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

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