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Many times.
The first tricycle in line will not take less than 150 because he has been waiting to get to the front of the line of trikes and will not give up his position for less than that.
Further on down the line, if you start walking, someone will offer to do it for 100. He does not want to wait to get to the front of the line.
At the back of the line you will find someone who just arrived and will take a quick 50 pesos if you walk, with your luggage towards the exit.
If you get out to the street with no luggage you can get a trike for 10 pesos a head but if you have luggage and want a private ride he will still charge you 50.

Moral is, be prepared to haul your luggage 200 yards or so until someone offers to do it for 50.

 

That reminds me of chapter 2 of my story. When I left Robinsons I wanted to go past downtown to Neva's Pizza. I don't like to catch a trike at Robinsons as I find they gouge foreigners for higher prices so i walked out the side entrance and caught one on the street by Citi Hardware.

I asked if he was going near Neva's Pizza. He had one other passenger and said "sure" so I hopped in. When we got there, I figured it would be 10 from Robinsons to downtown and another 10 from downtown to Neva's Pizza. So I was going to give him 20. Then I saw that it was already after dark and I had read that fares are double at night so I pulled out 2 20's and gave them to him.

His reply: "No sir, you have given too much. 20 pesos is enough thank you." And he returned one of the 20s. Goes to show how one trike driver is so much different than another.

 

Try quadruple the fare, more like it. One should pay for the empty seats that would otherwise be used. Special trip that is. Negotiable!

 

And THIS Folks; is WHY I take my Wife with me everywhere! IMPOSSIBLE to rip me off when the Wife holds the money! lol

 

This is the perfect academic vs guy on the street scenario.

The academic says "THAT is very wrong and people who work with that ethic should be avoided at all costs, as they say; "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar." Which is 100% correct - in theory.

The guy on the street says "THAT is great - in theory - but is Not how it works in the REAL world." In the real world the vendor next door sees he is getting higher prices, so raises his price.... dominoes fall, prices rise, time passes, the cycle repeats, and locals can't afford their own town anymore. Has happened and continues to happen in thousands of towns.

All because of that one greedy vendor... Wait, the vendor is 'patient 1', the actual 'patient 0' is the well meaning foreigner who said "it's my money I will do what I want", "prices are so low I pay extra anyway", "they are so poor I just want to help"... and 100 other well meaning and true reasons. It is called Doing the Wrong thing for the Right reason.

All of which ends up making you a 'cheap skate' for actually paying the correct amount for a particular service (as in the OP).

 

First time I visit Dumaguete, more than 6 years ago, I took a trike from pier to hotel, 500 peso. I lost my temper, told him he was an idiot, racist and more bad words.\,paid 300 peso. Today I laugh at it, not that complicated to take a trike, City are 10 peso, out of city like Lee Plaza to Bacong, i ask 100 peso, they always say yes, I tip 20-50 peso. Always decide what you will pay, and ask if that okay, easy. I look at driver and trikes condition to, no shabu head or shaky trike to me, lol


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ld the driver, he was a piece of sh*t, idiot, racist and and use a lot of bad words, lol. I pay 300 peso in the end, today I learned to navigate and control my temper to. I walk 100 meter from pier now and pay normal rate. Life is to short to argue with trike drivers. I meet a good guy and ask hes phone number