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Taxi driver conned me

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  • 16-03-2012 2:30am
    #1
    robbiepjs
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi All my first post on this hoping you can help,

    i got a taxi this evening as was heading down to my brothers its normally only €5 -€6 in a fare,

    anyway i got in the taxi hailed off the road and was a irish man i got,

    got to the destination where i wanted to go and he said it was €5 i handed the taxi man €20 and realised i had change in my wallet and told him dont worry about the 20 il give it to him in change, to which he handed me back €5 note,

    to which he denied it down to the ground that i gave him 20 (when i know i did as its my birthday and took the fresh 20 from a card i got and put it into my wallet)
    i told him i was going to the garda to which he flipped saying he was going to charge me for driving me to the nearest station ,
    we go there and garda cant do anything
    i have his plate number and everything just wondering whats the next step can you recommend

    thanks :confused:
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    starhillroad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31 ✭starhillroad


    I think its a case for the taxi regulator.

    My normal procedure is to quickly memorise the last 4-6 digits of any Banknote I tender. This is sufficient evidence to help in the event of a dispute. Never failed yet.

    Unfortunately, I think it might be too late. Its quite hard to make a judgement of this nature online,

    Sincerely yours

    Starhillroad


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Contact the regulator, they're very helpful.


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    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 12,996 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    OP, all that will end up as is a game of "He Says" "She says" as there really isn't much to prove you in the right. You can contact the Regulator's office if you want; just be prepared for some old fashioned bureaucracy and paperwork beforehand.

    NB, have you got the receipt to prove that you had a fare in the taxi at that time?


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    fenris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭fenris


    Regulator is useless, they will tell you it is a criminal matter and to talk to the Gardai


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    AltAccount
    Registered Users Posts: 2,058 ✭✭✭AltAccount


    starhillroad wrote: »
    My normal procedure is to quickly memorise the last 4-6 digits of any Banknote I tender.

    Really??? :confused:


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    tmc86
    Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭tmc86


    Call the taxi again and go somewhere so that the trip totals €15 and then just get out and say - you can use the €15 you took off me to pay for that fare


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    The_Wrecker
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭The_Wrecker


    Its your word against his.

    Ive had a few words with Dublin taxi lads over the years and wont use them anymore.


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    topnotch
    Registered Users Posts: 409 ✭✭topnotch


    starhillroad wrote: »
    My normal procedure is to quickly memorise the last 4-6 digits of any Banknote I tender.
    Starhillroad
    I could never figure out why some people are so slow paying at tills:rolleyes:. They must be trying to memorise all those numbers.

    What do you do if you have to use several notes to pay for something rainman?


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