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Seoulman69
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:21 pm Post subject: Another taxi scam |
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I made this a seperate topic in the hope as many people would read it as possible.
Last night I was coming home alone from Itaewon. I live in Dangsan which is about a 15,000won cab fare. Everything was going fine and the fare came to just under 15,000, as expected. I gave the driver two 10,000 notes. He took them but then said I gave him two 1,000 notes. I thought this was a bit strange as I keep the small notes in my back pocket and the larger notes in the front pocket of my trousers.
Accepting I may have made an error I gave him another two 10,000 notes. This time he said one of them was a 1,000 note. This was when I realized his scam. I had given him 10,000 notes ever time but he was claiming I gave him 1,000 notes. I argued with him until he gave me my money back (minus the fare). I took his name and tried to take a photo of his information on the dash board. I continued to berate him as I got out the taxi. Once I closed the door he sped off. I lacked the clarity of mind to take a note of his license number. The photo i took is small and blurry but I will go to the police today and report him.
I hope by telling you this story this will not happen to you. I did not lose anything from this scam but perhaps I was lucky.
Please tell your friends to tell their friends about this story and to be extra vigilant when dealing with taxi drivers. |
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ChilgokBlackHole
Joined: 21 Nov 2009
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 7:26 am Post subject: |
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The number for the police is 112. You can call them on the spot to report a crime. They can come to investigate. What will happen is that the driver will be asked to produce his receipts for his shift. They will be checked against his meter. If something's amiss...well, it's the same as when the checkout girl at the A&P back home mistakes a 20 for a 10. You tell the manager, they count down her drawer, and either you screwed up or she did.
I'll tell you what, carrying a stack of the new 50's around is a huge pain. I almost gave the girl at the GS25 50,000 for two bottles of makgeolli tonight. |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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"Accepting I may have made an error, I gave him another two 10,000 notes..."
You allowed this man to hustle you twice??
S--- is pure comedy. |
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whatever

Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Riveting story. Sounds like you're the ass.  |
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Janny

Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Location: all over the place
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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My ride home is always 4000 won. One time I decided to test the honesty of my cab driver. I gave him four bills, three chunners with one manwon at the bottom.
The cabbie quickly fanned them out to check, then scrunched the bills away and wished me farewell with a big smile on his face.
I gave him a pointed look and sat there for an uncomfortable minute, glancing into my wallet a couple times. He kept smiling a big fake smile and doing the Nod and waiting for me to exit.
Finally I opened my wallet and said "anneyo...manwon.." and pointed to the bills in his hand. I handed over a chun and he handed back my manwon. Big "ahhhh!"s and more smiles all around. I smiled too, let him save face.
But hopefully he'll remember the prior uncomfortable minute, where I sat waiting for him to realize his "mistake"...but he's probably pissed that he didn't just get away with it.
I would say there are more dishonest cabbies than honest, in any country. Can you imagine having to deal with traffic all day as your JOB? Talk about bad mood. And they make peanuts here. I'm not condoning theft by taxi, but I think I understand why... |
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hwa jang shil
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Fascinating, have you delivered your moral test to any other professions, perhaps you've slipped a lecturer a few notes, over paid in a restaurant, left a wallet in a brothel, voted for an extreme political party? |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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The entertainment value of Daveed's, particularly this thread is PURE GOLD!!!!
Keep em cming |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Duh
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Janny wrote: |
My ride home is always 4000 won. One time I decided to test the honesty of my cab driver. I gave him four bills, three chunners with one manwon at the bottom.
The cabbie quickly fanned them out to check, then scrunched the bills away and wished me farewell with a big smile on his face.
I gave him a pointed look and sat there for an uncomfortable minute, glancing into my wallet a couple times. He kept smiling a big fake smile and doing the Nod and waiting for me to exit.
Finally I opened my wallet and said "anneyo...manwon.." and pointed to the bills in his hand. I handed over a chun and he handed back my manwon. Big "ahhhh!"s and more smiles all around. I smiled too, let him save face.
But hopefully he'll remember the prior uncomfortable minute, where I sat waiting for him to realize his "mistake"...but he's probably pissed that he didn't just get away with it.
I would say there are more dishonest cabbies than honest, in any country. Can you imagine having to deal with traffic all day as your JOB? Talk about bad mood. And they make peanuts here. I'm not condoning theft by taxi, but I think I understand why... |
Wow...an idiot OP and a douchbag poster. Nothing new here. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Another taxi scam |
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Seoulman69 wrote: |
I made this a seperate topic in the hope as many people would read it as possible.
Last night I was coming home alone from Itaewon. I live in Dangsan which is about a 15,000won cab fare. Everything was going fine and the fare came to just under 15,000, as expected. I gave the driver two 10,000 notes. He took them but then said I gave him two 1,000 notes. I thought this was a bit strange as I keep the small notes in my back pocket and the larger notes in the front pocket of my trousers.
Accepting I may have made an error I gave him another two 10,000 notes. This time he said one of them was a 1,000 note. This was when I realized his scam. I had given him 10,000 notes ever time but he was claiming I gave him 1,000 notes. I argued with him until he gave me my money back (minus the fare). I took his name and tried to take a photo of his information on the dash board. I continued to berate him as I got out the taxi. Once I closed the door he sped off. I lacked the clarity of mind to take a note of his license number. The photo i took is small and blurry but I will go to the police today and report him.
I hope by telling you this story this will not happen to you. I did not lose anything from this scam but perhaps I was lucky.
Please tell your friends to tell their friends about this story and to be extra vigilant when dealing with taxi drivers. |
you keep the man wons in your front pocket and the chun won in your back....so where in your pants do you keep your ballsack? Come on OP, smack that scum cabbie and demand your money back! |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Trousers? Who the heck wears trousers? |
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NYC_Gal

Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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My first month or so here, I was in a taxi and it was very rainy and dark, and I accidentally gave the cabbie 40k instead of 4k. I didn't notice until I had to pay for dinner that evening. Ugh. Thank goodness for credit cards. That's one mistake I didn't make again! |
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ashland
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Goon-Yang wrote: |
Janny wrote: |
My ride home is always 4000 won. One time I decided to test the honesty of my cab driver. I gave him four bills, three chunners with one manwon at the bottom.
The cabbie quickly fanned them out to check, then scrunched the bills away and wished me farewell with a big smile on his face.
I gave him a pointed look and sat there for an uncomfortable minute, glancing into my wallet a couple times. He kept smiling a big fake smile and doing the Nod and waiting for me to exit.
Finally I opened my wallet and said "anneyo...manwon.." and pointed to the bills in his hand. I handed over a chun and he handed back my manwon. Big "ahhhh!"s and more smiles all around. I smiled too, let him save face.
But hopefully he'll remember the prior uncomfortable minute, where I sat waiting for him to realize his "mistake"...but he's probably pissed that he didn't just get away with it.
I would say there are more dishonest cabbies than honest, in any country. Can you imagine having to deal with traffic all day as your JOB? Talk about bad mood. And they make peanuts here. I'm not condoning theft by taxi, but I think I understand why... |
Wow...an idiot OP and a douchbag poster. Nothing new here. |
^ +1
go out and do someting better. |
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NYC_Gal

Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:50 am Post subject: |
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DeMayonnaise wrote: |
Trousers? Who the heck wears trousers? |
The English. When they say pants they mean underpants. |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:42 am Post subject: |
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No no, they're called panties. A Korean told me so.
NYC_Gal wrote: |
DeMayonnaise wrote: |
Trousers? Who the heck wears trousers? |
The English. When they say pants they mean underpants. |
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toonchoon

Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Location: Gangnam
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:46 am Post subject: |
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CeleryMan wrote: |
"Accepting I may have made an error, I gave him another two 10,000 notes..."
You allowed this man to hustle you twice??
S--- is pure comedy. |
haha agreed
plus, sounds like this guy was a bit lit. countless times, after 2, or 3 or more beers have i mistaken the cheon won for the man won and vice versa. |
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