Originally posted by: zig3695
agreed on the strangers car thing..
but you shouldnt use credit cards for a taxi. come on, the driver looses out in many ways. first, it takes longer then cash (time is money especially for $10), he must claim taxes on the tip because its documented, and he also loses the percentage that visa or whoever takes on every transaction. its bad enough to pay for a pizza with a charge card, these guys arent making enough money to demand any sort of help from them. they give you a ride, you give em money for it. since the transaction is so minor its just not polite to use anything but cash.
that, or if you really need to use a credit card, be polite enough to tell the guy youll give him an extra $5. im sure that would avoid a punch in the face
Originally posted by: zig3695
agreed on the strangers car thing..
but you shouldnt use credit cards for a taxi. come on, the driver looses out in many ways. first, it takes longer then cash (time is money especially for $10), he must claim taxes on the tip because its documented, and he also loses the percentage that visa or whoever takes on every transaction. its bad enough to pay for a pizza with a charge card, these guys arent making enough money to demand any sort of help from them. they give you a ride, you give em money for it. since the transaction is so minor its just not polite to use anything but cash.
that, or if you really need to use a credit card, be polite enough to tell the guy youll give him an extra $5 on top of what you were already going to tip him. im sure that would avoid a punch in the face
Originally posted by: axelfox
Originally posted by: zig3695
agreed on the strangers car thing..
but you shouldnt use credit cards for a taxi. come on, the driver looses out in many ways. first, it takes longer then cash (time is money especially for $10), he must claim taxes on the tip because its documented, and he also loses the percentage that visa or whoever takes on every transaction. its bad enough to pay for a pizza with a charge card, these guys arent making enough money to demand any sort of help from them. they give you a ride, you give em money for it. since the transaction is so minor its just not polite to use anything but cash.
that, or if you really need to use a credit card, be polite enough to tell the guy youll give him an extra $5 on top of what you were already going to tip him. im sure that would avoid a punch in the face
IIRC, tips are considered income, and you must declare that.
I'm not. Cabbies here are assholes, and they will get extremely pissed if you try to use the CC machine.
They better get used to it.
I use a CC for everything because of the cash back it give me.
Do you have a bank account? CDs? If so, your savings are already a few digits stored on a hard drive somewhere. Just having cash is an extra government expense - stamping out coins, wasting oodles of money making snazzy designs, and constantly trying to stay ahead of counterfeiters with increasingly advanced technology. Having to deal with cash in retail stores, either with a cashier, or with a machine to accept it, increases the expenses that the stores must incur. A lot of time is spent on counting, sorting, delivering, and securing cash. Electronic money means that most of the work is going to go toward security. In our dual-payment system now (cash and electronic), we have to secure electronic payments anyway.
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