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Taxis vs Grab: Taxi association takes complaints about ride-hailing apps to parliament

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On 6/8/2021 at 12:18 PM, webfact said:

complaining about unfair competition,

and 10% of its members being forced to use their meters.

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  • Rampant Rabbit
    Rampant Rabbit

    Yes they sure do love their  little  monopolies and cartels using violence when required to maintain their stranglehold. Welcome to the real world taxi  boys and get stuffed!

  • VillageIdiot
    VillageIdiot

    The title should be... "Taxi Mafia takes takes complaints about ride-hailing apps to parliment."

  • colinneil
    colinneil

    Oh dear the taxi mafia aint happy, they got some competition, and they dont like it. They are not happy that their strangle hold on the public is being curtailed. The poor dears.????????????

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6 hours ago, Pravda said:

My wife chaufffers me around. No need to take grab, taxi or bts for over a year. 

 

I hope you pay her a decent salary plus: overtime, meal allowance, uniforms and accommodation provided etc.

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

I hope you pay her a decent salary plus: overtime, meal allowance, uniforms and accommodation provided etc.

 

I pay her nothing, thanks. 

Should be a pretty easy fix.  Just cancel the term taxi and let them become ride hailing drivers. 

On 6/8/2021 at 4:55 PM, overt2016 said:

Perhaps they should look at the rip-offs going around Sukimvit

Which rip-offs on which part of Sukhumvit?

On 6/8/2021 at 5:20 PM, herfiehandbag said:

Yes. It is disappointing when you order a "Grab" and a Green and Yellow Toyota, with a <deleted> stained interior, clunking rear suspension and clicking ball joints poles up!

Your own fault for ordering a Grab Taxi, not a Grab Car.

On 6/8/2021 at 5:21 PM, richard_smith237 said:

BUT... Taxi drivers who sit outside tourist hotspots trying to rip people, over-charge, clock the meter etc are of course going to struggle. 

That's happening?    Where?  And where are these tourist hotspots nowadays that taxi drivers take advantage of?   Since Covid I've never had any difficulty with any taxis in Bangkok, even in rush hour traffic.

21 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which rip-offs on which part of Sukhumvit?

try booking a cab at any hotel there!

2 hours ago, overt2016 said:
23 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which rip-offs on which part of Sukhumvit?

try booking a cab at any hotel there!

Presumably, you're referring to Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok?   Booking a taxi at a hotel is not getting "ripped off" by taxis on Sukhumvit Road. 

 

In my experience (that's daily), taxi drivers in that area have been on their best behaviour since Covid started (no refusals even in rush hour, always on the meter).  When was the last time you got "ripped off" by a taxi driver in lower Sukhumvit?

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