Posts by goforit
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to oga,
That was a good listen, you only have to look at the recent happenings in China as a reinforcement of the topic.
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You do have the answer to it all, stop working for them.
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I think you could say at the moment with all of us out there and looking at the industry as a whole we are over vehicled at the moment. A balance is always needed between high and low demand. This is the only way of ensuring profit for the drivers of those vehicles. Its not all about a cheap ride for the punters and commision for the app operators.
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Working any of the available apps on there own will not produce the required profit to keep a service operating long term, Uber exists because they keep on lowering the entry requirements thus maintaining a flow of new and very green drivers. The only way to support the low input of the apps is to mix and match it with a higher value sourced work, this is where the more experience operators shine. Uber drivers have only been at the game for a short period in relation to lets say the taxi industry. One has to offset the low against the high. I beleive we all need to work togther as a united front, not as we are doing now.
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I just watched a news item on the box, it was about a Police operation in the Queenstown area to do with buses and other private hire transport. The senior police officer stated vehicles involved in the hire for reward industry had regulations to adhere to. The result was about 10% of the vehicles did not meet COF conditions and several drivers didn't hold P endorsements and there where many log book infractions.
Looks like the rot is spreading throughout the industry. -
Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
That takes me back when you mention funding from a church. One thing about being a relic from the past one tends to see things going the full circle, in the 90s the Morman church tried to take over a large slice of the taxi industry so there members whom where mainly in those days unemployed NZ natives could earn an income, the down side was most of the takings just disappeared into the drivers pockets so the idea just collasped. I guess the currant church involvement will be to put there unemployed members to work, could work this time as there is no cash for the drivers to help them selves to.
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Ben I tried to upload some information for you but my system was not compatable, sent via an E Mail to you.
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uber drivers don't need mony they work for the pleasure of making Uber money LOL
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Have you heard that app prices are about to drop below the $1.00 per km mark.
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that sums it up in a nut shell. In the meantime lack of insight or taking advantage of this lack of insight has just about destroyed the taxi and private hire passenger transport industries. All we have now is a group of drivers both from the general public and taxi drivers getting the last crumbs of what is left these last crumbs of course is.the pitance Uber pays for these drivers. Looks like we all end up drawing benefits from the Government to at least live on..