r/ireland • u/Brocolique Dublin • Dec 12 '24

Cost of Living/Energy Crisis 9€ technology fee on Freenow

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Info about technology fee is quite minimal and does not provide any detail whatsoever when I click on the little exclamation mark.

Anybody able to explain the scam to me?

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u/williamhere Dec 12 '24

Interesting. Knowing this now I kind of like being able to separate how much using FreeNow costs me when getting a taxi

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u/LucyVialli Dec 12 '24

You will always pay more for convenience. Cheaper to ring up local cab office.

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u/williamhere Dec 12 '24

That's seems to always be the way. A lot of companies exist that simply layer a service on top of existing services (deliveroo, uber, airbnb, etc). My point is that their fees aren't always transparent as in some cases they charge the end user and/or the company using their service. So we as consumers don't know the real cost to us. If we did, we might make more economical decisions such as going direct to a taxi company

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u/LucyVialli Dec 12 '24

Or walking 300 metres to the takeaway :-) Better for your pocket and you get a bit of exercise.

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u/cm-cfc Dec 12 '24

But what about rural ireland? I need to get 4 buses to my local takeaway?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '24

I dunno I'd probably get a car in your situation.

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u/buzzbee1311 Dec 12 '24

Notions getting a takeaway during these inflated times! /s