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Dasher
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| Post subject: Just robbed on bike! |
I was just riding down Jianguo Lu when I heard a nasty metallic 'ping' from my rear wheel and I looked down to see something stuck in the wheel. I pulled over and grabbed my phone out of my bag (in case I needed to call the hubby for assistance), stuck my bag in the basket on the front of my bike and stooped over to look at the rope & wire tangled around my chain and rear wheel. Of course this was very naive of me and as soon as I looked up I discovered my bag was well and truly gone.
A lovely local man ran up to me and through sign language (I don't speak Mandarin) explained that someone riding behind me had dropped the offending material into my wheel and then snatched my bag when I stopped to look at it. He called the police for me and explained what happened and I have made a report etc but thought I should warn others. |
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vols
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June 05, 2008 - 02:15 PM |
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We have 2 high school girls from the US here for a visit and they went yesterday with my daughter to people square, there the met some "students from Hainan" who wanted to take them to a tea ceremony. They agreed and ended up in a tea-house and had a few little cups of tea. The "student friends paid there bill and left and our girls got a bill represented for over 700rmb. The did not have enough cash with them so 2 waiters escorted them to a ATM machine looked over there shoulders while they took out money!!
when the girls came home I made them cancel there credit cards who knows what kind of ATM that was. I'm so angry those poor girls are really upset they thought the met some nice people!! By the way what kind of tea can cost 700rmb?!?! |
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yu888
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June 05, 2008 - 02:18 PM |
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andyfff
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June 05, 2008 - 02:20 PM |
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They should go to the police and report it, take the police to the tea shop. A similar thing happened to a guy from Europe recently, and he ended up getting all his money back.
A very common scam I am sorry to say. |
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boredengineer
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June 05, 2008 - 02:29 PM |
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Definitely report it to the police, don't let it slide.
BTW has anyone ever stopped someone who was on the way to a 'tea ceremony' to tell them they were about to be scammed? |
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rxg
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June 05, 2008 - 02:31 PM |
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The same thing happened to a friend of mine. But he was smart enough to walk out before the tea was actually served.
This is a scam for money. But in starbucks, some girls sit there nursing a cup of coffee and then asked the expat to practice English, then then ask if they want a massage...
This kind of scam is happening everywhere - just need to be alert and smart about it.
Agreed with Andyfff- report to the police |
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CK1
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June 05, 2008 - 02:50 PM |
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These people make my blood boil. Real scum.
Boredenginner, when I am down in that area I will sometimes make an effort to slowly walk past tourists talking to locals and if I think something fishy is happening (I am a student...Chinese art, Tea, blah blah blah) I will just tell the tourist 'This person is a con-artist don't listen to them'. Sometimes the 'students' will shout at me, but f*** 'em, I know people whose entire trip to Shanghai has been ruined by these guys. |
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andyfff
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June 05, 2008 - 03:06 PM |
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A plan is forming in my brain... Maybe Captain Laowai (defender of truth, seeker of justice) could go down there and wait until he is approached by his new friends offering tea. Wait until he gets outside the tea shop, and ask to take photos of his new "friends" and the tea shop, then suddenly say he forgot he has to be somewhere and LEAVE. Then take the information to the police, post it on the internet, and tell anybody who would listen. The "friends" would end up getting ostracized on Youtube until their parents had to apologize to the country like that lame earthquake teenage girl, and Captain Laowai (defender of the meek, seeker of revenge) could consider his time well spent. |
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rxg
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June 05, 2008 - 03:15 PM |
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Andyfff-
What happened with the lame earthquake teenanger girl?
I do not watch or read the news. I think the only correct information in the newspaper is the date! |
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oh_the_darkness
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June 05, 2008 - 03:15 PM |
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Why not a group of guys together, have two guys together who can act as the potential marks. Two marks go to tea house/bar/whatever and text message the other guys the name and address of the bar (usually found on the menu or maybe on some promotional **** on the table) then the other guys come in with machetes baseball bats and **** the place up. The police will only act on things like this if they really have to and the really had to with the European guy because he sent the story to some news media. |
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BONNIE
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June 05, 2008 - 03:16 PM |
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Great plan Andy - go for it - this weekend should be good chance to catch the Tea Scammers. So many visitors get caught this way !!! |
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andyfff
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June 05, 2008 - 03:20 PM |
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After the earthquake during the three days of mourning, some whiney teenage girl stupidly videotaped herself criticizing the fact that there was no new tv to watch, how all the victims should just shut up, blah blah. Typical pouty teenage girl stuff that ended up getting her detained and her parents writing apologies to the nation. (I wonder what ever happened to that girl.)
Captain Laowai is busy this weekend looking for a new apartment, but perhaps in the future he will venture down to evil territory (nanjing lu) and seek justice, honor, and revenge for the poor defenseless tourists. Captain Laowai wonders if he can buy a taser here in Shanghai... |
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boredengineer
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June 05, 2008 - 03:29 PM |
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rxg
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June 05, 2008 - 03:35 PM |
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As hot as pasty white, skinny, skanky, black teeth, bad breath could be I supposed. |
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oh_the_darkness
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June 05, 2008 - 03:45 PM |
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| Captain Laowai wonders if he can buy a taser here in Shanghai... |
There is a market opposite Baoshan Lu subway station where you can buy stun guns with varying shock rates from between 150 - 300 rmb.
Also machetes. |
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xat
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June 05, 2008 - 03:56 PM |
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I read in newspaper that 2 college girls in Zhengzhou were charged several (7 or 8 ) thousand RMB for hair treatment! Their parents reported to police and the place got shut down. |
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vols
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June 05, 2008 - 04:42 PM |
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It's just sad this girls come here (first time out of the US) to China to have fun before they go of to college and than this! Our office called the better tourist office ( or something similar) but the said the can't do anything. Would the police really do something about it? |
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MoonOverMiami
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June 05, 2008 - 04:55 PM |
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IIRC last year the two French tourists got scammed for RMB7,000. They complained to a newpaper, the police picked up the story, they all went to the restaurant and found the people responsible for charging them excessively. The police shut the place down (though I don't know for how long) and was able to get most if not all of their money back.
My cousin was scammed for RMB1,700, but she was leaving the next day and didn't have time to file a complaint. |
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dfoo
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June 05, 2008 - 05:12 PM |
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I'd like to see those bastards try to get 1700 RMB from me! Good luck. |
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iara
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June 05, 2008 - 06:51 PM |
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how do we say "scam"in chinese?
I usually tell tourists when I heard about it, but I would like to say it in chinese also, so the scam girls will know what I'm saying! |
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underh20
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June 05, 2008 - 07:05 PM |
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| I'd like to see those bastards try to get 1700 RMB from me! Good luck. |
We ought to get together with Captain Laowai and pretend to fall for the tea scam. When they present us with a bill for 7,000 RMB we can start trashing the place. |
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dfoo
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June 05, 2008 - 07:46 PM |
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"cheater" would be pianzi. iara, you could tell them something like.
wo gang gang gao su tamen nimen dou shi pianzi, suoyi zuo kao! qu si, si kai!
That'll get their attention, and they'll certainly hate you after that  |
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iara
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June 05, 2008 - 08:04 PM |
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Great!!
I'm not afraid to be hated!! 
I knew this word "pianzi"! I use it with my shopping skills  |
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canuckian
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June 05, 2008 - 08:12 PM |
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| oh_the_darkness wrote: |
There is a market opposite Baoshan Lu subway station where you can buy stun guns with varying shock rates from between 150 - 300 rmb.
Also machetes. |
cool!  I'll look into that. |
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boredengineer
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June 05, 2008 - 08:51 PM |
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| iara wrote: |
how do we say "scam"in chinese?
I usually tell tourists when I heard about it, but I would like to say it in chinese also, so the scam girls will know what I'm saying! |
No need, all of the con artists have excellent English. |
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