Taxi Driver Online

I was not sure if I should add this question onto my telephone system thread, but started a new one in case I confused anyone, mainly me!

Basically, I want to be able to accept credit cards over the phone and have a machine that I can carry around with me incase I have a credit card booking while I out and about and the phones on divert.

Can anyone tell me a good system that is cheap and reliable? I cant afford to pay too much for a system as there are not too many calls at the moment to accept credit cards and it will just increase my costs.

Thanks for all the help and advice guys.

I have just opened a taxipay account. It costs nothing to set up and you pay 6.5% to the company which can be added as a surcharge to the customer so you infact don't pay anything for it.

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Grandad,

I and also, I believe, Echo15 use Taxipay. It's cost effective for the occasional transaction. A good place to start, IMHO.

Taxipay works fine with zero outlay to driver as they do the merchant banking stuff all in one. I have mine set at 11.5% rather than 6.5%. Downside is that you manually swipe the card on a receipt, just a touch slow. After you start with them they send you a text with the file. Good luck.

11.5% you tight git. Mine is only 10%.

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Grandad,

Its what they set it to when I signed on! honest

I felt so guilty I have re-set mine to 10% grandad!
Well its easier to work out as well!!!

Because the ten per cent charge does not show on the meter is it legal to demand it?

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Former taxi driver

The 10% surcharge is not part of the fare. The customer can always pay cash. I am sure that the surcharge is legal.

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Grandad,

The surcharge has to be mentioned before any transaction.

10% surcharge is mentioned on our tariff card.

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I always tell customers that there is the surcharge if they want to use a credit card.

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Grandad,

Me too. The fare plus 10% as the quotation. However I find that the ppl who want the card facility travel longer distances & I give them discounted prices, so even adding 10% on it still becomes a cheaper fare than the metered rate.
When doing shorter jobs its cheaper to take them to a cash machine and less hassle, its their choice!!

I've just signed up for izettle to take payments via my smartphone,it seems like the latest innovation.anybody else using it?

One of our chaps has signed up via huddlebuy and waiting the card reader that plugs into your phone and costs £20. Any other cost then is 2.75%. I believe the first £20 of the 2.75% is free; to refund cost of card. It is not "Chip & Pin" and believe UK Visa have not made their minds up to accept...until they do its a waste of time since most UK cards are Visa. Security sounds a little mickey mouse...you have to have a facebook account? Some of the sites are claiming Visa compatibility but I will wait to see how my mate gets on. If its a green light I shall order one straight away.