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Just got ripped off

  • 15-08-2010 10:04PM
    #1
    Hootanany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭


    Collage Green to Hanlons Corner 12 lids feckin rip-off should have walked


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  • #2
    richardjjd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭richardjjd


    Hootanany wrote: »
    Collage Green to Hanlons Corner 12 lids feckin rip-off should have walked

    It seems a little high, but not that much - according to World Taxi Meter you could have expected to pay 9.69.


  • #3
    Hootanany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    richardjjd wrote: »
    It seems a little high, but not that much - according to World Taxi Meter you could have expected to pay 9.69.

    Thanks good website


  • #4
    KC61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭KC61


    Even better you could have taken a bus for EUR 1.60.


  • #5
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    Hootanany wrote: »
    Collage Green to Hanlons Corner 12 lids feckin rip-off should have walked

    What route did you take, any extra passengers and what time was it taken?


  • #6
    brownacid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭brownacid


    Sure everyone knows you dont get a taxi northside from south of the liffey, sure dont they have to pay teh council for crossing the liffey.


    Seriously tho, it does make a massive difference walking to o connell street tp get a taxi northside. I frequently get taxis from town to cabra for 8-10eur never more than a tenner.


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  • #7
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    richardjjd wrote: »
    It seems a little high, but not that much - according to World Taxi Meter you could have expected to pay 9.69.

    Very good website this!
    Gives an excellent estimate and useful if you are planning a trip but unsure of possible cost.

    Of course traffic and other factors will affect your fare but nobody can predict these.
    Great for estimates


  • #8
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    I not sure if that website is all that accurate. I just entered a journey from Hawkins st to Clonsilla rd(to compare with the 39 bus up to Blanch) and the route they give is well to put it mildly, shocking. Talk about a grand tour of west Dublin!

    http://www.worldtaximeter.com/dublin/hawkins+street/clonsilla+road/23-53

    They obviously never heard of the Navan Road! And there is no option to alternate the route either.


  • #9
    geecee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭geecee


    I just tried to use the site for a taxi from macken St in D2 to the Point Depot...

    It mapped out a route crossing the new Guild st/harp bridge and turning right up the north quays...

    Unfortunately there is no right turn at the bridge/North quay junction so impossible journey...


  • #10
    patrickbrophy18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,317 ✭✭✭patrickbrophy18


    I have only been in two Taxi's that tried to rip me off. The first time was in 2004 when I was coming back from Bondi Beach Stillorgan. The charge was €15. I had given him €5 and got out of the car to grab €10 from my room. He had told me that I owed him another €5. I had just done higher level maths in the leaving certificate that year and I know that €5 + €10 is definitely €15. He was basically pulling a fast one to get an extra €5 from me. It didn't work though as I was very blunt with him. He was a foreigner and was most likely from Africa due to his ethnic appearance to be politically correct. Even though I had consumed a few pints, I still had my wits about me when it came to spending money. I still remember it to this day so there wasn't enough booze in me to wipe my memory of it.

    The second time was when I was on my way home from Traffic nightclub in Abbey Street. The cost to get home to Dalkey from there was 35 lids. I didn't feel great the next morning when I woke up with a hungover and a relatively large hole in my pocket.:D Most of the time when I get a taxi home from town it costs between €20 and €25. In fact, I can remember being in a taxi when the driver broke red lights to get me home on the cheap. Don't worry, I didn't put him up to it. He did that himself. Cheaper fare though.Happy days!:D To put this 35 lid rip off in to perspective, I managed to get a taxi home from Phibsborough for €28....ergh, I think.:) Anyway, I do feel sorry for the OP. You were ripped all the way off!!!!!


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