I never write reviews online but people need to stop using The Cab.
You will definitely have a bad experience, it's just a matter of how bad will your experience be.
I was a repeat customer of The Cab and suffered through the abuse of their driver's and their unsafe driving habits for approximately 3 years.
I stopped using them once I discovered Uber.
Over the course of 3 years, though, I've taken over 200 rides with them.
The chances that you will get a professional driver, who isn't trying to scam you, is very low. About 2 out of 10 drivers will treat you like you are a Customer. The other 8 drivers will treat you poorly and are looking for something to take from you.
I wish that I was embellishing about this but I'm not.
I've had driver's make "pit stops" in the middle of nowhere, leave the vehicle for about 10 minutes, and then return with what I believed was a prostitute. I was then dropped off about a mile away from my destination and told to pay him now and walk the rest of the way.
I've had driver's who I suspected were high on meth-- super hyper while swerving through traffic and almost hitting another car.
I've also had a driver fall asleep on the wheel and I've had to wake him up so that we don't crash and die.
I've had a driver place my groceries in the trunk of his vehicle and then drive off with my groceries, leaving me still at the grocery store and never returning.
I've had driver's accuse me of not paying him... When I just got in his car and he hasn't taken me anywhere yet.
I've had driver's scream and swear through traffic and then at my drop-off, demand a 20.00 tip. When I tell him that he's rude and I wont tip him, he says "f*ck you!" and then speeds off.
I've witnessed a driver of The Cab pull a gun on a person for, what I believe, was non-payment-- or maybe he just didn't like his Customer and wanted to scare him.
I've had driver's go to wrong pick-up points and blame me for it.
I've waited for hours for a cab while being told by their dispatch that a driver is on the way.
I've had driver's who spoke very little English and some who couldn't speak English at all.
After all of this, I stopped using The Cab and used Uber exclusively for the past year.
NOW.
Today, Uber told me that my ride would arrive in 15 minutes, but there was a line of The Cab vehicles right in front of me.
I figured, it's just a short ride, what's the worse that could happen.
I walked up to the driver and ask him if he is able to accept credit cards. He says "yeah". I ask him if he could take me to my location. He says nothing, just stares at me. After a moment of confusion for me, he screams at me, "OPEN THE DOOR YOURSELF!"
I reason with myself that this will be a short 6 minute ride and that I should just deal with this rude driver. When we arrive at my destination, I give him my card to swipe.
Like a psycho, the driver then locks all the doors and says to me:
"Cash only".
I tell him that I asked him before I got in his vehicle if he accepted credit cards and he said it was okay.
I hand him my card, he swipes it on a little machine next to his seat.
"Declined", he said.
He then takes off with me in his vehicle.
"Where are you taking me!" I tell the driver.
He doesn't say anything.
"Take me to the 7-11 and I'll get cash!", I tell the driver.
He takes a sharp turn and stops in front of the nearest gas station.
I go into the store and buy a soda with the same card he said was declined. Charge was approved with no problems.
I go outside and show him the receipt and tell him the card is perfectly fine.
He then speeds off without saying a word, leaving me stranded at the gas station.
I checked my credit card account online and there was a charge for The Cab.
He lied, it went through.
I'm not sure if I was almost kidnapped or what.
I walked home in the rain and decided to write this review.
Be safe, don't ride with this company. Ever. read more