Taxis not accepting card payment

Cash being lodged would not be a huge issue. Credit unions, Post office all take cash without fees. Non business accounts can lodge cash into as well and banks will take no notice unless excessive 5+k/week I doubt if any taxi is doing that.

On business accounts debits and credits cost money as well so along with sum up fee you may be caught with a credit transaction fee as well.

I presume like many other small sole traders operators Taxi drivers especially older ones deal mainly with CU's because of ease of borrowing.

Anyway taxi drivers were never renowned for lodging cash

Spoofer in what way?

Story from a taxi in Ireland.

2 women get in at a rank, in their 20's or 30's, they tell driver where to go. Driver knows its a very short fare, 6 or 7 euro.

1 asks can you take card? the driver says have you cash? seeing as its such a short trip and maybe they have 7 euro cash between the 2 of them, why give anything from 7 euro to sumup especially on such a low fare and the bother of setting up the card reader for a few euro.

1 of the women "oh no he has to take card, its the law" 😂 the other woman was a lot nicer and sounder and says will you calm down to her friend?

driver says its ok, I can take card, I was was just seeing if you had cash, its a very short fare.

Get to the destination, 6.40 is the total cost, paid by card, so the driver didnt even get the 6.40.

Next fare was 2 lads to the same destination, fare was 6 euro, they paid 10 in cash without driver saying anything, keep the change.

see the difference? its not about money a lot of the time but If a driver is thinking about heading to town on a saturady night and he/she thinks about that wagon who kicked up a fuse over 6.40, he/she might say I will leave them to it.

Its the same people you hear complaining about lack of taxis who will give a driver a hard time over a few euro, just being awkward for the sake of it.

Yeah, about €3.40. What other differences are you trying to highlight because that entire anecdote does SFA to back up what you were saying earlier.

Here's another one:

2 women get in at rank and ask can he take card?

Driver says no, because he doesn't want to pay 30c to the machine operator

Lady reports him to the regulator and he gets fined €350

See the difference?

The driver didn't refuse the card payment.

It's about the difference in passengers, some are sound others are anything but.

Some take 20 cent back from a 19:80 fare, others give you 30 euro fir a 12 euro fare. Takes all sorts I suppose.

Could apply same to drivers. Some ive met are incredibly sound and friendly and the lifeblood of the sector, others are absolutely miserable, lazy and/or shady. The only difference is that the passenger is the customer and the driver is the 'business' and therefore requirement of friendliness and professionalism is uneven and moreso required on the driver IMO.

Also in your example the driver is entitled to €19.80, not €20. If the customer chooses to leave the 20 cent (as many likely would including myself) that should be welcomed by the driver, however if they choose to ask for the change it should not reflect on the individual at all as they have fully paid the required fare asked of them. As for individuals leaving an €18 tip on a €12 fare, well for them and a massive, ridiculous and I imagine exceptional bonus for the driver.

😂 im not good at it. my bank balance says otherwise. 😉

What other business in Ireland has to take card payments?

I wouldnt say keep the change, I would put the change in a poor box if he had one. Butchers isnt a business you tip, dont ask me why but a lot of people tip taxis, waiters etc

To be honest I wouldnt welcome a 20 cent tip but I would think you were stingy if you took it back.

tips aren't as good when people pay by card.

You might learn sometime from one of the very few posters on this thread who knows what they are talking about.

Not in the slightest bit dodgy.

Been to the university of life have you??😄😄

ah tips arent as good when people pay by card. get it now? people arent as generous when they pay by card. stop trying to imply im dodging tax.

Im talking as someone who knows the taxi industry inside out unlike you. And I am very well educated as well by the way. hilarious joke though. 🥱

Yeah sure just paint them all with the same brush. There are some great people who are taxi drivers, I know a few.

There are bad apples in every job.

Im not taxiing, im running several businesses 😉 if I stayed in my graduate job, I wouldn't have a penny now so the jokes on you.

😂 Im not reliant on the taxi industry, all my eggs arent in 1 basket so I couldnt care less if uber or bolt are allowed operate the way they do in some other countries. No sign of that anyway, its only you wishing they are because you are too tight to pay for a real taxi. 😂

You should join us and make a few quid? lot of money to be made driving taxi you know. thats why we dont have to work nights.

You're doing a little bit too much explaining there buddy ... 😁😁😁. Thanks for the laugh.

You're first post here was "have some respect for taxi drivers getting you home safely" then it became about stranding wagons for asking you to do your job. Absolute mental behaviour. Especially since you were claiming not to be a taxi driver in another thread.....