Re: [100attendees] [PROVENANCE INTERNET] Re: Long taxi itinerary from IETF hotel to airport

Ah the Terminus :-)

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> 3 dec. 2017 kl. 15:43 skrev Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>:
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 2:21 PM Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, Glenn McKnight wrote:
>> 
>> > notorious as well. I booked a driver to the Stockholm docks to ferry to
>> > Helsinki last year to avoid the rip off artists.  I also did a tour in
>> 
>> Historically, Stockholm (and basically all of Sweden) has been a disgrace
>> when it comes to ripping off tourists.
> 
> ... and I had just the opposite experience in Stockholm -- I took the train into the city, and found one of the very few taxi drivers who didn't speak English. I stated the name of the hotel clearly and slowly, and he started gesturing wildly and shaking his head. I said it a few more times and he kept shaking his head and replying in Swedish, I kept repeating, etc. 
> Eventually I won, he tossed my stuff in the trunk, I got in... and we made a u-turn, he pointed and said "here!" -- hotel was just across the street :-) I tried to tip / pay for being annoying, he wouldn't accept...
> 
> W
> 
> 
>> It's been one of the most liberal
>> taxi markets on the planet, and some drivers took advantage of this but
>> setting outrageous fees. All legal. The GOP in US would have been proud,
>> it was complete market economy and if you weren't an informed consumer you
>> risked being ripped off. Total disgrace.
>> 
>> Now, this has basically been curbed as of a few years ago. There is now a
>> max "comparable rate" before you basically need a written contract with a
>> fixed fee, before the travel even starts. This is 50% above "market rate"
>> for the largest taxi companies, but it at least has taken away most of the
>> complete rip-offs.
>> 
>> --
>> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se
>> 
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> -- 
> I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place.
> This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants.
>    ---maf
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