Originally Posted by
trajanc
Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say evil
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Originally Posted by
trajanc
They offer some nice features and sometimes good pricing but imho the company is totally evil. Surge pricing for instance is not in the consumers best interest.
Originally Posted by
trajanc
and I do believe they have some good things to offer. I said surge pricing is not in the consumers best interest. And it's not. It can very easily cross a fine line between matching price to supply and demand over to opportunistic gouging.
Do you have any evidence that there has been gouging? Charging 3x at 1am on new years day sucks but that's not gouging. I remember there being a bunch of drivers gaming the system (by deliberately accepting then cancelling trips in repetition) but I haven't seen nor heard of any cases of actual systemic gouging of the system.
Originally Posted by
trajanc
Here in BC if a driver refuses to pick you up or otherwise fails to follow regulation you get the company name and unit or plate number, call Min Tran and they get in trouble. That system works.
You know what works? Ordering a ride and being picked up. And if you get jerked around you need not make any phonecalls.
Originally Posted by
trajanc
. We don't live in a dictatorship and the taxi companies are not omnipotent.
You have clearly never dealt with the taxi industry in Calgary. The cartels control everything in the city, and especially YYC, to their liking. I don't think the city has issued a medallion (worth tens of thousands of dollars) in years despite explosive growth. I know Canadians hold regulation and government control dear to their heart but something seriously needs to change. Sadly Edmonton of all places is pioneering things.