http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/black-cabs-offer-new-off-peak-fares-to-woo-londoners-back-from-uber-a2924791.html

Pure spin by Gett too entice more drivers to sign up, it's easy to play with numbers and quote figures like percentages but it's fecking hard to see them playing with us cabbies livelihoods, Gett are using price surging to justify discounting, do they think the public are stupid and really believe punters will buy in to this long term, do Gett think drivers are really that stupid too, I say 90%+ of all fares in London and many other cities are fares of less than 6 miles, these are the fares Gett are after, these are the fares that most of us drivers rely on, Gett are no different to Uber in fact I wouldn't be surprised if they where both owned by Google, their end game being total control of the taxi market, once they have that it's on to driverless taxis.

You know what gets me though, the weak willed cabbie who is aiding the one percent who's only objective is total control of everything.

If we just stood up and tell them where to go, if we just don't sign up to them, the funny thing is, the work, jobs remain the same, they are messing drivers up using the numbers game, drivers are swallowing, without them though we'd be making more money, sign up and we make less, they have no limit to how many can sign up, more =s dilution of work, Apps have a place in the market but it will never be the dominant way to book or hail a cab, don't support these extreme profiteers, support the local app that doesn't ask for card details up front, reliability and service will win the day not discounts.

Don't swallow the Gett crap either they are both playing the game of the capitalist devil.

Here's a list of 400 billionaire in the U.S.A
Surely no one is stupid enough not to work out how they got there, they got there by manipulating you and me, the masses, our trade is next, if we allow it of course, then the rich Gett richer and we the cabbie Gett Ubererd and become poorer, FACT.

http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/

Check out Gett the real Gett.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gettaxi

Do you really think they have the black cab drivers and trades interest's at heart, I don't think so.

Point is Flower, Gett are no different to Uber, they are both extreme capitalist's aiding the one percent, if our trade wants to sell out for less money then that's out with one man's control, in Edinburgh we are lucky, 2 co-ops are strong and our members are extremely loyal, on the we had our chance, I'm now thinking we are lucky not to have taken that chance, 2 will always be better than 1, if a punter is un happy with one company they will then go with the other, punters have no loyalty, they just want a taxi and a reliable one at that, they are happy to pay the going rate, we don't get many complaints concerning cost.

I could just sit back and relax on that but the trade UK wide is selling out and accepting less for it, also Gett and Uber operate without borders, we get Uber&Gett customers travelling to Edinburgh now, there is no Uber service up here yet, that's why I offer an opinion on this national forum, if our trade nationally wants to sell out then that is the threat to Edinburgh I fear the most.

Our trade in Edinburgh holds a good set of cards at the moment, how we play them though is up to us, let's not just fold'em because the big hitters are sniffing around with some fancy number crunching, I say don't fear the numbers, let's just Tighten the Grip we have.

Point is Flower, Gett are no different to Uber, they are both extreme capitalist's aiding the one percent, if our trade wants to sell out for less money then that's out with one man's control, in Edinburgh we are lucky, 2 co-ops are strong and our members are extremely loyal, on the we had our chance, I'm now thinking we are lucky not to have taken that chance, 2 will always be better than 1, if a punter is un happy with one company they will then go with the other, punters have no loyalty, they just want a taxi and a reliable one at that, they are happy to pay the going rate, we don't get many complaints concerning cost.

I could just sit back and relax on that but the trade UK wide is selling out and accepting less for it, also Gett and Uber operate without borders, we get Uber&Gett customers travelling to Edinburgh now, there is no Uber service up here yet, that's why I offer an opinion on this national forum, if our trade nationally wants to sell out then that is the threat to Edinburgh I fear the most.

Our trade in Edinburgh holds a good set of cards at the moment, how we play them though is up to us, let's not just fold'em because the big hitters are sniffing around with some fancy number crunching, I say don't fear the numbers, let's just Tighten the Grip we have.

Pure spin by Gett too entice more drivers to sign up, it's easy to play with numbers and quote figures like percentages but it's fecking hard to see them playing with us cabbies livelihoods, Gett are using price surging to justify discounting, do they think the public are stupid and really believe punters will buy in to this long term, do Gett think drivers are really that stupid too, I say 90%+ of all fares in London and many other cities are fares of less than 6 miles, these are the fares Gett are after, these are the fares that most of us drivers rely on, Gett are no different to Uber in fact I wouldn't be surprised if they where both owned by Google, their end game being total control of the taxi market, once they have that it's on to driverless taxis.

You know what gets me though, the weak willed cabbie who is aiding the one percent who's only objective is total control of everything.

If we just stood up and tell them where to go, if we just don't sign up to them, the funny thing is, the work, jobs remain the same, they are messing drivers up using the numbers game, drivers are swallowing, without them though we'd be making more money, sign up and we make less, they have no limit to how many can sign up, more =s dilution of work, Apps have a place in the market but it will never be the dominant way to book or hail a cab, don't support these extreme profiteers, support the local app that doesn't ask for card details up front, reliability and service will win the day not discounts.

Don't swallow the Gett crap either they are both playing the game of the capitalist devil.

Here's a list of 400 billionaire in the U.S.A
Surely no one is stupid enough not to work out how they got there, they got there by manipulating you and me, the masses, our trade is next, if we allow it of course, then the rich Gett richer and we the cabbie Gett Ubererd and become poorer, FACT.

http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/

Do they really think it will help?

I think it's obvious what's stalling Uber's presence and Gett's growth in Edinburgh, it's the strength of our trade, our app is way ahead of Gett, combine all the taxi companies with an App in Edinburgh and Gett won't last either, Edinburgh is a limited market as a whole, the App market is only a small part, our two co-ops arn't slow investing in the latest technology, I say Uber&Gett prefer the easier targets like the big cities as London is but again it's all about reliability, if our trade stays reliable Edinburgh will be very tough to crack.