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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
I was travelling around with an American couple in the South. She scratched her mirror. It cost her $100US to get her passport back. We went around all the shops to buy a mirror and they all refused to sell us one..
Another mate of mine overstayed his rental by 45 mins. The shop had twenty other available scooters and charged him a full days rental plus a fine to get his passport back.
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Well you have to get use how to deal with people in third world countrys. One ALLWAYS have to negotiate. Thats normal. Its also about the way you lock and ackt. If you look like money on legs in a place with lots of drunken idiots, they will treat you as an atm and try to get money out of you, no matter if your in a bar, at customs or in a bike shop. Thats why i prefere to travel far away from normal tourist areas :-)
True there are lots of scam going on specially on the islands of Thailand.
If you show that your not an easy victim as 99% of the tourists there and pretend to call the tourist police or make a big shout to scare away other customers in the shop they will return your passport for free in no time.
If not tell them you will go to your embassy to mark your passport as stolen WITHOUT returning the scooter, they will return your passport before loosing their scooter. A passport has 0 value for them...
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