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grab promo got taxi, hitch, share, car
no uber taxi. and i dont think there is a need for them to try to fight tt price of the pie. uberpool and uberX strong enough
cant say which one truly cheaper
depends on the timing and the T&Cs of the promo codes
i will on both and compare all before i choose which one to book
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You slowly choose, because today, I got no time for grab...cdg mdt ting ting non stop. Phv must be surging like hell. A pax shown me a $100 fare from yishun to city..wow!
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today no need to grab or uber
yeah, sometimes the surge can be heart-stopping
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Yeah lor, somemore chio bu going to raffles ask me, why no taxis?? I asked her, can call Phv mah, why call taxis? Jam at AYE, reach there $36 also cheaper than Phv right...open my grabcar and see...wah!!! $70 to $80 to $100 also have.. ...she finally admit, taxi now cheaper by more than half, I told her, next time no more taxis, all slowly return keys, $80 from yr Jurong east to yr Raffles place will be your usual fares.
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Compare, wait for surge over, pool go round n round by then take mrt already reach destination. somemore much cheaper.
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Originally posted by bowah:
You slowly choose, because today, I got no time for grab…cdg mdt ting ting non stop.
Phv must be surging like hell. A pax shown me a $100 fare from yishun to city..wow!
Taxi too honest dont chop carrot when there is high demand but ppl still complain expensive. I tink taxi should implement surge during high demand. Tis is call fair play to chop riders for all.
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Originally posted by Okashii86:
A price comparison website made a comparison of fares and found that Grab is most cost efficient in both short and long distances.
Always forget to compare surge.
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consumers' choice
when no cab in sight or cabbies chao kuan, then go for other options
if got surge but willing to pay is their choice also.
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Consumer got option is consumers choice. Cab got options is called chao kuan.
It is like ppl coming in called FT and going out called Quiiter. Depend what u wamt, call it according to your need.
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Grab’s CNY promo code lets you gift Grab-sponsored red packets to drivers
Want to do something nice this weekend? From 26th to 27th January 2017, Grab passengers can gift S$8.88 digital red packets to their lucky Grab drivers – it’s on Grab, so you’ll only be paying for your fare while doing something nice for others.
By entering the promo code “XIEXIE” (along with a simple thank you note) when booking a trip, the assigned driver would be credited with the red packet. As mentioned above, the Grab passenger will only pay for the trip, and the red packet will be coming from Grab’s pockets instead.
All Grab passengers can gift an unlimited number of red packets for the duration of this event, with a maximum daily cap of 5,500 red packets distributed within the network. According to Grab, both GrabTaxi and GrabCar drivers clocked a total of 83,120 hours on the road during last year’s Chinese New Year. It won't hurt to be generous - without actually spending an extra cent.
Grab has also collated a few CNY “tips”, based on their CNY transport data from last year. We’d take it with a pinch of salt, of course:
- The luckiest time to travel is between 8 – 9A.M. and at 6P.M. on both days of Chinese New Year.
- The most visited places during Chinese New Year are Mustafa Centre, VivoCity, and Nex.
- The odds of meeting a benefactor or growing your network are highest when you GrabShare to Bedok, Tampines and Hougang.
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CNY street paxs already jiak buay hu...still got grab smlj
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71 dollars only...haiz, never see 150
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No Grab or Uber for those with young kids
Commuters who book a Grab or Uber car may be surprised to find the driver refusing to take them if they are accompanied by young children.
The driver is only obeying the law, albeit a little-known one.
Under the Road Traffic Act, it is illegal for private hire cars, which include Grab and Uber, to carry passengers under 1.35m without a booster seat or a child restraint.
Unlike taxis, private hire cars do not ply roads for passengers but are hired under a contract.
Offenders can face a composition fine of $120 and three demerit points. If charged in court, they can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed up to three months.
The Singapore Police Force website states that taxis are exempted because they are public service vehicles, and it would not be reasonable for them to carry child or boosters seats. But anyone below 1.35m must be seated in the rear of the taxi.
Not many commuters know of this rule, say Grab and Uber drivers The New Paper spoke to.
One full-time Grab and Uber driver, who wanted to be known as Janet, 46, said she rejects four to five passengers a week because they have children.
Last year, she explained the rules to two women with two toddlers, but they still tried to enter her car.
When she exited her car to stop them, one verbally abused her and slammed the car door .
Janet told The New Paper: "Drivers would not risk losing their licence for a fare. If I lose my licence, I would lose my job."
Another Grab and Uber driver, Mr Steven Tan, 47, said a customer with a toddler threatened to lodge a complaint against him and slammed the car door after he rejected them.
Grab told TNP that passengers with children below 1.35m and travelling without child booster seats should book the GrabFamily service, which are GrabCars equipped with booster seats for children between four and seven years old.
GrabFamily drivers can buy the booster seats at a discounted rate. Passengers can also book a GrabTaxi, which are exempted from the rule.
The GrabFamily service costs about $2 more than a GrabCar.
Uber declined to comment.
Housewife Victoria Yeo, 42, said she has used Grab or Uber with her seven-year-old daughter at least three times a week for two years, and has not been rejected once.
She said: "If it is a law, then drivers should tell me. Why have a rule that no one knows about?"
Dr Lee Der-Horng, a transport researcher at the National University of Singapore, said: "Once the passengers are in the vehicle, I do not see the difference between a private hire car and a taxi. The reason for exempting taxis needs to be justified further.
"But if private hire cars were to abide by the rule, they can use it as an added incentive because private hire cars can position themselves as a safer option compared to taxis."
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Well, Gong hee fatt choy to those grab and uber kids below 1.35m. Taxi become kiddy ride...lols
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http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/more-taxi-drivers-switching-uberx-and-grabcar
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Let them switch, then with less taxi on the road, apps surge only, we ho say liao...ting ting and ping ping non stop
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demand and supply
more uber and grab on the road, surge down
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More competition means we have more savings
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Reverse economy at play, more Phv, less taxi, same numbers on the road, supply being equal, demand changed to Phv. Phv will surge once it takes over more than 1/2 the market, time for them to take in profits for what they had lost/invested. That time, I will still drive taxi to pick up older folks on the street only.
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the lastest Grab Taxi app
every monday at 0001 hours they reset "acceptance" and "cancel" to 0
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Why Monday?
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Keeping the taxi business viable
The stiff competition from private-hire businesses is forcing taxi companies to take a hard look at the overhead costs that make driving untenable for some of their cabbies.
An industry practice that had not budged in years - in which taxi drivers had to pay hefty daily rents for their cabs, under contracts of at least six months - has finally changed.
With increasing numbers of vehicles idling in yards, taxi operators have been slashing rental rates and restructuring their rental schemes.
Last week, SMRT, the island's third-biggest operator with 3,500 taxis, announced a new taxi sharing scheme that lets cabbies rent a vehicle at hourly rates.
It gives them greater flexibility regarding when they work and for how many hours at a time, in contrast to the daily rental practice, which enough drivers have found onerous, causing them to give up driving altogether - or jump ship to join the competition, Uber and Grab.
In the first 11 months of last year, 5.9 per cent of 27,500 cabs were unhired, compared with 4.2 per cent in 2015.
Besides SMRT, Trans-Cab, which has a fleet of 4,500 taxis, and Premier, with more than 1,900 cabs, have cut their rental fees.
Taxi giant ComfortDelGro, with 16,700 cabs, also launched a flexi-rental scheme in September last year, which lets cabbies reduce their rentals in exchange for taking bookings.
In the battle with Uber and Grab, cab operators need to ensure taxi driving remains economically sustainable, and it is about time they started with reducing the overheads for their drivers.
Lower costs are good all around - for drivers trying to make a living, as well as passengers, if it means more cabs on the road.
Taxi firms should now look for ways to win over customers, many of whom may have switched to using private-hire cars.
A review of taxi fares and surcharges in view of the current competition may thus be timely.
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CDG low rental scheme are just to mislead the drivers. Why can't they make things simple by telling drivers that every CJ completed, rental will be lower by $1/per day.