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Jan 1, 2013 | 3:52 pm

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Originally Posted by jib71

Perhaps the fee you can negotiate with the card provider depends on the volume of business. The Boston Globe says that Boston cab drivers pay 5-6% in transaction fees.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...es_cabdrivers/
(I think they might be overcompensating with the automatic prompts on their machines that suggest tips from 15% to 25%, but I digress ... )

Same thing with restaurants that want you to tip 20-25%.
Even the best of service only deserves 15% or so and 10% is for average.
None if they don't deserve it (although in America I have had a waitress chase after me for not leaving a tip when she didn't even do a very good job)

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