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Old 08-12-2024, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox View Post
Having swallowed up Workman Transportation, Groome has now taken over Village Airport Vans.

The e-mail from them mentions all of the benefits, but it doesn't usually take a monopoly long to bump up the prices.
Many years ago when the shuttle business was Villages Transportation it was a great, well run, and reliable business. When It was sold to Workman, it wasn’t as good, but still plenty adequate. When Groome purchased the business from Workman it went significantly down hill. Now that Groome has taken over their primary competitor in the Villages area, they have even less incentive to provide a good customer experience at a competitive cost. Competition is a wonderful thing for consumers.