10-19-2016, 12:19 PM
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#2121
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I'm curious on the cost of Ride Please. I really like what Keys Please has to offer but its prohibitively expensive.
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10-19-2016, 12:22 PM
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#2122
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I saw that they, Ride Please, are looking for drivers right now. They should be starting up very soon (before the holiday season for sure.) Unlike TappCar it seems like their experience is going to mimic Uber with payment and tips flowing through the App instead of being a separate process.
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Their site says October 25: http://rideplease.net/
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10-19-2016, 12:31 PM
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#2123
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One of the Nine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
I'm curious on the cost of Ride Please. I really like what Keys Please has to offer but its prohibitively expensive.
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Not really. I mean, yes, it's twice as much as a cab, but you didn't have to take a cab to get there, right? I love keys please for going to a house party. Show up when I want, make a stop at the liquor store, got my gum and stuff in my truck, and then later, my truck comes home with me. Same price as cabbing it both ways, or maybe just a little cheaper.
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10-19-2016, 12:32 PM
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#2124
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weitz
I'm curious on the cost of Ride Please. I really like what Keys Please has to offer but its prohibitively expensive.
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Keys Please isn't that bad considering that they bring your car home. Ride Please should be much closer to taxi prices though because they only employ the single driver instead of the two driver system of Keys Please.
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10-19-2016, 12:38 PM
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#2125
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Field near Field, AB
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Happy to have Uber back. Used the Cab company app Friday night to book and reserve a cab and they would accept the booking. Then they would pick up a fare and cancel the booking leaving me stranded once more! Thanks Checker Cabs...
The reason cab companies are failing is the above.
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10-19-2016, 12:42 PM
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#2126
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I saw that they, Ride Please, are looking for drivers right now. They should be starting up very soon (before the holiday season for sure.) Unlike TappCar it seems like their experience is going to mimic Uber with payment and tips flowing through the App instead of being a separate process.
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Tappcar drivers are paid through the app as well. I'm sure like any other service there are bad experiences, but I've heard lots of positives as well as some negatives. They are still fairly new so you would hope most of the issues will be addressed. I like using their service because after talking to the driver they seem to be a very employee friendly company.
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10-20-2016, 10:53 AM
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#2127
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Annalise Klingbeil @AnnaliseAK 12m12 minutes ago
Kurt Enders, Checker pres/owner and on LTAC, has several pages of questions for admin. Highlights lack of consultation re amendments.
Annalise Klingbeil @AnnaliseAK 11m11 minutes ago
"We were once again blindsided," Kurt Enders says. #yyc #yyccc
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10-20-2016, 11:14 AM
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#2128
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Kurt Enders of Checker Yellow Cabs says he's worried taxi companies in Calgary will be "put out to pasture." #yyc #yyccc
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10-20-2016, 11:15 AM
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#2129
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Kurt Enders of Checker Yellow Cabs says he's worried taxi companies in Calgary will be "put out to pasture." #yyc #yyccc
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Follow me, Old Yeller. It's time.
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10-20-2016, 11:18 AM
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#2130
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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We can only hope.. Seriously why does a single cab company get to dictate traffic at the airport? I had to sit in a significant line up to pick up someone because Mayfair has some lacky forcing 15 cabs past everyone else.
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10-20-2016, 11:24 AM
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#2131
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Helen Pike
@Metropike
City's next step: redesign the taxi industry. That one made the room go quiet #yyc #yyccc
Helen Pike @Metropike 6m6 minutes ago Calgary, Alberta
City wants to start a ground up review of the taxi system processes "today" — streamlining application process #yyc #yyccc
Last edited by Otto-matic; 10-20-2016 at 11:38 AM.
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10-20-2016, 11:30 AM
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#2132
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Kurt Enders of Checker Yellow Cabs says he's worried taxi companies in Calgary will be "put out to pasture." #yyc #yyccc
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lol people I don't have sympathy for:
1. ISIS
2. Taxi Companies
3. Cable Companies
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10-20-2016, 11:56 AM
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#2133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Helen Pike @Metropike 2m2 minutes ago
Gallery getting a little restless, someone just said "what about democracy" when asked to quiet down (or be thrown out of the room) #yyccc
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10-20-2016, 02:25 PM
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#2134
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My face is a bum!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarywinning
Happy to have Uber back. Used the Cab company app Friday night to book and reserve a cab and they would accept the booking. Then they would pick up a fare and cancel the booking leaving me stranded once more! Thanks Checker Cabs...
The reason cab companies are failing is the above.
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Don't worry, soon Uber drivers will start doing that too. If your driver doesn't have the maximum amount of stars, this is probably why. Find another one. At least that mechanism is in place to help with this.
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10-20-2016, 02:30 PM
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#2135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Helen Pike
@Metropike
.@Uber_Calgary reiterates: under the current bylaw we will not be entering the market #yyc #yyccc
Annalise KlingbeilVerified account @AnnaliseAK 22m22 minutes ago
Uber is now speaking. “We’re viewing the next year as an opportunity to build trust with the city," they say. #yyccc
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10-20-2016, 02:30 PM
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#2136
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
I hear that Keys Please is opening a version of this. I've used Keys Please a bunch of times over the years, and I have nothing but good things to say about them (except that they get busy, just like cab companies).
I look forward to giving them more of my money. Bring on the Uber clones. Buh-bye, taxi mafia.
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Just, as an aside, if you wanted to hire them to drive you home....do you have to be drunk?
I mean, I'm not always drunk, sometimes I just need a ride.
But if its part of the criteria, I think I could accommodate that.
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10-20-2016, 05:10 PM
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#2137
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Helen Pike
@Metropike
.@Uber_Calgary reiterates: under the current bylaw we will not be entering the market #yyc #yyccc
Annalise KlingbeilVerified account @AnnaliseAK 22m22 minutes ago
Uber is now speaking. “We’re viewing the next year as an opportunity to build trust with the city," they say. #yyccc
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That would be an achievement since there is little evidence to date that Uber realizes trust is a two-way street.
As far as Checker being blindsided goes, if they had simply followed this thread, they would have known all this is coming.
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10-20-2016, 10:59 PM
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#2138
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Just, as an aside, if you wanted to hire them to drive you home....do you have to be drunk?
I mean, I'm not always drunk, sometimes I just need a ride.
But if its part of the criteria, I think I could accommodate that.
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They drive you home in your vehicle, so it would be kind of weird to do that sober.
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10-21-2016, 07:04 AM
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#2139
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Franchise Player
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I want Uber to come to Calgary but I actually think that Ride Please will provide an Uber-like experience so I'll be happy with one or the other. I think that once the alternatives like Ride Please start operating it will become more difficult for Uber to enter the Calgary market.
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10-21-2016, 07:45 AM
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#2140
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I want Uber to come to Calgary but I actually think that Ride Please will provide an Uber-like experience so I'll be happy with one or the other. I think that once the alternatives like Ride Please start operating it will become more difficult for Uber to enter the Calgary market.
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Ride Please has already failed. Their app is awful, and the pricing is hilariously high.
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