ec18 wrote: » I was overcharged on new years eve... but the driver told me that it was an increased fare becuase of the day. And it was a hackney so it had no meter or receipt facilties that I could see. But tbh i've always found the taxi's in waterford charge the same when I've used them, from toen during the day to my house is 8 and at 2-3 in the morning it's about 6-7. Never had any trouble with Rapid Cabs and if the meter is more than usual the driver is usually very helpful and tells me why, or notices a mistake made. I don't think Taxi's are a rip off. They're more expensive than the bus or other public transport but they always have been and always will be.
ec18 wrote: » I was overcharged on new years eve... but the driver told me that it was an increased fare becuase of the day. And it was a hackney so it had no meter or receipt facilties that I could see.
therecklessone wrote: » Sully, my reading of the regulations suggests the call out charge is set at €2 but is discretionary, i.e. can be left off the meter if the driver so wishes, or discounted from the final total at journey's end. Indeed, a driver can choose to discount any part of the fare if he/she chooses, though unless agreed before the hire commences the passenger is liable for the entire fare as shown on the meter. In shinzon's case, he should have clarified the situation re. the call out charge with Rapid Cabs when booking the two taxis.
Sully wrote: » Missed that.. sorry, I was with ec18 and he was picked up outside Rapid Cabs so I remembered the story. I guess he just decided to charge extra. I cant remember the full story. Maybe its time they did fall under the regulatory authority?
Hackney No sign or advertisement, other than one prescribed by the Commission for Taxi regulation shall be displayed on a hackney. (S.I. No. 316/1999 as amended by S.I. No. 154/2006)
Hackney A private hire small public service vehicle (SPSV). Hackneys should be pre-booked on a private hire basis and cannot be hailed down in a public place. They are not currently allowed in bus lanes or to ply for hire in the street. A fare should be agreed in advance with a hackney operator and is not calculated on a meter. It is a requirement that all hackney operators/drivers provide a written receipt to all customers on payment of the fare.
Displaying Driver ID Drivers should ensure that their Driver ID is displayed prominently on the dashboard of their vehicle so that it can be seen clearly from the front of your vehicle, but also by passengers. The side displaying the area in which you are licensed to operate should face outwards leaving the side displaying your name, picture and licence number facing the customer inside the vehicle. New licence holders should note that due to the requirement for transfer of documentation from the Gardaí to the Commission, there will be a waiting period of approximately two weeks between a renewal or issue of a new licence and arrangement of the collection of your Driver ID.
|.Murderer.| wrote: » One thing that has always got to me is how the taxi drivers in the city are charging the maximum rate. We are a small city, where the cost of living isn't as high as it is in Dublin, Cork etc and this is reflected in wages/salaries. I have no qualms about taxi companies charging the maximum fare in Dublin, but to have them charge it in Waterford is a bit of a disgrace!
Spook_ie wrote: » No drivers may discount the fare, but the meter is sacrosanct and must be calibrated to the national rate, He could offer a discount on the fare, just like your local publican could discount the cost of his beer, or your local shop could discount the cost of a loaf etc. Just doesn't happen very often..
Sully wrote: » Discount as in having it on the min. price and not the max. as Murderer was saying?
alphapa wrote: » i used waterford hackney last weekend and got as taxi from ballytruckle to newrath in ferrybank and only got charged 6 euro! and that was a sunday of a bank holiday! we got him back into the forum (3 of us in the car) and sound fella just said throw me 2 euro a head i know who il be using from now on i cudnt belive how cheap they were compared to normal taxiS
alphapa wrote: » its 051 331033 and i dont work there or even know any of them! i was just given the number its dead handy!
anplaya wrote: » never mind that kind of overchargin its the c**ts that bring ya the long way around when they dont think yer from the town,esp when i go out with me lack,shes not from waterford.we jump into taxi,she tells em where to go,next min theyre taking a longer route till the place till i pipe up where ye going boy?panic stations when they realise im from the town and try and fob me off with some bull**** excuse oh the traffic etc,ye right at 9pm at night? and they go back on the right route,some shower of schemin *****
molby wrote: » Them bloody foreigners from the African part of the world are the worst for this if they think you dont know where you are going.Came back on the train form Dublin one Monday afternoon and had the pleasure of getting one of these yokes who thought I was an outsider.I asked him to bring me to the Tap room in Ballybricken and he started to head for the Tower hotel.I quickly told him were to go and when he tried to charge me 7 euro when we eventually got ther I told him to F off and threw him 4 euro.I shoud have reported him ,but from what I hear they are all at this.Go over to the train station anytime a train is due you would think you were in downtown Nigeria.
ROCKMAN wrote: » WAKE UP ..
ROCKMAN wrote: » LIKE FCUK YOU DID. keyboard warrior , internet hard man, that buzzing you hear is your alarm clockWAKE UP ..
ziedth wrote: » I paid €50 out to Kilmactomas on Friday night got charged like €45 but the lad was sound so I gave him the fiver. It's some bloody rip off, I do enjoy the mindless racism thank you molby
