Thailand raises retirement age to 65 for all sectors

[still kicking]

12 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes , but I believe he has a CASH payment system in place not that it matters 

But...in Australia I was once charged MORE by Uber in busy traffic 

They sent me a message saying the driver request more because of the traffic 

B/S I used Uber many times you pay what quoted 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, still kicking said:

13 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes , but I believe he has a CASH payment system in place not that it matters 

But...in Australia I was once charged MORE by Uber in busy traffic 

They sent me a message saying the driver request more because of the traffic 

B/S I used Uber many times you pay what quoted 

 

Not true all the time:

From the perspective of 'ride tolerance' UBER works differently in different locations. 

 

Try and get an Uber in Turkey - you will not pay the UBER price - the compromise is that someone picks you up, they'll turn up and 'quote their price'..... 

 

The difference in Thailand is that Uber conceded to GRAB (Singapore based).. & the taxi / ride-sharing war saw Grab prosper.... with a concession to Uber, 30% I think.

... smart move I think, Grab could boost prices because of no competition, Uber take a bigger chuck anyway.. (30% of higher prices is better than a fight).

 

Bolt is somehow powerful enough to get into the mix.....   but....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

13 hours ago, Dexxter said:

 

 

You were "scammed" for about US$3. Is it really such an important event in your life that you need to write a long story on the net about it? Especially since you say this never happened before so it was a one-time event. 100 baht is about the same amount it costs for the "flag-fall" just to start the taxi meter on a new ride in Australia, and then another 36 baht for each kilometre travelled. Bangkok taxis are extremely cheap even if they over-charge.

Stop comparing Australian taxi prices to Thailand ,the OP has probably never been to Australia 

 

[sikishrory]

I'm getting pretty tired of them turning up with a different rego number to what is in the app.

"Sorry mister, other car accident"

[brianthainess]

Some will charge a 20b 'luggage fee'...........

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Some will charge a 20b 'luggage fee'...........

Oh what nonsense 

I never had a 20 baht luggage fee!

Has anyone else ?

What rubbish Brian ,please don't try to discredit drivers 

Edited 2 hours ago by georgegeorgia

[treetops]

12 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Oh what nonsense 

I never had a 20 baht luggage fee!

 

Neither have I but if I took a taxi from the rank at BKK or DMK I would expect to get charged.  It was introduced 4 years ago according to this:

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/transport/only-taxis-travelling-from-and-to-bangkok-airports-can-charge-for-luggage

 

[Gottfrid]

On 10/25/2024 at 2:10 PM, Eaglekott said:

Yesterday I took a taxi from home to Sukhumvit, I choose Taxi 130-171 Baht and it say meeter plus 20 Baht. The normal driver and economy were all busy.

My GPS said it would be a 45 min trip with tolls and 1h 5 min with out tolls.

I choose to use tolls. I thought 20 minutes faster could be worth 50 baht and I would be there in good time.

The app stated 171 baht when I started the trip. I was checking the GPS on the way and twice the taxi driver choose a path on the highway that added 15 minutes each to the estimated time. Then when we drove off the highway we ended up having to drive long i the direction towards Lumpini in very heavy basically standing still traffic and then u turn and go back. Totally the 45 minutes trip took 1 hour and 40 minutes. 

Taxi driver even stopped by the road and bought some food from a street vendor. When I at last arrived very late he demanded 266 baht, instead of the 171 initially said by the application.

 

I have a feeling he intentionally took there longer slower routes to fuel the price. By the way so didn't he use the meeter in the Taxi, he just took the price from the app

 

Never before have I payed more than about 160 baht for this trip. I hope this was a one time experience.

 

Anyone else that has experienced this?

If you got a price, why in the world do you agree to pay more? You, like created your own experience. 

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Oh what nonsense 

I never had a 20 baht luggage fee!

Has anyone else ?

What rubbish Brian ,please don't try to discredit drivers 

I have heard that the bigger taxis at the airport can charge 20b for 'large' luggage I am not trying to discredit drivers, the OP said there was an extra 20b on the meter, I simply tried to explain why that could be. So please stop talking Nonsense and rubbish, you seem to do that often.