Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: taxi1990 on September 29, 2023, 11:26:02 pm
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Terrible from experience so far.
One quoted me €75 for a fare that turned out to be €18 fcuk sake. The €18 euro guy wanted €40 euro, I actually paid it in the end because we agreed the price beforehand and there wasn't much other options, i told him he was taking the piss though. they are a disgrace to taxi drivers though, no wonder we have a bad name in general. That guy might think he got one over on me but he didn't really when you think about it, he's just a low life who robs people and I couldn't care less about €22.
In fairness to irish taxis, I don't think we are as bad as that.
I never overcharged anyone by 1 cent. Never will either.
I took a picture of the €75 guys number plate. Might report him later.
The €75 euro guy said he works for free now.
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ye know what did it don't ye.
going up to foreign cunts speakin the old englasi presumin they know your poxy language.
they fuckin love that.
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ye know what did it don't ye.
going up to foreign cunts speakin the old englasi presumin they know your poxy language.
they fuckin love that.
It had nothing to do with the language barrier, they knew enough English to understand what I was saying. It was Just a case of meeting greedy Thieves. Have never come across it before in other countries including Spain but I haven't been there in about 10 years. I haven't seen 1 Spanish driver so far, they all seem to be from India.
The €75 guy said oh very far trip, it was a 15 minute trip.
Ah well I believe in karma and what goes around comes around.
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Metro is great in Barcelona. The T-famiiar ticket gets 8 journeys for a tenner IIRC and can be used by more than one passenger in a party. Only restriction is that it's not accepted on journeys to/from the airport Metro station but it is accepted on the mainline airport service. Other than that use Uber or Bolt or whatever one the locals use and you'll not be ripped off.
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ye know what did it don't ye.
going up to foreign cunts speakin the old englasi presumin they know your poxy language.
they fuckin love that.
It had nothing to do with the language barrier, they knew enough English to understand what I was saying. It was Just a case of meeting greedy Thieves. Have never come across it before in other countries including Spain but I haven't been there in about 10 years. I haven't seen 1 Spanish driver so far, they all seem to be from India.
The €75 guy said oh very far trip, it was a 15 minute trip.
Ah well I believe in karma and what goes around comes around.
Once you speak the King's English they know you're a tourist. It happens all over the world and our own lads at DAP are masters at it. I remember one old driver (who well knew) asking me what the fare would be to Killiney as part of his negotiation with the 4 passengers. Back then it was about a pony which I suggested... he very quickly aadded "each" to what I said. On the plus side my job was a 4 ball to Templeogue (part of the same plane load of students) with 4 drops. At the first drop I had a little over a score on the clock and was handed two crisp €/£ (can't remember which) 20 notes of which I retained one. At each of the next 3 drops I was presented with the same scenario i.e. being handed two brand new crisp 20s so repeated my cead mile failte approach by handing one back and feeling less guilty with each score trousered!
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Funny I charge meter and I'm accused of robbing
Some yanks got get the extras button and say guiness to temple bar is a tenner sometimes in traffic full car its 12
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I use the meter myself, just in that instance the passengers were of the impression that the meter showed the fare per passenger. The usual complaint when there is a complaint (generally from dem foreigners) is that the meter should start at zero.
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I have never had foreign tourists question the price. In general the tourists I meet while working are lovely people.
I just don't see the point in ripping anyone off. What do you really gain from it? Nothing, we aren't living hand to mouth.
4 smal bottles of water was €2.50 in a corner shop yesterday.
Today the exact same 4 bottles plus a solero ice cream in a different corner shop €7. Interesting, I think ye are right about talking English, next time I will just drop the items on the counter and say nothing, but I look Irish so it probably won't work. Ah well its just a few euro I suppose.
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I use the meter myself, just in that instance the passengers were of the impression that the meter showed the fare per passenger. The usual complaint when there is a complaint (generally from dem foreigners) is that the meter should start at zero.
Ye got that the zero
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I use the meter myself, just in that instance the passengers were of the impression that the meter showed the fare per passenger. The usual complaint when there is a complaint (generally from dem foreigners) is that the meter should start at zero.
Ye got that the zero
Only ever got that from Irish people.
Has anyone ever seen a taxi meter start at 0 in other countries?
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Had to get 2 taxis last night, first guy from Pakistan, lovely guy. Actually had a chat with me unlike a lot of the taxi drivers here, only charged me €10.
Trip home, I was quoted €39 by 2 drivers but met another sound guy from India who charged me €16 which was the price on the meter.
At least we know they aren't all crooks.
The overcharging when busy seems to be accepted in barcelona, you would imagine the NTA would try stamp that out here if it was common. You should loose your taxi license if you think it's OK to double or treble a fare.
Learned a bit from getting taxis here, first guy I got wouldn't let me sit in the front and then just talked to someone on the phone the whole journey, very rude in my opinion and stupid because you are hardly going to tip someone like that or get them again.
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A local told me taxis make €10,000 a month here. I suppose we all would if we could double or treble the fares.
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Wait till ya come to Cork !, Taxi doors locked, window down, "Where ya going ?", if it doesent suit exactly they refuse.
If it does happen to suit the next question is "Card or Cash ?", if they say 'Card', the Taxi driver refuses.
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Wait till ya come to Cork !, Taxi doors locked, window down, "Where ya going ?", if it doesent suit exactly they refuse.
If it does happen to suit the next question is "Card or Cash ?", if they say 'Card', the Taxi driver refuses.
That is still preferable to taxis ripping you off in my opinion.
It's kind of funny though that they drive off if they hear about a card payment.
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Why are you asking for a price ?
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Why are you asking for a price ?
I tell them where I'm going and they say because it's busy, it's €100 euro for a 5 minute trip.
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Why are you asking for a price ?
I tell them where I'm going and they say because it's busy, it's €100 euro for a 5 minute trip.
Is that when you are sitting in the car or what.
Do they not have taxi meters?
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Why are you asking for a price ?
I tell them where I'm going and they say because it's busy, it's €100 euro for a 5 minute trip.
Is that when you are sitting in the car or what.
Do they not have taxi meters?
No, it is before I get in the taxi.
They have meters but some of them think they can pick their own price. It's crazy, like the NTA fine irish drivers €200 for not taking card, like that's a big crime and these spanish guys can ask for €75 for a €18 fare.
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To be fair any self-respecting keshie would be disgusted with €75.
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Wait till ya come to Cork !, Taxi doors locked, window down, "Where ya going ?", if it doesent suit exactly they refuse.
If it does happen to suit the next question is "Card or Cash ?", if they say 'Card', the Taxi driver refuses.
Saw a Dublin taxi today with a big 'cash is king' sign facing outwards, beside his dashboard ID. A nod is as good as a wink, I guess ::)
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It's weird how taxis refuse card, its not as if every customer is paying by card. I'm sure they can take card the odd time.
I have no problem taking a card payment.
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If you were an honest taxi over here you would do well I'd say. Word would get around that you use the meter and all the hotels would want you to drop customers to wherever they are going. Good airport trips etc.
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If you were an honest taxi over here you would do well I'd say. Word would get around that you use the meter and all the hotels would want you to drop customers to wherever they are going. Good airport trips etc.
Sounds like the honest guy would have to do 3 or 4 airport runs to make the same as the bogey who does 1 run for the rip-off price. Maybe he goes to confession while the honest guy is on his 3rd or 4th run O:-)
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If you were an honest taxi over here you would do well I'd say. Word would get around that you use the meter and all the hotels would want you to drop customers to wherever they are going. Good airport trips etc.
Sounds like the honest guy would have to do 3 or 4 airport runs to make the same as the bogey who does 1 run for the rip-off price. Maybe he goes to confession while the honest guy is on his 3rd or 4th run O:-)
Yeah but the honest guy can sleep easy at night. I had an old retired Dublin taxi tell me lately that he always drove passengers all over the place for no reason but to rip them off. Imagine bragging about robbing people, he only gave me a 20 cent tip as well but obviously I didn't expect anything more from someone like him. He said his son is in prison and a drug addict, see what I said about karma.
There is a guy like that in my local town, a real bad apple, locals always skip him at the taxi rank, he charged a young lad €90 one night for a €25 trip.
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There is another one not too far from me, she is famous for overcharging, a €20 fare is €40, €300 is €400 etc
The nta know all about her but she is still working away. Is our job a bit like the civil service, unless you kill someone you can't loose your job?
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They rely on idiotas not hablar Catalan, and not using traceable Apps.
You dig your own grave.
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Dangerous practice though, them lads probably wouldn't think twice about pushing a drunk from their taxi and driving off with their wallet.
I hope they die roaring.