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> Car services were all making money charging sustainable rates to willing customers I think a fairly good portion of car services were making money charging m
by vosper 7y ago
> Car services were all making money charging sustainable rates to willing customers
I think a fairly good portion of car services were making money charging monopoly rates to customers who had no choice but to take a taxi. It sustained the car services, but sucked for everyone else (as anyone who taxied in SF pre-Uber will tell you, or waited on an hour-late pre-booked taxi to arrive in NZ to go into town on Friday night, or took a chance with an "unlicensed" [some random guy] taxi in London because the black cabs were nowhere to be seen)
For example: tourists, people who can't or don't drive for some reason, people who've been out drinking, etc...
- ghaff 7y agoI don't know about monopoly rates. I take a private car service to the airport. There are a number of different services I could choose from but the one I use is reliable and competitive with competing service when I've checked. Yes, they're quite a bit more than Uber but they're reliable, including in situations where Uber would not be (very early morning pickups well outside of a major urban area).