http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-tip-you-never-gave/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elliott.org/blog/the-tip-you-never-gave/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Lynne Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:38:53 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/the-tip-you-never-gave/#comment-1769 I contracted a limo several years back...to take a boyfriend wine tasting up in Temecula. The price for the limo wine tour was in the Reader, a local SD paper, and that is what the company agreed to when I booked the limo. When the driver dropped us off back at my place, he said that the amount for the day was actually higher than the agreed upon amount from the limo company. Unfortunately for me, I didn't have the contract in writing, and the driver made it out like he wouldn't be receiving a tip for his services if I didn't shell out another 50 or so bucks. (I was fresh out of cash at this point after going wine tasting..plus I was very tipsy and not in any position to debate...) Lesson learned? Get your limo contract in writing--don't let a driver up the amount on you after a long day of drinking!!! I contracted a limo several years back…to take a boyfriend wine tasting up in Temecula. The price for the limo wine tour was in the Reader, a local SD paper, and that is what the company agreed to when I booked the limo. When the driver dropped us off back at my place, he said that the amount for the day was actually higher than the agreed upon amount from the limo company. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t have the contract in writing, and the driver made it out like he wouldn’t be receiving a tip for his services if I didn’t shell out another 50 or so bucks. (I was fresh out of cash at this point after going wine tasting..plus I was very tipsy and not in any position to debate…) Lesson learned? Get your limo contract in writing–don’t let a driver up the amount on you after a long day of drinking!!!

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