Username Taken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:19 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:02 am

rgrowden wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:38 am I highly recommend he use business cards. A little story - I lived in PP for 5 years, used tuktuks, just grabbed one off the street when needed. One time, the tuktuk guy gave me a business card, said to call him whenever I needed a ride. Great guy, Mr. Li is his name. Careful driver, polite, kept the tuktuk washed and clean. I was impressed. Kept the card. For the past 6 years, when I need a ride, i call him. Get your friend some business cards. Another thing - he has a number on the card that can be called, the person on the other end speaks English (Mr. Li doesn't) if you need a translation.

Since that's what all the drivers do it won't let him stand out.

It won't make him stand out, and it's not a major selling point. However, it works as far as garnering repeat custom. Much easier to contact the guy that gave you a card than the guy that didn't.

General Mackevili wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:05 pm

DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:56 am Thanks Phuket Richard, Lost 50, Random Dude, Kung-fu Hillbilly, Yongchi, Kammekor, Rgrowden and Username Taken for the solid advice.
I'm collating it now and will translate for my friend Bunnat. Got a videographer lined up already.
Cheers!

P.S. If anyone needs a smart sober polite English speaking driver with a clean new minivan:
Bunnat 096 54 50 319

Too bad this wasn't all posted a few days earlier, as we've just taken a few longer trips, and it sounds like he has exactly what we need.

We were planning on taking a regular car from Phnom Penh, to Kampot, then to Battambang. The price we were ready to pay was $45 from PP to Kampot, and $125 from Kampot to Battambang. Then Armchair Lawyer was kind enough to let us borrow a car seat, so we upgraded to an SUV kinda thing, with 6 passenger seats. The prices jumped up to $80 from PP to Kampot and $190 from Kampot to Battambang.

Seems like a lot of the Grab drivers use the app to take people around on a short, cheap trip, and use that time to sell them their private services for a more expensive day-trip the next day. A few had a shabby looking laminated page of a few stock images of touristy destinations around, and you could choose where you'd like to go and he'd give you a price.

Keep us updated on this dude, would be nice to know if you're able to successfully help him with any of this.

DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:56 am Thanks Phuket Richard, Lost 50, Random Dude, Kung-fu Hillbilly, Yongchi, Kammekor, Rgrowden and Username Taken for the solid advice.
I'm collating it now and will translate for my friend Bunnat. Got a videographer lined up already.
Cheers!

P.S. If anyone needs a smart sober polite English speaking driver with a clean new minivan:
Bunnat 096 54 50 319

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:41 pm

DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:56 am Thanks Phuket Richard, Lost 50, Random Dude, Kung-fu Hillbilly, Yongchi, Kammekor, Rgrowden and Username Taken for the solid advice.
I'm collating it now and will translate for my friend Bunnat. Got a videographer lined up already.
Cheers!

P.S. If anyone needs a smart sober polite English speaking driver with a clean new minivan:
Bunnat 096 54 50 319

it would really 100% help if u mentioned
WHERE he is located !!

xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:47 pm

RedBull wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:22 am

xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:03 am

RedBull wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:51 am Hahah. Yeah, sorry. But haha

Just out of curiosity, an no animosity meant at all, I swear, but an honest question - how does it make you feel when you reply like that to a post about a guy that lost everything and ended up sleeping on the streets?

I'm not looking for an argument, I'm merely fascinated about why people feel the need to respond in this way. What do they get out of it?

I get your point and feeling. I agree, it's not the nicest reply I ever posted. But I assume we're all grown ups here and for that reason I find it interesting that you manage to end up in a situation like this.

Things like this happens to gullible teenagers, unaware of the "real world" that's out there. So yeah, judge me for it, but I do find it funny that a grown ass man ends up in a situation like this.

I'm not a saint, obviously, but come on.

But what was the reason you felt the need to post it? As I said, genuine question with no angst meant. Whatever happened to the guy has already happened. I’m sure he’s already learned a few lessons from it. When you clicked ‘submit’, how did it make you feel? Pleased with yourself? If so, why? A bit of shame and regret? Did you think twice about it after you posted it? Maybe you don’t consider that there’s a real life human on the other side of the words, which is a common phenomenon. You wouldn’t be the first to think that.

I’m genuinely curious as to what drives people to post comments like that. I’m desperately trying not to say anything judgmental as my aim isn’t to cause conflict. It’s to try to understand your thought processes and others who act like you online.

Thx Richard.
5 km West of Pochentong airport on NR 3.
(I wrote that in the original post, brother)

xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:47 pm

RedBull wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:22 am

xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:03 am

RedBull wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:51 am Hahah. Yeah, sorry. But haha

Just out of curiosity, an no animosity meant at all, I swear, but an honest question - how does it make you feel when you reply like that to a post about a guy that lost everything and ended up sleeping on the streets?

I'm not looking for an argument, I'm merely fascinated about why people feel the need to respond in this way. What do they get out of it?

I get your point and feeling. I agree, it's not the nicest reply I ever posted. But I assume we're all grown ups here and for that reason I find it interesting that you manage to end up in a situation like this.

Things like this happens to gullible teenagers, unaware of the "real world" that's out there. So yeah, judge me for it, but I do find it funny that a grown ass man ends up in a situation like this.

I'm not a saint, obviously, but come on.

But what was the reason you felt the need to post it? As I said, genuine question with no angst meant. Whatever happened to the guy has already happened. I’m sure he’s already learned a few lessons from it. When you clicked ‘submit’, how did it make you feel? Pleased with yourself? If so, why? A bit of shame and regret? Did you think twice about it after you posted it? Maybe you don’t consider that there’s a real life human on the other side of the words, which is a common phenomenon. You wouldn’t be the first to think that.

I’m genuinely curious as to what drives people to post comments like that. I’m desperately trying not to say anything judgmental as my aim isn’t to cause conflict. It’s to try to understand your thought processes and others who act like you online.