Ontario woman charged almost $7,000 for 20-minute taxi ride abroad
CTV
An Ontario woman was shocked to find she’d been charged nearly $7,000 after unknowingly using an unauthorized taxi company while on vacation in January.
An Ontario woman was shocked to find she’d been charged nearly $7,000 after unknowingly using an unauthorized taxi company on the first leg of a trip to Antarctica.
"Our first stop was in Santiago, Chile and that's unfortunately where we got scammed” Pat Shacklady, of Midland, Ont., told CTV News Toronto.
Shacklady told CTV News Toronto that she and a friend had pre-booked a taxi to pick them up at the Santiago Airport in January.
Instead, she said they were convinced upon arrival that their driver had been in a crash and were redirected to a different company.
Shacklady said the pair offered to pay cash; “They said no, unfortunately. They didn't take cash, we had to pay with a credit card."
She was handed a receipt for $45,000 Chilean pesos, about $62, and proceeded with her trip, she said.
