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Originally Posted by Nicke
I wouldnt be surprised if the tu tuk drivers joins next week... I guess they also dont want traxi meter counters at the beaches.
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One way you can make your own little protest against the taxi/tuk tuk mafia is, whenever you arrive at the airport, just ignore them outside the terminal and head straight over to the taxi meters at the other end of the carpark.
Really pisses them off. You do have to be firm with them though. They will try their hardest to waylay you. On my last trip at end of May, they dropped their fee to 300 baht to stop me going over to the taxi meter but I resisted .
I wouldn't have travelled with them if it was free. I remember a couple of years ago, before the advent of taxi meters, arriving at the airport at 10.45 and the bastards quoting me 1000 baht to take me to Patong , knowing I had no alternative. I tried to haggle with them but they just walked away. It was pay the money or walk. "cun-ts."
On principal I never use tuk tuks either. I would sooner walk home in the rain than give them as much as a baht. I hope this governor finally sorts the bastar-s out. At least he's trying.
