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Uber or Taxi
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I hate uber as a company. I dont like the fact that they discourage tipping.

I dont like how its all done through an app, and that cash is not accepted as a form of payment.

I do like that its normal people driving and not weird cabbys, but cabbys put their time and money into becoming one. They pay licensing and rent their cabs.

10/10 times ill take a taxi over uber if im on the street, but tonight i cant get a cab.

Ill probably end up taking uber for the first time

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Whats your opinion on Uber and the way its killing the average cabby?

*edit*it also doesnt help that EVERY person ive ever heard talking about uber is a major douche


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: JvF]
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I was gonna take uber to a shamans cactus ranch in the mtns today but I don't use credit nor PayPal.:sad: so although I've not actually used their service...:thumbdown:


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: JvF]
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Never heard of it, but it sounds like a good way to get raped. Random ass people driving you around in their car and all through an app, it just sounds fucky.


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Gottaloveacid] * 1
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i never use either, but if i needed to use one, i'd go with uber.

watching the taxi drivers rage about it all over the world makes for good entertainment.


i'm 100% cool with uber. if they have a better business model than traditional taxi services, then guess what? tough titties. its called capitalism

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Adolin]
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Gresh said:
i never use either, but if i needed to use one, i'd go with uber.

watching the taxi drivers rage about it all over the world makes for good entertainment.


i'm 100% cool with uber. if they have a better business model than traditional taxi services, then guess what? tough titties. its called capitalism


Is it better practice? It's kinda like using untaxed subcontractors and everybody hates those.


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: King Klick]
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untaxed subxontractors can ruin a job site, or make a dangerous building. or whatever.


but as far as driving someone around? you shouldnt need to go to some special school and work your way through the 'taxi ranks', which i'm guessing starts with cleaning jizz off the back seats of the fleet.

fuck that noise. if you can drive yourself, you can drive other people around.

Edited by Adolin (08/11/15 08:25 PM)

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Adolin]
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In NYC it costs about a million dollars to get a taxi medallion and they are limited.  They are heavily regulated.  Uber is unfair competition and should have to play by the same rules as everybody else in the ride for hire industry.


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Adolin] * 1
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Uber is awesome. You can see the exact locations of cars and its generally pretty cheap barring the inflation during peak hours. They did charge me $200 bc my girlfriend threw up in the car one time :lol:


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said:
In NYC it costs about a million dollars to get a taxi medallion and they are limited.  They are heavily regulated.  Uber is unfair competition and should have to play by the same rules as everybody else in the ride for hire industry.


thats absurd. shouldnt be that way in the first place

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: zappaisgod] * 2
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unregulated evil is so less kosher than the regulated kind.

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They did charge me $200 bc my girlfriend threw up in the car one time :lol:


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: JvF]
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Cabbies in the city turn down smaller fares all the time. I don't think those companies deserve to complain about Uber. There's a void and it's being filled.

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: King Klick]
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Do you get to see what car they drive first? it would blow if you paid someone first online than they come scoop you up in a honda or something

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Adolin]
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Gresh said:
zappaisgod said:
In NYC it costs about a million dollars to get a taxi medallion and they are limited.  They are heavily regulated.  Uber is unfair competition and should have to play by the same rules as everybody else in the ride for hire industry.


thats absurd. shouldnt be that way in the first place



I don't disagree but it has been that way for decades and the guys who bought medallins and are regulated unto hell are getting fucked.  Uber should have to play by the same rules thay do.  That includes having disabled accessible cars and special licenses and full insurance.


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: zappaisgod]
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Yeah that part is bullshit.

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: geffer]
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Then everyone would only pick the drivers with lambos and ferraris, and the ones who need the money from extra passengers are loosing out :shrug:


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: zappaisgod] * 1
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I like Uber

Use them all the time on weekends when I get hammered

They're fast as fuck, I mean they're literally picking you up within 5 minutes of hitting the accept button on the app

And they're considerably cheaper than taxis, taxi rates are out of control

For the longest time, taxis were the only game in town so they kept raising rates and fucking over the passenger

Now they have real competition and they can't stand it, hopefully this will force them to have some realistically competitive rates, otherwise they can fuck the fuck off and eat a fat dick


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: larry.fisherman]
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XLCaps said:
Cabbies in the city turn down smaller fares all the time. I don't think those companies deserve to complain about Uber. There's a void and it's being filled.


Actually the fares they most often turn down are to the outer boroughs.  And it's illegal to do so.  They love the small fares in Manhattan becasue they start with a flat fee.  They make more money per hour if they go 1 block than they do if they go to Queens.


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: Nifflerz]
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Niffla said:
I like Uber

Use them all the time on weekends when I get hammered

They're fast as fuck, I mean they're literally picking you up within 5 minutes of hitting the accept button on the app

And they're considerably cheaper than taxis, taxi rates are out of control

For the longest time, taxis were the only game in town so they kept raising rates and fucking over the passenger

Now they have real competition and they can't stand it, hopefully this will force them to have some realistically competitive rates, otherwise they can fuck the fuck off and eat a fat dick


The government sets the rates the taxis can charge in NYC


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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: zappaisgod]
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they should stick to regulating how high the fences are that they sit on.

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Re: Uber or Taxi [Re: akira_akuma]
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I don't disagree but the guys the government forced to pay millions of dollars for the license to operate taxis are getting fucked and I think Uber should have to play by the same rules.


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