Atlantic City Cab question

[poker327]

I was in a cab around 3:30 AM Sunday morning and the cab charged me $15. I asked him wasn't the maximum he could charge is $11, and he said, no, not at this hour. (He had started the meter over again). I assume I was taken, correct? I did not give him a tip.

[tribet]

Take the Jitney

[Yogi Rob]

I have never taken a cab in AC and have not felt scammed. Avoid them! Take the jitney or walk the boardwalk..but if you have to get in a cab, immediately say "turn on the f'ing meter!"

[poker327]

I usually take a jitney, but I had to catch a bus, and in the middle of the night, sometimes the jitneys are full or don't come for half an hour at a time.

[afish]

Did you only travel within AC? If so, you were ripped off. If not, you weren't.

[JimmyGunz]

11 max, u got ripped off

[chillrob]

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I have never taken a cab in AC and have not felt scammed. Avoid them! Take the jitney or walk the boardwalk..but if you have to get in a cab, immediately say "turn on the f'ing meter!"

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Why make sure they turn it on immediately? Wouldn't that make your time charge start sooner?

[Yogi Rob]

They normally try to not use the meter at all. Then at the destination, [edit- politically incorrect name] sizes you up and tells you it's $20, or whatever for the $5 fare.. So you, the dispatcher and the taxman all get f'ed.

[*TT*]

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11 max, u got ripped off

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correct. 11 Max within Atlantic City borders.

[poker327]

I was in the city limits, and I knew the cabbie was wrong. What is my recourse if it every happens again, refuse to pay him more than $11 and have him call the cops on me if he thinks he is right?