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Chicago Cabs Getting New York-Style Credit Card Touch Screens

First Posted: 07/23/09 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 02:30 PM ET

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A New York taxi with a touch-screen and swipeable credit card device. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Chicago Tribune:

The refusal of some Chicago taxicab drivers to accept credit cards leads to hundreds of complaints to city officials each year, ranking third behind reckless driving and rude behavior, records show.

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Eric8869
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10:12 PM on 06/23/2009
The biggest scam of all is the Taxi Complaints number in the back of the taxi cabs - its just there for PR purposes. If you call DURING something going wrong during your cab ride - all you get is a rude woman telling you that they can send you out a form.

I mean can't someone take down the cab number and information right then? You have all the info at that time - cab number, driver name and number etc? Just like if you call the CTA.

But they don't cause they don't care - it is there for PR purposes - it's a lie.
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