When the taxi company says they'll send a car with credit card facilities...

It definitely is not a parameter on their booking system. Because they told the OP they didn't accept cards. Which I find a bit strange because surely that's a decision for each driver?

The OP says it was Trinity Taxis. Strange then, that they have a Visa/Mastercard/Laser logo on their homepage. And there's this at the foot of their 'About' page..

Perhaps the correct thing to do was to ask the driver as soon as you got into the car,if he took CC payments, just to confirm.

No point complaining on social media

I think that's completely off-the-mark here

Why would they ask the driver when they get into the car when it was already specified when booking online?

Complaining on Social Media is the exact thing they should be doing

Isn't hindsight just fking great...

There's a good reason why they hate taking cards.

It caught them out when Covid payments became based on your declared income and the payments to many taxi drivers dropped to 250.00

The excuse that it costs too much is just an excuse, even sum-up who give free terminals only charge 1.6% and they don't have to pay the bank 0.5% for cash lodgement or have to spend time making that lodgement

You shrug your shoulders and say sorry buddy only card on me!

You are not refusing to pay so let them figure it out.

You are not refusing to pay. A taxi was booked with card services but they didn't send one. Their problem

Cash is king, long live the king!

What do you mean "it caught them out when covid payments became based on yor declared income etc ,,,, Everyone be they accountant /farmer/milk man who was unable to work because of covid restrictions were subjected to the payments issued at the time, be it the initial 350 right down to 203.

Your insinuation is a nonsense.

Why should a taxi driver take a hit financially if they use credit card facilities? 1.6% you say Sum up take, its still 1.6% which all adds up.

I suspect a lot of the cash is never lodged for obvious reasons!

Yes but sadly most of us don’t get the full amount of cash we earn in our hands to spend on those things - it’s raided by the state first.

If the meter is on in a taxi and you pay cash, that doesn't mean the cash is going into the taxi drivers pocket and he/she isn't paying tax on the cash. The meters can be checked by revenue so it would be pretty stupid to not declare this income.