11-02-2018, 09:33 AM
(11-01-2018, 08:46 AM)Spokes Wrote: Oh, I also was less than enthused that the cab was $10 more than the Uber. I didn't expect it to be THAT different.
First, economies of scale: The local taxi company has an office and administrative staff for maybe one or two hundred drivers, Uber has an office and administration staff for tens of thousands of drivers.
Second, the local cab company is regulated and permitted out the wazoo, Uber is a fleet of unskilled schmucks babysat only by an app and the empty promises of venture capitalists who say "Of course we'll make good if something bad happens."
The price disparity makes sense to me, but I'll stick with our local cab companies.
...K