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Yet another Freenow price hike.

the boss of me · 2023-01-28 13:32:35

Just wanted to give you a heads up re Freenow's latest price hike which seems to have gone under the radar. They're increasing their " technology fee" to between €3 and €10 on pre-booked jobs. The fee is €3 for a saloon car and €10 for an eight seater. This charge is in addition to the €2 call out charge but unlike that…

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Just wanted to give you a heads up re Freenow's latest price hike which seems to have gone under the radar. They're increasing their " technology fee" to between €3 and €10 on pre-booked jobs. The fee is €3 for a saloon car and €10 for an eight seater.
This charge is in addition to the €2 call out charge but unlike that none of this goes to the driver.
The good news is that it's easy to avoid paying this rip off charge. Just use any of the other taxi companies. Freenow are currently the only Taxi company applying a " technology fee".

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https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/12/29/freenow-taxi-app-rolls-out-new-fees-including-cancellation-charge-of-up-to-10/

From Irish Times 29 December

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