Caporegime
Next time take ziploc bags for your phones!
We have one side of this story. I imagine the taxi driver wasn’t as entirely unreasonable as they’re made out to be.
Next time take ziploc bags for your phones!
At least you’re not a top revenue earner, otherwise you would be adding a Gucci belt to that list.
ahh so you think i am lying... in which case you should have started with that! :/
No, I haven’t said that at all. That is a huge leap from what I said.
I think there are two sides to every story.
Your dramatic reaction to what I said is a good example of how your point of view might be different to the taxi drivers.
My response was to someone saying the taxi driver deserves a good thrashing. That is a stupid thing to say having only half a story.
fair point on my response to your post..... over reaction on that perhaps, but only because i am so smegged off at what happened. however on the taxi driver I am happy to stand by everything i said, but then fair enough you do only have mine/my mums word on that...... she knows how to handle her self however and it takes a lot to reduce her to tears esp in a public place. ideally should/could have taken the names of witnesses of the kerfuffle but she just wanted to get out of there.
i have no idea if private cabs have onboard cameras... if they do i would be interested to be a fly on the wall if the cab company do chase it up.
not sure of all the bile for the taxi driver. taking the money was definitely off if the interior wasn't soiled, but as for the rest the only mistake he made was letting you in in the first place. I wouldn't dream of letting people in who were stinking of a filthy river, so i'd have to say props to him for actually making an effort.
props for making an effort? he turfed them out before their stop. **** all 'props' are due. if he didn't want the fare he should have refused immediately. the smell from them wouldn't have just appeared half way through the journey. the river stink would have be apparent as soon as they got into the car.not sure of all the bile for the taxi driver. taking the money was definitely off if the interior wasn't soiled, but as for the rest the only mistake he made was letting you in in the first place. I wouldn't dream of letting people in who were stinking of a filthy river, so i'd have to say props to him for actually making an effort.
If a cab driver, or anyone, swore at my elderly parents they wouldn't be driving a cab again for quite some time.
Lol.
Okay princess
actually i havent spoke to the insurance..... i just know water damage is not covered.... so, i suppose i could do that but it sounds a bit suspicious doesnt it? there is no real reason i would lose the phones, 1 maybe but not both.
also depending on what they bothered to check.... both phones did power on for a bit so they could maybe tell that..... the screen is dead on one, and the other worked perfectly fine for about 10 mins after being in rice for 36 hrs before packing up. if they looking into it i fear they could tell the phones had been, at least in part, used.
I would speak to them. Unless your policy specifically states it's not covered for water damage and covers you taking stuff away from home, you would be covered. Where I work we repair phones/laptops etc on behalf of insurance companies and more than half of them are liquid damage. It's not uncommon we see stuff which has been dropped in rivers either.
thanks.
I spoke with the insurance and i was pleasantly surprised. No problem at all. i just need to photo the phone as proof along with any recipts for other stuff and post on.
She asked i keep the stuff just incase they want to see them, but the impression i got was it is unlikely they will bother. (perhaps would have been more interested if i had been claiming for an iphone X or what ever the newest £800+ phones are.
That is really **** of the taxi driver, glad you're getting the money back and the firm is going to have a word with him. How on earth did he even justify £90??? Was he trying to throw in some extra charge for causing damage/cleaning fee etc...? I'm presuming the distance you got in the canoe wasn't anywhere near £90 worth of taxi driving.
Ref: the insurance - To be fair why should the insurance company pay for the phones - that's completely avoidable and is the OP's own fault for not just sticking them in a waterproof bag.
matches your hair.Do you like my dress, big boy?
An acquaintance of mine went on a kayaking trip along some river in Canada with a few people and they capsized , a few of the nwaterproof bags they had floated away out of reach , I guess even with the best thought out precautions **** happens
If a cab driver, or anyone, swore at my elderly parents they wouldn't be driving a cab again for quite some time.