Xircal Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) A Japanese tourist who can also speak Thai recorded the conversation when he noticed the flagfall start at 75 Baht instead of the official 35 Baht rate. The video is subtitled in English. Edit: the original clip doesn't contain subtitles. Those have been added by Bangkokpost. Here's the link to that: Mod Edit: link to Bangkok Post removed, per forum rules: 26) The Bangkok Post and Phuketwan do not allow quotes from their news articles or other material to appear on Thaivisa.com. Neither do they allow links to their publications. Posts from members containing quotes from or links to Bangkok Post or Phuketwan publications will be deleted from the forum. These restrictions are put in place by the above publications, not Thaivisa.comIn rare cases, forum Administrators or the news team may use these sources under special permission. Edited January 28, 2015 by craigt3365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can't see the subtitles????? Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 No subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I can't see the subtitles????? Thanks for posting! They were added by Bangkokpost it seems. I just modified the post to link to that instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishsmile Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 No English subs when I looked ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Crime of the century. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The passenger handled that well. Got the driver to spill the beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sorry, had to remove the link to the Post. Per their rules. You can see it on the front page of their website. Airport Cab Con is the title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sorry, had to remove the link to the Post. Per their rules. You can see it on the front page of their website. Airport Cab Con is the title. Oh, sorry. Didn't know that. Here's the link again to the original on Youtube for the benefit of those who understand Thai, but no subs I'm afraid: http://youtu.be/77XXW1G6_ww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givenall Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sorry, had to remove the link to the Post. Per their rules. You can see it on the front page of their website. Airport Cab Con is the title. its funny that after all these time we are still looking for evidences that BKK taxi are scamming all the time. The fact is they cheat when ever they can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Just read an article that indicated thai taxis are ripping off Thai's as well as foreigners so we should not feel so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Just read an article that indicated thai taxis are ripping off Thai's as well as foreigners so we should not feel so bad Excellent point. And it's not just with regards to taxis.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The first taxi-related rip-off at BKK airport is the official 50B surcharge. From there it's downhill all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Just read an article that indicated thai taxis are ripping off Thai's as well as foreigners so we should not feel so bad Hmm. Does the fact that others are also being taken make it any less annoying if it happens to me? No, it doesn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomtomtom69 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The first taxi-related rip-off at BKK airport is the official 50B surcharge. From there it's downhill all the way. That can easily be avoided by going to the 4th floor despite the turnstiles you can still go through and hail a cab there. Although I drive, when I go away from Thailand for a while I don't park my car in the airport car park since it's too expensive and in the rare cases nobody can pick me up, especially if the flight arrival time is unusual (such as early morning or late evening, though I tend to try to arrive during the day if possible) then I might have to catch a cab. What I tend to do in those cases is go directly to the 4th floor, or more commonly head one airport link station to Lad Krabang and then go from there by cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) There's a cover up in operation. Taxi is left-hand drive, no have in Thailand Edited January 29, 2015 by Boycie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The first taxi-related rip-off at BKK airport is the official 50B surcharge. From there it's downhill all the way. Nothing wrong with the surcharge IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 There's a cover up in operation. Taxi is left-hand drive, no have in Thailand Lol. Nice try boycie. I've never seen a speedo that works from right to left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 There's a cover up in operation. Taxi is left-hand drive, no have in Thailand Lol. Nice try boycie. I've never seen a speedo that works from right to left. I was thinking that the Taxi driver has a minivan in the daytime and he was driving off the clock in the video, which made everything outside look like it was standing still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Taxis where I live charge an extra 2 dollars for the airport so a few baht extra, big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 There's a cover up in operation. Taxi is left-hand drive, no have in Thailand Lol. Nice try boycie. I've never seen a speedo that works from right to left. I was thinking that the Taxi driver has a minivan in the daytime and he was driving off the clock in the video, which made everything outside look like it was standing still. Looks like the uploader of that video has made a mirror image of the footage in his video software for some reason. That video is uploaded elsewhere with everything reversed and the speedometer running clockwise as it should.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean008 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 why do you think there is nothing wrong with the surcharge? if it was insufficient there would not be enough taxis at the airport. as it is, it is overflowing withcars licensed to carryt passangers The first taxi-related rip-off at BKK airport is the official 50B surcharge.From there it's downhill all the way. Nothing wrong with the surcharge IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 You can tell straight away the taxi driver is cheating without seeing the meter or being able to understand Thai simply by observing his lips... they move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Just read an article that indicated thai taxis are ripping off Thai's as well as foreigners so we should not feel so bad Yep my wife has caught a taxi twice this week from Swampy bottom level and both times the taxi driver has tried to extort extra money. She advised them both times to get on with the job or she would call the police. They backed down both times but I'm not sure who the loser would be if the police were called. Either way the taxi drivers are trying it on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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