MEL taxi scam

[cove]

No I hailed it coming up the street towards a taxi rank so about 300 metres from the Langham in Southbank Melbourne.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

We will never pay a Melbourne taxi with a credit card after getting scammed and had to replace that card.

The grownups solved that dilemma years sgo:

 

[cove]

Thanks @Cruiser Elite. We don’t get to Melbourne very often. Our footy team is unlikely to play in the grand final this year so we booked a trip to the US when that is on.]

 

[SeaWolf]

What has always puzzled me is why it's such a big problem in Melbourne but not other Australian cities. I remember this happening right the way back when I first started visiting Melbourne back in the early 2000s. While I have occasionally seen touts at Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, I've never seen them on the scale that they are at Melbourne.

 

[mel-world]

What has always puzzled me is why it's such a big problem in Melbourne but not other Australian cities. I remember this happening right the way back when I first started visiting Melbourne back in the early 2000s. While I have occasionally seen touts at Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, I've never seen them on the scale that they are at Melbourne.

Could it be that all the MEL terminals are in a row rather than at different places around the airport so, if they see security in one area, it is easy to try another terminal without having to move their car.