Re:Uber avoids car pick-up app restrictions in London
by thesimon on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @01:31PM
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>Consider that, if taxi companies offered competitive phone-based reservations
And instead, they are suing apps like MyTaxi in Germany. [1] The app allowed you to call cabs and pay via the app. But because MyTaxi promoted their app with discounts - even though MyTaxi paid for these - they sued them. Because f*, we don't need any new customers.
And considering they sued Uber as well, it seems like most taxi driver associations just don't want to improve and hope for the best.
Another example: In Berlin, they went to court over a new law forcing them to accept cards and collect a 1.50€ surcharge for it.
And this is even though a 1.50€ surcharge greatly covers their costs. https://sumup.de for example charges 0.95% for the debit cards that are very popular in Germany, so they make a profit for all payments under 158€ which seem very rare. And SumUp is quite expensive already.
They seriously need to improve their product. "Sorry, no app orders", "Sorry, card machine is broken", "Sorry, xyz"
And instead, they are suing apps like MyTaxi in Germany. [1] The app allowed you to call cabs and pay via the app. But because MyTaxi promoted their app with discounts - even though MyTaxi paid for these - they sued them. Because f*, we don't need any new customers.
And considering they sued Uber as well, it seems like most taxi driver associations just don't want to improve and hope for the best.
Another example: In Berlin, they went to court over a new law forcing them to accept cards and collect a 1.50€ surcharge for it.
And this is even though a 1.50€ surcharge greatly covers their costs. https://sumup.de for example charges 0.95% for the debit cards that are very popular in Germany, so they make a profit for all payments under 158€ which seem very rare. And SumUp is quite expensive already.
They seriously need to improve their product. "Sorry, no app orders", "Sorry, card machine is broken", "Sorry, xyz"
[1] http://news.newsdirectory2.com/daimler-subsidiary-mytaxi-thr...