Originally Posted by
transpac
In thousands of taxi journeys here I think I've seen a rigged meter fewer than five times. I've made a little joke about it to the driver as I paid the metered fare, and let it go. Generally speaking I find it easier to keep cool here; that's served me well living here for ~ 12 years.
I guess you are not taking the taxi from the hotels. As soon as they see tourists they start messing with the meters.
In my ~20 taxi rides in Bangkok, I've been ripped off twice. Both times for around 150 Bahts.
I usually give 100 Bahts tip (I'm still thinking that 100B is small tip for the ride from the airport), but when I got ripped off, I just paid the meter and not a penny more.