Husband needed cab to clearwater since it is quite a distance we called dispatch for a price on the fare. Gave dispatch direct address from and to the location, needed round trip price. Dispatch relayed a fare of $60-$70.00 round trip. Driver mike picked up my husband. On returning from clearwater 'mike' pulled over and told my husband the fare was now going to be $90.00.
My husband explained about the quote given and that was what he had on him.'mike' stated if wasn't paid he would call the police, my husband is disabled and didn't know what to do. That's when mike said he would take his watch and hold it until the fare was paid. At that time i was out of work and we were trying to make it on his disability check and my unemployment.
When we did call the cab company the owner assured us 'mike' had the watch and would return it to us, he would have him call us that night. No call came, we called the cab company back, again assured us about the watch and a phone call from 'mike'. Again nothing, after four calls (cab co. Didn't have a address listed, we would have gone there) 'mike' called first he said he needed the money so he got rid of the watch, asked him if he pawned it he said yes.
When i asked him where his story changed, now he said he gave it away. So i asked him to please get it back it was a gift for my husband and had special meaning behind it. He refused. His whole story was total of b.S. Since it kept changing. The watch was a seiko and i paid about $90 for it. He got more than the $20 my husband owed him.
I'ii put money that my husbands' watch is around that fat jerks wrist. Well what goes around comes around! Don't trust taxi companies that don't use meters!!! Signature taxi knew about the whole incident and failed to do anything.
Plenty of other companies in the area use them before you call signature.
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