Uber taxis arriving in Stockton

ThatFragranceGuy said:
Prices have been weird with Uber

Last night;
Uber from Ingleby to Boro £11
Uber from Ingleby to Stockton £22

Today Boro £13 Stockton £10

I know there is surge pricing etc but presume Boro is further away?
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Its like that though, it will baffle you sometimes. But ultimately it comes down to whether your situation at the time justifies the price.

Its also nice to know that when you get to your destination a driver won't try and add an extra tenner on to your original quote, which has happened to me many times over the years in Teesside.
 
I, for one, think its great news. This nasty little pi$$ taking monopoly needs ripping apart, and this is the company that will do it. They have had a bit of bad press themselves clearly in terms of how they treat their drivers but for the customer its great news and no doubt Middlesbrough will soon follow
 
Counter_Press said:
I, for one, think its great news. This nasty little pi$$ taking monopoly needs ripping apart, and this is the company that will do it. They have had a bit of bad press themselves clearly in terms of how they treat their drivers but for the customer its great news and no doubt Middlesbrough will soon follow
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Its all over Tees Valley as far as I can tell? Plenty around Darlo station right now.
 
It's a shame the owner of Tees Valley passed, they were so, so good until Boro bought them out. Prices are absolutely ridiculous now.
 
Morton94 said:
It's a shame the owner of Tees Valley passed, they were so, so good until Boro bought them out. Prices are absolutely ridiculous now.
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It was a shame. I worked with his daughter at the time. You never heard anything negative about the firm or the family. Inflation has contributed to price increases a lot since then too though.
 
Taxi's in the Middlesbrough area have historically been too cheap in my experience over the years, and certainly out of kilter with other parts of the country. That's not to say that the issues described with a monopoly approach are not there though.

I've had very good and very bad experiences with Boro taxis, but I think choice can only be a good thing. Uber isn't uniquely positive, there are drawbacks and they are no stranger to dodgy tactics either. Was in the states recently and the experience with Uber was very poor compared with Lyft. Thankfully, the choice was there
 
Emmersons_BrazillianDong said:
Taxi's in the Middlesbrough area have historically been too cheap in my experience over the years, and certainly out of kilter with other parts of the country. That's not to say that the issues described with a monopoly approach are not there though.

I've had very good and very bad experiences with Boro taxis, but I think choice can only be a good thing. Uber isn't uniquely positive, there are drawbacks and they are no stranger to dodgy tactics either. Was in the states recently and the experience with Uber was very poor compared with Lyft. Thankfully, the choice was there
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I used to use Lyft all the time as Uber didn't allow you to tip (they've since rectified this).

I'd often try both, especially when one was surging as often the other wouldn't be and you could see a difference of say $30 between one and the other.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
I used to use Lyft all the time as Uber didn't allow you to tip (they've since rectified this).

I'd often try both, especially when one was surging as often the other wouldn't be and you could see a difference of say $30 between one and the other.
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You can still sometimes see that gap between Uber and FREENOW.

Anyway, choice has to be a good thing. I don’t think anyone should feel like they HAVE to use Uber.😁
 
Got an Uber from Darlington to Ingleby last night £1.19. Should have been £21.19 but £20 discount for first two booking up to end of the month. Really brightens the night when you pay just over a pound for a taxi home 👍
 
TBF Boro Taxi's are pretty much a monopoly, but they are cheap, by far the cheapest taxi's of any town I've been to, and way less than a city.

People think £10 for a 10 minute ride is bad, without factoring that the driver has to drive to you, and then his next job, and some of the time they can be waiting around for people. Most of the best work for drivers is when the roads are quiet, but people are still out, so it's times when people wouldn't want to be at work, like weekend evenings etc, must be proper ****, as well as dealing with bell ends all the time.

A driver's going to be hoping for what £15-£25 an hour (which is crap for that job to be honest), £5 on fuel per hour, paying whatever in rent, actually buying the car (worth basically zero when sold), maintenance etc. Even if they do 6 x £10 rides in an hour, that's only £60 in fares and won't be leaving much behind after I expect.

As a side note, their accounts don't look great and they're heading in the wrong direction, and I bet covid and people going out less has hammered them. Also, as all the payments are on card now there won't be the same cash getting smuggled out the back door etc.

Getting uber in will be good for competition though, and Boro taxi's won't be buying Uber out, that's for sure.

I wouldn't be surprised if Uber ends up busting Boro Taxi's to be honest.
 
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