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40% off Taxis via Uber's UberTAXI in Sydney 10am-5pm Monday-Friday

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40% off Taxis via Uber's UberTAXI in Sydney 10am-5pm Monday-Friday
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Leq2 on 19/02/2014 - 12:54 blog.uber.com (557 clicks)
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10am-5pm every business day, uberTAXI fares are now 40% cheaper than a taxi booked and paid through >traditional taxi networks. These off-peak rates will stay in place until further notice.

Uber is doing this because they believe that taxis are overpriced during these offpeak times.

If you're new to uber you can get $20 credit towards your first ride :
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/uber_private_driver_20_ref…

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Traditional taxi networks (e.g. Taxis Combined) add a $2.40 network booking fee, whereas uberTAXI trips attract only a $2.00 Uber Service Fee.
There is no 10% CabCharge service fee on uberTAXI trips, so all of your uberTAXI fares are immediately 10% cheaper.
In off-peak times Monday to Friday 10am-5pm, uberTAXI fares are then further discounted by 30% until further notice, for a total 40% saving.
Fares are set when you request your ride.
Discount cannot be used in conjunction with other offers.
Promotion does not apply to BLACK or LUX rides.
There are thousands of taxis using the Uber system, but availability may still be limited.

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  • Frost2468 on 19/02/2014 - 13:07

    great :)

  • jong on 19/02/2014 - 13:21
    -5

    Uber is doing this because they believe that taxis are overpriced during these offpeak times.

    No, they aren't - they're doing it to drum up business. The discount will be coming from their profits overseas, which they'll spend here to make up their losses on this deal. You're looking at a US-owned multinational, trying to crush small business in Sydney.

    Which is awesome, right? ;-)

    • Sindex on 19/02/2014 - 13:23
      +6

      Taxis are small business?

      • Myrz on 19/02/2014 - 13:30
        +1

        What he said. Also it seems this is for uBer Taxis. which means Taxis are getting the business anyway?

      • Munnday on 19/02/2014 - 17:40

        Most Taxi Drivers are Sole Traders or work for Small Business taxi operators.

        These Sole Tranders/Small Business then work under the name of the larger Taxi companies

    • globexcorporation on 20/02/2014 - 22:41
      +1

      Are you aware how the taxi industry currently works? The operators may be small businesses but how do you think they get their businesses when you ring taxis combined or some other corporation. They set the prices uniformly. It's anti competition, resource inefficient and the consumer loses.

      Taxis should cost more in peak time, and less in off-peak. There should be incentives for these small businesses to pick up fares when it's busy, and disincentive to crowd the market when there isn't enough work. I dunno, for example, if it's a bit cheaper, more people like retirees would be more inclined to take taxis to do their shopping during the day. The work flow is steadier and more predictable.

  • Apothecary on 19/02/2014 - 13:24
    -1

    Uber don't own their taxis. Many of them are hire cars.

    • ChickenTalon on 20/02/2014 - 10:34

      Uber don't own any cars, either hire or taxies. They are simply a booking service and payment method for some of them.

  • shake on 19/02/2014 - 13:45

    I wonder how this works. As in, would the taxi driver still get the regular fare, and have the difference reimbursed by Uber? Or do the taxi drivers have to agree to only receiving 60% of what they would normally get?

    • che_97 on 19/02/2014 - 14:04

      i would also like to know this. i'm all for loss leaders to drive up market share, but if the cab driver is getting a raw deal, i'd have to think about it twice before i booked.

    • uraha on 19/02/2014 - 14:21
      -1

      I think ubertaxi price are slightly higher then the standard taxi prices

    • ChickenTalon on 20/02/2014 - 10:36
      +1

      I tried the taxi service the other day. Works very simply. You book a taxi through the uber app and the bill is paid by your payment method on file with uber.

      No money or CC details to be exchanged in the cab. Quite good actually, no fumbling around for money/cards in the taxi. You pay the amount on the taxi meter plus a booking fee of $2. You also don't need to pay the BL!!^&#DY RIPOFF 10% fee to Macquarie Bank for using your credit card.

      So it's usually cheaper.

  • NigelTufnel on 19/02/2014 - 14:05

    Heh, I didn't know they were in Australia. Planet money did an interesting podcast on uber in New York recently for anyone interested. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/01/24/265396928/when-a-6…

  • DealzEddy123 on 19/02/2014 - 14:11

    good deal. Hope I remember to use it the next time I catch a cab

  • tonester on 19/02/2014 - 17:45
    +2

    If you're new to uber you can get $20 credit towards your first ride :
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/uber_private_driver_20_ref…

    don't forget ABL1314 for $20 off your 1st uberblack/lux ride :)
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/129704

  • ChickenTalon on 20/02/2014 - 10:45

    Good Deal and good post, I got the email but didn't really read it until now.

    This is great if you're working in the city and feel like getting lunch in say Surry Hills. Makes the rest of the city very quick and reasonable to access. Makes sense to get those idle cabs moving, they seem to just sit there for long times during the day in the cab ranks.

  • BrianGriffin on 20/02/2014 - 12:07

    Anyone tried to use this in airport?

  • bonezAU on 20/02/2014 - 13:00
    +4

    There's another app called GoCatch, the CEO has been "interviewed" twice on Perth's 6PR radio in the last week or so. He said that they have been running a trial to pay cabbies an additional $20 (from their own coffers) to pick people up from Kings Cross between 1-4am on weekends, in order to clear drunks from the area and the trial has been very successful. Most cabbies avoid the area due to violence and people vomiting in their cabs, but this additional bonus paid directly to the driver has seen a 170% increase in cabs picking up people from the Cross.

    If you offer money, people are more likely to take the risk. They are now hitting up the NSW dept of transport to pay this $20 commission from now on as a cheap way to clear the area during the early hours and hopefully reduce the violence problems that exist.

    Not really related to this bargain, but it will be interesting to see how it works out (or not).

  • tonester on 27/02/2014 - 18:09

    How the taxi industry is fighting back against start-up Uber’s luxury service
    http://www.brw.com.au/p/entrepreneurs/service_the_taxi_indus…

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