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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by G-CIVC
I left bkk yesterday and could not get an uber in the afternoon. I settled for the hotel to get me a cab and it ended up being around 460 THB all-in. Was I ripped off? The meter was around 140 lower than that, he just mumblejumbled something took my 1000 note, returned me a stack of change and drove away.
Are you in the habit of accepting partial change in all your transactions?

In the future having smaller notes is in your best interest to avoid these scenarios.

if the hotel gave you a card with the taxi's plate number or any other identifying info you can file a complaint.
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