How the taxi firms compete with each other???

last SG · 2009-06-23T20:33:33+00:00

it's really sad those Comfort assholes , who has forgotten how our seniors , through the years , going thick and thin with Comfort , that make them possible...

takesflight SG

there are two ways the taxi firms compete with each other for right?

but how exactly do they do it? which company is better in terms of benifits? rents? etc. as in how they attract you-as a taxi driver? why do u want to join them??

and for the passengers, which taxi company has the lowest taxi fare ar? does the price attract them or does the service or maybe the car attracts you?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

Stage SG

see come just take

takesflight SG

but will u if have one cheaper one behind when u see it, will you let the exp one go then take the next one?

QX179R SG

but will u if have one cheaper one behind when u see it, will you let the exp one go then take the next one?

yes I will if the 1st cab in line is the 300C..

Poolman SG

but will u if have one cheaper one behind when u see it, will you let the exp one go then take the next one?

There is no regulation that first customer must take the first cab on the Q .

In the event first cab is Mercedes ( flag down $3.20 ) , 2nd cab is a Toyota Crown ( flag down $2.80 ) ..... commuters can chose to take any taxi they want .

Vice versa , if the first is a Crown , 2nd is a Merc ... commuers also got the right to chose .

It's a question whether that 2nd taxi driver courteous enough to tell u to take to take the 1st taxi , or if u insist , he also must take you .

Also a question of are u courteous enough to take the 2nd ?

But most commuters don't care one la , just open door , and : " Uncle , XXXX road ."

Poolman SG

Taxi companies does compete with each other , but they also have a set of rules and regulation to follow , like one company can raise the flag down fare , but cannot reduce the flag down fare .

But i was curiousthat time , when Comfort raise the flag down , why must all follow ?

If one don't follow , indirectly he is lowering down the flag down , right ?

And that dun actually refringe any regulations , right ?

takesflight SG

ya lor, then why then follow ar? thank you again!!

Poolman SG

So the outcome they compete , is to give drivers benefits .... lots of it . It's a war out there !

It's a slap to LTA actually .

Why ?

LTA's objective of giving licenses to new taxi companies is to increase competitiveness with the commuters benefits most of it ...

But it turned out that inorder to survive , taxi companies has to give benefits to drivers ( to drive thier taxis ), and commuters don't actually benefits from those newer taxi companies at all , other than long taxi Q . Value wise , commuters gets nothing actually .

Poolman SG

But then again , LTA kept controlling the taxi industries .... said to be "liberalised market" , as in which taxi company also can be allowed to increase their fleet as they want , LTA will keep issuing them new COEs .

But it's not really the case .

From the front door , we see like LTA wash hands off the market , but thru the back door , they are the fools that disrupting the taxi rhythm .

takesflight SG

but will the new taxi companies lose out because they have lesser taxis?

Poolman SG

So now all taxi company is so hand tied , they can't go on giving benefits to drivers , and in the end , drivers still cannot manage the low demand . So what they did ?

Like SMRT , gave Lucky Draws for commuters taking their cab .

Like Comfort & CityCab , invested a large sums of money for the NETS transaction inside a cab .

And recently Comfort gave 2 Fairprice Link points for every booking the commuters made !

Still lower down the killing peak hour surcharge will revive the taxi market .

They will succumb to this due to pressure , let me tell u this .

Election coming .

Poolman SG

but will the new taxi companies lose out because they have lesser taxis?

Lesser taxis , with drivers hiring your taxi , u won't die .

In fact , u guarantee will make $$$ .

But like SMRT , stuck with thousands of un-hired taxis , alot of taxis , but no taker , for what ?

takesflight SG

wah seh! u are very very zai! :D lol! thank you leh!!

Poolman SG

Now the situation is funny ....

Taxi companies ( most of them from ComfortDelgro and SMRT ) , government's link compnaies ..stuck with taxi , in thousands , at their back yard ...... taxi drivers struggled with low demand during peak hours .....

it's a lose-lose situation , nobody wins , except MRT and Buses .

Still they chose to sit back , and do nothing to the industry .

Maybe they account currently that NE Lines ( ComfortDelgro ), EW Lines ( SMRT ) and their buses , with the money they earn , is good enough to cover the lost income from these two giants .

takesflight SG

means they wont do anything meh? but wont they want to maximise more profit? like that like very pointless, earn and lose at the same time?

Poolman SG

Sources that SMRT and ComfortDelgro needs lots of funding for the new buses , new trains for the aging trains , new bills for the incoming MRT lines and construction etc ...

The only way to do it , is to create a massive demand for their buses and trains , at the expense of taxi companies and drivers .

LTA put SMRT and Buses service as their main interest , not taxis .

Poolman SG

means they wont do anything meh? but wont they want to maximise more profit? like that like very pointless, earn and lose at the same time?

U saw any movements ?

That's why i am so bizarre at .

I always thought there will still be a point , a flag down break point , where all can win , ie to reduce the current peak hour surhcarge .

But again .... they need a certain amount of revenue from the buses and trains , and they should be happy now .

Poolman SG

Funny enough , when Sgp has got a population of 3.5 million people , taxi was said to be not enough that time .

Now Sgp has got 4.75 million people , and there is more than adequate of taxis on the road .

Why ?

Global crisis ?

Asian Crisis i earn big time u know ? Asian Financial last quite long u know ?

Sars crisis i also earn big time u know ?

911 crisis i also not affected ?

Why ?

One word : Fare !!!

Poolman SG

Any LTA officers u can name it , the people are simply useless ....

takesflight SG

but now? so it concludes that the fare affects the most to the passengers..