Popular Post kevin612 Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Hello all, how do I report a taxi driver in Bangkok? The driver charged me 155 baht from nana to huai khwang? Meanwhile, my friend only 85 baht. We both use meter to the same destination. Thanks. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 YOu need the number of his cab which is affixed inside the door of the passenger comparment or plate # Contact the DLT (land transport department).....but for 70 baht..if you are locally living in the area...the taxi guys will get to know who you are and there may be difficulties in the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Report a Bangkok Taxi to the Land Transport Department Hotline on ph # 1584. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HampiK Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Both had about same traffice? It's not cheap, but could be because of a lot traffic. As you also pay per minutes not only per KM! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post couchpotato Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 All this fuss for 70 baht...absurd. 5 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, couchpotato said: All this fuss for 70 baht...absurd. I dont think the amount is the issue, its the principal of being charged double ! 10 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RafPinto Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Handsome men back a slight premium. I go mostly free as I am ugly. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, CharlieH said: I dont think the amount is the issue, its the principal of being charged double ! Exactly, double $$$ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userabcd Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) What did the taxi meter show? Always check the meter when entering a taxi and ask to turn it on if it is not. Consider you gave a good tip for the pleasant journey. Edited March 17, 2022 by userabcd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Maybe your'friend'flashed the driver from the rear seat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, couchpotato said: All this fuss for 70 baht...absurd. it is the principal not the money !!!!!! 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbko Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, blackshadow said: it is the principal not the money !!!!!! So if you caught a mototaxi and they charged you 50b and then charged your friend 40b, you would complain over the principal? 2 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post userabcd Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, blackshadow said: it is the principal not the money !!!!!! Its only 70 baht. How do you know if your friend maybe paid too little or they took a different route? Edited March 17, 2022 by userabcd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, bbko said: So if you caught a mototaxi and they charged you 50b and then charged your friend 40b, you would complain over the principal? i have my own transport dont need owt else 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbko Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 1 minute ago, blackshadow said: i have my own transport dont need owt else Ok without being pedantic (I'm assuming you eat?), if you bought 500gms of chicken and paid 50b and your friend bought the exact same cut from the exact same store for 40b, told you what he paid, you'd go back and complain "over principal"? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chuang Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, CharlieH said: I dont think the amount is the issue, its the principal of being charged double ! So his so called principle is worth only 70 bahts. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Use Grab in future - there is ‘dual accountability’.... You can also use ‘Grab Car’ (instead of Grab Tax’ or ‘Any Grab’) and avoid Taxi’s altogether if you wish. I was taking a journey on the expressway the other day.... just flagged down a taxi, got in, got out again, no seatbelt. Flagged down another taxi, got in, got out again, no seatbelts and taxi was watching a movie on the phone balanced on his dash-board..... next taxi was fine. In future, i’ll just follow my own advice - its simply avoids the BS when using Grab-car but you pay a little more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, chuang said: 3 hours ago, CharlieH said: I dont think the amount is the issue, its the principal of being charged double ! So his so called principle is worth only 70 bahts. No.. Only an idiot puts a monetary value on principle.... The very point of principle is that its not about the money, its about the... come-on now... you can guess it.... . .... ‘The principle’.... Personally, I wouldn’t worry about reporting the ‘double charging’ and put it down to lesson learned. I’d be more interested in how it happened... i.e. faster meter ? or something else... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin1976 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Will travel by Grab Transport only even just move around within Sukhumvit area beside BTS/MRT. Check the fee/charges if I willing to pay for the service. No compare so No complaint. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinci Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 don't bother nothing will happen, they will take your report and toss it in the trash once you leave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 I'd be happy just to have meter used. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Just now, vinci said: don't bother nothing will happen, they will take your report and toss it in the trash once you leave Its more likely that whatever means of submitting the report is non-functional.... There used to be an RTA App (or called something similar) where taxi’s could be reported - the issue was that it needs a photo (fair enough as a photo serves as better proof), but the real issue was that photo’s could not be uploaded - the App simply didn’t work properly. Of course, the App was released with great aplomb and announcements of cracking down... ‘all we have to do is report the rogue taxis’.... of course, that was that, the App didn’t work, those in positions of decision making power knew that and didn’t care... why would they? they don’t take taxi’s !!!! Then there is the ‘Land Transport hotline’ (#1584) - where you can report an indecent... IF you are lucky for someone to actually answer you’ll have to speak Thai and deal with the fact that they aren’t trained... Then you’ll have to send photo proof, how? you’ve phoned up a hotline !!!.... My Wife was nearly hit by a bus jumping a red light - She called the Land Transport hotline.... complained, had the time and bus #... the person on the land transport hotline had a ‘so what’ attitude... as in... ‘so what, the bus didn’t hit you, so its ok’... my wife responded, what if it did hit me.... the response... ‘you’d be dead and wouldn’t be able to complain’ !!.... and there exist the issue.... There simply is no ‘Give a £u<k factor’ with anyone involved.... and I mean anyone... no one at all gives even the remotes of £u<ks about these issues.... none whatsoever.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachCH Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sparktrader Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Bad traffic could double it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pravda Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, blackshadow said: it is the principal not the money !!!!!! The principal was 85 baht, the interest was 70 baht. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemsta69 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I left my "principals" behind at Swampy about three and a half months ago ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemsta69 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 5 hours ago, CharlieH said: I dont think the amount is the issue, its the principal of being charged double ! nah I think it's because he doesn't understand The Game, he's a playa hater ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mnomad Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, userabcd said: Its only 70 baht. How do you know if your friend maybe paid too little or they took a different route? This happens - the too little part. For the best part of a year I got taxis from A to B, say 200+ journeys, all within a range, but at least a handful of them the price was ridiculous low as if the meter wasn't calibrated correctly - perhaps your friend got one of these poor guys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lopburi3 Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 Altered meters are not unknown, and yes much more likely to be used with a foreign traveler than a Thai - but they are not common at all (I would estimate victim 5 times since meters started about 25 years ago - less than 50 baht each time and with the extremely low fares just check it off as a tip. Much more likely difference due to traffic/route. My normal home/hospital is under 80 baht - often 100-120 - sometimes as much as 140 baht due to traffic conditions. As said there is a flag fall of 35 baht and then cost per distance and time of slow travel adds baht to fare. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigar Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 6 hours ago, couchpotato said: All this fuss for 70 baht...absurd. I agree.I was offerd a taxi from sukumvit 7/1 to soi 31.The taxi said 600 bah.I said NO WAY.Took another taxi cost me 39 bath.Sometimes stucked in traffic,thats normal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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