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 Post subject: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:06 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:17 pm 
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I will have to see if I can book a load of Ubers to cover my work. Then I can have the night off and keep the money. Happy days. :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:16 am 
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You still have to open an account with these pirates,giving them your card details and no guarantee that they will not take payment out of the account at sometime.In this world their is no such thing as a free dinner.


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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:36 pm 
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My youngest used Uber to go from Paddington to Victoria last night.

Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Not sure what a black cab would charge but I suspect more.

Now I'm far from being a fan of Uber, but that particular service he received is as good as any of us offer.

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:38 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
My youngest used Uber to go from Paddington to Victoria last night.

Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Not sure what a black cab would charge but I suspect more.

Now I'm far from being a fan of Uber, but that particular service he received is as good as any of us offer.



but could the driver speak english ?

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:43 pm 
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edders23 wrote:
but could the driver speak english ?

He will have to by the time he gets re-licensed.

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 11:03 am 
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Sussex wrote:
Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Seems an awfully expensive bottle of water......


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:07 pm 
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Chris the Fish wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Seems an awfully expensive bottle of water......


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



which of course comes out of the drivers pocket :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 6:12 pm 
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edders23 wrote:
Chris the Fish wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Seems an awfully expensive bottle of water......


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



which of course comes out of the drivers pocket :roll:



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24 bottles £5

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 8:14 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
My youngest used Uber to go from Paddington to Victoria last night.

Car arrived in minutes, driver rang to suggest a pick up point, it had bottles of water for punters, and cost £7.

Not sure what a black cab would charge but I suspect more.

Now I'm far from being a fan of Uber, but that particular service he received is as good as any of us offer.


bottom line is mate, the hacks in the smoke have had it too good, too long, there is some competition now & they are chitting themselves, ffs , if you asked a London hack for a bottle of water they would have charged you £7 for the bottle , never mind the fare , good luck to them, they offer a fantastic service in the big cities & will put all the greedy fookers out of business eventually


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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 8:37 pm 
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which of course comes out of the drivers pocket :roll:

Or out of the tap.

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:53 am 
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On time and half last night
, quoted a job at £21. We had a six mile drive to collect the fare that would have taken us further from our area, not closer. But we didn't load the fare. Customer says are we taking the p1$$, uber will do this for £9.00 ! Omg plz don't use uber, we'll do it for £5 .00.! Customer, really? Us, nah,computer says No!


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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
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Coopers wrote:
On time and half last night
, quoted a job at £21. We had a six mile drive to collect the fare that would have taken us further from our area, not closer. But we didn't load the fare. Customer says are we taking the p1$$, uber will do this for £9.00 ! Omg plz don't use uber, we'll do it for £5 .00.! Customer, really? Us, nah,computer says No!


Folk are using anything that looks like UBER...

I had a prepaid (by card, not to me) job at 11pm....9 loaded miles meter T2 £23 they had paid £30 and i got a £5 tip

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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:58 pm 
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It beats me how uber attract so many mug drivers willing to drive miles for crap jobs when ours will really resist doing any job that is a little underpriced or has too much dead mileage on it.


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 Post subject: Re: merry xmas all
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:38 pm 
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You have got to look at the make of the type of driver Uber attracts. They tend to be immigrants who may not have the
same outgoings as a native driver (mortgage ,high rents , council tax ,water rates) so they can afford to take on low paid work.
Uber know this and exploit it for their on ends.


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