Ripped OffA friend who worked in a second hand record shop told us about a Japanese guy who regularly bought "rare" records in their shop. One time, he was looking for a signed copy of "Never Mind the Bollocks".
They didn't have one. Four people and one magic marker later, they did. Ker-ching!
How have you been ripped off? Who did you rip off? Are you a British Gas customer?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Feb 2007, 16:28)
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VietnamAll travellers get ripped off, however i liked to feel i was above such things. That was before a group of twunts in a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam.
On leaving the airport in a crowded mini-van, a woman and i were the last to be dropped off at the hotel we'd chosen from the Rough Guide. Unsurprisingly we were told it was 'gone', and that they knew somewhere. Late at night we didn't have much choice. The place turned out to be nice and $10 a night, plus tax. The next day i booked my onward ticket to Hue as well as a trip to Halong Bay, both involving tax.
As i left the hotel, they refused to give me my train ticket, insisting they would take me. 2 hours later after waiting in the hotel lobby. One of the young twunts summoned me to a taxi, which i had to pay for, to the station. The young twunt showed me to the carriage dorm where'd i'd stay. Then gave me my ticket and quickly left the carriage. Looking at the cost of the ticket, i had been ripped off as it was half the price i'd paid.
On reaching Hue, i got to a hotel. I was told the room was $12. I asked did that include tax? "tax" they queried, there is no tax.
me: "Arghhhhhhhhh"
Those little twunts had ripped me off good and proper.
no apologies for length, just girth
(, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 13:26, Reply)
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