> the stubborn resistance to even using the credit card readers forced on them by utility commissions
They resisted it because it cost them money. When a corporation is forced to do something like this we call it burdensome regulation.
Fortunately for cabbies, fees overall are lower because Walmart won a massive lawsuit against Visa. That was back in 1996, but it looks like history is repeating itself: http://www.digitaltransactions.net/news/story/4587
They resisted it because it cost them money. When a corporation is forced to do something like this we call it burdensome regulation.
Fortunately for cabbies, fees overall are lower because Walmart won a massive lawsuit against Visa. That was back in 1996, but it looks like history is repeating itself: http://www.digitaltransactions.net/news/story/4587