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I caught a cab from downtown san francisco to the mission last week, and the cab driver used square. He pulled out his phone, plugged in an adapter, ran the ca
by scrame 15y ago
I caught a cab from downtown san francisco to the mission last week, and the cab driver used square.
He pulled out his phone, plugged in an adapter, ran the card through, I tipped, confirmed the total and signed with my finger on the touchscreen.
It was the quickest card transaction I have ever had in a cab.
I asked him if it was square, it was.
I asked him if it was better. He pointed to the reader attached to the meter, "this charges me ten percent"; he pointed to his phone, "this charges me three".
I usually pay cash for cabs, so i don't know how widespread this is, but cab drivers love talking on cellphones, and are hustling to make money. If this is a legitimate advantage, then square could clean up on the metropolitan cab market alone.