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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.

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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.

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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.

Reggie actions speak's louder than words Uber and Gett are poles apart, City and PHC are not and everybody that gets of a plane can see it.

I am afraid your app is not way ahead of Gett, but who cares lets see what happens in the future

Agreed Skippy but the booking office wasn't allowed to be built on our side, the Airport dictate to all concessions at the Airport, we just have to accept the way it is and it's a huge un-discounted earner.

Here's one though based on your post.

What happens if the mini cabs who normally do the 90% of jobs above 6 miles go lower than that proposed by Gett? How low are Gett willing to go and at what point do the drivers start knocking the work back because it's simply not worth it.

Once the discount settles for the 6 mile and above journey's, Gett will then turn their attention to the under 6 mile journeys, again using the quiet periods as the excuse.

My opinion is these fares will be there regardless of who is taking the calls, Gett drivers seem to be swallowing a slow suicide pill, they are falling right in to the extreme I'm your pal capitalist trap but hey I may be wrong

Time will tell Reggie, competition is good, save your words and Gett your sleeve rolled up.
I am not predicting the outcome, but I would never rank alongside PHC no matter what the conditions were.

The meters the maximum you can charge.

You've always been able to haggle to a certain extent on longer trips.

Do you think I'd lose a Birmingham or a Manchester from the Flyers because I'd insist on the metered price? Get real!

And if it generated more work in the quieter parts of the night when traffics flowing, bring it on.