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YOu exceeded my expectation. I was hoping to see this:
The taxi has to provide ashtray to burn the note? :bsmilie:
Taxi using currency act to reject payment
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The taxi has to provide ashtray to burn the note? :bsmilie:
Next time cab driver don't complain no business cause where got people carry $10 notes so much and at most, $20+ per ride at most (unless to airport). Stupid rules, next time take cab must check wallet first liao. Too much $50 notes, no $10 notes, can forget it, haha!
Why should a taxi driver get punished for following the law? The sign and the phrases are legally correct.
But instead of such questionable poking at the laws, Prime taxi should rather implement NETS and other ways of payment. For now, one can only see funky sticker "Cash Only" in the windows of these taxis. Denying electronic payment methods is more questionable here since it is established and expected.
Which brings me back to why is the customer still made to bear a surcharge for using credit card payment ?
Kudos to Visa for doing the right thing anyway.
Kudos to Visa for doing the right thing anyway.
It can be legal to put this notice, but using some decent common sense and business acumen, the cab driver will not know how the customer going to pay until he renders the service, ie until he drives the passenger to the destination.
So this means that cab driver is always at the disadvantage end. The customer do not need to obey his notice. Either the cab driver take the money or he doesn't.
What can the cab driver do? Drive the customer to the police station? To the high court? To the small claims court? Oh come on......
He just suck thumb and accept whatever money the passenger gives, as long as the amount is correct to the fare.
The cab driver is unlike a shop cashier. The shop doesn't need to give the product to the customer until he pays accordingly.
Are you becoming a hobby lawyer now, telling people that they don't need to obey the law? Be careful with such claims and use the same common sense that you ask for from the taxi driver who put up this notice.
Secondly, it simply does not matter for the law whether it is a veggie booth at the wet market, a taxi driver or the housing agent. The rules are laid out for all kinds of business and nobody can claim an exception from this. And strangely, nobody does and millions of transactions go well every day. The taxi driver is just putting up a notice, reminding people about the law, likely with the Intent of not getting flooded by $100 notes where he cannot return the change. (I hope that makes sense to you.) And suddenly, you make a bit fuss over it? Why?
Pointless ranting. The law does not ask for the options that a person has who is suffering from someone else violating the law. The options are provided by other laws. Obviously a police report and Small Claims Tribunal would be the next course of actions based on the fast that taxi fares are commonly below SGD100.00
That's what taxi driver are doing right now and that is how it works perfectly well million times a day (with maybe a few exceptions): taking the money, returning change and done. That's why I question the need to put up this notice and the need to rant about in length here whether it is legal or not. Wrong question.
The question is: why is there a sudden focus on this? In other countries it's s simple sign in the taxi saying: We do not accept notes of EUR 100, EUR 500 and EUR 1,000. Everybody understands that a taxi driver does not like to have a lot of change in the car, making him attractive to robbery. It's simple as that and nobody pulls out the law to check whether the taxi driver is legally entitled to put up such notice.
U can justify all, but I look from practical POV.
One passenger, upon reaching the destination, take out $50 for a $15 trip and tell cab uncle 'I got no change' and stare blankly.
What do you think you will do as the cab uncle? U can curse and scold the passenger, but what's the bottomline? You still want his money right? So what will you do?
Another thing, here we all talk as if every passenger is a local. We forgot about tourists. They are totally ignorant about our MAS law wherever. So how will you treat the tourists?
You will be charge an admin fee for coin banking unless the account is a children account.
Some people may try to use up their coins by paying Taxi driver $20 worth of 10 cents coins.
Taxi drivers don't have coin counting machine like the bank so they need to manually count like hell to ensure they got the correct amount.
It become worst when Malaysia coins are mixed with SG coins.
Some people may try to use up their coins by paying Taxi driver $20 worth of 10 cents coins.
Taxi drivers don't have coin counting machine like the bank so they need to manually count like hell to ensure they got the correct amount.
It become worst when Malaysia coins are mixed with SG coins.
Taxi drivers are doing very well and that is why they can afford to be very choosy if they wish.
As far as I know, LTA's service standards include having sufficient change for $50 notes. Meanwhile MAS allows merchants to set their own payment conditions within the Currency Act. So there is a conflict.
The best is to send this question to LTA and to MAS for clarifications.
Most merchants do not want to upset customers. The Curry Puff shop and this taxi driver are in businesses where demand exceeds supply. So they can afford to dictate their conditions to their customers as along as they are within the law.
I am sure you can buy curry puffs elsewhere. However with taxis being hard to come by during peak hours, you may have to accept this nonsense. If not call or wait for another one.
As far as I know, LTA's service standards include having sufficient change for $50 notes. Meanwhile MAS allows merchants to set their own payment conditions within the Currency Act. So there is a conflict.
The best is to send this question to LTA and to MAS for clarifications.
Most merchants do not want to upset customers. The Curry Puff shop and this taxi driver are in businesses where demand exceeds supply. So they can afford to dictate their conditions to their customers as along as they are within the law.
I am sure you can buy curry puffs elsewhere. However with taxis being hard to come by during peak hours, you may have to accept this nonsense. If not call or wait for another one.
Very simple.. once i flag down a taxi with this sign, i will tell the taxi driver to stop and i get out. bye bye.
People do not realize that many establishments will happily change your coins for big notes. Just ask any Coffeeshop drinks counter or provision shop. They will be more than happy to change with you.
this is just plain lazy from the taxi driver
if you dont have enough small change just say so to the boarding passenger before starting the trip
if you dont have enough small change just say so to the boarding passenger before starting the trip
chinese say: "law is dead", human is alive"
as so many have pointed out, it's not practical.
or are we becoming a litigious nation like the States?
Hi I am not sure but does the taxi driver count as a shopkeeper because when i read the law it looks like it is only for shops or services where the price is known and agreeed to in advance thanks
I think its going that way..
Maybe taxi uncle will go back being a lawyer when business is good :bsmilie:
Did a quick google on the currency act chapter 69 section 13.
A lot things added and deleted from the Currency Act above. I'm no law expert but seems the taxi driver is lying.
The question now if true the taxi driver is lying, is he in trouble?
Link to Act : http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/sear...6aec" Status:published Depth:0;rec=0#pr13-he-.
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Exactly. Law is dead. We need to be realist, not idealist.
Implementing this rule is stupid and impractical.
How will the tourists be treated? Exempted based on they are foreigners? So this rule only apply to locals?
If there is a differential treatment, then why implement this rule in the first place? To breed anti foreigner sentiment again?
And how does the taxi driver enforce this rule? Ask every passenger to open up wallet and show they have small notes before he start to drive?? Oh come on, get real..... I can go and go about practicalilty.
People need to be realistic. Public Policy making is not just about 'we should do this and that.'
It's about making policies that are practical and beneficial to every one.
Every job and business carry some risks to survive and strive. If the cab driver doesn't like the trouble of changing money, then jolly well change job. Cab driving is not for him
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