News Forum - Bangkok taxi tango: Bad boy driver tries to rip off South Korean tourist

[Thaiger]

Another bad boy Bangkok taxi driver was caught engaging in unscrupulous deeds, this time attempting to rip off a South Korean tourist, charging the foreigner 700 baht for a 30-minute trip. Fortunately, the South Korean man saw through the taxi driver’s antics and paid him only 300 baht. The taxi driver was furious with this … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

"The taxi driver later spoke to One 31 regarding the issue. He insisted that he did not ask for 700 baht from the tourist and received only 300 baht. He claimed that he forgot to turn on the metre system, and the traffic took him about 30 to 40 minutes to get to the destination, so he had to charge a higher fare."

Nice storyline but cannot sell.....

[Guest1]

Oh, ...

this time attempting to rip off a South Korean tourist, charging the foreigner 700 baht for a 30-minute trip.

... that would be considered a cheap or in best cases normal  fare for Phuket!

[Pinga]

There is video proof - people like this should not be taxi drivers or have anything to do with tourists. Not only did he try to rip off a tourist - he also tried to provoke a fight. "Forgot to turn on the meter" - no one forgets to turn it on, he just didn't use it so he can (try to) rip off. Scum.

[joseph]

Korean's do the same thing in Korea. 

[Skip]

"The taxi driver disclosed that he was sorry for his behaviour. He did not mean to do it, but he did not have many passengers on that day which made him frustrated."

 

That's ok then... tradition rules

[Smiler]

It’s high time the authorities cracked down on these crooks but of course that will never happen