Uber?
September 9th, 2015 at 12:51:28 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Very few places have medallions. Companies own most medallions and lease the cab to the driver just like I did. "Because of their high prices, medallions (and most cabs) are owned by investment companies and are leased to drivers (“hacks”). If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2015 at 1:38:12 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
Right, so a driver is pretty much better with Uber as there is one less expense. The President is a fink. |
September 9th, 2015 at 2:37:06 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
No, it costs the same to drive Uber as it does a taxi, you pay Uber 25% to 30% of what the passenger gives you. It's cheaper to drive a taxi because you drive a company owned car. With Uber you pay for gas, oil changes, tires, car washes, repairs, and you depreciate the vehicle rapidly because of the high mileage. Uber advertises you can make $16 an hour. That's being optimistic, you can make a lot less. That's before car expenses. People who keep perfect records say it work's out to about $9.50 an hour before taxes. Many McD's pay more then that. Once in awhile we had a driver who owned his own car and paid less in fee's to me. But they never lasted, the gas and maintenance killed them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2015 at 2:49:06 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | edited If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2015 at 2:50:48 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
But the thing is, you cannot control your own hours with MCD or as an hourly hack. Uber lets you sign on and off at will, this is an important feature to many people. They want flexibility in their hustles. The taxi industry seems to think they will win the battle against Uber in the courts. Fat chance, it is too many fronts to fight on. I know when I was in Phoenix I would have loved Uber for hitting the airport. My landlord roommate would have saved a fortune om cab rides, although he did stupid crap like having a cab stop at the Carl's, Jr drive-thru. There have been unofficial "Uber" cars running as jitneys in black neighborhoods for years. People don't care that it is not a cab, they just want to get from place to place. The cab companies need to give a good reason to choose them. Currently they are not doing so. The President is a fink. |
September 9th, 2015 at 2:59:50 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's totally unfair to taxi drivers who have to get a taxi license and a chauffeur license, and Uber has to do none of it. Uber cannot pick people up in the street, they have to call with the app. It has to be a person to person contract. In big cities street pickups are 90% of the business. This won't last, states will pass laws that ban it eventually. Some cities in EU already have. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2015 at 3:00:30 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Bingo. I was asking more out of curiosity than yet another derail about my own situation. Thinking of typical fares (not that I'm at all familiar) and then figuring in just gas alone, it made me think everyone is showing up in VW Lupos with maybe a Fusion being the largest. I wasn't asking about trucks to see if the customer cared (I wouldn't care if they cared) but just to get an idea about that stuff. I have a hard time believing anyone could make that hustle work in a 5,000lb V8. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
September 9th, 2015 at 3:03:30 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's a part time job for the desperate. Sit in your car and wait for an order. Cab driving sucks, it's a bottom of the barrel job, that's why so many foreigners do it. Uber is no different, and you get to destroy your car in the process. "Business Insider wrote a piece called "Here's How Much Money You Can Really Earn As An Uber Driver". Uber claims $15/hour. The article states that after "tolls, Uber's 25% cut, gas, car insurance, vehicle financing, and self employment taxes, the driver really only made $54.50 for 12 hours of driving." If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 9th, 2015 at 4:54:48 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Toyota Corolla and cars like that. Cheap and fuel efficient are the operative words. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
September 9th, 2015 at 5:03:28 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
Nobody really cares that a cab driver has a special license. There is nothing special about operating a cab skill-wise, cabs are just cars. There are no street pickups in any city I have lived in, you have to call to have a cab come to you with the exception that a very few cabs wait near the popular bars and such. Easier and faster to use an app to call. No way I want the service banned just so some entrenched interests can keep their protected franchise. Cab companies are thinking they are God because they have that medallion and other trappings the the rider sees no value in. We should not be banning freedom and free enterprise. The President is a fink. |