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Transportation-vendors including 20% service fee = no tip?

posted 2 years ago in Money
  • poll: tip or no tip?
    Yes : (4 votes)
    20 %
    No...hell no. : (16 votes)
    80 %
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    Helper bee
    Soon2BeMrsCLW3    July 31, 2010  

    Hi guys,

    Just curious, this little 20% service fee that our vendor is choosing to automatically add in to our quote (on top of their already kinda high rates)...would you all take this service charge as a cue that I don't have to tip them?

    Thoughts please!

     
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    kaybee    December 5, 2009   Oklahoma City

    We didn't tip the limo driver for our bachelorette party.  The limo rental also included a service fee.  The driver spent a lot of time backing out of the parking lot and got lost a few times, so I didn't feel like I needed to give him a tip outisde the regular fee. 

     
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    MightySapphire      

    The service fee is in fact the gratuity.  You don't need to tip, they have included it in the pricing!

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    We wiil not be tipping any vendor that includes the gratuity with their quote. The gratuity is more than enough, in my opinion. I personally think it is very rude for them to include it in the first place, but if they are what I want and I have to have them, I am dealing with it.

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    I know some people and businesses automatically add gratuity b/c a lot of people do not pay it (or the levels they'd like), but when i see things like service fees etc, that's it! That's their tip. I normally don't go over, b/c i'm kind of annoyed it's there in the first place.

     
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    mishelleez    November 5, 2010   DW- Bahamas

    My venue includes BOTH service charge & gratuity! I will not be tipping.

     
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    Ella1978    June 19, 2010   Cleveland, Ohio

    Yeah, service fee = tip.  I've seen it called that with caterers and halls, but not limo drivers.. tricky.  Our tip is included with our limo guy as well.

     
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    caszos    June 2010   Florida

    I would be interested into the few people that have said, yes they will add a tip, describe why they feel it necessary to add a tip above the automatically added service fee? 

    I guess if a vendor goes well above and beyond the call of duty I am one to acknowledge that but if they didnt do anything special then I don't feel that hey deserve it.

     
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    Soon2BeMrsCLW3    July 31, 2010  

    cool! thanks for the input. i had a computer malfunction and thought taht this didnt post earlier, so my apologies for posting twice!

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    Usually 'service fees' are included in case people forget to tip so I wouldn't tip on top of that.

     

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