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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:44 pm 
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The council's licensing committee are set to approve a new law requiring ALL Hackney carriages to install a £280 card payment facility - despite fears expressed by taxi drivers that it would harm their trade.


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Although my processing costs are approaching the cost of licensing my vehicle

I have taken the best part of £2000 in card payments this year. That has cost me £35. Which has been paid for by two large tips for two of the longer distance jobs.

If I had used the office card payments it would have cost me nothing.

I struggle to see why people are moaning and objecting, yet the same people are moaning and objecting about the App firms.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:03 pm 
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Just doing my figures for this tax year and 23% of my jobs have paid by card. Luckily at the minute the car owner is absorbing the commission fees etc, although I think he is going to increase the rent slightly in the next few months.

Still get people that are surprised that all the cars (should) take card payments.

% each year since 2013/14

2013/14 - 2.6%
2014/15 - 5.4%
2015/16 - 7.1%
2016/17 - 10.9%
2017/18 - 16.7%
2018/19 - 23.1%

As far as I'm aware the car owner has only ever mentioned 1 transaction (over his 2 cars) being charged back as stolen card.


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:14 pm 
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We have only been taking card payments for a year and we have taken just over £9500 and it has cost us £373

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:17 pm 
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We are but,shops on wheels. I Lille card it walks to the bank itself!


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:06 pm 
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grandad wrote:
We have only been taking card payments for a year and we have taken just over £9500 and it has cost us £373

iZettle is only 1.75%.

I think you are paying double that.

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