Taxi Mafia

[chrpai]

Taxi cab drivers are getting a bad rap in this thread. Every Marine and Sailor knows that the cabbies are the guys that can point you in the direction of all the fun (illegal) stuff.

 

[Brules]

Only if said establishment pays them a finders fee after they drop you off.....at least thats how the Cozumel Taxi Mafia does it.

 

[deeper thoughts]

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Cozumel cheats have some company

 

[cvchief]

Only if said establishment pays them a finders fee after they drop you off.....at least thats how the Cozumel Taxi Mafia does it.

Buddy of mine owns a shop in Coz and he kicks back to get them to bring him peeps. Just regular tourist stuff not the sailor specials.

 

[Skittl1321]

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But what rate will they give me if I pay in pesos?

 

[cvchief]

But what rate will they give me if I pay in pesos?

I think Miami only accepts Cuban Pesos from before 1959.....

 

[Mike]

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Cozumel cheats have some company

LOL read the comments at the bottom of the page! Taxi Mafia! That's too funny.

 

[Mossman]

Probably dollars. Many prices are set in dollars because it is popular and common. (Go Mike...) Hey, Moss are they still jacking people to use the wooden pier at Sabor, Secrets, Wyndam, what ever they are now? Did you or someone say they stopped collecting it?

Secrets wasn't collecting a fee, AFAIK. If my dive op had to pay for the privilege of picking me up, I wasn't made aware of it.

Many prices are set in dollars because it's the local currency.

---------- Post added July 16th, 2013 at 07:46 PM ----------

I think Miami only accepts Cuban Pesos from before 1959.....

When I went to Cuba, the local currency was dollars, just like in Cozumel. Now the local currency is supposedly euros and they supposedly reject dollars. That's enough to make me not want to go back. The euro bills are all different sizes and the big bills, for high rollers like me, don't fit in my wallet. If I get a bigger wallet, it won't fit in my back pocket, probably why so many European men carry man purses. The day I carry a man purse will be the day I submit to voluntary castration, so now I try to only frequent locales where dollars are the local currency. Like Cozumel.

 

[cvchief]

When I went to Cuba, the local currency was dollars, just like in Cozumel. Now the local currency is supposedly euros and they supposedly reject dollars. That's enough to make me not want to go back. The euro bills are all different sizes and the big bills, for high rollers like me, don't fit in my wallet. If I get a bigger wallet, it won't fit in my back pocket, probably why so many European men carry man purses. The day I carry a man purse will be the day I submit to voluntary castration, so now I try to only frequent locales where dollars are the local currency. Like Cozumel.

Don't I remember some question of jail for that, shall we say, unsanctioned trip?

 

[Mossman]

Don't I remember some question of jail for that, shall we say, unsanctioned trip?

Not sure of what the law reads now, but back when I went it was merely a fine.