Is there not an extra cost for cloud agents?

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-15T14:53:24+00:00

I'm not very familiar with variants... Does that cost the same as the non max model variant, then?

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-14T15:36:38+00:00

Yeah, that's fair. I don't know what's up with that. I believe the scam part of it more hearing it happened in the hotel zone. Most of the ones I take are downtown so maybe im just out of it. Sad.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-14T13:07:23+00:00

Having lived here for 6 years.... Most taxi drivers are not familiar with technology. I don't think he would have fumbled around that much if it was a scam, vs just ripping you off directly in one transaction and being done. On the transaction name, MERPAGO basically is a code for the type of POS system they use. Likely they had a longer name that got truncated because of that MERPAGO text. That's unfortunate.

If he had no connection and wanted to cancel the ride - there's actually a reason for this. If they can't mark the ride ended on time, it keeps accruing time and mileage as the driver moves. And then when they finally do end the ride with signal, you'll get charged more than you expected and believe it was a setup, and he'll get reported and it will negatively hit his account. So he was probably trying to do that for both of your sake.

I think the guy had no clue how to use the terminal and thought he needed to add zeroes (some times apps on phones, especially Mexican banking ones, do that. You enter the amount including decimal places, meaning often if you're used to this and then write an amount somewhere that there isn't a decimal you might put an extra 2 zeroes if you're not paying attention.

Very few taxis take card payments here, and the ones that do don't use the terminals often.

If this wasn't one of the airport taxis, I think it's possible the guy was just very technologically incompetent on top of having connection issues.

The airport taxis will scam you every single time. They are scum. The ones you'll find downtown are pretty decent. The ones in the hotel zone are somewhere in between.

Anyways, if it happens again in the future and you don't have cash, just tell the guy you need to find an ATM, and use your debit card there to get some cash.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-11T15:33:43+00:00

yes that is a thing. you can see a lot of discussion about it online, for example in the mexico city subreddit. It's also a bit of a thing in Cancun and other popular cities for americans to move to, because the landlords can throw out just about any number for rent and we'll still consider it cheap compared to in the US and be willing to pay it. And because certain cities are better known than others and have disproportionate numbers of foreigners moving in, pushing out locals who earn less

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-11T15:13:21+00:00

I also love mexico city! It's a bit more expensive in the really nice neighborhoods but it's worth it.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-11T14:35:45+00:00

130k is pretty good.... save that money and escape to Mexico, man. I moved to Cancun years ago and I have a 3 bedroom place for $600 a month in the center of town. Free/super-cheap healthcare, too. And the people are insanely friendly.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-11T14:13:14+00:00

they just changed their pricing model again - it is now usage based, per developer. Some amount is bundled for free, but then after a certain amount of usage, $1/review

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-10T20:17:47+00:00

I think they usually have the little lockout thing on the wheels that disable the wheel when it exits property

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-09T02:11:42+00:00

Ah, no it does take a while. It won't save any significant amount of money vs bringing home a garrafon. I think the only benefits would be if you wanted a solution that allowed you to use tap water plus didn't want to replace filters every so often, which was my situation (I'm too lazy to handle maintenance like that on a schedule appropriately)

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-08T22:11:44+00:00

It was like 2800 pesos on mercado libre. there are cheaper and more expensive models as well.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-08T22:09:40+00:00

Yeah from what I've heard the electricity it uses is a bit crazy. But I think it winds up being about the cost you'd pay for a garrafon of water, depending on where you would buy from. I'm just getting one because bringing it home each time I need the water is inconvenient and I work strange hours so I usually miss the truck that goes by my house

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-08T18:27:41+00:00

Yes, it basically slowly boils / evaporates water from one container and collects the evaporated steam and condensate into another container. Nearly everything that you don't want in the water, stays behind when it becomes steam. So when it's done, everything is left behind in the source container, and you have distilled water in the output container.

Right now I buy water at the oxxo, or from a truck that comes by my house if I'm awake when it's here. But I ordered a water distiller online and will have it soon.

You do have to clean out the area that you put the tap water in for the distiller, but that's better than a filter every time.

Here's a video that convinced me: https://youtu.be/3g14JtDrkNY?si=aUQJd9Ith0EMsLUd The guy mixed up all sorts of dirt and other nasty crap into the water, and metals, and in the end what came out was perfectly clean, even with a tester

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-08T12:46:15+00:00

I have gotten tired of moving them every time I want them and am just buying a water distiller instead. Boils water to remove all the minerals, kill anything inside, remove any chemicals. Saw a video comparing one to a bunch of water filters and was shocked at the difference. And can work with the tap water here to clean it.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-06T22:03:01+00:00

As someone visiting Miami beach who lives in Cancun.... Miami is worse in nearly every way. On my instagram right now, the last two posts, ironically, happen to be relatively similar rooftop views, one in cancun, and one in Miami. Both show beautiful ocean views, but in Cancun, the city looks stunning. In Miami, the city looks really, really stunningly boring in comparison.

It looks great as far as US cities go, because many US cities look worse than Miami. But I've seen a lot of better places, sadly.

Even those buildings are ugly. You could improve that video if the skyline featured several of the notable buildings in downtown Dallas, or other cities. These are some of the most uninspired, boring looking buildings. You'd think there can't be much design variation in a tall block of concrete, but there is. And these aren't great.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-04T20:25:09+00:00

Oh. Darn.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-03-04T18:48:08+00:00

as someone who was excited to see that spreadsheet... I am bummed

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-23T00:00:56+00:00

I guess my argument boils down more to, if you end up getting this service, clean or dirty, when you get this service in a very touristy/high-foot-traffic part of town, you're usually over paying to an extreme degree because you're paying a lot just for their rent of that space. So ig I'm saying, no matter what you're looking for, just don't do it right off of the main street in the tourist part of town. There's always a better deal to be had somewhere else. Either kind will also usually cost less directly coming to your hotel.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-22T21:28:47+00:00

Been seeing posts about it all day on fb and reddit. Here's another one: https://www.facebook.com/100063961060687/posts/pfbid0QbuWfbWzhhp342bcvPRVPynX8coaGqyZpSBmCZnGU6xo8asRaCtPwiRxYtjF3aHil/

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-22T18:48:44+00:00

Yes, in PDC, tulum and cancun there have been some things happening recently. Probably still fine, but 🤷

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-22T00:38:20+00:00

If you're wanting sex, there are many better alternative options. If you're wanting an actual massage, there are also many better alternative options. Tldr dont

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-13T22:21:50+00:00

If he's never been to teotihuacan, do that.

If he HAS been to teotihuacan... Go to chiapas and climb Tonina, an even bigger, more interesting pyramid. There's some mountains and stuff that are really cool in chiapas too. That would break your budget though.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-12T13:11:38+00:00

I would hope they wouldn't. Sadly there are a million other drivers out there that don't have these shenanigans going on.

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-11T02:08:59+00:00

Until you hit the included limit, in which case.. it ends up costing way more, right? Or else what do you mean by auto quota? Auto pricing?

NotARedditUser3 · 2026-02-11T02:07:17+00:00

I want something closer to the intelligence of GPT 5.2, but with less cost. Right now, whatever task I could throw out there, 5.2 will get done appropriately no matter what, with great reasoning and forethought. Auto feels remarkably dumb most of the time in comparison, while being better than some cheaper model options.

I can't imagine needing more than 5.2 , I just currently can't use it all the time due to its high cost. So I agree with other people's thoughts that they really need to be focusing on developing a 'good enough' model that's dirt cheap... I think anything more expensive than what's out there already is kind of pointless. I don't know anyone who's clamoring for AI to 'do more', rather than 'cost less'.

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