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

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Sun, 03 December 2017 21:35 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:35:30 -0500
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To: Leif Johansson <leifj@sunet.se>
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Subject: Re: [100attendees] [PROVENANCE INTERNET] Re: Long taxi itinerary from IETF hotel to airport
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Or the Nordic Lights.

On Dec 3, 2017 12:19, "Leif Johansson" <leifj@sunet.se> wrote:

> Ah the Terminus :-)
>
> Skickat från min iPhone
>
> 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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