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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #90 on: March 08, 2018, 11:36:12 pm »
i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent,  YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept


Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.

http://bit.ly/LowFull8

Lowering  the commission from 10% to 7.9%  wouldn't entice me to work for that arsehole. it's still €80-€100 a week PLUS 7.9% commission on all account work. Account work accounts for most of Ebbs work, so I'd guess weekly outlay to be circa €160 for the average 40 hour week.
Any of you come across the arsehole, tell him I said to take a hike !! 8)

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #91 on: March 08, 2018, 11:39:36 pm »
It's a few years since the bullet worked for Ebbs. Discounts are in the past now that the economy has recovered. Even mytaxi came round to allowing us charge full fare a while back. Of course we do have to pay an extra €2 commission on hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs.
Contrary to your opinion, I've never worked for him. I engaged him for approx' 12 weeks in 2001. I didn't like the cut of his jib, and thought their was a whiff of cordite about his business contacts.

For that reason I had to let him go. 8)

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #92 on: March 09, 2018, 11:16:31 am »
Swings and roundabouts... Hail0 told us it's top drivers were paying €240/week commission a few years back. Given that drivers working for mytaxi had to give discounts of up to 36% at that time and given that there was no hospitality charge, it's safe to assume they're paying well over 3 ton these days.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #93 on: March 09, 2018, 11:59:44 am »
i couldn't believe what I read in an earlier part of this tread just now.
i read that Ebbs charges connision to drivers AS WELL as base fees surely whoever posted that is joking ?
also it was said that he gives discount to corporate customers, no he doesent,  YOU , THE DRIVERS give this discount, he just claims the credit for it .Jesus wept


Got a text from Lynk today trying to entice me back, they are now charging full fare on credit card jobs and lowering their commission.

http://bit.ly/LowFull8

Lowering  the commission from 10% to 7.9%  wouldn't entice me to work for that arsehole. it's still €80-€100 a week PLUS 7.9% commission on all account work. Account work accounts for most of Ebbs work, so I'd guess weekly outlay to be circa €160 for the average 40 hour week.
Any of you come across the arsehole, tell him I said to take a hike !! 8)


I don't know why they sent me a text anyway because after the brainwashing I got when signing up and signing my life away I only lasted a couple of days. Lynk would not be for me.

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #94 on: March 09, 2018, 12:07:07 pm »
That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it.  He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #95 on: March 09, 2018, 12:29:36 pm »
That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it.  He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change

Is there a €2 pick up charge on his account jobs?

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #96 on: March 09, 2018, 12:35:56 pm »
Yes

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #97 on: March 09, 2018, 01:14:35 pm »
Sum up would be a cheaper option for drivers....but probably best to suggest stopping at an ATM on their journey!!

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #98 on: March 09, 2018, 03:47:00 pm »
That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it.  He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change

Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #99 on: March 09, 2018, 04:39:02 pm »
That 7.9% is for app card jobs and drivers can charge the €2 and keep it.  He still charges 10% on account jobs.
He is also going to be charging 7.9% on street cards which had been free up until this change

Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.

The difference is, with mytaxi you can reject those jobs without penalty or pissing off the base operator who will punish you later, I do quite a bit of my taxi work... I have paid a total of €4 hospitality charges.... both errors.

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #100 on: March 09, 2018, 05:44:42 pm »
His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #101 on: March 09, 2018, 06:00:33 pm »
His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK

That's right, the one account job I done when I joined last year the €2 was added and when I got the payment report
it was deducted along with 10%.


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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #102 on: March 09, 2018, 07:24:47 pm »
His philosopy is to not charge the €2 PUC(which is ridiculous in this day and age) so his way to implement it is to let drivers charge it on account jobs, hotel jobs etc etc etc but he then takes it off the drivers AFAIK

That's right, the one account job I done when I joined last year the €2 was added and when I got the payment report
it was deducted along with 10%.
That’s the way they do it. I used to add extra on to cover it when I was there

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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #103 on: March 09, 2018, 08:20:24 pm »
I Guess a lot of drivers steal from the punter to offset his expensive lifestyle, ex wives, girlfriends, and a new bird etc. A Cuban yoke I'm told, Buy Jesus, he's punching above his weight for a lad in his late Fifties.

Problem being, he still gets 10% of what's being overchargd to the punter. 8)


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Re: NRC Xpert Merger
« Reply #104 on: March 10, 2018, 11:19:23 am »

Does he let drivers keep the €2 from hotel/pub/car hire return shed jobs? If he does he's missing a trick. Drivers who work for mytaxi have to pay an extra €2 freight on those jobs. When C2K had most of the mytaxi hotels/pubs/car parks there was no extra freight.

The difference is, with mytaxi you can reject those jobs without penalty or pissing off the base operator who will punish you later, I do quite a bit of my taxi work... I have paid a total of €4 hospitality charges.... both errors.

The substantive difference is that there was no additional charge with C2K, all bribery expenses were included in freight. TBH, I reckon it was unlikely that Anthony was paying anything to most of the pubs that mytaxi charge drivers an extra €2/job. 93.84% of the work out of them is mickey mouse local fares, often with drunks the barmen can only shift by calling them cabs.

Whether drivers can choose to accept the work or not, it is being covered with the freight surcharges. This is where Irish firms missed a trick. Drivers would happily give them up to 3 ton a week if they went PPJ @ €2 + 12%/job.
If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers it's not a taxi.

 


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