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#8470998 - 12/09/15 10:32 AM uber shit's getting cray
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https://www.facebook.com/CBCToronto/videos/846755555429000/

The guy seems like a reasonable fellow.

I like how he checked the door handle after he went for his handle ride.

Did the driver finally unlock the door? still nope
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#8471009 - 12/09/15 10:40 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: spnx]
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Holy fuck.

I drove down uber fucking early to skip this craze -- even had to pay extra cuz I drove in BEFORE Early Bird FML \:\|

I hope they don't fuck up the streets TOO late tonight... My parking is close to City Hall \:\|

Edited by furball (12/09/15 10:44 AM)
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#8471013 - 12/09/15 10:44 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: furball]
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Free handle rides!
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#8471033 - 12/09/15 11:01 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: spnx]
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We finally have Uber in Niagara. I would take that any day of the week over a taxi here. One of the points against Uber was that they don't have to go through a safety inspection on the car like taxis do...I'm sorry but the taxis here are among some of the scariest cars on the road. I would never take a taxi here. We have to deal with them at work and the drivers are all assholes. We have so many complaints when we have to send someone in a cab.

When we call for a cab we're told they'll be there when they get there, at least with Uber you can track in real time.
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#8471044 - 12/09/15 11:13 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Violent Spectre]
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At least someone in this country is fighting for their lively hood
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#8471057 - 12/09/15 11:19 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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That same guy in the video, states that Uber is just like ISIS: http://globalnews.ca/news/2390253/watch-toronto-taxi-driver-compares-uber-to-isis/
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#8471146 - 12/09/15 11:57 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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I've only recently been introduced to Uber ... the S/O uses it for the free $20 rides...

- I had 1 driver ask me to sit in front, while the SO sit in the back, so we wouldn't look like passengers.
- Another driver had the phone holder between his legs, directly under the steering wheel

The SO was also crazy enough to say "If I wasn't already booked for a party, both of us should totally just be Uber drivers just for Dec31/1 ... That surge pricing we'll totally make bank..."
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#8471193 - 12/09/15 12:12 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: furball]
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I like Uber from the fact that there is no cash money exchange. You know what you are paying.
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#8471203 - 12/09/15 12:19 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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 Originally Posted By: Euphoric
At least someone in this country is fighting for their lively hood


not the right way to "fight it". It's actually creating more harm than good for them.
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#8471325 - 12/09/15 01:21 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: c2k]
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pakis gonna pak?
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#8471340 - 12/09/15 01:35 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Balhar]
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Taxis just piss me off here.

I live in Saskatoon now, and it's a tiny place. Often when I get into the car and ask for my address: "where?"

The neighbourhood (of 13,000 people): "where?"

The nearby intersection of the largest highway and the largest mall: "where?"

Fuck it, I'll just give you directions.

I'm tempted to take Uber when it arrives here to see if they know where anything is.
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#8471356 - 12/09/15 01:42 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: spnx]
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just deport them all.. problem solved
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#8471442 - 12/09/15 02:18 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: c2k]
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 Originally Posted By: c2k
 Originally Posted By: Euphoric
At least someone in this country is fighting for their lively hood


not the right way to "fight it". It's actually creating more harm than good for them.
solutions ?
At least they are going down swinging.
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#8471493 - 12/09/15 02:37 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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I'd rather Vas-CAA it before taking a taxi. fuck those guys, all they do is scam.
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#8471494 - 12/09/15 02:38 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/taxi-driver-dragged-video-1.3357166

lulz

that's what you get gurpreet.
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#8471549 - 12/09/15 03:30 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Screamin Type ARGH!]
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Just saw a Live feed from CP24.
They are blocking Street cars at an intersection. At least 7 street cars sitting on the track going nowhere.
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#8471584 - 12/09/15 03:54 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: porschetr]
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Love uber - only positive experiences with it so far.
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#8471596 - 12/09/15 04:05 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: JEFFOS]
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just watched that video.. fuck that guy. smacking someone's hood and window. ZERO sympathy for these fucktards at this point. let them starve and die.
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#8471599 - 12/09/15 04:07 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Balhar]
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 Originally Posted By: Balhar
pakis gonna pak?


2pakis gonna 2pakshakur
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#8471614 - 12/09/15 04:14 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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Waits for the boatloads of fugees to come ... Then let's see how fucking cray it'll be... It'll be suicide-vest-wearing UberX and cab drivers... \:\|
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#8471636 - 12/09/15 04:36 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: phoenixrage]
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 Originally Posted By: phoenixrage
just watched that video.. fuck that guy. smacking someone's hood and window. ZERO sympathy for these fucktards at this point. let them starve and die.

For real. The cab drivers decided all to protest and not making money today.

The cab driver could potentially break the door handle, dented the roof on the Civic.
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#8471971 - 12/09/15 11:17 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: iamfob]
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View from the civic
https://www.facebook.com/torontonightevents/videos/449462158579543/
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#8471976 - 12/09/15 11:26 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: porschetr]
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that doesnt look set up by the news at all
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#8472165 - 12/10/15 08:26 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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ed zachery...
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#8472196 - 12/10/15 08:53 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: phoenixrage]
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if i was the civic driver, i would've gotten out and be like "i'm driving my friend you stupid fucking cunt" and make a fool of the cab driver, regardless if i was uber driving
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#8472281 - 12/10/15 09:54 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: TheRealCSnapper]
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And yet... everybody's wrong!

The real culprit here is the ridiculously expensive taxi licences. Because there's a limited amount of them, they're controlled by a few and thus, there's a de-facto monopoly in place.

The Taxi drivers are the victims and they're taking out their anger on UberX drivers but the reality is that it's the licencing scheme in this city that's broken. Uber just showed everyone that the current model is broken. The Taxi industry as it is today is a dying business model.

If the Cabbies really want to survive, they should focus their anger on the real culprits. The big 3 companies controlling all the taxi licences in Toronto. They scream "it's just not fair!". That's true, but the one's not being fair here are the licencing monopolies! Taking on Uber drivers, like the idiot in the video, just won't work! Protests that piss off the entire city, just won't work!

The only way this will end is if the Taxi model as it stands today just dies. Without the ridiculous fees cabbies pay, they'll be able to compete with Uber on a level playing field.

PS: After yesterday's fiasco, I'm more determined to never use a cab ever again!
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#8472378 - 12/10/15 10:52 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Just A Troll]
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Why should the cabbies focus their anger on the big 3 companies? They saw an opportunity, they're milking it. They are technically within the laws outlined within those licenses...

Chasing and blaming the wrong people... They might be scum, but they're "legit" ... it's the laws that need to change, and this market force we call Uber is challenging and spotlighting it.

Mind you, Uber itself is also challenging other aspects of the model, i.e. the insurance aspect of being an Uber driver, etc.
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#8472576 - 12/10/15 12:58 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: furball]
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yea, licensing cost is pretty high, and so are the insurance costs for the owner/op because its for 'business' purposes... where uber gets around that.
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#8472691 - 12/10/15 02:22 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: phoenixrage]
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I think the cabbies are too greedy. that's why they scam ppl on rides etc. if you think they have a lot of rules and regulations here they should see what kind of stipulations are put on new york cab drivers. their licencing and insurance is even harder to get and 10x easier to loose.
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#8472703 - 12/10/15 02:32 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: titty sprinkles]
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 Originally Posted By: titty sprinkles
I think the cabbies are too greedy. that's why they scam ppl on rides etc. if you think they have a lot of rules and regulations here they should see what kind of stipulations are put on new york cab drivers. their licencing and insurance is even harder to get and 10x easier to loose.
well there you have it folks. Straight from the horses mouth. It pays to have a family taxi business.
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#8472713 - 12/10/15 02:37 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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lols.
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#8472768 - 12/10/15 03:21 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: phoenixrage]
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Ive been using uber a lot lately, its almost half the price of what a cab costs in London, and since I live in the country, its over $50 to get home in a taxi, uber is like $30 or less. My wife and I have been sharing rides back and forth for the discount, and they've all been great. Ive actually been going out more now because of uber, paying over $50 to get me home makes me something something.
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#8472926 - 12/10/15 05:03 PM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: Euphoricuck]
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 Originally Posted By: Euphoric
 Originally Posted By: titty sprinkles
I think the cabbies are too greedy. that's why they scam ppl on rides etc. if you think they have a lot of rules and regulations here they should see what kind of stipulations are put on new york cab drivers. their licencing and insurance is even harder to get and 10x easier to loose.
well there you have it folks. Straight from the horses mouth. It pays to have a family taxi business.


sorry we don't pick up white ppl.
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#8473337 - 12/11/15 02:27 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: titty sprinkles]
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There is a video of them blocking an ambulance that was on an emergency call. Dicks. That's not the way to get your point across.
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#8473611 - 12/11/15 09:56 AM Re: uber shit's getting cray [Re: 355-Si]
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New service: Uber Drag \:\|

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