Rip off taxi man - watch out if you've got a Cork accent

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Was in town tonight, got a taxi in Harcourt St to Finglas, the cheeky bastard heard the guy in the passenger seat with a cork accent, then drove to Coyningham Road, then turned back to the quays?? Once I realised I told the absolute cúnt to stop the car, why the fúck did this asshole try to obviously rip me off?

Once he heard my dublin accent in the back of the taxi he let us out straight away.

Watch out dubliners, there's still cúnts out there.

What a fúcking prick he was, once he realised I knew he was on the rip, he put up no fight. Arsehole.

judas101

Similar things happen to me also.

Im down in dollymount and have been taken arseways to here from the airport and town. Funnily enough, only when my girlfriend, who's German but has lived here for years gives directions, in a non Dublin accent.

I tend to let them go whatever way they want, ignore the meter and then throw them the normal fare I'd pay. ****.

One of the reasons I tend to avoid taxis unless absolutely needed.

**** off Des.

henryporter

Des wrote: »

Was in town tonight, got a taxi in Harcourt St to Finglas, the cheeky bastard heard the guy in the passenger seat with a cork accent, then drove to Coyningham Road, then turned back to the quays?? Once I realised I told the absolute cúnt to stop the car, why the fúck did this asshole try to obviously rip me off?

Once he heard my dublin accent in the back of the taxi he let us out straight away.

Watch out dubliners, there's still cúnts out there.

What a fúcking prick he was, once he realised I knew he was on the rip, he put up no fight. Arsehole.

Why didn't you take the Taxi Nr. to complain to Taxi Regulator?

dats_right

It's probably wrong of me to think, fair play to the taxi man. I mean everybody knows that if it was a cork rebel on their own in the taxi that the most direct route would have been n-11 to bray and a nice long drive across the m-50..

Pot Noodle =

Where did he leave you

stovelid

Des...hanging around with Cork people?

anto86

stovelid wrote: »

Des...hanging around with Cork people?

admiralofthefleet

dats_right wrote: »

It's probably wrong of me to think, fair play to the taxi man. I mean everybody knows that if it was a cork rebel on their own in the taxi that the most direct route would have been n-11 to bray and a nice long drive across the m-50..

are you for real, fair play to the taxi man for trying tp rip a customer off? what kind of impression would that behavior leave with a tourist who knew the way around.

des, best of luck with the regulator, just wondering did u pick him up at a rank or call him out. if he was from a company report him

DancingQueen:)

Something like that happened to me yesterday and i'm from Dublin so some people do it to everyone. The taxi man was nearly driving around in circles and taking the longest route possible to get me home. Luckily my friend noticed and told him what way to go before we had to pay him a fortune.

JuliusCaesar

I've had an argument about a route with a taxi driver - as if I didn't know my way home! Idiots! Didn't think at the time to take his number, but would in future.

Barna77

If taxi driver notice a foreign accent, you'll have a nice and expensive tour around Dublin

But Cork people aren't foreign, are they? :rolleyes:

Mr. Presentable

Des, I sincerely hope you reported him.

John Mason

henryporter wrote: »

Why didn't you take the Taxi Nr. to complain to Taxi Regulator?

i am surprised he knew his way home at that stage nevermind remember to take his number :rolleyes::p:D

admiralofthefleet

irishbird wrote: »

i am surprised he knew his way home at that stage nevermind remember to take his number :rolleyes::p:D

you let him out on temporary release for the night? was he electronically tagged?

Gavin "shels"

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

you let him out on temporary release for the night? was he electronically tagged?

She had his beard on a leash!:D

arybvtcw0eolkf

Des wrote: »

Was in town tonight, got a taxi in Harcourt St to Finglas, the cheeky bastard heard the guy in the passenger seat with a cork accent, then drove to Coyningham Road, then turned back to the quays?? Once I realised I told the absolute cúnt to stop the car, why the fúck did this asshole try to obviously rip me off?

Thats a crazy route, how did you not cop on sooner that you were headed out towards Conyngham Rd?.

admiralofthefleet

Gavin shels wrote: »

She had his beard on a leash!:D

thats got to be one hell of a leash

Jay D

I'd have punched him in the Face
book.

Did you manage to get his facebook?

CaraFawn

Yeah pretty common.

I take taxi regularly and several times I noticed the african drivers (Only them, must be their favourite trick), although they have a GPS, are always telling me they do not know where this place is (like obvious street names in Dublin city center).

I asked them to use their GPS then they reply they do not know how to use it.

Then I tell them to drop me right here I don't pay of course.

Once I took a taxi to go from Tara Street train station to Garda HQ in Phoenix Park, the guy took me to the north of Drumcondra. I let him drive all the way, I had plenty of time and wanted to know where he would take me, I knew the way by heart since I was doing this every day.
When we reached 30 euro I "politely" asked him why we took this way and he replied to me it was a shortcut lol.
It cost me 8 euro the other days by goign through the quays and infrmary road.
I paid him 8 euro of course...He was Irish.

The joys of being a foreigner :rolleyes:

Happend to my wife in Paris too, she paid 100 euro to go from Beauvais (Ryan Air flights) to Paris city center...the guy took her to Versailles...she told me afterwards...

dfx-

Deleted User wrote: »

**** off Des.

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Happened to me in March coming back from the city with airport luggage home. Cue a long circuitous route up the quays, through the city onto the Crumlin Rd. He quickly learned I knew the way, the area and that I knew what he was trying and not a tourist unfamiliar with where I was going.

I Was VB

Report him and stop whinging on Boards about it.

filthymcnasty

yeah and in the cork forum a dub getting shafted by at taxi man would be hilarious

RMD

Happened to me before when I had 2 foreign students staying with me. Hopped in a taxi on O'connell bridge asking to go to Dollymount end of Clontarf, I wasn't talking while they were so guy thinks were all foreigners. Guy drives up through Drumcondra or something like that and down Griffith avenue. Once I realised what he was doing I gave him the simple option of dropping us the rest of the way for free or I'd report him. That scared him pretty bad because apparently he'd been reported for it before and it was just an "honest" mistake.

robbie_998

Had a different one myself from a taxi from liffey valley (you know THAT company)

anyway took us where we wanted to go and fast but at the end of the trip he stopped the meter, total fare came up (€11) turned the meter off quickly and said that'll be €13.30 lads..... should've asked for a receipt with that !

amdublin

CaraFawn wrote: »

Happend to my wife in Paris too, she paid 100 euro to go from Beauvais (Ryan Air flights) to Paris city center...the guy took her to Versailles...she told me afterwards...

An hour long drive. How could this be any less????

StereoLove

I came across this fella once. I'm from Tipp but I do know my way around Dublin! Eejit!

caseyann

CaraFawn wrote: »

Yeah pretty common.

I take taxi regularly and several times I noticed the african drivers (Only them, must be their favourite trick), although they have a GPS, are always telling me they do not know where this place is (like obvious street names in Dublin city center).

I asked them to use their GPS then they reply they do not know how to use it.

Then I tell them to drop me right here I don't pay of course.

Once I took a taxi to go from Tara Street train station to Garda HQ in Phoenix Park, the guy took me to the north of Drumcondra. I let him drive all the way, I had plenty of time and wanted to know where he would take me, I knew the way by heart since I was doing this every day.
When we reached 30 euro I "politely" asked him why we took this way and he replied to me it was a shortcut lol.
It cost me 8 euro the other days by goign through the quays and infrmary road.
I paid him 8 euro of course...He was Irish.

The joys of being a foreigner :rolleyes:

Happend to my wife in Paris too, she paid 100 euro to go from Beauvais (Ryan Air flights) to Paris city center...the guy took her to Versailles...she told me afterwards...

Sounds like he had his ears clogged and couldn't hear your accent and thought take you for a ride.Why didn't you report him? And the others who tried to rip you off.Then alot less likely for the thieves like that to get away with it.

JosDel

Des wrote: »

Was in town tonight, got a taxi in Harcourt St to Finglas, the cheeky bastard heard the guy in the passenger seat with a cork accent, then drove to Coyningham Road, then turned back to the quays?? Once I realised I told the absolute cúnt to stop the car, why the fúck did this asshole try to obviously rip me off?

Once he heard my dublin accent in the back of the taxi he let us out straight away.

Watch out dubliners, there's still cúnts out there.

What a fúcking prick he was, once he realised I knew he was on the rip, he put up no fight. Arsehole.

I was ripped off 2 years ago by a country driver, He took me and my family from the city to the airport he charged me 37.00 euro 33% higher than the normal fair, I emailed the taxi regulator with his reg number and the receipt...Might be the same guy...

Star Lord

CaraFawn wrote: »

Happend to my wife in Paris too, she paid 100 euro to go from Beauvais (Ryan Air flights) to Paris city center...the guy took her to Versailles...she told me afterwards...

Cost me €80 for a taxi for that same route, and that was with the taxi driver being sound and HORSING it to the airport to get us there in time (We'd slept in and missed the bus!) so €100 would not be that out of order for that route.

cosmic

I used to get this all the time - I reckon it's just because I'm a girl. I know pretty much all of Dublin like the back of my hand - I've lived/went to college/worked all over the City all my life - so I don't take too kindly to being conned by taxi drivers. Now I just tell them exactly the route I want to take any time I go anywhere. Legally, the passanger is entitled to choose their own route and if they go a different way to what I've said I just say this. Chancers.

mikemac

I've never gotten this in Dublin.

But when I lived in Belfast as soon as they heard my bogger midlands accent I'd be taken on a tour of the world before getting to my destination.
Being new to the city I didn't know any better....until my co workers were laughing when I told them what I was paying

Eventually I learned the city well and they'd still try it on with me! :mad:

So it's not a Dublin thing, probably happens with non-locals and tourists in every city going, sad realy

Spook_ie

Funny how no one posts about the guys who rip off the taxi drivers, like the 2 who went to North of Drogheda from Balbriggan and legged it owing €43

caseyann

Spook_ie wrote: »

Funny how no one posts about the guys who rip off the taxi drivers, like the 2 who went to North of Drogheda from Balbriggan and legged it owing €43

Unfortunately it happens a fair bit also:( and they should be dealt with as thieves and found:mad:.But taxi drivers are a public service and should treat their customers fair.Don't expect to get ripped off by the honest people in the country.

Gavin "shels"

Nearly happened to me before (obviously for those of you who know me I don't have a Cork accent), coming home one night gargled with 3 mates the fecker tried driving around by Pearse St from College Green even though I said South Circular Road, questioned him and after saying it to him 3 times he said sorry and reset the meter until we were up on Dame St.

Should have really got out but well, the two women are lazy feckers.

Spook_ie

Gavin shels wrote: »

Nearly happened to me before (obviously for those of you who know me I don't have a Cork accent), coming home one night gargled with 3 mates the fecker tried driving around by Pearse St from College Green even though I said South Circular Road, questioned him and after saying it to him 3 times he said sorry and reset the meter until we were up on Dame St.

Should have really got out but well, the two women are lazy feckers.

I can think of an alternative route from D'Olier St to Griffith's College via Pearse St that would make perfect sense depending on time of night and traffic conditions, difference in distance 1.8Km difference in time 4 Minutes (according to Googlemaps ) BUT I would have told you in advance if I thought it advisable to take a different route depending how gargled you were

Jumbo156

A friend of my mams,( bear in mind , this is 1.00am and she is 68 years of age) comes out of the porterhouse in phibsboro. gets a into a taxi driven by one of our african cousins.
"Cabra Please". The driver takes off and takes a left down whitworth road. half way down, she says "Cabra is the other way".
Driver does a u-turn and back up the whitworth road. Does an illegal left turn and heads down the phibsboro road.
She see McGowans and again says, "Cabra is the other way".
With that, the driver stops outside the Bus station in phibsboro and throws her out.
She didn't get his number as she was so shocked.

Gavin "shels"

Spook_ie wrote: »

I can think of an alternative route from D'Olier St to Griffith's College via Pearse St that would make perfect sense depending on time of night and traffic conditions, difference in distance 1.8Km difference in time 4 Minutes (according to Googlemaps ) BUT I would have told you in advance if I thought it advisable to take a different route depending how gargled you were

Ye but he was about to turn left down Tara St and guessing was going to try driving down the Quays at 4am, which I dobut would have been quicker.:D

whatnext

Had a cousin over from England for a game in Croker last year.

We told him to get the taxi to take him down the tunnel, due to traffic etc., and meet us in the Clonliffe House. Taxi charged him €12 extra for the toll!!! on a sunday.

The cousin knew no better, and we were in the stadium by the time he told us.

ordinary_girl

Generally I don't have issues with taxi drivers in Dublin, but on some occassions they have tried to rip me or my relatives off. One particularly memorable one was when a relative of mine got home ridiculously late and more pissed off than I'd ever seen. He was on the Northside at about 1am and got a taxi to bring him back over to the Southside with a few of his mates. The taxi driver made it clear he was unhappy about it, because he lived on the Northside and was hoping to go home soon after them (they were to be his last passengers that night) and was unhappy about the distance.

Where we live is near the mountains, so the taxi driver decided to drive through the mountains which would involve completely by-passing where we live and taking his time going around the back roads of the mountains for a bit in order to get the meter up. Obviously, none of the lads could get out somewhere up the mountains at about 2am so they just had to wait until he stopped being a wanker. They didn't get his number because they were too busy giving him a piece of their mind once they arrived.

The only time I got ripped off was by a taxi driver in Dundalk, my Dub accent obviously made him think I didn't know the area. I've been going to Louth since I was a child, so I well knew what he was doing. I opt for public transport pretty much all the time now. Must be said though, every other time I've gotten a taxi it's been grand. Pleasant, even. It's just a shame that a few bastards have to ruin what would otherwise be a handy service.

anto86

if you knew you was ripped off why hand over the cash... let him go to the guards or who ever he wants and in the end the truth will come out and it would be proven that he did infact rip you off.
if i was a taxi man and i ripped some one off and they refused to pay id simply leave it at that as to take it further would expose me for the thief i am id simply think well its my own fault build a bridge and get over it :cool:

pabloh999

Rest_Energy wrote: »

One particularly memorable one was when a relative of mine got home ridiculously late and more pissed off than I'd ever seen. He was on the Northside at about 1am and got a taxi to bring him back over to the Southside with a few of his mates. The taxi driver made it clear he was unhappy about it, because he lived on the Northside and was hoping to go home soon after them (they were to be his last passengers that night) and was unhappy about the distance.

Where we live is near the mountains, so the taxi driver decided to drive through the mountains which would involve completely by-passing where we live and taking his time going around the back roads of the mountains for a bit in order to get the meter up. Obviously, none of the lads could get out somewhere up the mountains at about 2am so they just had to wait until he stopped being a wanker. They didn't get his number because they were too busy giving him a piece of their mind once they arrived.

Firstly, why would your mate be "more pissed off than i had ever seen him"? He got home, and it was only the driver who was annoyed.

And secondly, you live in the mountains? Who the f*ck knows the quickest possible route to your house, around the back arse of the mountains at 2am.:rolleyes:
Simple suggestion (to everyone) -guide your driver to your destination, its what i do and ive never had any issues.

ordinary_girl

pabloh999 wrote: »

Firstly, why would your mate be "more pissed off than i had ever seen him"? He got home, and it was only the driver who was annoyed.

And secondly, you live in the mountains? Who the f*ck knows the quickest possible route to your house, around the back arse of the mountains at 2am.:rolleyes:
Simple suggestion (to everyone) -guide your driver to your destination, its what i do and ive never had any issues.

He was pissed off because he had pay a lot more than it'd usually cost and I don't know about you, but I'd be pretty worried if I was driven up to the mountains in the early hours of the morning away from where I live. I don't live in the mountains, to get here from the mountains from the northside you'd have to go right past the area I live in. I live in a built up area that's near the mountains. And the driver knew what he was doing, they'd told him where to turn off but he just insisted he "knew a better way."

Anyway, as I said before, vast majority of taxi drivers I've encountered have been efficient and helpful, it's just a shame there's a minority that mess it up.

Hermy

Rest_Energy wrote: »

He was pissed off because he had pay a lot more than it'd usually cost...

He shouldn't have paid for a service he didn't ask for.

And you should always ask for a printed receipt.

carwash106

sick of dublin taxi drivers doing that. was goign to griffith avenue one sunday right around the end of a dublin match and of course the drumcondra road was jammed ( the route he took).
The arrogance is amazing, anythign for a few extra euros, they shoot themselves in the foot because ill now do anything not to take taxis because of their greed, happened other times to me too.

smackbunnybaby

Des wrote: »

Was in town tonight, got a taxi in Harcourt St to Finglas, the cheeky bastard heard the guy in the passenger seat with a cork accent, then drove to Coyningham Road, then turned back to the quays?? Once I realised I told the absolute cúnt to stop the car, why the fúck did this asshole try to obviously rip me off?

Once he heard my dublin accent in the back of the taxi he let us out straight away.

Watch out dubliners, there's still cúnts out there.

What a fúcking prick he was, once he realised I knew he was on the rip, he put up no fight. Arsehole.

Good man Des, thanks for the tip off. I Am comfortable enough with most southside areas after being here 2 years, but there are still areas I wouldn't know potentially I could get ripped off going to.

stovelid

Spook_ie wrote: »

Funny how no one posts about the guys who rip off the taxi drivers, like the 2 who went to North of Drogheda from Balbriggan and legged it owing €43

arybvtcw0eolkf

stovelid wrote: »

Oh look...



The back seat Mod!.

mloc

I wouldn't worry too much.

Most taxi drivers will be out of business completely in the next 6-12 months. The whole industry (and many others) will have to make some serious adjustments.