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NYC taxi drivers overcharge passengers $8.3 million

by Charlie Leocha on March 19, 2010

In the Big Apple, they do it bigger. Someone once told me that as I was walking through the office-building canyons in midtown. It was a good thing I wasn’t driving through these same canyons in a taxi. I may have been being fleeced without my knowledge.

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Two bills, one room — and zero options

by Christopher Elliott on September 10, 2008

Rick Petersen prepays for his hotel room in Duluth, Minn., through Hotwire.com. But a few months later, he’s charged for it — again. Now, neither the hotel nor Hotwire seem to care about fixing the double-billing error. Is Petersen out of options?

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