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My experience driving for Uber and Grab
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must go through proper channel then can have incentive
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He is breaching the contract but don't get caught. He will be banned if uber/LCR finds up and the latter may refuse to honour the insurance coverage if he encounters any accident. It is in the contract that if ones rent from LCR, he can only uber and/or otherwise for his leisure use only.
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Even I know LCR cars can't do Grab but I have seen people doing it.Lots but then again,it's the wild wild west for PH now
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once again, the main point isnt about using lcr car to do or not. its about changing to earn better, one mans meat is another mans poison
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Yes agree Grab is better
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There are only 2 PH compapnies here. Get black-listed in one you are on a journey of no return with the only other.
Unless the incentives are stated in the contract, they are designed and given with short term objectives in mind and are at best temporary.
It won't be wise to breach your LCR contract for something you know will not last.
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I guess LCR is in the process of finding an effective way to plug the loophole.
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I fight you you fight him he fight me. Never-ending.
But Grab was smart enough not to want to kill taxis because it knew this is not possible. Instead it made money from taxis by providing call-platform to them. Now it is going to charge taxis 10 % commission for the surge bookings.
But Grab was smart enough not to want to kill taxis because it knew this is not possible. Instead it made money from taxis by providing call-platform to them. Now it is going to charge taxis 10 % commission for the surge bookings.
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Bro,any idea how the surge for taxis is gonna be like? I've never been on Grab's platform before
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Likely in 2 weeks' time for Transcab and Prime only. Needs no PTC's approval so I think that means LTA can still prohibit it later. It will be flat rate (no surcharges) and 10% commission to Grab is payable. Comfort will have its own platform and has submitted application to PTC. When no surge, the good old meter fare applies.
But nothing has been officially announced.
But nothing has been officially announced.
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And there goes Singapore's claim to cheap public transport costs.
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There's gonna be a price war between CDG and Grab then
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If you are driving full time to feed your family, why compare Uber and grab. You should compare PH and taxis. Why? PH's incentives are not permanent. Today Grab is good, tomorrow Uber may even be better. The next day, all might be withdrawn.
You want to be atas? Come on, everyone knows now that PH is taxi 2.0, or second class taxi.
If your objective is to feed your family, why care? Choose the one that's best to your advantage.
Be fair to yourself and your family and compare:
-Rental : Below $60? Have. At least 4 companies for cars as good as Renault and Pirus
- Surge : Going to have for 3 companies alongside PH
- Commission : No, except for the 10% for surge jobs
- Surcharge : Have, when you do street picks and take calls without surges
- Benefits : Plentiful. Check out yourselves. I am not paid advertising fee so I won't elaborate
- Passengers : Just see Paragon, Battery Rd taxi stand. They are the indications. As long as you see passengers there at the time when they are supposed to be there, there is absolutely no problem with the taxi industry.
- Bang Table: No need. I promise you after driving for 10 years, you will still not know who your Fleet Managers are, because there is no need to go to the office to quarrel with them.
If you drive long term and you are still not calculating and comparing you are making a loss everyday as you drive.
You want to be atas? Come on, everyone knows now that PH is taxi 2.0, or second class taxi.
If your objective is to feed your family, why care? Choose the one that's best to your advantage.
Be fair to yourself and your family and compare:
-Rental : Below $60? Have. At least 4 companies for cars as good as Renault and Pirus
- Surge : Going to have for 3 companies alongside PH
- Commission : No, except for the 10% for surge jobs
- Surcharge : Have, when you do street picks and take calls without surges
- Benefits : Plentiful. Check out yourselves. I am not paid advertising fee so I won't elaborate
- Passengers : Just see Paragon, Battery Rd taxi stand. They are the indications. As long as you see passengers there at the time when they are supposed to be there, there is absolutely no problem with the taxi industry.
- Bang Table: No need. I promise you after driving for 10 years, you will still not know who your Fleet Managers are, because there is no need to go to the office to quarrel with them.
If you drive long term and you are still not calculating and comparing you are making a loss everyday as you drive.
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I am not defending uber. I have nothing to defend them. But you can't deny that uber and grab have rattled all the taxi companies and TDs. Taxi companies have been having it so good all these years monopolising the industry. They even bought over the independent yellow cabs. And they thought they could just shake legs and shake balls and increase rentals all the time simply by signalling to PTC.
Now they have lowered rental and even created hourly rental plus flexible rental, all because of PH. So many drivers have returned the taxis back to the companies and taxi companies are merely showcasing their fleet. I don't think it's fair to say that driving taxis is easier.
IMO, this surge thing that taxi companies are initiating is a big big mistake. The companies are doing this to compete with PH. Their main motive is to get more hirers - that's all. Just think about it...ask any rider which they would prefer and they would say U / G / T in that order. And when they have to pay surge for taxis, do you think riders will take more taxis or less taxis? If my estimate is right, TDs may even not charge the surge when there's a surge in future, just so that they can take the rider.
This thing is going to be a constant headache for the government to solve. Good luck to them. It'll be interesting to see this story unfold.
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Apps-based transport company like uber has revolutionized the way in connecting riders with drivers, which most of the conventional taxi companies worldwide are not ready to put up a challenge and compete. I agree that if taxi companies follow the business models of uber per se, they might fail eventually. Taxi companies probably need a new set of strategies to compete.
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welcome welcome, another Green lantern is in the making... may my green force be with u....
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