[QUOTE=Daddy Rulz]But only if you tell me how to say it in Spanish.[/QUOTE]Con una creencia sicópata de que son dueños de la calles. Hahahahahahaha
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[QUOTE=Daddy Rulz]But only if you tell me how to say it in Spanish.[/QUOTE]Con una creencia sicópata de que son dueños de la calles. Hahahahahahaha
For the first time ever, anywhere, when I was paying the taxi driver yesterday he pushed a button on the meter and it printed a small receipt, called "Ticket Pasajero". It identifies the driver / cab. So later if I discovered that he had given me counterfeit bills I could report him. Or if I discovered that I had left something in the cab maybe I'd have a shot of being able to get it back.
Do all meters have this capability? It seems to me like it would be a good idea to always ask for it. If everybody did that I think it would make cab drivers more honest. (Although so far as I know I have never had a problem.
Bob
[QUOTE=Sidney]I told all of them to get fucked! Hailed another. We decided on 70 pesos to Recoleta. A metered ride to EZE was 64 pesos. BTW, Ezezia Taxi is up to 98 pesos![/QUOTE]I guess they know they have a monopoly market and they are using their advantage. I was also forced to pay 98 ARS from EZE to Belgrano (but in all fairness I could have taken the bus, if I had not been such a creature of comfort)
[QUOTE=AllIWantisLove]Do all meters have this capability? It seems to me like it would be a good idea to always ask for it. If everybody did that I think it would make cab drivers more honest. (Although so far as I know I have never had a problem.
Bob[/QUOTE]Most fleet taxis I. E. Radio Taxi Premium, Taxi BuenViaje, Radio Taxi Gold have a meter that can print out a receipt. However, you have to ask for it as it is not a usual practice for Porteños to get receipts for their cab rides so the drivers are not used to it.
I don't know about the privately owned taxis as I generally don't ride them. Maybe its just me but I have feeling that their meters and their sense of honesty is questionable since they are not answerable to anybody.
Yeah, it must be the monopoly. I looked on the map and I am about 30% farther out than EZE is from the center of the city. We can both be reached from any point in the city roughly the same, each on a major highway.
I can get a remis out here that will drive in to town and pick someone up from Recoleta and drop them off at my house for 85 pesos - just had it done today in fact. I'm sure it's the same to just about anywhere else (as far as rough rate per kilometer) except for to and from the airport.
One of these days soon I will need to take a remis to the airport for a trip back to the States. I'm sure I will pay two different prices for each of leg of the trip - cheaper going and much more expensive returning.
[QUOTE=Sidney]A foreign woman, a first time visitor was charged $400 from EZE to Recoleta! Keep your guard up![/QUOTE]Yikes! I have heard similar stories (Charged $500AR) like that, that's partly why I started a Lincoln Town Car service down here in Buenos Aires!
Fred.
[url]www.silverstarcar.com[/url]
[QUOTE=Sidney]I told all of them to get fucked! Hailed another. We decided on 70 pesos to Recoleta. A metered ride to EZE was 64 pesos. BTW, Ezezia Taxi is up to 98 pesos![/QUOTE]Hailing a non-official taxi at Ezeiza is dangerous, I would think the risk is not worth 20 peso, especially if you carry cash and expensive luggage.
When I took a cab with my girlfriend and her brother, my GF wanted to pay with a 100 bill and he said name the last 3 numbers and remember them. He then checked the bill. Pretty nice because that way there is no risk he changes the bill or the customer getting angry on a counterfeit bill.
Actually you should try to avoid with 100 bills or even 50 bills.
Be careful folks when you take a black and yellow capital cab. I was at EZE today early for a pickup and ordering at McDonalds, and a Brazilian who was just dropped off had a fake $50 rejected he had got as change from a cab. The bill paper did not have the right feel and texture, and the portrait of the watermark was very hard too see, although it was there. Color of the bill looked good.
Moral, never give cab drivers big bills to change!
Fred.
[url]www.silverstarcar.com[/url]
[QUOTE=Silver Star]Be careful folks when you take a black and yellow capital cab. I was at EZE today early for a pickup and ordering at McDonalds, and a Brazilian who was just dropped off had a fake $50 rejected he had got as change from a cab. The bill paper did not have the right feel and texture, and the portrait of the watermark was very hard too see, although it was there. Color of the bill looked good.
Moral, never give cab drivers big bills to change!
Fred.
[url]www.silverstarcar.com[/url][/QUOTE]Went to pay the driver as he dropped me off (fare was AR$90) gave him AR$100 bill. While I grabbed my stuff off the seat, he must have switched the bill I gave him with a fake AR$100 bill, which he returned to me saying it was a fake and asking for another. I was a little distracted so I just gave him another. Upon further consideration, I realized that all the 100s in my pocket came straight out of the ATM and therefore were very unlikely to include a fake. Learn from my mistake.
First post on the boards, thought I'd share.
I got scammed on my first trip upon arrival at EZE. Thought I took a Radio Taxi because it was black with the yellow top, but when I got in the car it didnt look like a taxi at all. Driver didn't turn on the meter until we arrived and tried to charge me 380 pesos since the meter of course showed 3.80 pesos. I ended up paying 35 USD which I assume is a fair bit more than a metered ride from EZE to Palermo would have cost.
Oh well, lesson learned:)
[QUOTE=Tika Taka]First post on the boards, thought I'd share.
I got scammed on my first trip upon arrival at EZE. Thought I took a Radio Taxi because it was black with the yellow top, but when I got in the car it didnt look like a taxi at all. Driver didn't turn on the meter until we arrived and tried to charge me 380 pesos since the meter of course showed 3.80 pesos. I ended up paying 35 USD which I assume is a fair bit more than a metered ride from EZE to Palermo would have cost.
Oh well, lesson learned:)[/QUOTE]You got out of that one pretty easily. US$35 is a little more than a remis from EZE to Palermo, but you got there safely and he didn't try any enhanced methods of extracting more $ from you.
Was in front of the Sheraton Convention center waiting to pick up a client for private car services, I noticed a radio taxi dropped off an unsuspecting asian, who paid with a $100AR note. The driver went from outside after helping with bags, and after collecting the $100AR, he went to the cab, and came back with a fake $100 and demanded a new bill! The passenger game him a new $100, and all was good (for the driver)
Moral-Never ever give a black and yellow cabbie here big bills, and exact change is best, always check you bills before giving them out, having a pocket flashlight is helpful.
Fred [url]www.silverstarcar.com[/url]
Buenos Aires leader in private native English speaking Lincoln Town Car services.