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It's like this in Germany. The taxi companies essentially formed a cartel and its illegal to compete with them on price - they all charge exactly the same. This
by slowmotiony 4y ago
It's like this in Germany. The taxi companies essentially formed a cartel and its illegal to compete with them on price - they all charge exactly the same. This is why a taxi ride from Munich airport to the center is 120€.
- stingraycharles 4y agoI used an Uber for exactly that trip in 2019 and it was only €56, at 17:30 (which I would consider prime time). Just putting this number out there to put the €120 into context.
- AlexandrB 4y agoI wonder what a Uber charges in 2022, now that they raised prices to try to balance the books.
- slowmotiony 4y agoYou dont have to wonder, I just checked and it's 67€ right now while the taxi is still 120€.
- secondcoming 4y agoAnd in lots of other places. London tried to ban Uber due to pressure from Black Cab drivers but the push back from the public was massive; everyone was sick of Black Cab drivers either refusing to drive you because your location was inconvenient, or not accepting card payments, and generally being really expensive. Uber was great in its early days, presumably because trips were being subsidised, but I hardly use it now. The regular taxi companies seem to have got their act together and there's little difference, they can even be more reliable for things like booking an early morning trip to an airport. I still only use Black Cabs as a last resort though.
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