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I heard and read about this scam. Even with prior knowledge, my friend and I were lured into this scam.
After exiting the Grand Palace, we walked to catch the boat ferry back down South. Before catching the ferry we bought a bag of Li Chee fruit and sat on a bench to eat. A nice man struck up a conversation with us. Asked us where we were from and what we did so far. He was really nice and talked about Thailand. He offered to take us around on his tuk tuk to see the Golden Buddah, standing Buddah, and then to a shopping center for $0.50 each. I said okay and off we went. We saw the Golden Buddah and Standing Buddah and then he took us to a jewerly store. Didn't buy anything and then he took us to another store. I told him I didn't want to go shopping but he got upset and insisted we go since we only paid him $0.50 for the ride. When we got there, we walked through the store really fast and he got upset that we didn't even look at the items good. He was mad and said that we should buy something so he can get a coupon for free gas. My friend spent $12 on some charms and we left with him. Tuk Tuk driver was not happy. I told him we wanted to go to a boat ramp to catch the ferry. He was not happy and was going to drop us off along side a road. I asked him to drop us off at the boat ramp..... he got mad but dropped us off at the boat ramp.
Overall not a good experience, but we had to laugh if off and continue to enjoy wonderful Bangkok.
Recommend not riding a Tuk Tuk. Always ride a metered taxi. Never had a bad experience with a Taxi driver. Taxi's are really cheap and you can generally get anywhere in Bangkok for under $4.
Make sure you get a hotel card written in Thai from the front desk so you can show it to the taxi drivers.
If anyone offers you help.... don't take it. They are being nice to you only because they want something from you.
Metered taxi's are good and cheap! Leave a Comment
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I say.. if you're in bangkok.. ride at least once for the experience.. otherwise.. take a cab instead.. they are more expensive.. and for us the price agreed upon changed when we reached our destination.. We kept arguing.. Good thing though the tuk tuk driver didnt know much english so he just let us go.
Take a taxi instead..
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I was also approached by a tuk-tuk driver just like one of my fellow VT. He offered me 40THB to go to a gem factory somewhere in the heart of the city. The driver said that the Grand Palace is closed for the day due to Buddha Day! Fortunately, I read the comment by the VT member about this so, I told the driver, "No, thank you."
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I'm sure you're all too familiar with this - when a tuk-tuk driver brings customers to a shop they will get a commission.
I wanted to go for a massage at around 11p.m. - no! not that kind of massage! haha!
Since most of the places were closed we walked around and a dozen or so tuk-tuk driver approached us. This was in Pratunam.
So we just hopped into one and told the guy to bring us to a CLEAN massage place and when I got there they wanted to charge me 1500 baht for a 1 hour Thai massage when normally it would cost around 250 - 500 baht.
Talk about rip-off!!! So I did what I do best - haggle...
So the moral of the story is:
If you ask a tuk-tuk driver for recommendations, be SPECIFIC about your budget, etc. so they know exactly where to take you and there won't be any misunderstandings. Leave a Comment
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I've heard of many getting tricked into visiting these shops etc once they get onto the tuk-tuk and that some are charging more than the taxi drivers.
But for those who want a ride (just for the experience), i recommend riding it late at night e.g after late night shopping, because by then, the shops that they intend to take u to would be closed, its not as dusty and in fact, its cheaper than the taxi cabs!
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Incomprensiblemente cuando preguntas por algun sitio turistico , hay gente que te puede decir que esta cerrado para llevarte o que vayas a otro sitio
Esto pasa principalmente cuando preguntas a los conductores de tuc tucs o a algunas personas cerca del Palacio Real
It is not easy to understand that when you ask for some touristic place, somepeople may say to you that is closed in order to take you or that you go to a different place
This happens mainly when you ask the Tuc Tuc drivers or to somepeople near the Royal Palace
Procura ver la informacion en alguna guia o pregunta en un hotel
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Most (or should I say all?) tuk-tuk will agree to give you a good price UNLESS you agree to stops at their selected shops before going to your destination. Of course it's okay if you don't purchase anything, but the place they brought you are always places which are very expensive.
One incident, I was brought to a big stores selling antiques & clothes. The representative showed me & my friend around the shop. He seems nice at first, but later tried to "be funny". So ladies, be careful. Even in such a big tourist store is not "safe" :( Leave a Comment
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Most of us Expats who have lived in BKK for a while don't use tuk tuks. Noisy, drivers are a _ _ holes, more expensive than taxis and you can't see out of them. However if you're new in town and are killing town take a 10 baht ride. visit the tailors, gem dealers and just have fun with them. Tell them all you'll be back tomorrow. You can see the city for 10 baht.
give 'em the ooohhh ahhh, and shine 'em on. Promise you'll be back tomorrow. Leave a Comment
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My mom and I were outside of the Royal grand palace, when a Tuk-tuk offered to take us to see the standing buddha, sitting buddha, lying down buddha for just 10 baht, which is about 25 US cents (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/thailand/currency.htm good way to convert baht to US.)
I knew it was sketchy, but whatever. What's the worst that could happen besides death. So we hop in. We start driving, and it is so far. My mom expresses her concern about why he is doing us this favor. We go see the standing up buddha (oh, joy!) and then on the way to the sitting buddha he says we will make a pit stop. We stop by two somewhat interesting shops and are asked to browse for 10 minutes so that he can get free gas from the shop-owners. At least he is honest. He then takes us to the sitting buddha, which is already closed (Yes, they close at around 4. Figure out what time everything closes before you decide to go.) We go to one more duty-free shop, before going to the lying down buddha where he abandons us. We are then stranded and have to find a bus station (nobody speaks english, and we definitely don't speak any Thai. we were very unprepared.) The bus is 10 cents and will take you anywhere. Very run down, but a great third-worldy experience. I liked it. That was our one day in bangkok.
The shop owners and the tuk-tuks have a deal. If they bring in customers, the shop owners will pay for their gas.
Don't speak with the people who work at the store too much. They may sell interesting things, but if you're not intersted in buying, no point in leading them on. Once they talk with you, they think they have you and won't let go.
Take the bus. It's just 10 cents, and it's fun. I enjoy doing things the local way, because that's the only way you can get the full experience.
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OK, we didn't get duped this time, but we fell for that one (twice) on our first trip. Some people like to take tuk-tuks. We refrained from it completely this time. You're liable to spend that hour getting driven to everywhere BUT where you want to go. Which is why we only managed to go to Wat Arun on this second trip - we were told it was closed, monk's only, by the tuk-tuk driver (a classic "white lie").
Be firm. Insist, from the start, on where you want to go to. Point out the destination on a map, if need be (not always successful as there are many names for some streets - just like the city itself)
If the tuk-tuk driver wants to negociate your destination, get on the skytrain, take a meter taxi or walk. There are other options! Leave a Comment
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