Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Taxi fare query?

  • 04-12-2022 08:43AM
    #1
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,133 ✭✭✭


    got a taxi (2 of us) from half way down Cathedral Rd to The South Mal last Sunday eve at 5pm and the fare was €11 - wer we ripped off? distance is about 1km.. and we wer only in the cab for about 10 mins.. TIA



Comments

  • #2
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    I don't think so.

    With money being worth so little these days, a tenner would be the bare minimum i'd expect to pay for someone to come and collect me and a friend at a time and place that I want.

    Saying that, I haven't gotten a taxi in cork in years so I'm out of the loop a fair bit.



  • #3
    Addmagnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭Addmagnet


    If it was a licenced taxi cab it would have had a meter in it, was that the metered fare?



  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 613 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Screenshot_20221204-084857.png

    Seems fair



  • #5
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,796 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Sound about right to me.



  • #6
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,133 ✭✭✭sporina


    ok thanks....

    but I got a taxi last night to Cissie Young's - from Cathedral rd.. and twas only €9..?

    twas much further.. and longer in cab..

    PS on both occasions taxi was just hailed down on rd..



  • Advertisement
  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 613 ✭ [Deleted User]


    What time of the day? Before or after 8pm?



  • #8
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,133 ✭✭✭sporina


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119957643#Comment_119957643

    as per my posts... €11 fare was 5pm.. €9 one was "night'.. around 10pm



  • #9
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,520 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    There is a minimum charge for just sitting into the taxi, and then the journey is charged by the km or by the minute (presumably whichever is the greater) and I think there are extra charges for more than 1 passenger.

    https://www.transportforireland.ie/taxi-fares-prices/


    Doesn't sound beyond the beyonds, tbh.

    It's always worth keeping an eye on the meter, and I always ask for a receipt.



  • #10
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,133 ✭✭✭sporina


    next time i get a cab I'll ask..



  • #11
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Screenshot 2022-12-05 140843.jpg


    Looks like you just got lucky with the €9 fare.



  • Advertisement
  • #12
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,796 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Sometimes drivers don't charge all the extras they are entitled to charge.

    Perhaps this is why the second taxi was cheaper.



  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 613 ✭ [Deleted User]



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119959095#Comment_119959095

    Your €11 fare was also on a Sunday, which attracts a premium. I didn't ask about that though, I asked about whether the €9 fare was before or after 8pm, you only specified "last night". You've now clarified that though. After 8pm also attracts a premium. The number of passengers also matters. You don't give enough information in your posts for us to guess at it, but I'd say it's all perfectly fine and above board. TFI have a taxi fare estimator, I'd advise you to use it going forward.



Advertisement