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Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« on: February 19, 2023, 06:32:47 pm »


I had a FN cash job out to Crookstown in West Cork last night.

A bit of a strange one, the young lad (with a 'Millennium name') asks on entering; "Do you take Card ?".
And I tell him that I do, but he can maybe switch it to his FN account at the end if he wishes.

He agree's and he chats away fer a bit, usual Taxi talk stuff.
He is in the back seat and the conversation lulls after a few minutes,
and we continue in silence fer the next 15 minutes on the motorway/dual-carriageway.


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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2023, 07:04:18 pm »
We arrive at his small home village and as I'm following the Blue line I ask him just to double-check as we are about to turn in to his estate; "Is it Left here ?".
And he replies; "No, sorry, I nodded off there, it just back a bit, about 100 meters".
So I pull a U-turn and drive back the 100 meters to the top of another estate, and he sez; "You can leave me here, it's fine".


So I pull in, total the meter to 51.20, type it in to the FN app and the 'switch to account' button is available.
I switch it to account and tell my customer that he has to confirm it on his phone.
He still sat in the back with the back door open and he asks; "Do I need to swipe the Black box at the end ?".
I tell him; "Yes".
And he sez; "That's done" and goes to walk away saying his goodbye's polietly.

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2023, 07:13:02 pm »
it's happenned to me a couple of times.
they'll turn up at a gaff party and they'll say this gaff party is fugazi bro there's no bleedin cali or session mots or antin order us a taxi will ye.
the person who's gaff it is orders it for them even though they don't know them and the cunt bails on the fare.
ye ring the person on the app and tell them what happenned and they tell ye the above story verbatim.

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2023, 07:13:53 pm »
Then it pops up on my screen, "PAYMENT DECLINED",
and I roll down the window and call after him telling him that it was declined on my side,
he walks back up to the car window saying that his app said payment had went through,
but I showed him my screen saying that payment had been declined and offered to do it again,
which I did and as I done it, he showed me a 'clean pair of heels' !!

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2023, 07:18:30 pm »
Why would you offer that option? He wanted to pay cash . .Sum Up door locked until it reads Payment recieved .
"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2023, 08:10:40 pm »
it's happenned to me a couple of times.
they'll turn up at a gaff party and they'll say this gaff party is fugazi bro there's no bleedin cali or session mots or antin order us a taxi will ye.
the person who's gaff it is orders it for them even though they don't know them and the cunt bails on the fare.
ye ring the person on the app and tell them what happenned and they tell ye the above story verbatim.
He was the original customer that booked the cab as it was his home address out in the Boonies and he saw the 'Change to account' option on his phone as he stated; "Do I swipe the Black box at the end".

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2023, 08:16:21 pm »
Why would you offer that option? He wanted to pay cash . .Sum Up door locked until it reads Payment recieved .
He offered to pay by card, Not Cash.

Why would I lock a Twenty-odd year old male in a cab out in the Boonies at 5am in the morning with just me as a Fifty-odd year old driver ?

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2023, 08:21:07 pm »
Why would you offer that option? He wanted to pay cash . .Sum Up door locked until it reads Payment recieved .
He offered to pay by card, Not Cash.

Why would I lock a Twenty-odd year old male in a cab out in the Boonies at 5am in the morning with just me as a Fifty-odd year old driver ?
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He offered Card why did you offer Free Now option ..He wouldnt of been out of the car if you used Sum Up .
"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2023, 08:30:54 pm »
It seems a strange Runner ??

As I (or FN) have his mobile number, name and email address.
He has a card linked to his account as the option to 'switch to account' was available.
I know the exact house he came out of, even have the Eircode.
I know or think I know his address in the very small village I dropped him off at, again with Eircode provided.
I don't have in-car CCTV, but do have CCTV stickers on my car, which he dosen't know about.

Had it been a major crime then I reckon the Gardai would have him nabbed within an hour !

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2023, 08:36:50 pm »
Why would you offer that option? He wanted to pay cash . .Sum Up door locked until it reads Payment recieved .
He offered to pay by card, Not Cash.

Why would I lock a Twenty-odd year old male in a cab out in the Boonies at 5am in the morning with just me as a Fifty-odd year old driver ?
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He offered Card why did you offer Free Now option ..He wouldnt of been out of the car if you used Sum Up .
The FN option is cheaper saving on sumup card charges and at the time I saw no threat either way as it was a traced FN job and he didn't seem to be a bogey ??

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2023, 08:50:23 pm »
Anyway after contacting FN about it, they offered to send my number to the lad to sort out the fare, but refusing to give me his number stating Data protection rules.
I agreed to FN's request to send the lad my number and hopefully he will ring and pay.

Me small fella was up earlier and I told him the story, he reckoned the lad panicked when he saw he had no funds to pay after a long night out and took the stoopid 'Flight' option. He requested 'I let it go' stating that it could be me or one of the 'South Douglas Warrior' lads and would you give any of us a criminal record if we did it ?

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2023, 02:19:59 am »
it's happenned to me a couple of times.
they'll turn up at a gaff party and they'll say this gaff party is fugazi bro there's no bleedin cali or session mots or antin order us a taxi will ye.
the person who's gaff it is orders it for them even though they don't know them and the cunt bails on the fare.
ye ring the person on the app and tell them what happenned and they tell ye the above story verbatim.
He was the original customer that booked the cab as it was his home address out in the Boonies and he saw the 'Change to account' option on his phone as he stated; "Do I swipe the Black box at the end".

jungle boonies?

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2023, 10:23:52 am »
If you know or think you know where he lives why don't you just go and knock on his door without whining to fn? You should also have his name from the job history so what's the problem? Last thing I'd be doing is getting fn or the gards involved when you can quite easily sort it yourself.

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2023, 10:38:14 am »
Used superglue a few times….Imagine walkin around wid your phone stuck to your hand and you cant use the dial…Says on the tube that it only takes 5 seconds   U pay R U stay! yay
Dis an Dat Im not a rat

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Re: Persuning FN 'Runners' ??
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2023, 10:54:59 am »
No tickey,  no laundry.

 


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