Comfortdelgro to simplify fares.

• Taxilim88

  2 Mar 17, 09:32

  Originally posted by Pandanchen:

  no wonder virgin always ask if sex is painful 

   

  haha

  No lar..I always ask the virgin if painful.  If yes, then confirm virgin lor..

• bowah

  2 Mar 17, 15:46

  Virgin why need to ask, you more pain then them...must use indian magic oil one.
• Jasonlkl

  3 Mar 17, 05:36

  Transcab and Premier introduced surge pricing this month. Will this further deter pax from taking taxis? I believe so.

• Pandanchen

  3 Mar 17, 08:10

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Transcab and Premier introduced surge pricing this month. Will this further deter pax from taking taxis? I believe so.

  during peak hours ra

• Taxilim88

  3 Mar 17, 09:06

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Transcab and Premier introduced surge pricing this month. Will this further deter pax from taking taxis? I believe so.

  Nope.

  When Grabcar surge, ppl book taxis.  Grab lose customer.  So now Grab convinced their partners Transcab and Premier to surge together also. Song Song gao Jurong.

  In this way, they all huat together.  Understand bo?

  Ppl go take Uber?  Uber will also surge with the high demand from pax who gets turned off by Grab and Taxi surge.

  Bottomline, when surge, all surge together.  Pax got no choice one.  Won't take MRT or Bus cos raining or late for work.  The companies are not stupid.

  Only the pax are silly for supporting them.  Now is payback time.

  Oligopoly becomes Monopoly.  Monopoly means suka suka increase price. Like your 30% water price increase.

• bowah

  3 Mar 17, 09:15

  TC and Premier taking the lead in their strategy is a direct insult to Cdg in way of telling cdg is not the biggest nor the major player in this market anymore. As TC and P tied up with Grab, their pricing, if the cabbies take grab call, will be more like UG pricing, surge high during peak period, and very low during non peak period. On the other hand, they can also do taxi fares with meter, so it is a double edged sharp knife that can cut in both side, good for their drivers. So, as for cdg and the rest of the other taxi companies like SMRT and prime, it is a look and see situation, What happen will be, in my honest views, during peak period, SMRT and Cdg business will go up, because TC and P will be busy doing Grab high fare job, and that will directly affect UG driver. TC and P will become a direct competitor of UG. And as you know, people on the ground will go for the cheapest if possible, so expect cdg calls to ting non stop during peak period or Q full of paxs for SMRT. However, during off peak period, Cdg and SMRT will have lesser business, so to speak, as grab fare become cheaper than taxi, those with cdg and smrt can go home sleep or like me, at kopitiam shooting missile and cannon. So, today, if a guy want to join UG, he will think twice, why not join taxi and drive for TC or P, can drive as a UG and at the same time, as a taxi. See the picture! In the meeting, someone asked if Cdg will join in, ...I said that Cdg is a public listed company, it is not something that want to join will join..so simple, we have shareholders to answer, and secretly, in my mind, cdg is a big player, why must follow the smaller player,..tio bo...if follow, no face leh
• Taxilim88

  3 Mar 17, 09:21

  Only CDG is the counter force now.  Either way, they win.

  If CDG dun implement surge and Grab, Uber,Transcab/Premier surge, CDG calls will burst and all CDG drivers will be song song gao Jurong.

  If CDG implement surge, then they also huat together with the rest.

  Win - Win.

  So to answer Jasonlkl, if grab/transcab/premier surge, then CDG drivers will benefit cos all the calls will come in.  So you know who to join now.

• bowah

  3 Mar 17, 09:35

  True, cdg strategy is waitng for TC and P to make the move with GRAB, remember, till now cdg have never said they work with GRAB, whatever their driver wants to use Grab is no issue to them, but they never acknowledge, unlike TC and P GRAB as their partner. Today, morning discussion was not about cdg fare or driver earning during peak period, we know cdg drivers will huat during peak period where grab call can go as high as $100 per trip. If cdg driver is to take grabcall, it will still be meter fare. The key point now is how cdg is going to lower it fare during off peak period ie 9.30am to 5 or 6pm, that is in the discussion. So, stay tune ya
• Taxilim88

  3 Mar 17, 18:16

  LAI LIAO LAI LIAO...

  CDG Implement surge pricing liao.  Huat ar.

• j007

  3 Mar 17, 20:23

  wonder how the surge pricing will be carried out..

  seems location surcharge maybe scrapped 

• Jasonlkl

  3 Mar 17, 22:46

  Gd then! If price surge till rocket high, drive finish peak hours can close shop liao. 

• bowah

  4 Mar 17, 14:31

  End of the day, paxs jialat liao...see how our howlian lau kuay bu Queen call grabhitch or tio hitched
• Jasonlkl

  4 Mar 17, 17:50

  More or less some ppl will boycott taxis once surge pricing starts

• Pandanchen

  5 Mar 17, 01:29

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  More or less some ppl will boycott taxis once surge pricing starts

  depends on need, if no car or taxi available, still will take 

• j007

  5 Mar 17, 13:05

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  Transcab and Premier introduced surge pricing this month. Will this further deter pax from taking taxis? I believe so.

  when PHV surge, taxi surge, can't afford, too bad. least its fair for the TDs that works hard during peak hours or high demand timings.

  but i wonder how do drivers know when and where are the surge pricing..

• j007

  5 Mar 17, 13:06

  Originally posted by Jasonlkl:

  More or less some ppl will boycott taxis once surge pricing starts

  well its a matter of time they get used to it. there's no cheaper alternative besides public transport

• j007

  5 Mar 17, 14:12

  http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/comfort-delgro-applies-use-surge-pricing-taxi-bookings

• j007

  5 Mar 17, 14:14

  The Straits Times understands that Comfort DelGro's demand-pegged fares would be different from the surge pricing mechanism.

  It intends to simply flash a fare - say, $20 from Ang Mo Kio to Orchard on a Friday evening. The customer may reject this and opt for the metered fare, but it would be uncertain if there would be a cab available.

  Industry observers approached by The New Paper think that cabbies would be even more incentivised to rely solely on bookings.

  Doesn't that mean that taxi drivers will 'hide' during low demand and come out when demand goes up?Financial consultant Julia Tan

  Singapore's high smartphone penetration rate means that most commuters would have no problem switching to bookings over street hails, they said.

  But commuters who spoke to The New Paper were worried that surge pricing for taxi bookings would lead to overpriced fares. Financial consultant Julia Tan, 28, said: "If high demand means high pricing, doesn't that mean that taxi drivers will 'hide' during low demand and come out when demand goes up?"

  Dr Park Byung Joon, an adjunct associate professor and transport expert at UniSIM, said the move by the taxi companies was "inevitable".

  "Some have said that it is impossible for Uber and taxi companies to co-exist. Taxi companies here are becoming like Uber, while Uber, which has partnerships with many car rental companies, acts like a taxi company.

  "It is difficult to predict taxi fares, which are purely dependent on market forces, because a lot also depends on commuters' decisions.

  "This is definitely interesting for transport researchers, but there is a possibility that commuters might suffer."

  Transport economist Michael Li said the taxi companies might be losing their "edge" by applying surge pricing.

  He thinks the majority of the taxi firms' current customers, whether they are using the app or hailing a taxi from the street, are probably happy with the current system in terms of its reliability and comfort.

  Prof Li said: "The surcharges are a transparent form of pricing, but it remains to be seen if dynamic pricing would be truly beneficial to commuters.

  "Price is just one dimension of competition. The incumbents could also choose to leverage on their focus to service."

• f1taxidriver

  5 Mar 17, 14:33

  Dont get so excited. Drive taxi is still a dead end job. Very boring and tiring with not much to look forward to except to end shift, buy 4D and dream of striking jackpot.

• Artillery Cannon

  5 Mar 17, 18:09

  Morning titi tio cbd. Evening titi tio cck. 

  Want to keep cannot find pax. I put punggol still flag me as me pioneer can or not uncle......

• weehu

  5 Mar 17, 20:31

  Originally posted by f1taxidriver:

  Dont get so excited. Drive taxi is still a dead end job. Very boring and tiring with not much to look forward to except to end shift, buy 4D and dream of striking jackpot.

  agreed with your views. The new taxi fare structure will not help drivers to earn as before. Taxi industry has become 夕阳行业。Today drive from 7am-4pm,hoot 13 cdg CJ but the income is miserable.

• Pandanchen

  5 Mar 17, 23:44

  Originally posted by Artillery Cannon:

  Morning titi tio cbd. Evening titi tio cck. 

  Want to keep cannot find pax. I put punggol still flag me as me pioneer can or not uncle......

  never ask me to drink kopi? 

• Jasonlkl

  6 Mar 17, 09:28

  Some ppl are contented with their job choice

  Some ppl driving taxi is their last resort

  Most ppl do not wish to end up as a driver

• bowah

  6 Mar 17, 09:33

  Most of us last time drive taxis because we bo ta chek mah, no study, sec 2 or PSLE level only, so drive lor, at least can make a decent honest living, today, Univeristy and diploma holder also driving...tsk tsk tsk. dunno wan to shake which heads.. ...Singapore govt created driving jobs for the youngs...
• Jasonlkl

  6 Mar 17, 09:39

  If suay suay morning peak tio CBD like orchard or shenton way which i thk are quite common, whr are some of the better destinations to head to after alighting the pax? Cantonment , everton , bukit merah areas? Or hotels?