Taxi Driver Online

CC you are at it !!!

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

innocent

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Yes and your now suggesting we pay again for the same work

I rest my case

Until MR. time 2taxi reveals his master plan to transfer the work from phc to hacks

Your choice - personally I dont want to pay a radio circuit any money - one radio circuit round here has the boss driving a bently whilst his other half drives a range rover.....another circuit has the boss driving round in a brand new M3, Edinburgh isnt immune.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

The Time 2 Taxi App has been designed for use by Public taxis only NOT PH.
Part of our plan is to heavily promote the App through social media, the press and
presentations to Chambers of commerce, Student bodies, Hospitals etc etc,
around the Edinburgh area, as well as Nationally across the whole UK
In the Edinburgh area alone, we plan to have tens of thousands of users of the App.
Like the Driver App, the public one will be free to download.
If only 10% of those thousands would normally call a PH then the Hacks gain
HUNDREDS of extra fares.
This doesn't take account of the people from all over the UK who will come to Edinburgh
with this App and will use it.
As to the £1 charge - the App is delivered to a phone from a phone. Some cabbies may
regard this as a phone call out and recover a good chunk of it as a meter charge.
There is no up front cost to the cabbie - register free, download free, use it if you want,
don't when you don't want. If it uses some down time, you gain a fare and maybe a tip.
If you don't have it, join a queue, whether at a rank or on a radio system
royt2t

Do you have a projection of how many users you think may use each week and how many drivers you will need to cover the work??

Dont usually post in scottish section but ill put my bit in, we have cab app here and the vast majority on it are street cabs(no radio company).Its 50 pence a job which you buy in credits on your phone.The way the vast majority of us here view it is trying to take work back of the companys and PH.The only obstacle i can see is trying to get punters to use it ! It also has the credit card facility on your smart phone if you wish to take credit card payments or you can stipulate cash only.Nobody forces me to use it and if i want to decline jobs i can,fat chance of that !

I still dont get the idea of wanting to charge higher rates than existing local radio companies who have established apps. Your whole business model completely relies on you getting as many drivers signed up as possible - and you've priced yourself out the market IMO.

How long have you been using, and are your weekly takings any higher ? or yearly if you have been using that long ?

Roy time2taxi are blinded by numbers and percentages, thats all it is, there is no care about customer service or reliabilty, many have said they wont use it during busy times, thats where it all falls apart, the APP can only work as part of an existing radio company and we are well established, we even have all the drivers to cover the work during busy periods, its also against both companies rules to accept work from a third party, the minute customers during busy periods in Edinburgh realise how unreliable an APP not connected to an existing radio company is the customer will go else where, your APP booking system is illegal under Scottish Booking office licence regulation, check it out, captain cab has started a thread on the general thread page concerning APP booking, i think being asked to work the Edinburgh area you have been dealt a bad hand, you may be providing competition to the PH trade but you are also up against 2 big co-operatives who have all the APP users in Edinburgh signed up, no complaints so far and the customer has the back up of the APP as a part of an existing radio company.

I can see the whole idea as nothing to worry about for the Edinburgh trade but worryingly i see the signing up of drivers a major issue for you and hey Gauranteeing the drivers that sign up will be real cabbies is going to take a lot of man hours and you need co-operation from the city council licencing department.

On you go but be sure to pass on whats being said here

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We expect the use of the App to grow over a relatively short time and hope to provide around 25%-30% of Edinburgh taxi drivers with extra fares every day/night within the next 12 months.
How many would be guess work, but smart phone use is huge and Apps use is going to grow like internet shopping, whether we like it or not.
People who use these technologies want response fast, hence the direct relationship between driver and customer. No filter or queue system to slow it down.
Because we can't quantify or guarantee numbers, is why its free to get into it, with no ties or committments. You only pay when you gain.
Royt2t

Don't usually cheer for our English neighbours but GO Blackpool, like your style (and this from a Burnley supporter!!)
Royt2t

Thanks for the vote of confidence , but when you mention the expletive Bu:nl;y weve fallen out !

Edinburgh is a tourist city so it's easier to use an app than to find out which companies to ring for a cab/ph. Another point is if a taxi is on a circuit and paying money to a circuit with no knowledge of how many jobs or the value of the jobs they'll receive from the circuit then there is no way of knowing how much each job is going to cost you, at least with an app you know. With an app you won't be paying for anything you don't receive. All that needs to be decided is how much you are prepared to pay per job and find an app that is suitable. The more avenues you have to receive work the better imo.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Toots,

It's not impossible to know how much a job costs you with your radio company, you just have to be a bit of a statistical anorak. It will be different for every driver depending on how much they use the system obviously but in my case I found it to be significantly less than the £1 that this latest app are going to charge. Now think about how much drag time is going to be involved in these app jobs(particularly if they dont get many sign ups) combine that with all the wasted time that we all(radio users) go through on the busy weekends(which is exactly what the app users are going to experience) and work out how much time you will be out of your radio system. For me, its not worth it, it's highly unlikely to increase my bottom line.