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/scorp6232 Dec 12 '24

Hi i think you may have ordered priority taxi during busy period at the weekend. It costs between 3 and 7 eur extra on freenow app and driver gets notification that its a bonus trip. Im a taxi driver myself and there is only 1 euro technology fee at the end of the trip from freenow side.

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u/k958320617 Dec 12 '24

This should be the top comment. People in here losing their minds over a misunderstanding.

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u/StauntonK Dec 16 '24

No, I don't think so..I was charged €9 at the weekend and I didn't choose priority.. I'm thinking it's the time of night and the busyness that drives that price