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really… anyway chua… why you so concerned about the $1 refundable deposit? Force saving meh haha…. For me $1K with a big taxi company is ok lah esp comfort or smrt… but must be careful with small taxi company like prime or smart
for me more important is the rental, diesel after rebate price, accident excess, other monetary benefit…
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Sorry for not being clear...the classified is obviously not from the taxi companies, it was ads by the hirer, I believe. Not really concern about the $1K, just using this forum to discuss as I'm curious why taxi companies require deposit from relief and yet these hirer able to let the relief drive without deposit.
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My opinion as what Guru already said look like you are very concern with what your investments and the return. U know the Deposit which you contributed to the company is all refundable Lah. If you Start with Citycab or Comfort, the first deposit $250 within a month from my experience from the collection already you can cover from your earning to pay them,just think this is saving just temporary deposited to their account. Ask yourself your earning, who contributed to you as an Taxi Driver. So customers is the answer. So dun worry so much all about the Deposit and all the money involve U to be a Taxi driver. Your next obsticle is the test and all those lessons you must know. Before you final said graduated from Taxi Acadamy with your certificate.
If you got your Vocation Licence and the certificate, the next the Taxi in your hand. Your final test come is the customers destination and can you make it on how you move-on the Singapore roads, this is another question you need to monitor. This is your main worry.
Edited by kinwashi 17 Jun `08, 3:33PM
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Originally posted by ALN:
hey poolman… what rental $55? i thought yellow cab are owned by hirer?
now can still have new private yellow top taxi or not? how it works? I mean how much to pay for new cab, maintenance etc… i thought they are converting all private Yellow top to comfort…
wow , u haven't seen Honda Airwave yellow top , those Fiats ? Those Toyota pickups as taxi ? I also seen Toyota Felder , many brands of them on the road .Most scrapped liao opt for a CNG cabs ......
They bought the cab like buying new cars , pay financial companies like loaning a car , pay loan lor ....
Their loan is like our rental .
Last time COE expensive , LTA dun release licenses to taxi companies , has to buy from private owner , they then sold their ownership to Comfort , for $8000 .
Then LTA changed policy , taxi companies can buy whatever amount of taxi they want , no restriction , then this buy-over policy also scrapeped , no value liao .
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hi jonp,
my experience is sunday many hirers want to let it out… no problem to find lah… just put your particulars in DOES… but if you want lower than $52 then maybe search a bit longer….
when u negotiate, look out for items such as washing and diesel arrangement too… they add up…
other non money issues also matters… location, chemistry with hirer etc… to me those are more important than $5 difference
i ever drove a crown sunday nite… $30 rental…but that is sunday nite shift…
if you just starting new, my advice is just take up a standard rate at your same carpark… drive and see… if better offer comes along, you can always change… maybe then you hirer may counter offer you… haha… relief is king… part time relief is chief of kings….dont say that to pool…
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sunday driving got disadvantage and advantage…
most important is whether it fits your schedule… family day???
advantage is no jam, less competitors, good connection, short q (except airport)
disadvantage is no surcharge lah…
for me, i hate looking for pax most. followed by jam, then short trips…. So sunday day shift not bad for me… but me prefer to rest on sunday… so Sunday is out…
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5am to 5pm - crown $45 , reasonable la .
5am to 5pm - Sonata $53 , maximum . Which could includes of washing of taxi ,
Try nego , $53-$54 , no need to wash , cos washing needs 30 minutes minimum , but 30 minutes u can actually make $20 , so the a dollar nothing la .
The best is 6am to 6pm , but i hardly can see u can get .
usually 5am to 5pm ..... or vice versa .
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sunday routine and timing damn sian .
6am start - 8am , can hardly see people taking taxis .
8am start , little bit , but 9am start , can be really busy , non stop til 12am . Except in town , outside town , housing area many demand .
12pm to 2.00pm , usually consistent ...... but after 3pm , all town ! Housing area dead liao ....
Tat's a day shift pattern .
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yeah, good for newbie to start on sunday day shift… road bright and clear… no jam… pple less hurried…less competition on road…
imagine if you start with weekday nite shift, calls keep coming in, pick up location also blur, jam here jam there. cut lane here and there, ERP knowledge…. you will have nightmare after one night…haha…
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