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Rank: Member Joined: 8/27/2010 Posts: 495 Location: Nairobi
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KulaRaha wrote:Has anyone here used Little? What were your experiences? My missus used it once when fleeing from me. Told me later it was a good experience (the taxi) and the price was better than Uber's. Sent from my Black Nokia 3310
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/30/2007 Posts: 1,558 Location: Nairobi
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Taxi chap chap is cheaper
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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Parliamentary committee wrote:A key parliamentary committee has warned that mobile phone taxi services provider Uber could be fleecing Kenyans through a pyramid-like scheme. We are very unfortunate to have these kind of people as policy makers"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore .
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Uber drivers protesting are fools. They think by increasing price they will get more profit...when in reality the demand for their services will drop. very greedy and foolish. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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KulaRaha wrote:Uber drivers protesting are fools. They think by increasing price they will get more profit...when in reality the demand for their services will drop.
very greedy and foolish. Their issue is not just price but percentage. Uber takes 25% of the amount per trip, they want them like Little to take sub 20%
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Ash Ock wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Has anyone here used Little? What were your experiences? My missus used it once when fleeing from me. Told me later it was a good experience (the taxi) and the price was better than Uber's. It's fantastic, you even get to choose a radio station to listen to My problem with them is that they have fewer drivers than Uber( so many times you will get the message "no service providers found") The app will need an improvement of reliability and features( eg no route map in emails) but we should all aim to promote them as they're local and their drivers are happier than the Uber ones
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Lolest! wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Uber drivers protesting are fools. They think by increasing price they will get more profit...when in reality the demand for their services will drop.
very greedy and foolish. Their issue is not just price but percentage. Uber takes 25% of the amount per trip, they want them like Little to take sub 20% Those drivers are fools, I repeat. Before Uber, most were jobless or sitting in traditional taxis maybe doing one trip a day. Now they take home between 40 and 60k a month and they feel it is not enough. Woe if Uber decides to suspend operations, they can go back to idling at shopping centres and sleeping during the day. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Foolish Kenyans committing suicide: Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/21/2009 Posts: 602
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Drivers may have a point...Uber is running on fumes: After a discombobulated 2016, in which Uber burned through more than $2 billion, amid findings that rider fares only cover roughly 40 percent of a ride, with the remainder subsidized by venture capitalists, it’s hard to imagine Kalanick could take the company public at its stunning current valuation of nearly $70 billion. Uber is doomed
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Amazon is also making losses even today, but Walmart is half dead because of them. Watch this space, Uber ain't going anywhere! Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/19/2015 Posts: 2,871 Location: hapo
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KulaRaha wrote:Amazon is also making losses even today, but Walmart is half dead because of them. Watch this space, Uber ain't going anywhere! Very true. They have enough cash to make loses for the next 5 years. It's a problem with misconceptions. People believe Uber is in the taxi business. It isn't. The uber car owner is the one in the taxi business. As for Uber and their profits. Let them take what they can. Do people even have an idea on how much work is involved in the app business? Does the fella with only a car loan understand how much sacrifice was needed to setup the app? Ama he thinks app is the new nasa party name? It takes time, time, work, work. So when some fella in westlands decides that he's buying a second hand car and expects more money from you. You tell him to hit the road. Akae na hiyo gari yake. Uber will survive. The greedy Kenyan without a business idea shall go on screaming if he want's to. Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/1/2009 Posts: 1,883
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alma1 wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Amazon is also making losses even today, but Walmart is half dead because of them. Watch this space, Uber ain't going anywhere! Very true. They have enough cash to make loses for the next 5 years. It's a problem with misconceptions. People believe Uber is in the taxi business. It isn't. The uber car owner is the one in the taxi business. As for Uber and their profits. Let them take what they can. Do people even have an idea on how much work is involved in the app business? Does the fella with only a car loan understand how much sacrifice was needed to setup the app? Ama he thinks app is the new nasa party name? It takes time, time, work, work. So when some fella in westlands decides that he's buying a second hand car and expects more money from you. You tell him to hit the road. Akae na hiyo gari yake. Uber will survive. The greedy Kenyan without a business idea shall go on screaming if he want's to. that is true. and then maintaining that app is another cost as well. and the uber drivers ought to realise that without uber and the other similar service providers they are not going to be in business - unlike the traditional taxis, their very operation depends on the apps.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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KulaRaha wrote:Amazon is also making losses even today, but Walmart is half dead because of them. Watch this space, Uber ain't going anywhere! I know where you are heading to but I cant help but point out that Walmart is NOT
anything near being dead. Amazon has just made them adapt to the new environment and they are doing very well (e-commerce revenue grew by 29% vs Amazons 22% and Walmart reduced its 2 day shipping charges forcing Amazon to do the same) On Uber, the drivers CAN opt out if they cannot agree to the terms of service. Uber is here to stay "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore .
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/21/2009 Posts: 602
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KulaRaha wrote:Amazon is also making losses even today, but Walmart is half dead because of them. Watch this space, Uber ain't going anywhere! Let's hope it is just growing pains...I love me some Uber.. On Amazon-They had mind blowing revenues which they plowed into new lines of business, hence the lack of profits since all its lines of business were at different stages of growth in the last 20 yrs. But I think the tide has turned: Amazon is now a a profit machine.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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We really have this misplaced sense of entitlement. Before Uber, 90% of those drivers were jobless...Uber has created employment and made money for these people. Crying that 40k a month is not enough for driver is crazy... Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/25/2015 Posts: 839 Location: Kite
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KulaRaha wrote:We really have this misplaced sense of entitlement. Before Uber, 90% of those drivers were jobless...Uber has created employment and made money for these people.
Crying that 40k a month is not enough for driver is crazy... Bin Adam!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/29/2011 Posts: 2,242
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KulaRaha wrote:We really have this misplaced sense of entitlement. Before Uber, 90% of those drivers were jobless...Uber has created employment and made money for these people.
Crying that 40k a month is not enough for driver is crazy... I have talked to two full time uber operators who own their cars ( not employee but owner operators) and they both confided to me that they are happy. Both used to be taxi drivers before and according to them, Uber offers them a better earning opportunity than before. They may be a minority but they seem happy. It may be challenging for those who have vehicles on loan and have employed drivers. "Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/31/2008 Posts: 1,076
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I wonder if the striking fellows have thought through their actions - the end game. How long can they sustain their action without losing the Cars to the financiers. After a while individual operators feeling the pinch and evaluating their personal situations are likely to abandon the strike and quietly get back on board the Uber operations. Eventually most of them will be back, and at that time their bargaining power will be even less than before. Then Uber will have them defanged and tethered. Dunia ni msongamano..
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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I dont understand why they dont vuka to little or become private? If Uber doesn't pay enough, go where the money is better. Fools, that is the only way to describe them. Uber will win this one, they can wait as they have little to no overhead. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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