People posted on article regarding how good Uber and GrabCar services are. That articles claim that it is good competition and good value for money. So I tried but to my shock, my short trip from Anderson Road to Marina Bay Financial Centre
cost me a crazy $112.
Yes...cost me a crazy $112
Yes...cost me a crazy $112
Yes...cost me a crazy $112
The driver say this is because of Uber 'Surge' due to too much demand. If I took a taxi, it would only cost me 30+ 40 dollars. Before you use Uber please check out the pricing first.
Look before you leap. Do not blindly follow what online Uber supporters are telling you. Expensive it is but the driver gives good customer service. Still it is too expensive or too pricey to pay for good customer service. I only need to get to my location for a reasonable price.
See how people said about Uber:
Before Uber and Grabcar, I had to stand under the scorching sun with a young child waiting more than 45 mins for a damn cab. It's either they do not want to go to the place you want, they change to hired immediately after spotting you or they act as if you are invisible driving right pass you. There is no way getting a cab during peak hours.
During holidays? Even you call for 3 hours also nobody wanna pick you up! I was once at ION Orchard shopping during Christmas. No one wanna pick us up because ION no need pay CBD charge. We had to walk to Wisma to take a cab. Is this call fair to us? With Uber, I don't even have to walk and wait under the scorching sun!
And Uber drivers that I've encounter are way more polite than taxi drivers! Btw I've taken Uber more than 50 times. None of them were as rude as taxi uncles. I'm not saying all uncles are rude but you have no idea how rude can 1 person be especially when they are earning your money.
I choose Uber because its hassle free. Usually when I do not have cash with me I can simply tap a few times on my phone and in less than 5 mins, I have a driver waiting for me right outside my door. It's not about fair or unfair. When there were no competition, taxi drivers are picky. They choose their passengers. When there's competition, they get angry, call for fairness. So what about fairness for passengers?
Fyi, I'm not one of those stuck up passenger who choose cab. Whatever cab come I take, Mercedes, black cab all I take. Like I said, not all taxi uncles are like that but compared with uber and grab, my own opinion is taxis uncles whom I've taken with are more rude.
When my daughter was only a few months old, I take cab, uncle never bother to help me put pram inside boot. I had to leave my daughter lying at the back seat then go and put pram. When weather is not good, I had to stand under scorching sun or raining weather to hail a cab. Some uncles because wanna earn a little more so they'd rather choose to take on calls passengers.
If all taxi uncle choose only to take on calls passengers then the rest of us wanna stand by road hail cab die lor. So after uber came out, I was relieved because I no longer need to wait 45mins or more for a cab. I can stay indoor, wait for driver to come to my doorsteps then go out.
But at the end....This is what I paid...
Stupid lah take Uber. I always stick to Grabcar. Fix fare so no need to scare when jam or surge fare. Even high demand fare is the most $3-5 more nia.
Do you manage to look at the meter every time it runs or u can only see the final amount at the end of ur trip?
Originally posted by notonlynews365:
via: fun.newsDuring holidays? Even you call for 3 hours also nobody wanna pick you up! I was once at ION Orchard shopping during Christmas. No one wanna pick us up because ION no need pay CBD charge. We had to walk to Wisma to take a cab. Is this call fair to us? With Uber, I don't even have to walk and wait under the scorching sun!
And Uber drivers that I've encounter are way more polite than taxi drivers! Btw I've taken Uber more than 50 times. None of them were as rude as taxi uncles. I'm not saying all uncles are rude but you have no idea how rude can 1 person be especially when they are earning your money.
I choose Uber because its hassle free. Usually when I do not have cash with me I can simply tap a few times on my phone and in less than 5 mins, I have a driver waiting for me right outside my door. It's not about fair or unfair. When there were no competition, taxi drivers are picky. They choose their passengers. When there's competition, they get angry, call for fairness. So what about fairness for passengers?
Fyi, I'm not one of those stuck up passenger who choose cab. Whatever cab come I take, Mercedes, black cab all I take. Like I said, not all taxi uncles are like that but compared with uber and grab, my own opinion is taxis uncles whom I've taken with are more rude.
When my daughter was only a few months old, I take cab, uncle never bother to help me put pram inside boot. I had to leave my daughter lying at the back seat then go and put pram. When weather is not good, I had to stand under scorching sun or raining weather to hail a cab. Some uncles because wanna earn a little more so they'd rather choose to take on calls passengers.
If all taxi uncle choose only to take on calls passengers then the rest of us wanna stand by road hail cab die lor. So after uber came out, I was relieved because I no longer need to wait 45mins or more for a cab. I can stay indoor, wait for driver to come to my doorsteps then go out.
But at the end....This is what I paid...
> Before Uber and Grabcar, I had to stand under the scorching sun with a young child waiting more than 45 mins for a damn cab. It's either they do not want to go to the place you want, they change to hired immediately after spotting you or they act as if you are invisible driving right pass you. There is no way getting a cab during peak hours.
Where did you stand to flag for taxis? If you stand at bus-lane or bus-stop areas during peak hours, many taxi drivers are not willing to take the risk to take customers as they would have to pay the fines if they are spotted entering the bus-lanes or stopping within 9 metres of bus-stops.
Under LTA regulations, taxi drivers cannot reject customers after finding out where they wish to go unless they do not know how to get to that place, is changing shift or you request to go to places which he feels uncomfortable going like going to remote cemetery and waiting there for 30 minutes.
If they chance to BUSY immediately after spotting you, it most likely is they needed to go to toilet or needed to take a meal or smoke break. They probably forgot to change to BUSY prior to seeing you.
>During holidays? Even you call for 3 hours also nobody wanna pick you up! I was once at ION Orchard shopping during Christmas. No one wanna pick us up because ION no need pay CBD charge. We had to walk to Wisma to take a cab. Is this call fair to us? With Uber, I don't even have to walk and wait under the scorching sun!
During public holidays, some taxi drivers choose to spend time with their family members as that is the only time that they could gether together. Remember when they take that break, they shill have to pay taxi rental to the taxi companies unlike employees who get paid public holidays or are paid higher rates to work during public holidays. And there is sudden huge surge in demand....so it explains why it is harder to get a taxi.
As for the Ion case, the taxi driver who is out to make money would definitely choose to pick up from Wisma if it pays $3 extra if he is near that place unless he happened to drop one customer at Ion and you are waiting at the taxi stand 10 metres away from the drop off point. So experienced shoppers would walk to Wisma to take taxi during evening peak hours like experienced street hailers would not wait at small roads and would walk to major roads to flag for taxis.
>And Uber drivers that I've encounter are way more polite than taxi drivers! Btw I've taken Uber more than 50 times. None of them were as rude as taxi uncles. I'm not saying all uncles are rude but you have no idea how rude can 1 person be especially when they are earning your money.
Can you please mention how rude the taxi drivers were to you?
>I choose Uber because its hassle free. Usually when I do not have cash with me I can simply tap a few times on my phone and in less than 5 mins, I have a driver waiting for me right outside my door. It's not about fair or unfair. When there were no competition, taxi drivers are picky. They choose their passengers. When there's competition, they get angry, call for fairness. So what about fairness for passengers?
Comfort cabs are equipted with facilities for accepting credit cards (Master, Am Express and Union), nets and ezlink card payments. However it is hard to grab them during morning peak hours. In the morning when I log on to the system, I get 1 booking call within 5 seconds and as many as 9-10 during 3 minutes span. However I could only service 1. I obviously would not choose to service 1 that is 3 km away or has an unknown address which requires me to check the street directory. However once I bidded for it, whether I like it or not I have to attend to it.
>When my daughter was only a few months old, I take cab, uncle never bother to help me put pram inside boot. I had to leave my daughter lying at the back seat then go and put pram. When weather is not good, I had to stand under scorching sun or raining weather to hail a cab. Some uncles because wanna earn a little more so they'd rather choose to take on calls passengers.
If all taxi uncle choose only to take on calls passengers then the rest of us wanna stand by road hail cab die lor. So after uber came out, I was relieved because I no longer need to wait 45mins or more for a cab. I can stay indoor, wait for driver to come to my doorsteps then go out.
hmm......my understanding is taxi uncles only do not bother to come out to help if the customer could handle by himself or themselves. Isn't call booking the same as waiting for Uber (except during peak hours when all operating taxis are already snached up by customers)? I encountered situations before whereby old people going to hospital told me that they had waited 1 hour for taxi on the street during peak hours and they were very happy to be able to take my taxi. Many people also wait at bus-lane places during peak hours (like near PAP HQ at Upper Changi Road) whereby taxi-drivers have to take a risk to fetch them.
The existing situation cannot be solved by introducing more taxi drivers as the off-peak hours demand isn't that high to justify it. Many have left the industry after trying it out. The playing field currently isn't leveled for example taxi drivers wait 30-45 minutes queueing at Changi Airport for customers wheras Uber drivers wait for a much shorter time. Also remember this fact: our hotel rates and housing rates are comparable with those of other developed cities like New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney but taxi fares are just 1/4 of these cities despite having the highest cost of car ownership and higher cost for taxis. For example, It only cost $13.30 by taxi to go from Marina Sands Bay to Terminal 2 of Changi Airport during off-peak hours. However if you wish to pay more for Uber services (whether forced or by choice), no one would stop you.
If iam not wrong uber drivers got rating or something for service not sure abt grabcar
That's y LL must come out open door la help carry tis n that
U go buy groceries n expect tds to help u load?
If its a wheelchair then different la
Knn pax should know wat to do ma if u go out alone with baby n pram
TDs are not ur personal assistants leh
bo liao la tis story
Kindly to let all other TDs to know, 1 of the passenger told my frd that previously he using app grabtaxi to call for cab, end up come a "grabcar" and offered him a $2 discount to take grabcar... TDs using grabtaxi we have benefit from it, but it is only at the beginning when grab needs customer base, now when grab have their customer base, they betrayed TDs. Passengers using grabtaxi app for taxi, and grab asked them for grabcar, unless surrounding no available grabcar then the refer to taxis... Please TDs delete and not support grabtaxi anymore...
Originally posted by jenson78:Kindly to let all other TDs to know, 1 of the passenger told my frd that previously he using app grabtaxi to call for cab, end up come a "grabcar" and offered him a $2 discount to take grabcar... TDs using grabtaxi we have benefit from it, but it is only at the beginning when grab needs customer base, now when grab have their customer base, they betrayed TDs. Passengers using grabtaxi app for taxi, and grab asked them for grabcar, unless surrounding no available grabcar then the refer to taxis... Please TDs delete and not support grabtaxi anymore...
This is true but difficult lah. Unknowingly, many TDs have become addicted to Grab. The first thing they do when they start the shift is to log on to Grab even before logging on to the MDT. So much so that without GrabTaxi now, many TDs would be at a loss.
It is so addictive that everytime they bid for a Grab job and lost, they curse and try harder the next time.
Then got Elite, Ranger. Make TDs feel shiok with the title and incentives. And if some Elite members delete the App now, they lose their hard earned bonus. So, sadly, most TDs are screwed and have no choice but to continue with grab if they dun want their income to drop.
Me? I never use grab. Cos I refuse to change my iPhone to Android.
Aiyoh bro bowah, tried to get out lah. . Becum security guard for a while. Then put me in a big warehouse far far away do night shift. One person, sibeh scared leh. In the end, still come back and peng steering. At least, sometimes got Xiao Mei Mei to accompany mah. Can call bak bak anytime. Wat to do? Old, uneducated and unwanted.
Originally posted by Taxilim88:This is true but difficult lah. Unknowingly, many TDs have become addicted to Grab. The first thing they do when they start the shift is to log on to Grab even before logging on to the MDT. So much so that without GrabTaxi now, many TDs would be at a loss.
It is so addictive that everytime they bid for a Grab job and lost, they curse and try harder the next time.
Then got Elite, Ranger. Make TDs feel shiok with the title and incentives. And if some Elite members delete the App now, they lose their hard earned bonus. So, sadly, most TDs are screwed and have no choice but to continue with grab if they dun want their income to drop.
Me? I never use grab. Cos I refuse to change my iPhone to Android.
How much more could you earn with Grab? I tried few months ago for more than 1 full-month with 0-1 call-bookings each day with Comfort and my income was decent.
I don't even use smartphone and therefore could not Grab.
Someone posted how they using grabtaxi n grabcar together to save the 20% deduct by grab, better spread out fast...
Need a transport, smlj also can......
Bill cum out tio kpkb, I seen many last time la......
I thought this kind of problem is not something 'new'?