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Originally Posted by newyorker88
My friend ever kena when he ask the driver how much, driver says 30, when reach the place from harbour front, he says SGD 30. Quarrel and he say he means 30 SINGAPORE, not rupiah....
So end of the day, when taking taxis, take from hotel, and get the staff to get it for you... if you dono the place well.. nor know how to nego...
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If take from hotel, it will be at least 50k. So we usually go outside and get on our own. Everytime also have to negotiate.
It is really heng suay....the last round we went......we get 1 fellow to take us to btm centre from Swiss inn. 30k agreed (after bargain). Halfway, that fellow say tyre punctured. Ask us to get out. Ask my friend to pay 10k. Then he drove off. knn, where got tyre punctured???
Lucky got another taxi behind. Settle 20k. As we say "dua-puluh".....then when reaching, dunno whether the abang will cheat us say SGD20.....becoz there are 2 of them in taxi.
Fortunately, the abang collected 20k rupiah and say thanks to us at btm centre.
So far, we haven't encountered any drivers out to cheat us. But for good practice, i think always add the ribu behind.