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Cabby John 1
 Post subject: I told them so!
PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 1:07 am 
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... f-11272634

Cardiff is not a big City, population 330,000 ish and a catchment area of a million plus. My thoughts have always been is that Uber will only survive in Premier Cities i.e London,Manchester,Birmingham, cities with populations measured in the millions - the rest have nothing to worry about.

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 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 6:26 am 
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early days John I hope your words don't come back to haunt you this is clearly a PLANTED story by Uber press control to convince drivers to join them

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 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2016 7:58 am 
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edders23 wrote:
early days John I hope your words don't come back to haunt you this is clearly a PLANTED story by Uber press control to convince drivers to join them



yep I agree, just wait till those journalists start getting threats :lol:

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Too many turtles fighting over one rock I think.
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Cabby John 1
 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
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chrismas wrote:
Too many turtles fighting over one rock I think.


People go to Blackpool to see the lights! When they come to Cardiff they cannot get over how many cabs are queuing night after night - unless there is a big event. Apparently Cardiff has more cars/cabs pro rata than London, so you could be right.

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 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
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edders23 wrote:
early days John I hope your words don't come back to haunt you this is clearly a PLANTED story by Uber press control to convince drivers to join them


As you say it is early days. The local press have been putting stories out about them at every given opportunity, mainly because it is always taxi bashing season down here and I am sure that they see Uber as potentially a big client re advertising.

Taking on board your attracting new drivers! it would not be conducive for a new company, to let the public know that they will let them down. It would seem that they have rushed to open down here - without setting the operation up properly.

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 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
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The prospective Uber customers are only whinging because they have discount vouchers they want to use.

As the demand for Uber cars is outstripping supply shouldn't that mean that surge pricing is active constantly ?
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They've been there one week.

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captain cab wrote:
edders23 wrote:
early days John I hope your words don't come back to haunt you this is clearly a PLANTED story by Uber press control to convince drivers to join them



yep I agree, just wait till those journalists start getting threats :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I'm still laughing about that one the other week
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Cabby John 1 wrote:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-unhappy-uber-arrived-cardiff-11272634

Cardiff is not a big City, population 330,000 ish and a catchment area of a million plus. My thoughts have always been is that Uber will only survive in Premier Cities i.e London,Manchester,Birmingham, cities with populations measured in the millions - the rest have nothing to worry about.

Just had a quick look and they currently have about 6 or 7 cars available.

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 Post subject: Re: I told them so!
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Cabby John 1 wrote:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-unhappy-uber-arrived-cardiff-11272634

Cardiff is not a big City, population 330,000 ish and a catchment area of a million plus. My thoughts have always been is that Uber will only survive in Premier Cities i.e London,Manchester,Birmingham, cities with populations measured in the millions - the rest have nothing to worry about.

Just had a quick look and they currently have about 6 or 7 cars available.



Cardiff licensed or TFL cars working cardiff I wonder ?

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