but could be sowing the seeds of bigger issues down the road. Might be better to have  venture capital firm fund the development of an in house platform with non voting equity/share as security until the investment is repaid.

(In house development and ownership has the potential to create revenue for the driver app as the platform could be modified and sold/leased to operators in other countries) just an idea! I get all excited at this hour of the morning, must be the MMDA.

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2017, 01:33:52 am »
Taxi apps are two a penny. €30k is lunacy for something you don't own or control. In a limited company environment the directors are generally (re)elected by the shareholders in AGM. Maybe the drivers shares are of a non-voting class or something.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2017, 04:27:06 am »
My comments are based on a conversation and a badly worded document, may be lost in translation or context, but gut feeling says it isn't.

Drivers having one share (at €50 each) and he claims to only have one himself. A limited company can have an authorised share capital of a million or more, depends how it is set up. Maybe couple of thousand paid up (issued) so still leaves a lot for 'others' to buy and dominate the driver shares.

Like I said very vague, which may raise questions, not the best way to convince drivers that it is fair, open and transparent, at best I might say he just doesn't know how to set it up properly, it is a complex matter. But first impressions stick.

I have learnt a lot about the need to present the ownership in the right way, so all good.

Definitely said he gave €30k up front, that they had 800 drivers signed up (although that became 220 that had paid €50 later in the conversation).         

Is that €11k paying for the radio ads, it's on all stations, interesting to see how long they last. Bad timing either way!

Also said he had people who knew what they were doing, investment wise, investing because they believed in the idea. So are they loans or share purchases and if so how do they relate to the drivers shares?

Tripping up along the way, maybe attempting to lend the business more credibility than it has. If he is genuine, he is fooling himself by beefing it up, because any reasonable person can see through it.

Shame.. could have been good. Ah well back to eircab.
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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2017, 12:36:56 pm »
Haven't heard the radio ad yet, is it running on Xmas FM? There doesn't seem to be a rider app on Google Play. Anywaysanall, I'm not keen on investing €50 in an app firm that doesn't seem to own or control an app. If it was PPJ I'd have no hesitation in signing up. There's a need for competition in app based dispatch so whatever the ultimate agenda I wish them well.
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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2017, 07:23:31 pm »
I went in got the speech too
Dont think it doing well
Its running low in funds I think
Heard the adds on sunshine
I think the 50 euro from a taxi drivers is blood from a stone
However mytaxi is scared of competition I hear
Ya need 250. 000 to launch a app properly id say

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2017, 11:10:23 pm »
Lad invested money in something beyond his educational reach going to lose his bollox but wants moronic arseholesw ho drive taxies to bail him out if you invest in this your kids showd divorce you you fucking idiots .

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2017, 11:44:43 pm »
50 hardly a investment
Wouldn't get u a nite out

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2017, 02:07:40 am »
It's being marketed as an investment insofar as you get some class of share in return. Funny enough, if it was a sign up fee (possibly credited against future commission) I might be more inclined to pay it. €250k would finance 25,000 tenner vouchers, not sure where that'd get you or if spending it on billboards and/or other advertising would earn a better return. The problem, of course, is that €250k is nothing to the multinationals. Seems a little odd that there's no marketing executive listed on the schedule of salaries given that the marketing department is going to spend the lion's share of the annual budget.
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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2017, 01:01:37 pm »
Well u wud know with ur saytaxi adventure
Srir dont know if id spsnd 50 on it

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2017, 01:06:03 pm »
I wouldn't, we never had a marketing budget but the app cost nothing which is a €30k saving on Whistle's approach - although I take no credit for that, Roy negotiated the deal.
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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2017, 01:14:53 pm »
BTW, I still can't find a rider app on Google Play and the links on http://www.whistletaxiapp.com are all dead except the "become a driver" one. You'd think they would have working links to the apps on their website before advertising the service on the wireless?
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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2017, 02:02:04 pm »
My impression but I could be wrong its disorganized and amateur
They could make it I dont know but slim chance id say

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2017, 08:06:08 pm »
I remember an assholes trying to convince drivers to invest  €5K in a new taxi company.
Even got a ropey Politican to throw his oar in.
Apparently, in 5 years time there would be 2500 drivers paying freight.

I  believe they have 50 or less 12 years on.
I  bet one or two of them will get another pension  out of it!

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2017, 12:08:21 pm »
According to the Whistle app driver page on the oul Facebook they're gonna be incorporating some sort of PIN system to pay by card that sounds remarkably like the selling point of the Flag app.

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Re: Whistle App
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2017, 12:10:17 pm »
The in-app comments from management suggest an extremely successful launch... despite the negative (potential) passenger feedback on the toy shops.
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