On 2016-10-23 07:44:00 +0000, Roland Perry said:

Is that a Milton Keynes thing? I've never paid any sort of taxi/minicab
fare up front.

If you negotiate a fare, that usually happens up front. Perhaps that
kind of misbehaviour is confined to the disreputable MK Hackney
carriages.

Only had one dispute, too (a classic failure of 'the knowledge') where
a driver added the cost of short-term parking at Birmingham Airport to
the fare, despite me having been given a fixed quote by the minicab
firm. As it was about the same as the tip I'd have given him anyway, we
parted company with him getting the parking fee and no tip.

Could well be a failure of the company who should have added it onto
the quote. But if it was an issue, for future reference, just get him
to drop/collect you at the railway station instead, where there are no
such nonsensical fees.

Neil
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