Seeking advice
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Re: Seeking advice
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
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
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Re: Seeking advice
I can think of more than a few times when someone has said something like 'I'm picking my parents up from the airport tomorrow, does anyone know of a reliable driver with a van?' and someone has pulled out a card they've had in their wallet for months, and says 'I always call this guy, he's great'.Username Taken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:19 amIt 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.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:02 amSince that's what all the drivers do it won't let him stand out.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.
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Re: Seeking advice
Exactly. We've taken numerous rides recently in both Indonesia and Cambodia, and some we liked, and some we didn't. We used several a second time directly, if we liked them AND if they gave us a business card.Username Taken wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:19 amIt 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.Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:02 amSince that's what all the drivers do it won't let him stand out.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.
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Re: Seeking advice
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.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
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.
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Re: Seeking advice
Ah yes, timingGeneral Mackevili wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:05 pmToo 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.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
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.
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Re: Seeking advice
it would really 100% help if u mentionedDavidMurphy 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
WHERE he is located !!
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Seeking advice
Thx Richard.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:41 pmit would really 100% help if u mentionedDavidMurphy 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
WHERE he is located !!
5 km West of Pochentong airport on NR 3.
(I wrote that in the original post, brother)
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Re: Seeking advice
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.RedBull wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:22 amI 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.xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:03 amJust 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?
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.
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.
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xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:47 pmBut 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.RedBull wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:22 amI 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.xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:03 amJust 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?
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.
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.
missed it<Thx Richard.
5 km West of Pochentong airport on NR 3.
(I wrote that in the original post, brother)
I think important to mention if he is available for multiple day trips /excursions> or only in an around PP/Kampot/Shv
many ads i see on the fb posts mention those costs up front
Perhaps even see if you can take an ad out somewhere
as its going into low season........ weigh the costs
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Seeking advice
Xandrew, it's not an issue, brother.xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:47 pmBut 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.RedBull wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:22 amI 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.xandreu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:03 amJust 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?
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.
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.
The reason I included my back story was twofold. 1. To draw attention to the thread, thereby tempting more responses. 2. As a warning for other members. All you have can disappear in an instant due to one ill-considered action.
I'm not proud and kinda expected ridicule too but frankly, I don't GAF.
I can laugh at my predicament now too, because I recovered quickly.
Nuff said. Have a good one, brother!
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