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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Flouting the Laws/Regulations and Uber knows it

Just read it from those who know

www.uberpeople.net

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Dougie, I can't believe you still do not get it. You don't matter.

City Cabs as a company provides a function, nothing more and nothing less. And this function is now being replaced by a new technology platform in the form of an app. No daft wee committeemen holding court or rows of telephonists manning phones or office staff billing customers. Almost every function carried out at the press of a button.

It's hard to imagine Dougie but it's happening and the days of daft wee taxi drivers running companies is coming to an end.

Oh and Dougie, at some point the same will happen to guys like you, technology will takeover, sad but true.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

I hear what you are saying Flower but everything in its time. As for phoning taxis, why phone when you can press a button and watch your cab on screen coming to pick you up? It's what I do when I'm buying a book. I monitor my order and I know when it will arrive. Why wouldn't I do the same when I'm calling a cab?

I'm not saying all of these changes will happen overnight or even if the public are ready for it but have a look around, the times they are changing....

And you must admit Flower, committees running taxi companies was outdated ten years ago. I'm only surprised they've lasted this long.

Nah Uber is a cracking piece of technology. How good it will be for the guys actually driving Taxis/Phc is a different matter?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Yes!

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Grandad,

Deary me flower, you are still not getting it.

Uber's app is like any other app on your phone, it puts the customer in direct contact with the service provider and charges for the service. Every man and his dog is using apps these days and they are becoming more popular with every day that passes. There is only one direction for Uber and that is up. As for companies like City Cabs they are a redundant business model which is soon to become obsolete in their present form because they are no longer economically viable. The days of paying extortionate radio dues months in advance to pay for a committee, office and marketing staff is coming to an end. The old co-operative business model is being replaced with a slick inexpensive flexible and highly profitable technology platform.

Wtf don't you understand about the above?

All Uber has to do is to capture a percentage of the customer transport market to destabilise the whole trade. How much work i.e. phone customers, drivers and owners can City, CRT and ECPH lose before there business model is no longer sustainable?

The answer to their economic survival in the past, has always been to increase radio dues along with fleet size and then discount like mad to buy the work. This is no longer a viable option when going up against a company like Uber who's overheads are minuscule by comparison and their profitability enormous.

Is the penny starting to drop yet Flower?

For City Cabs CRT or ECPH to stay in the game, they will have to operate a similar business model to that of Uber to compete on their level and I don't think they can do it.

The question is, how long will it take for app companies like Uber to move in and takeover a big enough chunk of the customer transport market before they knock the other companies out of the game?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Deary me flower, you are still not getting it.

Uber's app is like any other app on your phone, it puts the customer in direct contact with the service provider and charges for the service. Every man and his dog is using apps these days and they are becoming more popular with every day that passes. There is only one direction for Uber and that is up. As for companies like City Cabs they are a redundant business model which is soon to become obsolete in their present form because they are no longer economically viable. The days of paying extortionate radio dues months in advance to pay for a committee, office and marketing staff is coming to an end. The old co-operative business model is being replaced with a slick inexpensive flexible and highly profitable technology platform.

Wtf don't you understand about the above?

All Uber has to do is to capture a percentage of the customer transport market to destabilise the whole trade. How much work i.e. phone customers, drivers and owners can City, CRT and ECPH lose before there business model is no longer sustainable?

The answer to their economic survival in the past, has always been to increase radio dues along with fleet size and then discount like mad to buy the work. This is no longer a viable option when going up against a company like Uber who's overheads are minuscule by comparison and their profitability enormous.

Is the penny starting to drop yet Flower?

For City Cabs CRT or ECPH to stay in the game, they will have to operate a similar business model to that of Uber to compete on their level and I don't think they can do it.

The question is, how long will it take for app companies like Uber to move in and takeover a big enough chunk of the customer transport market before they knock the other companies out of the game?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Now that's just bullshit! These established companies are all propped up by radio dues that daft wee taxi drivers pay in advance to buy the work. More flexible than Uber my ar*e, you have no idea what you are talking about.

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

Flower, instead of making stupid statements read the above and tell me, specifically, where I have got it wrong?

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All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell, "Animal Farm"

A taster of happenings to come

http://youtu.be/vvaY4Sm2KFQ

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A company under pressure Grandad

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