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Culprit
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne
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This is a war that has to happen and the Taxi industry has brought this on themselves. I use both and I am fed up with Taxi’s as none of the drivers know where anything is. I need an interpreter when catching a Taxi. Now the Taxi owners who have spent millions on licences have had it to go for too long. They own multiple licences and have made millions over the years whilst exploiting workers as they simply employ cheap labour. The so called training taxi drivers get is laughable and the state of Taxi’s are a disgrace. When I use UBER they are nice cars and the driver knows where to go and no cash changes hands.
The quick way to fix UBER and the Taxi industry, is drop the cost of a Taxi licence so Joe Bloggs can by a Licence and a Car and not leave the monopoly on the greedy few. This sounds Socialism in the Taxi industry; I should approach the Greens. |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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whats an uber? _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Joel
Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula
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tp, been living under a rock? Haha. |
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Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Joel wrote: | tp, been living under a rock? Haha. |
No I just drive everywhere! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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pietillidie
Joined: 07 Jan 2005
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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It's interesting and promises to get more so. No doubt that the Taxi industry needs a shake up, but Uber operates on the fringe of legality as they don't comply with any of the regulations that taxi companies have to comply with.
Uber and AirBnB are two good examples of the modern economy and how the taxation system needs a massive reform. The people who make the investment and employ people, paying wages, tax etc are being undercut by people who do none of that.
Going to be a very interesting next few years as the government(s) struggle to keep pace with how technology is enabling changes in how society and business is done. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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I feel a bit sorry for taxi drivers given how hard it is already to get enough customers to get by, but I don't see anything wrong in theory with people negotiating a private fare.
Considering that the taxi companies were resorting to 'rape' ads when this was first being floated, I'm guessing they still don't have a very strong argument against it. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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What'sinaname
Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free
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Uber black is OK, but I'm not paying someone to drive me around who isn't registered as a vehicle to carry passengers. If the driver has an accident and you're injured, you're on your own. _________________ Fighting against the objectification of woman. |
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stui magpie
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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David wrote: | I feel a bit sorry for taxi drivers given how hard it is already to get enough customers to get by, but I don't see anything wrong in theory with people negotiating a private fare.
Considering that the taxi companies were resorting to 'rape' ads when this was first being floated, I'm guessing they still don't have a very strong argument against it. |
There's not a lot of negotiation in it, the company sets the fare. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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The Prototype
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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I have heard a friend has had a very good experience with Uber in Melbourne, he swears by them as he uses them a lot apparently. I'm not even sure if they're operating in Tasmania, if they were operating in Sunshine when I was there it would have been interesting to have seen how much differently my trip back to a friends place would have been.
I've not needed a taxi in a long time, so I am not sure what the difference in services would be but some of the taxi's that I had during my stay in Melbourne were pretty woeful. _________________ Ðavâgé
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stui magpie
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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Yeah there's some woeful ones, some utterly fkn crap ones, some good ones and a very small few really good ones.
The variation is the biggest problem. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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Aw crap. Never even got a chance to use it! _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Tannin
Can't remember
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Location: Huon Valley Tasmania
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Taxis are carp.
Uber is a massive tax-dodging, uninsured ripoff by a huge multi-national company. It is not legal and should not be allowed to operate.
The fact that the taxi industry is carp carp carp is not relevant to the illegality of Uber, nor the exploitation it embodies, nor the massive tax avoidance which is the only reason it exists.
1: Fix the taxi industry.
2: Enforce the law. (No need to ban Uber, it's already illegal, just enforce the law properly.) _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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Jezza
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Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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I know there's a lot of grievances towards the taxi industry and certainly the industry needs to be fixed but I still prefer taking a taxi (whenever I need to) over using Uber.
The reviews of people using Uber have been full of large praise but I've never trusted relying on someone who doesn't have proper legal authority to carry passengers hence it would take heavy persuasion from others to convince me otherwise. _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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