What is a Slotting Fee?

"Admission fee" can be divided into supermarket entrance fee, taxi entrance fee, etc. The supermarket entrance fee is a fee charged by the mall and the supermarket to its suppliers in terms of its comparative advantage in market transactions. In February 2013, the one-yuan taxi entrance fee at Beijing West Railway Station caused heated discussions.

Entrance fee

Entrance fee background

On February 16, 2013, a netizen who took a taxi home from Beijing West Railway Station posted a Weibo, questioning the station to charge the taxi driver 1 yuan "entry fee", thinking that the station had a large passenger flow, and it was difficult to get a taxi. Does the "entry fee" aggravate the difficulty of taxiing? The Weibo quickly attracted attention. On the 16th, the West Railway District Management Committee stated that the 1 yuan fee charged to the taxi driver was the "parking fee" and "the basis of the charge is the responsibility of the Beijing Municipal Transport Administration."

Taxi charges for entering the station for passengers. Although it is only 1 yuan each time, it can accumulate a lot. Some taxi drivers calculate a bill, "One yuan per time, one hundred ten yuan per month, and Beijing has 67,000 taxis." In one year, it is seven or eight million yuan. It is reported that in the early 1990s, the then Beijing Municipal Planning Commission and the taxi management department formulated regulations for charging 1 yuan for passenger taxis entering railway stations and airports. In this way, at least 150 million yuan has been charged in these 20 years. ^[1]

Entrance fee review

According to the staff of the Beijing Price Department, according to the relevant regulations on parking management, even if taxis enter the parking lot to carry passengers, they will be exempt from charging for parking within 15 minutes. Non-compliance. Taxi hauling in passengers is an extension of the function of the transportation hub. Objectively, taxis provide services to transportation hubs and passengers, and then collect admission fees from taxis. " ^[2]