Re: [93attendees] so, was there any crime?

+1

I paid my Hotel 380 and a Taxi 150 for the same distance, roughly the same time
on different days.  The Hotel rate was fixed at 380, while the Taxi was metered.

Very glad I didn't take the Hotel car to the airport.

-----Original Message-----
From: 93attendees [mailto:93attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Bert Wijnen (IETF)
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1:25 PM
To: David C Lawrence; 93attendees@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [93attendees] so, was there any crime?

On 27/07/15 16:26, David C Lawrence wrote:
> Pretty much the worst "being taken advantage of" that I experience 
> almost certainly had nothing to do with my injury but rather the cost 
> of convenience.  When I asked my hotel for a taxi to the hospital they 
> arranged one, and said it would be 250 CZK (~ 10 USD) for the ~ 1 km 
> trip.  Further, the taxi didn't take credit cards so the desk clerk 
> spot-changed $20 USD for me to 460 CZK, which isn't highway robbery 
> but was certainly on the lower end of exchange.
>
> The return trip from the hospital, arranged by the people there, was
> 80 CZK (~ 3.25).
At the previous IETF we were also warned about the possibility that taxi drivers might be cheating.

I then noticed that when taking a hotel taxi you were 100% sure to be cheated or taken advantage of.
When taking a normal taxi, there was a chance to be cheated, but also a good chance to be treated well.

Bert

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