we are being illegally forced to accept cards which sometimes result in lose of the entire fare money after the cards get declined at cashier registration and also the 5% we get ripped off every time we cash those card receipts.
Even many stores don't accept cards as payment and those who do require minimum purchase of like $10 to 20$ but we are being forced illegally to accept cards without minimum fare ride and without any restrictions. Is this fair? Why they make law for cab drivers babout credit cards and not all stores?
We are being issued parking ticket for stopping at street to process the credit card transaction also.
Is this fair?
The only solution is to file a lawsuit againt the Department of Consumer Services and win to overthrow this rule of credit card requirement.
This ordinance is not working and it is a big loss for cab drivers, taking credit card is a huge risks for drivers as explained above.
I and many drivers have lost hundreds of dollars by accepting these cards. Losing entire money for declined cards at company cashier and 5% each time to process and parking ticket for stopping at street to process card transaction are something we can't take any more.
pls lets talk about filing lawsuit over this!
this is a very serious issue for us.
Thank you
I am willing to file a lawsuit against the credit card requirement. I won't do it alone.
Please contact me at mikefoulks@ymail.com if you are interested.
-Mike Foulks
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we are being illegally forced to accept cards which sometimes result in lose of the entire fare money after the cards get declined at cashier registration and also the 5% we get ripped off every time we cash those card receipts.
Even many stores don't accept cards as payment and those who do require minimum purchase of like $10 to 20$ but we are being forced illegally to accept cards without minimum fare ride and without any restrictions. Is this fair? Why they make law for cab drivers babout credit cards and not all stores?
We are being issued parking ticket for stopping at street to process the credit card transaction also.
Is this fair?
The only solution is to file a lawsuit againt the Department of Consumer Services and win to overthrow this rule of credit card requirement.
This ordinance is not working and it is a big loss for cab drivers, taking credit card is a huge risks for drivers as explained above.
I and many drivers have lost hundreds of dollars by accepting these cards. Losing entire money for declined cards at company cashier and 5% each time to process and parking ticket for stopping at street to process card transaction are something we can't take any more.
pls lets talk about filing lawsuit over this!
this is a very serious issue for us.
Thank you
Please stop passing more lie again. If you are willing to do anything, you should e-mail George privately.
Have you done so?
These questions will never be answered by Mr. M DFoulks. Knowing that no one shows up for the meetings does give an indication of the support M DFoulks has. CC-0.
Is there a lawyer out there willing to donate time on a pro bono publico basis to prepare and file such a lawsuit for a felon, foulks? I'd love to know what guy or gal would put his good name on the line for the likes of a convicted felon. You are going to have to keep completely mum about your past when you go out there shopping.
Don't be surprised when your lawyer withdraws at the drop of the hat when your past comes out as surely it will.
Years ago when I was driving for Flash, I used to pay 5% to the Association for VA loads, blood loads, Great Lakes loads, etc. Those fares were generally dynamite profit for me, and I was happy to let Art Dickholtz take some of the profit for the purpose of administering the funds. It struck me that it was justified when I was given a load of a train crew out to Elkhart, Indiana or a car full of plasma to Kenosha, Wisconsin or Rockford where a life was being saved.
The 5% for credit cards, however, is a horse of a different color. But no attorney having a clue of what's going on in the taxi industry would bite at working with a felon as the lead plaintiff.
If you have some thought about really doing something, stay out of the caption of the case. Your name would be the kiss of death to any lawsuit.
Donald Nathan
Mr. Nathan,
We wouldn't necessarily need a "pro bono" lawyer, Mr. Nathan.
I understand that lawyers like money. Its one thing that makes them human.
My felony conviction wouldn't be relevant to the merits of the case.
Are you sure you know the law?
-Mike Foulks
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Is there a lawyer out there willing to donate time on a pro bono publico basis to prepare and file such a lawsuit for a felon, foulks? I'd love to know what guy or gal would put his good name on the line for the likes of a convicted felon. You are going to have to keep completely mum about your past when you go out there shopping.
Don't be surprised when your lawyer withdraws at the drop of the hat when your past comes out as surely it will.
Years ago when I was driving for Flash, I used to pay 5% to the Association for VA loads, blood loads, Great Lakes loads, etc. Those fares were generally dynamite profit for me, and I was happy to let Art Dickholtz take some of the profit for the purpose of administering the funds. It struck me that it was justified when I was given a load of a train crew out to Elkhart, Indiana or a car full of plasma to Kenosha, Wisconsin or Rockford where a life was being saved.
The 5% for credit cards, however, is a horse of a different color. But no attorney having a clue of what's going on in the taxi industry would bite at working with a felon as the lead plaintiff.
If you have some thought about really doing something, stay out of the caption of the case. Your name would be the kiss of death to any lawsuit.
Donald Nathan
Do I know the Law? Perhaps so. I graduated from Loyola in June, 1975 and took the Bar exam that summer. I was licensed after passing it on October 27, 1975. Although I do not claim to be a scholar, most lawyers in the Daley Center respect my ability as a trial man in civil practice. Ask the lawyers who advertise in the "Dispatcher": Skolnick or LeBoyer for instance. They know me, and I expect they respect me as I respect them.
The merits of the case sometimes are not enough to entice a lawyer to take on representation of the client. If the client is despicable enough, the lawyer might not want his name sullied by having it tied to that client. Would I represent Adolph Hitler? Benito Mussolini? Beelzebub? Not on a bet.
Is there a lawyer who would take on the representation of a felon for enough of a retainer? Probably so. I wouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean much. Hundreds of lawyers get disciplined every year. Why wouldn't some lawyer take on a case for a felon if the retainer were high enough to induce him to do so?
Donald Nathan
I agree with you. I hate credit cards alot. Cash is better. If, Daley and Reyes drop dead. Cash cabs will be back.
