This is where prepaid mastercards which sync up to an app on your phone come in really handy.
You get a push notification instantly as soon as a contactless transaction goes through so you know right away if you've been ripped off.
You get a push notification instantly as soon as a contactless transaction goes through so you know right away if you've been ripped off.
http://news.revolut.com/post/146212645837/touch-it-tap-it-re...
I've been charged a wrong amount by TfL a few times in the past, I contacted them (either on the phone or via the webform) and I was always reimbursed. There are basically two situations where you get charged a wrong amount:
1. common: the "touch out" did not work. Just log in and click "refund previous trip".
2. rare: some weird software exception where your trip is charged via a Zone that you did not travel through.
The second happened to me a few times but honestly if I think of the massive amount of complex/arcane/exceptional software rules they must have ...I feel I cannot blame their software engineers :)
Getting the cash out of them proved very difficult.
Sure there are arcane and complex rules but the nature of those demands that the liability is on them.
Did you report the faulty purple reader? Those are used by several thousand people per day, I've never seen card readers out of service for more than a day.
Your use very fringe at best and is very inappropriate anywhere else, as it was pointed out to you.
New Yorker here. Perfectly fine usage there. “The cab driver robbed me” is our local variant.
>informal overcharge (someone) for something.
[1] http://www.maximumfun.org/adam-ruins-everything/adam-ruins-e...
Cabs should either operate as well as Uber or die. Instead of figuring out how to become as good or better than Uber they are trying to push Uber out. That just means someone else would show up.
lol nice bit
wait are you serious
Only problem is during the school run time as many parents don't want "Oliver" or "Lucinda" to slum it with the poor kids on the school bus
When uber is available it's a glorious system - know exactly where the cab is, which one it is (when it's busy and there are many outside), no "I don't go south of the river" type drivers, takes credit card (no "the machine is broken" at the end of the trip, or try to flag down a black cab that does take card), always get a receipt, not a scrap of paper you have to fill yourself, etc etc.
The only problem is it's not available in the town I live in. The local mini cab firms usually refuse to take bookings for short trips (2 miles), and usually refuse them even when you want one asap
Phoning for a cab is 1980s technology. I've used uber in a dozen countries on 4 continents, the same experience every time, far better than any mini cab or taxi (in NYC taxis force adverts down your throat!)
Since switching to using my Monzo card, I've had this issue one time and received the refund no problems. Not sure if that's coincidental.
I've been a happy Monzo user for at least a year, but recently got a Starling account because they have Android Pay and Monzo don't.