Taxi Plate Sale

johnf2013

Hi,

Does anyone know the current market value for the reselling of a taxi plate,

Thanks

braddun

uber and other drive companies will kill taxi service



in Dublin theres 2 many taxis outside hueston station theres hundreds


I would not get into taxi driving

johnf2013

If anything the plate should wil going up in price. Apps are the future with no hidden charges etc. just a pay commission as you use policy. You aren't restricted to a certain area with the apps, you will get a fare anywhere.

braddun wrote: »

uber and other drive companies will kill taxi service



in Dublin theres 2 many taxis outside hueston station theres hundreds


I would not get into taxi driving

Trond

braddun wrote: »

uber and other drive companies will kill taxi service



in Dublin theres 2 many taxis outside hueston station theres hundreds


I would not get into taxi driving

Not for most important part of industry, its customers!

the boss of me

Ownership can no longer be transferred so the plate cannot be sold.

Luke92

You can only lease your plate

Mr.Frame

johnf2013 wrote: »

If anything the plate should wil going up in price. Apps are the future with no hidden charges etc. just a pay commission as you use policy. You aren't restricted to a certain area with the apps, you will get a fare anywhere.

Why would a plate be going up in price? The market is flooded with taxis , in Dublin alone we have more taxis than New York.
As for your "you aren't restricted to certain areas with apps".. A taxi can pnly ply for hire in the area that the car is licenced to work . i.e. a Dublin taxi licence cannot work another county.

mikemac1

braddun wrote: »

in Dublin theres 2 many taxis outside hueston station theres hundreds

You could have picked any rank in the city except this one :P

The rank is long but it's not long enough. A few trains arrive in around 8:40, I was told it was 3 trains.

If you go past that rank at 8:50 most mornings on a working day you'll see customers queueing and waiting and the rank empty

Back to the rank, the buses get pinched if the rank goes too far back so the traffic corps send down a bike to shift drivers on.

It's just funny looking at a queue at a taxi rank, it's like the 90's all over again! Of course if you come back to the rank by 9:00 most of these are picked up and on their way There's just a set period when Heuston station cannot cope

braddun

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/irish-taxi-regulator-gives-uber-app-green-light-30569156.html

Trond

braddun wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/irish-taxi-regulator-gives-uber-app-green-light-30569156.html

Wow this will go down well with the Unions

Cant see them being up to 30% cheaper though

mikemac1

Do Uber charge the 2 euro pickup fee?

Lots of companies have percentage discounts but unless it's a medium to longish fare the customer is better off paying the meter rate but not paying the 2 euro

Losty Dublin

Mr.Frame wrote: »

A taxi can pnly ply for hire in the area that the car is licenced to work . i.e. a Dublin taxi licence cannot work another county.

This limitation only applies to on public street hiring within the area where the driver is licenced to work. Taxi plates are national and not tied to any area since 2006. Apps such as Hailo are private hire bookings so in effect any licenced taxi and driver can go to and pick up the fare, regardless of the area the driver was passed out in.

the boss of me

The Uber model used elsewhere didn't work in
Ireland and they now charge taxi metered rates less 10%. It didn't work because it was based on a supply and demand principle.. Ie cheap fares when demand was low but price gouging at peak times. Be thankful that faes are regulated in Ireland by law or you could have to pay multiples of the metered fare at peak times.