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carim45

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Q: do you think that miter-cab cheats ?

i have been in a miter tax yesterday night on my way home but the money was multiplying so fast i don't understand please help

9 years 4 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - Shanghai

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Nessquick

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the night charge is a significantly higher than the day charge everywhere here.

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9 years 4 weeks ago

icnif77

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I'm convinced, they would never cheat! Me!

I'd rather walk, if distance is shorter than 2km.

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Scandinavian

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I haven't seen what I'd call cheating. But we often take taxis on the same distance, it's about 20RMB, but can vary 2-3RMB (this is not due to traffic lights)
That is more than 10%. hmmmmm, 10% extra on an annual cabbie income.... THOSE BASTARDS

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Silverstein

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usually no cheating but they will take long distance roads to skip traffic jams. depends on the city of course.

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9 years 4 weeks ago

Eorthisio

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I don't take cabs, I don't trust them, public transportation rocks! You can even meet hotties in the bus

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9 years 4 weeks ago

jetfire9000

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Shanghai's cabs really do kick up tabs really fast. They probably count the time stopped in traffic which makes it seem like its ticking up very quickly. Seems different cities are changing their cab fare tabulation methods. Maybe you can only take cabs when necessary.

expatlife26:

yeah of course the meter runs up when you're stuck in traffic. It's fair enough, otherwise they could get stiffed with a minimum fare for a few KM involving a 4hr traffic jam.

It's the same in NYC and probably most other cab friendly cities in the US

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jetfire9000:

I don't think it is ridiculous, but I am trying to point out that what is "Of course" for cabs in Shanghai is not necessarily the case for other cities. The question specifically mentioned Shanghai.

Nanjing only just started doing this. I used to absolutely revel in taking cheap cabs. We now have 2 more expensive versions of cabs here , and plus we seem to be counting the time stopped in traffic. Obviously if you go to smaller cities, they don't do this yet. Yangzhou cabs are super cheap. And the cheapest cab fare to date was what I had in Xi Ning.

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Scandinavian:

taxis here in town have a sticker on the glovebox with prices, maybe Shanghai has such fancy stuff too

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