MEL taxi scam

[AustraliaPoochie]

The shrewdest, the crookedest, the smartednessest, ...
In the end, tho, even with this voucher system, it ill be the taxi drivers, and their companies who win over all.
Can I add, the "stupidity" of the voucher system, if its so easy for the taxi drivers to bypass those who have paid, and are waiting.
Pointing finger at the Vic gov too.

 

[Freq Flier 2013]

Has anyone tried to use the pre-paid taxi voucher terminals at MEL as yet? I heard on the radio Friday that someone bought a ticket for a fixed price to his destination. It required pick up from a dedicated location but no taxis stopped for him - all went straight past to the normal rank beyond T1.

I heard the same radio segment. Very interesting

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Main point, can I be so bold, is to ask, if a person has bought a voucher, and on that voucher, would have the info on that taxi, and the taxi is seen (ie, the # on it), has been seen to bypass that particular order/orderer, what recompence happens, does another taxi have to come and pick that orderer up, ...?
Or by the mere fact that that taxi has gone past, its seen by the system as job complete, even tho the driver has done a major "scam".
Havent used the voucher system, so not sure of whats printed on the slip/QR code on smartphone.
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Heh, just read on the Karryon website, those things are self service kiosks, so no marshalls.

 

[jastel]

I doubt the driver can "do a major scam"

The customer has a receipt with the bay number on, only THAT Taxi should be in that bay. The taxi that "accepts" the job will have matching details, maybe the customer has to give a PIN or barcode...the websites are pretty light on details.

Every Taxi that drives past is not going to be YOUR Taxi. Getting a Taxi to accept the job while the ranks are full will be the problem. Note it is also only the 4 main companies, not every taxi. I can forsee problems of drivers taking the job, finding its only $10 or whatever (if that detail is even shown until job is picked up) and trying to hand it back etc because naturally they want a bigger fare off the rank. In this case they might drive past but it would be a pretty dumb system that pays them just for being nearby.