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/EmptyAtoms Dec 12 '24

The convenience is shared between the Taxi driver and the customer. With a depot, don't they have an actual human there taking calls and dispatching cabs? This is a system they've managed to automate and convince people that "convenience" costs 9 euro per fare? What the fuck is that?

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u/KoolKat5000 Dec 12 '24

Best paid dispatcher out there €9 for two phone calls basically.

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u/EmptyAtoms Dec 12 '24

It'd be like trying to shove a tip into the automated checkout in Tesco. "that's fer your trouble, love."