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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 01:15 PM
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Charging independent drivers a yearly fee may certainly be a point on the bargaining table. $500 ----If you work 250 days a year that is $2.00 a day. When you have a regulated service like the taxi stand at the airport that requires taxi drivers to wait their turn in line overseen by the dispatcher some drivers will have long waits for a fare and may only be able to do 2, maybe 3, pickups a day while spending wasted hours of off time waiting in line for their turn. When an independent driver comes in a few times a day for their 'prior arranged' pickups, has no wasted hours waiting in line at the airport so can carry other fares all day, pays no association dues, and stands at the front of the line with a sign for "The XXX Party" the regulated Association drivers certainly take notice. The organized Taxi drivers constitute a strong political power and a cohesive voting bloc in STT, strong enough to seat or unseat our $85K/yr legislators, surely affect our Gubernatorial elections, and rarely take credit cards for payment.
I always recommend Kevin because he does a great job and I have known him and his family since he was in school - he is a good friend, a hard working entrepreneur and a fine example for the Community.
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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 02:08 PM
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I have no horse in this race, one way or another, but I can certainly see where the organized taxi drivers might have some gripes with independent drivers.
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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 02:44 PM
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I don't doubt that he gives a greater level of service, but I can see the organized drivers' point, that perhaps he should pay for being able to access the airport..
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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 03:18 PM
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Sorry, I probably misunderstood. I thought from what LocalSailor was saying, that he didn't currently pay anything.
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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 05:05 PM
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Exactly Mike, although as we're seeing here in Boston and other cities, Taxi drivers don't want to change. They just don't want to see other methods in use. If Uber wasn't good, people wouldn't use it. Rather than change, they just complain and try to make Uber illegal. Seems similar in STT.
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Re: Kevin STT Taxi
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09/08/2015 09:58 PM
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GeorgeC1 said: I thought they did pay. I know they run tickets through exiting the airport. Perhaps there is a grace period and they don't pay. Will ask Stanley next trip if he can still pick me up. G Paying for your entry ticket and parking time is not what this fee consideration was about. Stanley aka "The Love Cab" is also an entrepreneurial hardworking taxi driver and may be able to explain the situation better than I can.
Last edited by LocalSailor; 09/08/2015 10:00 PM.
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