Boston cab owners sue over Uber again

Can I sue them for the number of times I was denied a ride home, or the amounts I was extorted just so they would go through the tunnel?

It's awesome watching rent-seekers hit their demise and play the victim. YOU brought this upon yourselves by having an awful product for years and years.

You monopolistic, rent seeking bastards.

Evolve or die. And yes that means getting a cab to me on time, that knows how to get me from a-b, and isn't chatting up a storm to someone halfway across the world while barely missing cyclists.

I keep having to laugh that they're probably past the point of no return, because they had the industry and regulation cornered for so long, they had the ability to undercut Uber in service and quality. They refused.

This is a very weak legal theory at best. Typically, in order to have standing under 93A, you need to have engaged with the business that is alleged to have committed the unfair and deceptive practices. That is not the case here. They chose 93A, I am guessing, because there is probably not a private right of action to enforce the city hackney regulations cited throughout the complaint.

There will almost assuredly be a motion to dismiss this complaint for lack of standing and failure to state a claim.

for stealing their idea to arbitrarily shut off the credit card machines.

Hopefully this judge issues a motion for summary judgment with prejudice and enjoins the parties from litigating this matter again.

Just a warning again. Uber and Lyft can charge whatever they like, have minimal government oversight and are not profitable. Yes, some cab drivers are awful, but complain to the hackney division. It works they are more than happy to yank bad drivers. Uber and Lyft are unfair competition because they provide the same service with much less burden of regulation. Just because Uber lobbied hard and got the legislature to give them a free ride doesn’t make it less wrong. BTW Uber is not a strong company. Had to sell off its China rights and is still being sued all over the EU. Her in the US they have not turned a profit and lost a billion plus last year. Lyft is also still not profitable. So either is not a lock for the long term

Rather than sue, these cab companies should just start doing what Uber does. It seems like rather than actually compete and make their service better, they just want a government enforced monopoly that allows them to continue to screw customers.

I stopped using Boston Cab on the day I was told I could not request a cab to a downtown location. Blew me away that the dispatcher refused to send out a cab. So I stuck with Metro. But a Metro cab still has advertisements that I have to turn off, sometimes not easily figured out. The cabs themselves are clearly utilitarian without much concern for comfort. Finally I always had to wait a minimum of 20 minutes, sometimes more such as Dorchester locations. There are also the drivers who purposely go out of their way to increase the charge.

What I want from a cab is the following: Waits less than 20 minutes. Turn off the advertisements. Make the cab appear to be more than just a steel and plastic. Make it a little more comfortable. Don't play games with extending routes.

Notice I didn't mention charge less. Give me a decent service and I will pay a higher rate. But if I am expected to pay more for less I'll pass. That is the advantage of a free market: I get to choose where to shop or whom to hire.