At a party in middlewood on New Years Eve, a young girl arrived at about 11.30 to meet her parents.
She had just been charged £28.00 for a black cab from Queens Road.
Given that it was New Years Eve, I still think that is an outrageous charge for a journey that took less than 20 minutes.

i hear taxis are on double time or time and half:confused:

What a ripe off £28.00 for a 4 to 5 mile trip

I wouldnt have paid.
The mans a thief.

Its goes to fare and half on New Years Eve/Day xmas Day and Boxing Day. Queens road to Middlewood on a normal taxi fare would be around 8-10 quid so it would be around £15.

Its a blatant rip off. We had a few drivers like this on a big taxi company where i used to work. One fare i collected a person from Penistone. I charged her around £20-25 and she told me that was cheap. The driver who took her out charged her £48!!!!!!! This sort of stuff gives us drivers a bad name. Companies really should be accountable for this sort of stuff or sack the driver.

I've even had arguments with a black cab driver when he wanted to turn his meter off and charge me ten quid to get back to walkley from west st.

I got a black cab yesterday and there was a notice up in it saying that the only extra fare over the Christmas/New Year period was an extra £2 per journey. They even listed the times this applied. Indeed yesterday I was only charged £2 extra - it was already on the meter when I got in (£4.50 starting fare rather than £2.50). Did I manage to get the only scrupulous cabbie in Sheffield?!

they ort to ave reported the cab other wise it will carry on theres people whos job to sort things like this out give them something to do

We got a couple of black cabs on new years eve and it was only £2 extra. I was well impressed.

Not as bad as this one cabby that we flagged down on Surrey Street. We asked how much to the Hilton, and he said 25 quid. Knob.

Not as bad as this one cabby that we flagged down on Surrey Street. We asked how much to the Hilton, and he said 25 quid. Knob.
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I went from the Stag in Rotherham to the Courtyard - two miles perhaps? and it was £9- the Rotherham taxi firms were charging double time. This was on the going and the return journey. They had made this clear to me and i didn't think it was bad but having read this threads, wish i'd got a black cab!