Tough times Between Las Vegas Cab Drivers and Local Strip Clubs
Feb
8
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2/8/2009 1:20 PM
Tough times Between Las Vegas Cab Drivers and Local Strip Clubs
Vegas Cab Drivers
The L.A. Times reports that: "The gambling mecca's falling fortunes are straining the relationship between taxi drivers and the strip clubs that pay them to deliver customers".
Since times are tough, local clubs are fighting for those customers that are traveling to vegas for some out of town fun times, and since cab drivers are feeling the preassure as well, I guess loyalties now go to the best $$ payout.
This practice is called "spiff", a visitor goes to Vegas, jumps on a cab and ask's the driver "Where's the best strip club for some fun?", the driver "recommends" this and that and takes him to a club, once there the cab gets a commission from the club for bringing the customer here.
Now clubs are fighting each other, there's a price war on the cab spiffing, and to make matters worse there's a lawsuit going on.
"The clubs are being shaken down," groused Neil Beller, an attorney for Deja Vu Showgirls and Little Darlings, which recently sued rivals that pay cabbies more. A hearing on a defendant motion to dismiss the case is scheduled for March.
When the economy get's tough, everyone gets tougher and loyalties are lost. Hopefully this won't not last too long !
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