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Prior Art: Bangkok Tuk Tuk Taxis You walk up to a driver and tell him where you want to go. He quotes you a ludicrously low price. You hop in. He drives you
by jasonkester 13y ago
Prior Art: Bangkok Tuk Tuk Taxis
You walk up to a driver and tell him where you want to go. He quotes you a ludicrously low price. You hop in. He drives you several miles out of your way and stops you in front of a Priceless Gem Broker's shop, and refuses to budge until you go up and at least take a look around.
This is common enough that you need to actually specify "No Shopping" when you hail a tuk tuk so that you can get a price that involves driving directly from here to your destination.
- kshatrea 13y agoVery common in Delhi, India too. There are all these emporiums located not so close to the metro stations so footfalls are less. They pay the autorickshaw drivers to stop any customer there for a minute. Didn't know this existed until it happened to me :) The patent system of America needs to be shot in the head.
- blueskin_ 13y agoThat's classic. Certainly more innovative than the typical "drive several miles out of your way with the meter running" one.
- jsmeaton 13y agoHah, the first time this happened to me I freaked out. Thought we were being kidnapped, considering the place we were taken to was some seedy bar hidden at the back of a carpark.