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The taxi could have been in on it -- its a trick that is normally used in poorer countries but looks like its reached the EU.
by papaf 5y ago
The taxi could have been in on it -- its a trick that is normally used in poorer countries but looks like its reached the EU.
- hkt 5y agoI had this same thing happen to me in NYC, outside JFK airport. Not limited to poorer countries at all.
- CamperBob2 5y agoBut remember, folks, rideshare services are unregulated and potentially unsafe. /s
- GFischer 5y agoOver here (Uruguay), rideshare services are way more reliable for tourists. I have family from the countryside, and while they're not robbed outright, they're driven on the most inefficient way that drives up the meter. Tourists can pay up to 100 dollars for a trip from the airport for example (legally if morally questionable). A similar trip on a rideshare is less than half, but they're banned from the airport. Plus, taxi drivers are unionized and are terrible drivers, while rideshare drivers are regularly kicked out if they give substandard service.
- krasi0 5y agoThe same situation in many developing countries around the world. The local taxi cartels have been using lobbying and outright violence to keep ride-sharing services away / banned.
- atatatat 5y agoNYC is poorer country, in a lot of people's cases.