Tourists taken for ride thanks to cab scheme - 2004-02-22
Margaret Mentecki may be from the Dairy State, but she didn't take well to getting milked.
Mentecki became distrustful when a cab ride from the airport to her off-Strip hotel took longer than former visits. And when the scenery transformed to scrub brush and dirt, her fears were confirmed: She was being long-hauled.
When the cab actually arrived at the hotel-casino, her fare was $43.10, roughly twice what it had cost on other trips.
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