another “no” vote for Northside
I’ve always used Northside, after two incidents when I first moved to the neighborhood. Never had a problem, never had an issue.
Until yesterday.
The boyfriend is home sick with the flu. He never gets sick, which means it’s a million times more miserable for him than for me. I couldn’t stay home or go in late, so I left him cash to take a car to the doctor.
Northside charged him $40 to the Upper West Side from Greenpoint. He didn’t even really think about it or have the strength to argue, and didn’t really put two and two together until he took a cab home and it was only $25.
He didn’t tell the driver he was sick, but it’s pretty obvious from looking at him. It costs $40 to go to JFK, for heaven’s sake. Yes, he should have pushed back, and if he didn’t know how much it cost he should have checked with the dispatcher. But this blatant rip-off ensures we will never give Northside our business again. My guess is that the driver assumed he was new to the neighborhood and since he was white and male, had money and wouldn’t know the difference. That’s reprehensible.
Amanda Chessa said,
November 4, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
in a very small parallel i took north side from Kent Ave and N 8th (williamsburg) to Manhattan ave and Freeman (greenpoint).. which usually costs me 6 dollars tops (which is the minimum) and he charged me 12 dollars. Ouch