Yes it’s based on a 2 mile journey. The fare increase here won’t be anywhere near 10% it will be a small increase. You also have to factor in that Glasgow has a party tariff for the weekend where fares increase to a level much higher than Edinburgh, the meter at these times starts at £5.70 compared to Edinburgh at £3.60.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-09-2019 09:34 AM #91
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09-09-2019 10:00 AM #95
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09-09-2019 10:18 AM #96
I use Uber a lot when I'm over in California. The service there is exceptional, and there are a lot of drivers (as it's an easy way to top up income in a place as expensive as the Bay Area). I've yet to have a bad experience over there using Uber.
However, I do so with the understanding that the cheap price is due to Uber not valuing their employees properly, with many working in pretty **** conditions.
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09-09-2019 10:31 AM #97
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I’ve said earlier in the thread I wouldn’t want to rely on it as a source of income but some do ok out of it.
I do it occasionally and it’s pretty good fun for the time I do it the flexibility makes it great for me just log on and away you go.
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09-09-2019 10:36 AM #98This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm comparing the UK system to the American system here, which isn't fair as I don't use Uber here in the UK (not on any moral stance - I just don't have a need for taxis here) - but there's been a massive furore in California by both Uber and Lyft drivers who aren't eligible for many of the state benefits of minimum wage, overtime pay etc because they're viewed not as employees but as external contractors.
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09-09-2019 10:43 AM #99
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10-09-2019 10:52 PM #100
I know this doesn't scan across, but I just had a 17 mile Uber journey to Rio airport which took 55 minutes in rush hour traffic.
It cost less than £10.20.
My standard taxi journey to my hotel a week ago took 30 minutes and cost £27.
I feel guilty recommending Uber because I have friends who drive black cabs, but it's a great service to use when abroad.
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11-09-2019 06:26 AM #101This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m not doubting you that it possibly happened but that’ll next to never happen to most people.
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11-09-2019 06:38 AM #102
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it can go up to that at times, depends how desperate you want to get home it tells you the price so don't accept it and try a few minutes later it can change very quickly.
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11-09-2019 08:17 AM #103This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-09-2019 09:47 AM #105This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It might be ok for a short term sideline but not a full time job.
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11-09-2019 09:58 AM #106This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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11-09-2019 10:23 AM #107
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Support the local businesses or save yourself a few quid and make the super rich richer?
Course when local businesses evaporate I'm sure Uber will still be cheap.....Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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11-09-2019 10:26 AM #108
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According to Google unemployment rate is 12.7% so perhaps they do it as theres not a lot else.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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11-09-2019 10:33 AM #109This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-09-2019 10:44 AM #110
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Isnt that the whole point of discussions?
Radge's post above says the fare was a tenner for an hour of that guys day. Take the cost of Ubers slice, fuel, airport (if they charge) tax (assuming he pays it).....
How much of that £10 do you think the driver actually made?
I'd bet you're lucky if its half.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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11-09-2019 10:57 AM #111
I see the California legislature have now passed Assembly Bill 5, meaning the gig economy workers in the state will now receive the benefits they've long been campaigning for:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49659775
Great news for them.
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11-09-2019 01:54 PM #112This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The average wage is about £15.
8 trips like mine would earn him £80 or, using your calculation, a net £40.
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11-09-2019 02:58 PM #113
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This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteLife should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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11-09-2019 03:20 PM #114This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The Uber app suggests giving the driver a tip after every journey and offers 3 suggested amounts.
This time they were BRL 2 BRL 3 and BRL 5.
1 BRL = £0.20
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11-09-2019 03:58 PM #115
I was always anti Uber due to my views on Travis Kalanick. Now he’s away I have used them, and find it convenient; however I was put out when a recent job, with the driver showing as 2 minutes away, was cancelled without reason. I had to wait about 15 minutes for another driver to come. And their surge pricing, while I understand the laws of supply and demand, is not something I like.
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11-09-2019 04:03 PM #116This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-09-2019 04:13 PM #117This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
These indices suggest that the UK has a much more expensive cost of living.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livin...United+Kingdom
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11-09-2019 04:24 PM #118This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Let's not pretend that the end game here is that Uber are going to make it unaffordable to get from A to B. It's not going to happen. They've been around 10 years or so and taxi drivers have been telling us the whole time that is what's going to happen yet they're still massively cheaper than black cabs.Last edited by calumhibee1; 11-09-2019 at 04:42 PM.
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12-09-2019 06:41 AM #119This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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12-09-2019 07:22 PM #120This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Uber works well in many countries where there is either very little regulated cab industry or none at all, also as has been said where the cost of living is fairly low and the Uber guy gets a decent/good living out of it, also take into consideration the cost of living in these countries.
In countries like here or in mainland Europe where there is a fully regulated taxi industry the Uber driver will be on bare minimum, that is until they all realise that if they sign off during the busy times they can get the surge up to 3x plus and earn ridiculous amounts on unsuspecting drunken students,young folk who click away on the app without realising they are getting ripped off. Starts of cheap to get you in then up goes the prices, normal practice for these guys.
Edinburgh has lagged behind fare wise due to a poor council who are becoming increasingly anti taxi trade, forcing perfectly good taxi's off the road due to age and forcing the owners into buying vehicles at a price of around £54K. We are also seeing more conflict between taxi drivers and PHC drivers, PHC sitting on ranks and then becoming aggressive when asked to move, PHC picking up illegally on the streets at the weekend and we even had PHC from Glasgow, Cambridge, Durham etc up here working during the Festival with the police and cab office doing nothing about it, lawless Edinburgh.
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