Same, found Didi as dead as a dodo. I keep getting a message basically saying the airport is a no go zone for Didi (so the rest of Cairns is OK...?)
It appears that Didi can do dropoffs but not pickups.
Did, you get paid a little more and know your destination before picking the passenger up. Didi is a lot more popular nowadays.
I didn't say there were, i've lived in Cairns for twenty years and drive for a living so know when the jams are! At that time of day the cars are busy because of the schools and hospital change over so the surge is often on.
Been there, done that.
And you should learn to read and comprehend instead of me having to explain it to you. You seem to have got your blood pressure raised over a simple statement because you got it wrong but the problem is, you seem to have contradicted yourself also! It's not price gouging, it's supply and demand, same as air travel, hotel rooms etc. You don't have to use the service. Cya, i'm taking no further part in this conversation with you.
How could they go bust? Too expensive to start with? Internal corruption? Bullied by all the rideshare and taxi drivers? Iranian crisis push them over the edge?
When Uber X was growing and noticeably encroaching on the taxi industry in Brisbane, there were (perhaps only anecdotal) many reports of Uber drivers being intimidated, harassed or otherwise subjected to bullying-like behaviour by taxi drivers. Examples included being yelled at (obscene or otherwise), being parked in or blocked in by taxis, vehicles being keyed or spat on, bogus police calls on Uber vehicles, amongst others. Some of those actions were also directed at the passengers of Ubers. Sort of died off by now, especially since many ex-taxi drivers also went over to Uber and Didi.
I’d imagine like many small businesses, costs and inflation coming them from all corners. Wages, Fuel, Maintenance, Airport Fees. Everywhere you look they are getting smashed by cost hikes, only so far one can raise tickets before it’s just becomes uncompetitive. Not really many productivity levers they can pull either, especially in weather downturns etc, just running the same network with lower revenue. These sort of operators often have agreements with airports also, like this one did.
Plenty more transfer companies than Exemplar, Uber is always busy whatever..
They been around for 30 years bud, glad you think it's funny.
It's the wet season, lows come and go, they been around for thirty years so know the game. Cairns is busier than its ever been for this time of year, we'll have wait and see why they've gone under, no good guessing.
Cairns very quiet? what you talking about? Wet weather? It's the wet season! I've been here twenty years in the city centre and Cairns is the busiest it's ever been for this time of year!
