Cabbie Stiffed on $8,200 Ride

[jeffrey]

A taxi driver told police he was stiffed on an $8,200 cross-country fare by a female passenger he shuttled from Beverly Hills, Calif. to North Carolina.

The meter in Levon Mikayelyan's taxi cab hit the staggering fare after a 2,600-mile journey that ended at a Holiday Inn in Chapel Hill. Mikayelyan said the rider's family paid him only $800, Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said Friday.

"We do get reports of people who are not able to pay cab drivers, but certainly not with this amount," Cousins said... entire article

[Sian]

If I was the cabby I would have said "Show me the money". At least half of it. The cabby should have been able to do a quick calculation and known that it was going to be close to $10 grand. The cab driver simply didn't think that one through.

[financeman45]

Yeah that cabblie should have said 1/2 up front