PassApp scam
- Kampoochie
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Re: PassApp scam
I've had a few tuk-tuk rides with mafia guys that made me think "huh…don't really like them knowing where i live." I also wouldn't underestimate the amount of boiling rage felt in a shame-based culture like Khmer culture — perceived slights and disrespect might as well be a slap in the face.fax wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:35 amWhich app has the kick-my-ass button you would accidentally press?Kampoochie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:21 am I'm a fan of giving them a slightly wrong address of a neighbor I dislike so when I do need to argue, I don't worry about them sending their cousin who does B&Es to my house.
I mean seriously what can you possibly do so wrong they would want to come back to your house?
Re: PassApp scam
Sometimes they will turn the meter on a few hundred meters before picking you up to get a few pennies more.
Re: PassApp scam
FTFY
A tuk tuk driver will scam a Cambodian just as easy as you, when he gets the chance.
Just don't give 'm the chance and you'll be good.
- newkidontheblock
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Re: PassApp scam
The above poster said that he goes with his Khmer friends.Tarndog wrote:You're close to delirious if you think your Khmer friends have your best interest at heart. Khmer always help other Khmer first.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:38 pm Its not the same in Shv.
Usually in PP, I'm with Khmer friends who know where to go and how much to pay.
Why would Khmer allow other Khmer knowingly rip them off?
Know any Khmer who would deliberately let a PassApp driver cluelessly go around in circles because a barang is riding with them?
Better yet, please let everyone know who these scammer Khmer friends you have so we can avoid them.
- StroppyChops
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I had a driver today take me on the scenic route, but I was fairly convinced it wasn't intentional. He later realised his mistake, and suggested I just pay him $3 instead of the $3.25 he was due. It's only 25 cents, but the point is he wanted to make good on his mistake. Naturally I rounded up.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
Re: PassApp scam
My office is exactly 1.27km away from my house. Idk how this happened, but today my office was 4.52km away from my house. The app might have some issues. The driver might have found another way to con people. I will never know
Re: PassApp scam
I use only GRAB. Here's why:
1) The price is fixed when you book it, prices seem perfectly reasonable, and often downright cheap
2) Grab frequently (like always) sends coupon promo codes for discounts anywhere from 20% - 50%
Both points have possibly been made through this long thread (which I haven't gone through), but the above facts make Grab the obvious choice.
1) The price is fixed when you book it, prices seem perfectly reasonable, and often downright cheap
2) Grab frequently (like always) sends coupon promo codes for discounts anywhere from 20% - 50%
Both points have possibly been made through this long thread (which I haven't gone through), but the above facts make Grab the obvious choice.
Me, not that other crap.
- SternAAlbifrons
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Re: PassApp scam
I'm still in the good old days of falling asleep on the back of a motorbike, safe in the hands of a trusted old motodop mate.
I still catch a tuk tuk from the airport too - the ONLY way to arrive back home.
I still catch a tuk tuk from the airport too - the ONLY way to arrive back home.
Re: PassApp scam
How hard is it to check the driver number Pxxxxx is the one you booked?
And given the cost of mobile data being so cheap is it that difficult to check your app price matches the drivers?
I round up to the next 1,000 every time and if the driver has any waiting time while i pop off to grab some groceries or waiting for a friend who we pick up on the way i often go another 1k or 2.
Seriously, take some responsibility... after all ... you don't want to end up like that poor girl in the states who got into the wrong uber and wound up dead!
And given the cost of mobile data being so cheap is it that difficult to check your app price matches the drivers?
I round up to the next 1,000 every time and if the driver has any waiting time while i pop off to grab some groceries or waiting for a friend who we pick up on the way i often go another 1k or 2.
Seriously, take some responsibility... after all ... you don't want to end up like that poor girl in the states who got into the wrong uber and wound up dead!
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