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[rabidcake]

This might get buried, but this is what I do when in need of taxi:

1) Immediately jump into the taxi, don't waste time discussing where you want to go and if he will take you there.

2) Tell him the place

3) If he refuses because it's too close, do not respond by being aggressive. Instead, tell him how you are very tired, and that you are really desperate to call your family, see your loved ones, etc. You can also add how you feel Koreans are great and caring people (which they are mostly in my experience although with taxi drivers this is totally a lie).

4)I have never been refused after step 3, so I'm not sure what I would do if that didn't work.

Note, this works only if you have some decent Korean speaking abilities...

[young_clinton]

That shouldn't make any difference, because there shouldn't be any "foriegner only" taxis anyway. There should be "English speaking" taxis.

[hiamnotcool]

[Died By Bear]

[Zyzyfer]

[Steelrails]

Money talks people. Flash the Sejongs and get your ride.

[catman]

[rabidcake]

[Ave, L�cifer]

Taxi's have absolutely been the worst aspect of Seoul for me, I lived in Busan before for 3 years before moving here about half a year ago, and never had anything like the experiences I have on nights out in Seoul. The thing is I had travelled all over Korea too, Gwangju, Daegu, smaller places etc. Never had any experiences like I have in Seoul. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Japan, never had experiences like Seoul.

It's ridiculous, I don't understand how things work? It's not a racial thing, I've been stood next to Koreans being refused again and again, the drivers have their lights on or not, depends what they feel like, always empty, slow down, kinda semi-listen to the destination and then speed off with random excuses, usually "예약" which doesn't make sense because they have their light off and they're pulling over to see if your ride is profitable enough, sometimes they talk about their shift ending at 3.30 and they have to go the interchange in 교대 which is fair enough but not at 2AM, it's just an excuse when they see that I am pretty serious about them providing the service that they're legally obliged to provide. It does almost seem to defy logic sometimes how they just slow down, speed up, ignore me when my fare is about 15k from Hongdae.

My experiences have been in Gangnam station, Itaewon and Hongdae betweeen 1-4 AM. I speak to them in Korean, so do the Koreans around me. They try and ignore the meters and charge 3/4 times the regular fare too, they also lock the doors so you can't jump in and lay down the law. Honestly the one thing that finally made me decide that Busan is a better city over all.

[Captain Corea]

I've never had these troubles - but I'm not a drinker. So I'm guessing I miss out on all of this because I'm not usually in these areas at this time.

Sad to hear they're being such arses.

[Steelrails]

[Died By Bear]

[dairyairy]

[northway]

[Zyzyfer]