{"id":470,"date":"2012-08-06T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/?p=470"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:00:21","slug":"pedicab-driver-tricks-tourists-for-442-riders-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/news\/pedicab-driver-tricks-tourists-for-442-riders-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedicab driver \u2018tricks\u2019 tourists for $442: riders &#8211; New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pedicab driver Savas Avci has been exploiting tourists by charging over $400 for short rides, using hidden fees and a complex pricing system. He lured a Texas family of four with a promise of $1-per-block but ended up charging them $442 for a 12-minute ride, claiming a $100 per-person minimum. He also charged another family $431 for a similar ride. While these tactics are not illegal, they are deceptive, with rate cards displaying per-person charges in small print. The NYC Pedicab Owners Association&#8217;s president, Laramie Flick, is calling for regulations requiring drivers to provide clear, upfront pricing. Avci may face penalties for violating the rule limiting pedicabs to three passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/08\/06\/pedicab-driver-tricks-tourists-for-442-riders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/08\/06\/pedicab-driver-tricks-tourists-for-442-riders\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedicab driver Savas Avci has been exploiting tourists by charging over $400 for short rides, using hidden fees and a complex pricing system. He lured a Texas family of four with a promise of $1-per-block but ended up charging them $442 for a 12-minute ride, claiming a $100 per-person minimum. He also charged another family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkpedicabservices.com\/pedicab-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}