Uber in Dublin is brilliant, why is it different than the UK?

[@DerekTJ]

Most trip from Dublin Airport to Dublin City Centre would be between €30‐36.

[@Reknaw155]

I never knew this, sounds awesome.

[@DerekTJ]

Okay, the meter records and prints a receipt for every trip. If someone does over egg the fare, you can report it. The driver must answer to Uber on this. Uber obviously has a record of the distance of the trip. I have mistakenly under entered fares and the app does catch this, asking if this fare is correct, e.g., entering €1.90 instead of €19.00. But I've never over entered a fare but my guess is that the app catches it, asking for a confirmation.

[@AbdulMannan-iu4dt]

Turkeys are the same Matt, I got loads of Taxi there and the work off the same process, the customer pays the 20% commission. When they add it at the end.

[@driver-matty]

Boss that mate

[@AbdulMannan-iu4dt]

@driver-matty mate I work around Manchester. I always watch your videos, I've just got a 9 seater Transporter, and I'll see how it goes, If you need any work covering, give us a shout.

[@driver-matty]

@@AbdulMannan-iu4dt you got an ops licence?

[@AbdulMannan-iu4dt]

@@driver-matty No buy I am thinking of getting one.

[@dugges]

Can’t speak for the pricing structure, being Irish myself and working for Uber Safety, the only case from Dublin I ever had was where a girl on a night out got sick in the car and the Gardaí (police) took her home. The Garda later delivered some cash from the girl’s father to cover cleaning. I binned the case off to the call centre in Manilla - as long as the driver didn’t put a cleaning fee through the app; which may need to be forwarded to fraud. The only other case from Ireland was Delivery Partners for Eats fighting in the car park of McDonalds- that happens EVERYWHERE. From a Safety perspective the worst place to be an Uber Driver is Birmingham. We hardly got any reports from Liverpool/Manchester. Even with places with a rough reputation like Glasgow - nothing. I think people know to keep their mouths shut and let the driver do his job.

[@driver-matty]

Thanks for sharing mate

[@Weerab16554]

Belfast is upfront price like the UK. No meters fitted 👍

[@FareEnough-wy2fe]

As a Taxi driver in Dublin I can only say I know that FreeNow charges 15% commission, I think that Uber charges 12% commission, there was a news story a few months ago that Uber was not charging VAT which is a applicable to the commission but not the whole fare, this could have left some Uber drivers with a large bill for the unpaid VAT.

[@tonysquiggs9741]

There's a meter in the uber app if the ride takes longer than expected traffic or whatever in Belfast

[@anthonydownes8525]

Too an Irsih couple on a job today. They said Uber is so much more expensive there than in l.pool

[@driver-matty]

Very expenses like 15 euro for 2 mile ha

[@Joseph-w4z]

The Irish government might have worked uber out and stopped them ripping drivers off.

[@anthonylowry1629]

12 percent

[@hushamqadeer7106]

Not sure if black cabs in London do the same, I’ve seen Uber advertised on some of them so not sure what that’s all about

[@MELIHCINAMOGLU]

No, it cannot set the price as it wishes, Uber can clearly see the distance traveled by the customer from point A to point B, and they probably have meters in the background, just like local taxis. If the taxi driver writes the price on the meter, he will probably receive a warning from Uber.

[@driver-matty]

Aah ok 👍👍

[@Joseph-w4z]

Uber are using local companies give it a year then they will take over if Ireland let them.

[@JohnathanWood-i2j]

Wouldn’t get a uber if you paid me.

[@bigjohn5689]

Why?