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17. I have my experiences with uber

I have never used AirBnB, so lets keep the topic on uber.

They are competition to traditional taxi drivers. I have used traditional taxi drivers for a long, long time.

Taxi drivers have told me they don't have change for my $20 bill on a $9 fare (in Vegas and in Newport Beach where I used to live).

They have told me their credit card scanner is broken, even though they have the sticker clearly displayed in their window that they accept cards, which is breaking the law in california (i ended up being held hostage for 20 minutes while he drove me to an ATM, was forced to withdraw cash, then I got taken me back home). The second time such an incident happened was on my way back from my honeymoon. We flew into LAX, got a cab that said cards accepted, then he started bitching when he found out we didn't have cash. He drove us to a sketchy area in LA at 1am that had an ATM and told us to get cash. Luckily from my previous experience I knew what to do... dial the number of his company and tell them what was going down. The guy folded, dropped us off, accepted our money via credit card. And I never took a taxi after that.

Uber is a response to the SHIT taxi drivers that deserve to get fired, and I don't feel a single bit guilty for using them. Their drivers know the terms of the deal and they choose to do it. So far I have not had one bad experience with uber drivers. So in the end, fuck taxi drivers.