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> Their CC machine is always "broken" If this ever happens to you, the answer is simple: tell them, "thanks for the free ride". If they don't tell you before t

> Their CC machine is always "broken" If this ever happens to you, the answer is simple: tell them, "thanks for the free ride". If they don't tell you before the ride starts that the credit card machine is broken, you are not required to pay. (This applies both in New York and San Francisco). Though for what it's worth, I'm not sure I've ever had that happen in NYC, in almost ten years of living here and taking cabs here. The only time that's ever happened to me is in the Bay Area (where the cabs really do deserve their bad reputation).

anarazel 11y ago
> If this ever happens to you, the answer is simple: tell them, "thanks for the free ride". Done that on rides from JFK. Been threatened for a while. Like physically. Then suddenly the machine worked. Oh wonder. The first time this happened to me, also JFK, I was half delirious after an intercontinental trip with long delays. The first time in the US. So back then I didn't feel like having a forceful confrontation with a cabbie I had a hard time understanding. I think that's much less likely to happen to you if you live there. But it's usually pretty easy for a driver to recognize whether you're from NYC. Language, destination, asking outright... EDIT: typo.