NRC Xpert Merger

[Belker]

Mad money, they should tell their customers to use mytaxi, Flag or Whistle.

Indeed 'Mad Money' and most of it is around town at a fixed Fiver rate !

[silverbullet]

Consolidation, before the implosion.

Drivers are not stupid ( Well, some are not ) paying freight is SO 2000.

None of those so called companies can match the financial might of DAIMLER.

Were it not for the patronage of Government contracts, they'd be gone by now.

I'd like to se COQ AU VIN back in an 8 seater!!

[dalymount]

why do you allow these companies to tell you what to do ? they are the employees, not you.
i could not believe in an earlier part of the thread where I read that the would not allow to take time of on the run up to christmas.
i actually thought the poster was joking.

do you not realise you can operate in the industry without them,  but THEY cannot operate without you 
so my question is why do you allow them to run your lives like this.

is it that some drivers were to long in the PAYE sector and like the feeling of being told what to do ? or is it that you actually believe these people are your employers ?@

[Rat Catcher]

I could operate without them but I'd have to change the way I work. I work the Northside suburbs because that's what I enjoy. If I didn't work for mytaxi I'd have to join the blaxis fighting for work up above in the city.

[dalymount]

yeah I can understand a driver working with mytaxi, but I don't understand why any driver would want to align himself with a radio company who treats you like you are an employee.
telling drivers what to wear, how much to charge, disciplining drivers for giving back heavily discounted work, actually having to seek permission to take time off etc etc it's quite unbelievable that drivers would allow themselves to be in this position.
still it's their choice I guess

[Rat Catcher]

Not much discounting these days. I used to work for Cab 2000 back when I was full-time. To be fair to Anthony, the hourly freight was less than I currently pay mytaxi and there was no hospitality fee or other discounts. All bribes to hotels, etc were paid by the company. As I'm sure you're aware, with mytaxi I would have to pay an extra €2 freight for every hotel job, most pub jobs and some car hire return shed jobs... and we got a free uniform without having to become "ambassadors" with logos sprawled all over the motor... so I can say, back when I wore a younger man's (Anthony's) clothes!

[dalymount]

ah Godbe with the days there were no apps, or radio company's , and punters had to come out of their homes to jail a cab.a level playing field then

[Rat Catcher]

Indeed, the only problem being that folk didn't use taxis much. Until Blue Cabs and NRC came along most of the work was from hotels and transport terminals. Hailing a cab only gained popularity when roof signs were introduced in the 70s... even at that we were well into the 80s before a taxi culture developed with men hailing cabs to go down the local and women getting cabs from shopping centres instead of walking, etc..

[dalymount]

still taxi use is poplar now , rugby matches, soccer matches, concerts, RDS events , etc etc

[Rat Catcher]

The kids of today don't know they're born... some wouldn't know what a bus is, never mind walk or cycle...

[Korky]

I was chatting to a Cobh driver a few weeks ago during re-programming, he told me his base fee was 140Euro per week, and then he added on that the base fee in Midleton was 170Euro per week !

And I doubt either of those bases allow full fare, both are €5 for all local jobs... waste of time

[Belker]

They have all had Two fare increases in the last 4 years where they should have knocked all dat shite on de head !

[Bob Shillin]

Guys regularly giving MT €75-€150 pw

[Rat Catcher]

... and more. A few years ago Hail0 told us that it's top drivers pay €240/week commission.

[the driver]

Doubt if there will be a radio company around in 5 years.They are rapidly becoming obsolete.PPJ is the future.A mate of mine is with NRC and he tells me 50% of the jobs have some form of discount.Personally i hope Vinny looses his bollox with Expert.Poacher turned gamekeeper.He was the early incarnation of Whistle asking drivers to pony up 500 each to set up HIS company.

We may not like paying 12% to Mytaxi but for semi retired people like myself and rats they are ideal.If Flag does take off I am sure Mytaxi will quickly follow their lead regarding commission.

I am very happy to use Mytaxi at the moment for my 30 hours a week.