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 

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....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

 

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"

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

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 

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

 

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. 

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.

Short answer is yes, they try ,all of them, but you can offer them a price, tuk tuks usually except,

Taxi meters I dont argue with but no meter I wont get in but will offer them a price usually works

17 hours ago, brianthainess said:

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.

Big taxis always charge more for lugage fro the airport

I took another bolt yesterday from same starting point to same stopping point, I payed the 151 baht the app stated, no problem there. I probably will avoid the option "Taxi" in Bolt that say meter +20 baht, the other options has a fixed price and probably the drivers pick the fastest most efficient route. I believe the Meter+20 baht gives the drivers the option to do like in my case choose terrible routes with a lot of traffic to "Fuel" the meeter. It was actually the first time I tried this option in Bolt I did use it a few times with Grab earlier tho.

 

21 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

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

 

I checked the Bolt application after the arrival when he told me the price and also the app the price had changed from 171 to 266.

 

I earlier had my Credit card connected to Bolt and Grab, but I disconnected it when Grab stared to charge the maximum estimated rate with Grab Taxi or the fixed fee with Just Grab the same second they found a driver. then many times the driver cancelled the ride and it took weeks before I got the fare back to my account. Now I mostly scan pay.

 

I have started to check price for the trip in both Grab and Bolt before I

book the trip and I have noticed that on most cases Bolt is much cheaper than Grab, some times half the price. only a few times I have seen lower price in Grab.

 

On 10/27/2024 at 2:35 AM, georgegeorgia 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?

I don't care about the 3$ extra I always give tip to drivers anyway. It is the principle and if many does like this gives taxis a bad reputation. If I see a price in the app when I book and even after the trip started I expect to pay that, not 50% extra and I also became late to my meeting instead of getting early by his choice of route. If he would have followed the GPS suggestions of fastest routes Im sure I would have been there close to an hour earlier. 

I use Bolt a couple of times a week. 95% of the time it’s fine. Occasionally I get a driver that wants more than the quoted App fare. I just cancel the ride and send negative feedback to the Bolt people. It’s not the extra Baht they are looking for it’s the principle of the thing. If you don’t want to drive at the App rates then don’t become a Bolt driver! I always give the driver a tip on top as they do provide a good alternate to the regular metered taxis.