Yellow Cab

Used la yellow cab based in gardena so hope this is the right one but looking at reviews on Unilocal,it doesnt matter. I really have little sympathy for this rude drivers who are seeing their paychecks decline. It really doesnt take much to say «hi» and «thank you» or unload ones small luggage.

Caution if you happen to get pick up by cab #6422 — driver was barely awake when he was driving me home from LAX.
Also, cab #6422 driver told me the cab fare is four dollars more than what was in the printout. He then told me the correct amount when I asked him for the printout.
Going forward I am using lyft and umber.

Got in at LAX and the driver proceeds to have a shit fit claiming I slammed the door closed too hard. I offered to get out so he could leave without a fare. He was very rude on the way to my house demanding that I direct him. I purposely gave him a $ 1 tip on a $ 25 ride and as I got out he says «don’t slam door, gentle». I left the door wide open on the middle of the street and told him «I think you should get out and close it». I’m done with rude cabbies, use Über way better in every respect.

Last night I took a cab from this company around 10:30. My purse strap had broken and when I left the cab I accidentally left my purse behind. I called this morning and tried to ask if the driver had found it, and the woman who answered the phone questioned me, asking over and over how one leaves their purse behind. When I told her it was obviously an accident, she still refused to help me, and again started saying she didn’t understand, and needs to know how I could have possibly left my purse behind. She then transfered me without saying anything, not to lost and found but to another man who thought I was just trying to book a cab. He kindly transfered me to lost and found, but not after being interrogated on the phone for 5 minutes by the first woman.
I’m sure it must be annoying when people leave their things behind, but how hard is it to transfer a call? I wasn’t drunk or irresponsible, I made a mistake that believe me, inconveniences me far more than the operator. I’ll never use this company again, I’ve never been talked to so rudely in my life.

I believe I have the right Yellow Cab Co. — I know they are based out of Gardena. Strange that there are a million listings for Yellow Cab and the ALL have horrible reviews. Says something about cabs?
Guess I don’t even need to write a review so I’ll keep it short:
Watch your meter and keep your receipt if you’re stupid enough to use this company. I was wildly overcharged when I used them the other day (and no, I hadn’t had drop of alcohol so that factor doesn’t even come into play).
The moron of a driver gave me an attitude about using my card then proceeded to grossly tip himself as I learned when I happened to look at my bank statement a couple days later.
I’m aware that this is a common scheme so just make sure you keep an eye out. If they’re getting nearly $ 10 extra from each of us — they are seriously making out. Don’t contribute to that.

we got a yellow cab at LAX… horrible experience… the car has no air con… you can not put down the windows… we were suffocating! the driver was
rude!

I’ve used Yellow cab in the past, with mixed results. As a passenger, I’m often uncomfortable with their drivers’ habits… the typical ‘crazy cab driver’ behavior pulling risky moves. They drive like they have a woman in labor in the backseat, even (especially?) when they haven’t been told the passengers are in a hurry.
Whatever, that’s cab drivers for you.
However, as a fellow LA driver, I have to say I’ve had by far the MOST close-​call near-​accident situations with Yellow Cab Co. cabs. It’s getting ridiculous. I’ve started snapping pictures with my phone of said offending cabs, planning to send them to the company with license plate and date/​time info, but recently discovered that they have no way to do so listed on their website. Really? This is a customer service company and you have no way listed on your site for customers to submit feedback?
Alright, Unilocal it is. Problem with that is that there are approximately 40 692 457 different Unilocal entries for Yellow Cab Co. in LA. I can’t decide whether it’s spammy or justified to copy-​and-​paste my review into every one. Hmmm…

If you could give them negative stars I would. Made reservations well ahead of time and was told I’d have a van on time. Missed reservations. Thanks Yellow Cab!!! They told me to call other cab companies then hung up on me. Hello BBB!!!

Your ‘credit card machine is broken’ again?
You mean you’ll only accept cash, again?
Wow, you need a service technician back at base becasue that’s three outta three yellow cabs that have said the same thing.
Very shady. Very unprofessional. Probably illegal.

Took a cab from LAX to Marina del Rey and the cab driver kept going around in circles. Cab ride ending up costing me $ 30.

Ugh Yellow Cab! I came back from a trip from Colorado and waited in line for a cab at LAX. Guess which cab I got, yep Yellow Cab. My driver was rude and didn’t know where anything was. I had to give him directions. Come on now, you drive around the South Bay for your job and you don’t know how to get to Aviation? He took a round about way of getting there, so it ended up taking longer. Then he complained when I used credit card to pay for my trip. I just came back from business travel, all I have is a credit card!

if i could give this 0 stars i would. too bad Unilocal doesn’t let you do that.
i landed at LAX at 8:00am and after waiting 10 min in the cab line, hopped into cab 6707 for what i thought would be a short trip to my office in nearby culver city (about 3.9 miles away).
i was completely wrong. the driver didn’t recognize the building address and asked me for directions. i’m not a native to socal but i tried to be a good sport and looked it up on google maps (thank you 3g smartphone). when i asked if he knew how to get to sepulveda, 90 east or slauson, he gave me a blank stare. his no-​brand (non Garmin, NUVI, TomTom) GPS system wasn’t much help either — at first because he typed in culver city, ks and then b/​c it didn’t recognize my work address (granted, it’s a bldg that is 1yr old). all the while the meter was running and we were at $ 10.
he eventually headed out to sepulveda but went in the wrong direction. we turned around and then drove aimlessly while i called my coworker friends for directions… when i asked him if he was familiar with these streets my friends were calling out, he said he didn’t know.
he gave me his GPS and i plugged in my address. i thought it took but was wrong — it sent us on a wild ride to long beach! noticing we were headed way too far, i had him pull off the freeway.
while i fiddled with google maps & his gps, he lit up a cigarette! um, pregnant woman in the car with you dude!
i found the name & address of a hotel near my office and plugged that address in and we were off… at that time, the fair was at $ 50. i looked around the street signs and i recognized that we were in compton. oy but at least we were headed back.
20 min later we’re back to lax and sitting in horrendous traffic. i ask if he knows where 90 east is – he says he does but i don’t believe him… especially since i asked him that same question when he originally asked me for directions. but i’m fighting nausea and accept the fact it’s too late to pull off and find another cab.
10 min later, i see a glimmer of hope — a sign telling me 90e is 1.25 miles away. too bad we’re stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. finally, we pull off at slauson and i navigate him to my building. never has anything looked so beautiful.
by the time we reached my office, the fare was at $ 99.75. i gave him $ 25 (über generous on my part) and we parted ways. i still don’t think he believed me when i told him this building existed… until he saw it himself.
yellow cab FAILS for not hiring drivers that know the area with english as a 2^nd language (barely), using crappy GPS systems, and sending their clients on wild rides through LA. some folks may have the time for a crash tour of la through a cab but if that’s the case, they need to change their business model. what should’ve been a 10 – 15 min drive (for a 3.9 mile route) turned into a 90 minute drive… not a good use of both of our time.