Sai Wan pavilion in Sai Kung is a black spot. There's no phone signal so you can't call to order a taxi nor call the police when they want you to pay a jacked up set price. There is no public transportation and they are fully aware of this.
Sai Wan pavilion in Sai Kung is a black spot. There's no phone signal so you can't call to order a taxi nor call the police when they want you to pay a jacked up set price. There is no public transportation and they are fully aware of this.
I am a hong kong native and i know how those taxi drivers work. That driver have defined you as a traveller something, so he put a huge price to get benefit. 250 hkd is already pretty enough for that transportation. Next time, i advise you to use uber / put the “from and to†on uber to see the reference of price for a trip
Also I've had cases where the taxi driver gave me a receipt but the ink is so feint that it's illegible. They have every trick not in the book...
I've had cases where I was disputing the fare, they asked me to wait for a minute, they went to the boot, I honestly thought they might get a weapon out but they just lifted the boot, we agreed the drop the price (but still more than usual fare), he drove off, with the boot up so I couldn't take down his licence plate. Also his ID wasn't displayed on the dashboard
That's why I never use taxis anymore
I fight the uber trade by only taking taxis.
Honestly in nearly a decade here I've not had a single bad taxi experience (other than motion sickness), but speaking Cantonese has really helped out I think.
Uber on the other hand, I think I've had maybe 3 good experiences out of 20, then I gave up.
Holy shit you got MUGGED pretty bad, its a pity you dont have the receipt or remember the license plate number. I would highly request you go on the quest to get that piece of shit taxi driver arrested. if its was a simple rounding up or heck took the long way to rip you off a bit more then I wouldnt bother but to charge you HK$680 for a journey that would cost less than 200 is damm right outrageous.
File a police report, ask AWE if they have cctv of you being picked up by a taxi etc. go get that son of a bitch .