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Taxi prank calls. - VinToR - 2023-02-06 04:32
Hello
so i recently became a taxi driver
and sometimes it's really upset me when i take an order
and the customer is +1500-2000 meter away
and when i arrive it's just a prank call & i receive nothing as a compensation
but if i had a customer and canceled the order then i have to pay 25-50 euros?
i believe that this is unfair and kills the joy sometimes, as i think there's a lot of people who might understand the whole situation and agree with me.
We're not asking for a lot, just make the taxi job a bit fair.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - BP - 2023-02-06 07:26
Agreed
RE: Taxi prank calls. - Chuck - 2023-02-06 11:38
I fail to see what you're actually asking for.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - VinToR - 2023-02-06 11:47
(2023-02-06 11:38)Chuck Wrote: I fail to see what you're actually asking for.
what i'm asking for is:
if i got a prank call i got paid for the distance i have droved
or if i canceled the ride before i don't pay a cancellation fee/fine.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - VinToR - 2023-02-08 18:10
(2023-02-06 11:38)Chuck Wrote: I fail to see what you're actually asking for.
can you see if there's anything you can do?
RE: Taxi prank calls. - Chuck - 2023-02-09 06:09
Well, both things have a good reason.
First off, prank calls do exist in real world and you naturally won't earn anything.
The cancellation fee is like a system protection to prevent abuse, like cherry-picking customers and aborting the job if it seems to inconvenient. You should think before taking a job.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - BP - 2023-02-09 10:42
(2023-02-09 06:09)Chuck Wrote: First off, prank calls do exist in real world and you naturally won't earn anything.
AFAIK, generally if someone books or calls for a taxi, they would typically need to make payment before the driver shows up. Therefore, I believe this generally isn't something that happens in the real world, at least from my experience.
As far as I see, "prank calls" - which seem to be quite frequent (unless you've changed the frequency recently) - add no positive element to the gameplay.
To balance things out, maybe you could make it so winches break half way through a recovery, or there's no one to collect your cargo delivery so you have to wait there until someone comes. (This is a joke, I'm glad these inconveniences aren't coded into the InSim).
RE: Taxi prank calls. - Yukine - 2023-02-09 11:13
(2023-02-09 06:09)Chuck Wrote: First off, prank calls do exist in real world and you naturally won't earn anything.We're not in the 90s anymore.
I wouldn't mind that feature to be gone or at least to see a drop in the prank call probability.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - Chuck - 2023-02-09 11:15
(2023-02-09 10:42)BP Wrote: AFAIK, generally if someone books or calls for a taxi, they would typically need to make payment before the driver shows up. Therefore, I believe this generally isn't something that happens in the real world, at least from my experience.
Whaaat? You ring a number and ask for a taxi to come. This isn't Uber.
Try it out yourself http://bridgendtaxis.com/
The prank rate is 5%. So 1 in 20 trips is a prank call (statistically). Nothing to make a big fuss about tbh.
RE: Taxi prank calls. - Yasen - 2023-02-12 10:42
(2023-02-09 11:15)Chuck Wrote: The prank rate is 5%. So 1 in 20 trips is a prank call (statistically). Nothing to make a big fuss about tbh.
I personally love bus and taxi jobs. That prank calls isn't a problem for me.
Actually you have been payed for that prank call. The distance you drive, if your car is restricted and it gives you +3+4 euro per 5sec.
I think it's better that way. I don't see anything annoying.