Isn't it the most disappointing ever when you travel abroad and you meet locals who you think are actually interested in you and then it turns out they were seeing dollar signs the whole time :(
wouldbe cool if you could waste as much of their time as possible and when they say ok this is the coffee you'd be like: ah no this looks creepy...are you sure this is the right coffee spot? It looks so ugly...ewwww.... sorry I gotta go byes.
I have just survived my second visit to China and avoided scamming, thanks to videos like this. I travelled on my own, so a single, foreign male visitor attracts quite a lot of unwanted attention. Thanks for a very useful video.
A girl "from Xi'An" attempted the art gallery scam with me and my father at the Tiananmen gate. Fortunately I had watched this video right before our trip. Thank you Winston!
serpentza oddly, I fell for the art gallery scam on my first of many trips to Beijing, when I was off by myself, but I wasn't terribly ripped off. I purchased one piece that the young lady painted for me while I watched, and received a gift, too. Less than ten dollars US, which was worth it, BUT I saw several other tourists being led around in the same gallery and they were being asked for thousands of renminbi for what were clearly cheap paintings. I don't know why I wasn't pressured for more money. Maybe my "student" was new at the scam.
The same thing happened to me too as well, the "art student" offered a painting to me for 100 RMB, but I told her I never bring much money with me and only had 70 RMB, and she accepted that offer.
"You don't get Chinese people to just speak such good English randomly approaching you on the street, it normally doesn't happen.". Now I get it... I'm a foreigner with Chinese face who don't speak a single word of Mandarin, my first week in Shanghai was horrible. I was lost in the downtown and looking for direction. Since I can't speak Mandarin, I tried to approach some foreigners who I presume work in Shanghai and should know some general direction ( judging from the way they dressed up for office job ). 3 times with 3 different foreigner, the moment I said "Excuse me... " they replied me with "Bu yao" and walk away, which later on I learn that it means no. So no wonder I was treated that way, maybe they thought I'm one of the scammers...
Lmao that's a downside isn't. I was born and raised in New Zealand and I sometimes get that. 😂 Like a Chinese person will talk to me in mandarin and I'm like what are you on about
This video must be watched by everyone who's going to China for the first time. I live in Shanghai and experienced every scam myself. Luckily got off without paying.
This is a reporter from Global Times based in Beijing. Global Times is doing a cover story about how to avoid telecommunications fraude in China. I saw your video on RUclips talk about scams in China. Have you been through such experiences before? Or any of your friends? Would you like to share the story with me (the report can pseudonym)? Thank you!
I was from the southwest of China. When I came to Beijing, I was scammed for several times. At the gate of PKU, a woman holding a baby told me in a very strange accent that the child was hungary. I was too simple-minded at that time and I bought her a sausage .Then she said they need money for the ticket and asked me to go down into the tubestation with her. That's when I found it weird and I just ran away. I told my family my experience and they were scared. We couldn't imagine how things would be if I agreed. How many people were there in the tubestation waiting for me? And what did they want from me? The population is just too enormous in cities like Beijing. You can meet all kinds of people. So just be careful and don't talk with strangers without caution.
Scarlett Tsui Best not to travel alone. If you do, do not engage strangers in conversation or let them know you are alone. Be aware of your surroundings, yourvhead up and shoulders back. Don't look like a victim. Be safe.
‘I’ve gotten these stories from friends of mine, not secondhand stories’ bro that is literally the definition of secondhand 😂😂 but good stuff, appreciate the information!
Found this video too late. Learned the hard way. Was scammed for 200$ on tiananmen square by Chinese people who wanted to practice English. We went to a local karaoke bar for a coffee. They order a few bottles of wine and the end price was 5000rmb. We were 4, me, two Chinese girls and a guy, and they tried to split bill in 2, but after some arguing I paid one forth, but still lost 200$. I hope people watch this video before visiting China. Safe trip.
Thanks, I love your videos. Back in 2011, I was visiting my girlfriend in Beijing. Looking back at that trip, I think I was targeted for a scam three different times. First, as in your vid, the rickshaw guy. He took us around the lake and then down an alley. He wanted us to go to see his friend for some 'traditional tea'. I mean shit, a tea house that looked like a car garage at the end of the alley? We didn't go in and he took us back. Second, staying in the Raffles Hotel for a weekend I was down in the lounge drinking a beer, alone. This is actually pretty funny. I was about to leave and retire to our room. A very attractive woman, perhaps 35 years old or so, asked if she could sit down near me. I said, "Sure, I was just leaving". Damn, did she get pissed. She said something in Mandarin and I didn't think much about it until later. A good laugh though. Third, I was visiting a Temple around the Olympic stadium area. I was on my way out and a nice young girl approached me and asked if I was American. I said yes and she wanted to talk, ' to practice her English '. I told her I was due back at home when my girlfriend gets back from work. She seemed very polite and genuine. So, I'm not sure if she was a scammer or not. I ran around Beijing alone for three weeks as my girlfriend was at work and I never felt I was being scammed. Maybe, I just got lucky. None the less, great info and thank you for sharing. I look forward to more of your videos. Cheers.
Hi Dinu, I am Chinese, and I feel sorry about what you went through when you were visiting Beijing, the scammers in Beijing does not surprise me, because I know they are exist, you know why they always target the foreigners? because most of them believe the foreigners are the rich people, and they have a lot of money, besides, the foreigners do not speak Chinese, and usually they think it is very easy for them to scam you. But if your face looks like Asian, the scammers will assume you are the Chinese, and in this way, you will never be scammed, this is very interesting, and since most of the western social media are blocked in China, the scammers always think the white guys are rich, because all the foreigners they saw is on tv, the politicians, the movie stars and from the holleywood movies, they don't have the chance to know there are avarage people in the foreign countries, youtube, google, wikepedia, facebook, twitter, instagram, all blocked, most people in China know very little about the world outside of China.
I was scammed inside the forbidden city. The guide took us to a gallery in a small hut where Emperor PU's nephew was selling some art work on a scroll. Since this was inside the forbidden city, I did not doubt or felt any suspicion since they may have been backed by the government or atleast authenticated. It was a great set up - a lady in her 30s who spoke english, an old man in his 60s who was the nephew. Felt honoured to shake hands with him. Realised it later that it was all a scam cause there were different pics of the nephew on the internet. What really hurt me was the guide who took me there. I had given her food, water and extra tip, she stood there all that time knowing we were getting scammed. However, it was a lesson learned. GBP 50 spent on the scroll, still in hanging in my living room as a reminder of how I got duped in China. I had a great time overall and loved the people in China.
I was there last decade and saw an "art exhibition" in the Forbidden City, which was actually a shop, not an exhibition, and they were selling multiple copies of the same painting. I asked them why there were multiples and they said there was a contest among art students to copy well known paintings and these were the results. I could tell it was a scam so we didn't buy any, but, like you, I had thought that they had some sort of authenticity because of the location.
You are one of the very few people that actually gave a pinpoint account of how China actually is, most people just glorify China so my expectation was so very different to the experiences I had. Was charged 330 yen for two bottles of beer which usually cost 12 yen in total. Great videos!!
I wish I knew about this scam before I went to Beijing in February this year... I got scammed by the exact same lady you showed in the footage. I learned my lesson not to trust a Chinese stranger who speaks fluent English. Thank you for making this video and informing people to watch out for these scams!
I had a guy attempt "the rickshaw scam" when I was in Tangier. he had a cab, not a rickshaw, but offered a tour around the city for 5 Euro. we thought it sounded like a great deal! the tour wasn't bad, but very brief and then culminated with him bringing us to a rug shop so we could buy an authentic Moroccan rug. when it became clear we weren't going to buy a rug, the guy turned very hostile and, upon dropping us back off at the port, claimed he had said 50 Euro. in hindsight, I'm glad I was with my girlfriend because she insisted we just pay him and eat our losses. looking back, I'm glad her cooler head prevailed because who knows how bad it could have gone... a kind of funny footnote to the story is, when we got back on the ferry to Algeciras, there were quite a few people toting large rolled-up rugs with them.
In Morocco a taxi must use a taximeter otherwise you can ask him to take you to the nearest police station, that will make him think twice. Tourists complaints aren't taken lightly by local police.
Man, this reminds me how I was scammed in Shanghai. I totally fell for the tea ceremony scam, but then i realized midway was happening due to Serpenzas videos so I stopped the "ceremony" early and lost less money.
How to avoid scammer anywhere in the world, old technic : don't dress like a tourist. Even if ones dare coming, I talk giberish as i walk away and they don't follow. Same with buying stuff in store. Check tag quickly and say a ridiculous low price. just numbers no other words. Act upset and they'll accept the third offer.
Lol... as a non-Asian person you will ALWAYS be seen and treated as a tourist even if you were born in China and would speak fluent Chinese. In racist countries, it’s all about race... nothing else lol.
Lmao I’m chinese and korean and quarter Japanese but hahahahaha when ever I revisit China i pretend I’m like from another Asian country and don’t speak Chinese but speak English and they try to scam me I instantly start talking Chinese and it scares the shit out of them hahahahah
I've lived in Beijing for many years and the "daylight robbery" scam is just part of the shopping experience at places like Hong Qiao, Silk Street, etc. With experience and knowing how to bargain, you can actually get great deals in those places. It's really not a scam in the end, just a lame sales tactic that fails when you bargain.
+ScorchRC062 Also people taking photos with you may or may not be trying to get evidence of having a "friend" so that they can get an American/foreign visa to travel (having a reason to go - e.g. I'm visiting a friend). But only sometimes.
Operation Valkyrie Yes! When I was there it would happen every day. And everyone was very nice. On the island of Java in Indonesia it was the same but with more holding of babies.
Yes, all the time. Particularly school girls it seems. Went there on a school trip years almost ten years ago. I have never been in a place where I was so noticeable because of my ethnicity. It was mostly kind of flattering haha I know they probably just wanted a picture with the very light skinned 'big nose', no real harm.
root yes! In many places. I go to China twice a year, different locations, and people frequently ask me to be in their selfies. All the time. At first I thought it odd but I quickly grew accustomed to it. I am not freakish looking. I think I'm not freakish looking.
The thing these scammers exploit the most is that most people will go to great lengths to avoid being rude or hurting someone's feelings. The good scammers will get you into a situation where you have to choose between giving them money or appearing rude. They won't leave you any alternatives.
One of my indicators is take out your camera and start filming. If they refuse to be on camera, then it’s probably a scam lol learned the hard way when I went to China
Damn dude, I am just a friendly school boy in Beijing, trying to pick up some white chicks. Now they all think I am a scammer. Edit: I am surprised this harmless comment will trigger so many reactions lmao
When I was in Beijing I got approached to go see Art Work. In Thailand I got scammed by a Taxi who when I arrived at my hotel wanted Double what we had agreed or he wouldn't give me my luggage.
i live in beijing. right at wangfujing to be exact. i work in the best hopital in china. it's disgusting how many scams i walk by each day. targeting tourists and patients from poor villages.
I'm 15 and have lived in Beijing for more than 12 years, I speak, read and write Chinese fluently, but I'm now living in Canada. In the 12 years I have rarely been approached by scammers. I was just back for the summer and the thing is in Beijing, u have to be aggressive to ppl, if ur nice ur fucked. There main target are foreigners, u have to be aggressive and talk the price down to what it should actually be instead of over paying.
Kevin Gervais You're precisely right. I lived there quite a bit and there are unwritten rules in those places and you need to be knowledgeable about how things actually work or atleast show off and raise your voice to get their respect. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's a part of their culture and mental
My wife and I were approached by two young pretty girls in a park in Shanghai. They said they were students wanting to learn English by chatting to tourists and they know this lovely cafe we can go to, to sit and have a chat. We had no idea this was a scam and welcomed the idea. As luck would have it there was a cafe right in the middle of the park and we were short on time anyway. So I suggested to catch a coffee there. And they said no, they know a better one. And within a couple minutes it was a tug of war on which cafe to go to and that's when I knew what it all was. We politely excused ourselves due to time being short and us not realising we really need to go and we left. I was still feeling guilty on whether I was wrong and these were just two innocent students. But this is the point. They can be using Social Engineering techniques. Our tendency to want to please people and be polite with everything. They work on that and get to you.
Thankfully I wasn't scammed too badly...all I got was angry looks (mostly) and several times angrily insulted (in Mandarin) by several old ladies in different cities. I like your information on Xian, had a similar experience with regards to the Art Gallery and the old farmer scam. Xian was actually one of the worst cities I've been to with regards to scammers. Had a guide and she was pretty bad, feeding me false information...luckily I did my reading. Chinese natives took pictures or filmed me without asking my permission, usually from a distance but, as you said, no attempt of conversation. This wasn't restricted to tourist sites and open spaces but also restaurants, on the plane, on the train etc... More irritating than threatening but, again, wouldn't say it ruined my day. The concept of a person of Indian origin being born somewhere other than India was extremely Alien to them. Most being genuinely surprised but well mannered, whilst others flat out calling me a liar and asking where in India I learnt English...having spoken to many locals (in my very poor Mandarin) throughout China, most of those that did speak to me (who had never left China) were under the illusion that everyone born in England/Europe/"The West" is white. Fortunately, not everyone I spoke to was so ignorant...but this change will take time.
In general, Chinese People from China no absolutely nothing about what is going on beyond their border. It’s actually really funny. Like talking with little children. But also annoying
I was shocked when a chinese middle age woman approached us like in the video because I was like she speaks english really well which is a nice qualification among chinese people, why would you have to scam people with that?
I agree, Winston is a truly awesome human being and I am also grateful for people like him in the world. I find myself millimeters from getting arrested all the time in China because of my poor ability to manage my quick temper when I feel that a situation is "just morally wrong" (not really arrested, but my Chinese wife insists that is what will happen or 10 evil uncles will follow me home and beat me up.. lol...). China is not a place for people who value morality and kindness, it is an insidious place where greed, schemes, corruption, and all manners of general thuggery are thriving and publicly applauded as clever (they call it being "cong ming"). The highest elite levels of the party are promoting good social values in the propoganda, but it sure seems like 95% of the party underneath them must actually be doing the opposite with smiling faces, because virtuous morality is nowhere to be found on the streets of China..... really nowhere. Do not expect anyone to ever be truthful with you, their general feeling is that only a stupid person would be honest if they could instead lie about something for their advantage, especially if it financially advantageous.
Call 110 if you are being scammed or tell them you are going to call 110. It will scared the shit out of the scammers. FYI, 110 is the emergency call of police station.
I lived in Beijing for 6 years and this is an excellent video - I can really relate. Virtually all the scammers around Tiananmen Square claimed to be art students from Xi'an. Possibly because they think Westerners have heard of Xi'an and therefore gives them more credibility? Who knows? But don't let this put you off the regular Chinese who are good people.
good stuff, serpentza. When I went to Beijing and Shanghai back in 2008, I researched and read about the scams before going, and quickly recognized when people would come up and talk to us in English at length. There were some honest Chinese who really wanted to practice their English with a foreigner, but most were trying the tea scam, art scam, etc. We did not know about the rickshaw scam... and here's how it went down. We hailed a cab from our hotel near Tiananmen and wanted to go to the Pearl Market. The cab driver - we found out later - was in cahoots with a rickshaw. He stopped the cab just outside the hotel and said we would enjoy a rickshaw ride. I asked the rickshaw three times about the price, and made sure I repeated the 30 rmb him before we got in. He wanted to add on to the ride to show us the "old areas" but we said no and insisted we get to the Pearl Market. He stopped short of the Pearl Market and then said, as you mentioned, it was 300 rmb, not 30. I laughed at him and offered the 30 rmb. He was getting more angered, but then I looked and started to hail a police officer, at which point he said "OK, OK", sneered at us, and pedaled off.
This happens to non-foreigners as well. The attitude towards "scamming" isn't the same as in western countries, its almost like reverse bargaining, and is seen as clever and tricky and not suggesting a ridiculously high price is seen as missing out on an opportunity. These people are desperate to make money, its really bad but its the reality of life in china
+Tracy Zhang I admit when I moved to Beijing, I never considered the desperation that people in the city feel. They see the skyscrapers, modern appliances, bullet trains and can't relate. It is not just the reality of life in China, but reality of life in every developing country.
+Tony Perkins Very good point. Its the struggle to adapt from a time period when it was a feat to not starve for a day and feed your family. Nowadays, this instinct to simply "survive" is not something just unique to China, but any country that is emerging from poverty.
I went shopping with my aunt who is living in China. She starts with cutting the price in half. When they say no, she just leaves. Most of the time they beg us to come back
interesting, of course silk street is a huge scam, i usually tell them i live in beijing and they back off on the crazy prices =) never had issues with local trying to scam me with tea houses at least, remember the local "artists" in wanfujing trying to get your money, gladly i knew before hand that they were scamming. It's great that you are posting these videos, they are very informative and every traveler not used to china should see them :)
+Eivind Fjeld Schjerven exactly correct. I lived in Beijing for 4 years, even had a flat near the Silk Market. As soon as I said I lived down the street, they shut up and walked away.
Hi, this is a reporter from Global Times based in Beijing. Global Times is doing a cover story about how to avoid telecommunications fraude in China. I saw your video on RUclips talk about scams in China. Have you been through such experiences before? Or any of your friends? Would you like to share the story with me (the report can pseudonym)? Thank you!
I didn't think there would be that many scams in China. I lived in Japan for 5 years and I don't remember anyone trying to scam me. I guess that means something. But I thought the Chinese government would be really strict on this stuff.
panner11, I like how you can not differentiate between spelling mistake, and a typing mistake. I guess that's what you can expect from an SJW lowlife. :3 RESPONDER
Thanks for this video! Funny thing is, I watched this before going to China and the exact opposite happened. I was waiting for people to scam me but it didn't really happen, except for those overpriced markets which I already knew before, so that wasn't a real issue. Actually, a university student approached us at McDonald's and started talking to us in really good English! I was surprised and was just waiting for a scam of some sort to happen but it never really did. We just had a really nice conversation and he couldn't believe I wasn't studying like crazy to get into a nice university. I just told him it doesn't work that way in my country and you can basically just apply for any uni you want to go to (with a few exceptions of course) and he was just so overwhelmed. One of my favorite conversations during my travels, what a nice guy!
Shortly after watching this video I went to London and a couple of pretty girls approached me and my friend and they wanted to invite us to a pub. They were English speaking and really friendly. Following your advice I told them - Ha! nice try. What do you take us for?!...and we went on our way, unscammed. Thanks for a great video.
Chengyuan Xu well apart from the stealing the credit card thing. That’s not scamming lol. That’s the business model of those clubs. Those are called host clubs. They exist all around the world. The girls get paid depending on how much drinks they make the customer buy. It’s a Legitimate business model. And if you’re not stup1d, you know that before entering a host club. Lol You really went to a host club without understanding that girls work there whose job it is to talk and entertain customers when they come in? Come on...
If you don't like China then just go back to your countries. I feel sorry about your Chinese wife that she was married you , a fraud & a loser . You two guys are making money by using Chinese people's goodness. Hope Chinese government rejects your China visa and put your name on the blacklist.
aaron porto He is but whats in this video is not fake. As the Chinese maybr we gotta look for some changes cuz me and my family have been victims to these stupid little scams too when we travelled
This is really something. Don't you hate to travel to a place where you can't relax and enjoy a good time but always have to watch over your back. A hellish vacation! What about Vietnam? You've been there and have you experienced anything like this?
I got scammed by a rickshaw guy in Ho chi minh. Said he would take me all over the city for 2-3 hours for 10-15 dollar. Took about 4 hours with a stop at, ofcourse, some jewellery shop. And turns out the 15 dollar price was per hour. Later that day i saw two american girls about to get in the same scam and tried to warn them but I guess they just had to learn their lesson
In Mongolia, there are only bunch of Mongolians who want to practice their English, they even might offer you a free tour around the city just to have little more in person time with Foreigner.
I somehow missed the request to share. Will do so now. Two young girls approached me and started making conversation and being so interested in chatting to me. Said they would love to practise their English and let's go to a tea shop nearby. I had time on my hands, so I thought why not. At the tea shop, I saw the exorbitant prices of the tea, and decided to just order a cheap coke instead. They ordered a pot of tea each. They kept insisting I try the tea. I took a little at their insistence just to taste. When the bill came, to £90 at the time, they said we had to split the bill three ways. I said to them I only ordered a coke, which I think was the equivalent to £3 at the time. They said that I had from their teas so had to pay my share. Not wanting to cause a scene, I just paid it and left.
Good job, thanks for the inside scoop. Have lived in Asia for several years and seen some of the scams. You're doing a great service. It also helps to be with another person so together "escape" routes are more easilly created.
Phil B hehe they made my family bankrupt though phone just because mainland Chinese police can't catch them. It happens to many Chinese family, they are much worse.
I wish I had seen this video before I visited Beijing for the first time. Luckily I didn't bite at most of the scams, but the scariest one was when we were trying to go to the old part of the Great Wall. Those fucking gray vans, man. You'll know what I mean if you've been in China for an extended period of time. They almost pulled us off the public bus we were on to "TAKE YOU TO GREAT WALL FOR CHEAP PRICE."
I lived and worked in Beijing for a year teaching English at a polytechnic. I did not experience any scams on the street but teaching at the polytechnic was a scam in itself and the worst teaching experience I have ever had in my life. Put me off going back to China.
I wonder how many people actually fall for the tea house scam. It's just for me personally I wouldn't follow some random stranger to anywhere regardless of if it's China, U.S.A or even in my own country (UK).
+DawnMoon ikr. Its really common sense. You dont follow strangers into random places even in your own country, but for some reason thousands do when they go to a completely foreign land they know literally nothing about. IMO if you are stupid enough to fall for a scam like this - you deserve to be scammed.
+DawnMoon It's such an easy scam because tourists come to sight see and don't want to be rude to natives. In your home country, you typically have a reason to be somewhere....work, shopping, etc.....but tourism is basically like having nothing to do....wandering around, sight seeing, etc. That means the person is more open to doing things, like go into a local cafe to try it out. That's why those scams work soo well. Some guys even think the women are attracted to foreigners, and think they could make a new friend or even get lucky, or just like having the company of a pretty face. And people in general, have a hard time saying no to someone who seems friendly or nice. If I didn't have a drug addict sister that taught me to say no by constantly asking me for money all the time, I'd probably have a harder time saying no to people too. Basically, saying 'no' is generally a learned practice, either through experience or the advice of others.
My friends and I followed some on purpose. I was pretty prudent and the only "surprise" was 50rmb of snacks that were originally "free" though the beers were also 10rmb per bottle more expensive than what other bars would charge.
Wow. I am in USA and I was scammed by the taxi from the airport. The driver asked for 50% of tips when arriving at the destination. It is really funny that foreigners would always be scammed by the local people, and this is a common phenomenon around the world.
I'm traveling alone in china, 16 y/o. I go to silk street and ask about a flashlight. First price is 200 (30 us dollar). I say, I'm sorry, can't. Then I say I am poor (they laugh at you if you say this, they know it's bullshit) then she starts saying "i know you have more". Price goes down to 20 yuan after insisting I have no money (3 us dollar) Then I walk out the door. So funny. the people in the small rural farming villages (example, xingtai hebei province) these are the nicest and most honest people i've seen. Big cities you get the scum.
+Hi, I'm Alan well first off, make sure your parents will let you haha. If you can get past that, pretty much be careful about scams (don't take taxis from people standing on the sidewalk the fee is way too much.) where do you want to go there and why?
My dad and I had that with a litle car dont know the name and the guy said I want 5 for one so it was 10 rmb and later when we where at the hotel hè said oh no I man 500 for one so 1000 rmb he tried to take my dads bagpack and my dad hit him in his face
Another tip for somebody wanna travel Beijing is DO NOT BUY ANY GIFTS FROM STREET VENDORS. When u travel some suburb famous sites like Ming Dynasty Tomb, Great Wall, etc. You will see a lot of street venders selling some fake ancient stuff around the site’s entrance or exit. It’s not about fake (coz we all know), it’s about overpriced. And they like judge ppl if don’t buy it in mandarin, like “I know they r from XXX country, they r poor. Not like the last customer from XXX country, they r rich.” If u really wanna buy some gifts back to home, please choose it from the official gifts shop inside the sight. Their price is fair, and has guaranteed quality.
I think these video is really useful for the tourists visiting China for first time.I should also make videos like these in Europe and north America. the same shit happens.
A version of the Rickshaw Scam was attempted on my husband - while we were in the Dominican Republic! Instead of a rickshaw, they ride mini-bikes or mopeds, and these guys hang out on streets where a lot of tourists can be found, or in front of hotels & resorts. They offer to take you to wherever you need to go, for a flat rate of $10 US one way or $15 US round trip. However, once they take you to where you asked to go, they wait for you to finish and then on your way back, they take you to some hole in the wall shop selling crappy touristy items, and try to force you to buy something before they will take you back to your hotel. Luckily, the guy parked his mini-bike illegally at the hole in the wall store, and the parking cop started having the bike impounded! My husband had refused to buy anything in the shop and was trying to walk out toward where the mini-bike was parked, only to find it sitting on top of an impound tow truck. The cop asked my husband what was going on, and the driver of the bike started to say that my husband had asked for a ride to that shop, and was begging them not to tow it away. My husband, afraid of being stranded in this place, ended up talking to the cop and explaining that if he towed the bike away, he had no way of getting back to his hotel. The cop decided that the tourist being stranded and unhappy in the DR was worse than the offense of the mini-bike scammer, and he actually gave the driver his bike back - but told him that he was going to follow behind him until my husband was returned safely to the hotel. So, he agreed to take him back. When they arrived and my husband got off the mini-bike, the cop waved and drove off. (Kudos to the Dominican cop for recognizing that the tourist trade in the D.R. is SO important to their economy, and decided that keeping a tourist happy was more important than towing away the mini-bike to the impound lot!) However, after having paid the guy $15 US AND saving his mini-bike from the impound lot, the driver had the nerve to then ask my husband to pay him a TIP!!! My husband said "I already gave you a tip - by keeping you from paying to get your bike out of the impound lot!" And, he walked away from him without paying him anything more, and without ever buying any crap from the hole in the wall store. Lesson? Never trust a mini-bike driver to take you ONLY to where you need to go! Instead, ask the hotel concierge to arrange safe travel for you - it's worth the money to use a reputable company - and, often times the hotel offers shuttles to various places for free - so, always ask what's available!
in another one of his videos he said that he used to be fat when he was a teenager,and the experience of being fat taught him to be sensitive and not to judge people on their appearance yet he described the two women who tried to scam him as being middle-aged and ugly.
serpentza well of course it makes sense to say that the women were middle-aged and that older people usually can't speak English no need to add that they are ugly,because it goes without saying that when people age they naturally lose their looks.
serpentza I think there is no reason to add in the ugly part and also why would anyone want to go with these two middle-aged ugly women.U said u were just giving fare warning but I think that the fare warning could be that the usual young and pretty women are to be looked at with some trepidation not always but many times.
ruclips.net/video/Gl0u9AremIw/видео.html&lc=z12wtxywpuibyndxs04cdvuw5n2yjvd5mfo very well put "I am Special". those were my first thoughts too!! How is he/anyone calling thata scam. I'm from India and even we ourselves get overcharged by 1.5-1.6x for thingslike seasonal fruits or delicacies by street hawkers if they think we are new to the town or not a regular shopper (usually men are assumed to be easy to fool by women veg/fruit sellers) ` also, even here people 'looking like' foreigners are initially quoted even 6x-8x rates. sometimes they are Indians but look like South East Asians nd they have to clarifyy to the guy in the local language that they (squint eyed Indian friend of mine) is not a foreigner. It is bargaining, not scam. When Iwas a teenager and visiting a popular hill station: a guy started pitching me 'musk' (the thing that comes from musk deer) at 1000 then 800 and eventually came to 80!!!! THAT is a scam (as anyone would know, real musk costs a bomb!) ` This was from late 1990s, but similar things happened with me (and many others, again my close friends= first person experiences) when we go out of India on work or personal trips! cheating is natural even the animal world, it's okay! cope with it.
Been there, done that. The art scam and the rickshaw scam. Art scam I got out clean without buying and received the cold shoulder treatment, not too bad but it was close. The rickshaw scam happened with another friend so the two of us were able to win the showdown, 500rmb NO, we gave him 20 for his ride, actually it was a great ride for two incredibly tired tourists. This video is 100% absolutely accurate and honest. I can recall just about every video scene from personal experience. Learn to say BOO YA! and walk away! If you go to China as a tourist you WILL encounter scams. Also, there ARE decent honest people there who you may encounter so again follow this guy's advice on how to treat them too. Can't say enough for this video.
I think you forgot an important scam, the “we take you to the Chinese wall for 20 minutes and force you into different fake jade shops for 5 hours” scam. It retrospect I have a fun story about that (a Chinese lady bought for more than 5k of fake jade). But keep up the good work, your videos are awesome!
All your videos are on the money, like you said, use common sense. Me and wife travel around the world often, and we are fortunate enough to never get scammed, we are New Yorkers and live to be scammed, because we like fishing, we throw the hooks out, the scammers bite,mans they won’t leave until they are frustrated with us, in NYC, it’s called Breakin Balls, we love doing it, because we scammed the scammer...
Do they scam like this in Shenzhen? Btw how can one live happy live in China if this was to be a daily occurrence? Do you need to speak Chinese so that it will be obvious you know your prices?
Ranfei Wang But to be fair... People's police should do something about it. It is not just "overcharging" I remember from my own visit to China. If a foreigner is charged close to 2000 renminbi for an item that a Chinese citizen would pay close to 100 renminbi, this is a crime, and IT IS SO WIDE SPREAD... I loved my time in China but things like that spoiled it. I mean, it seems to be accepted thing. Correct me if I am wrong but I thing People's Police does nothing about it?
Ranfei Wang By lying to a customer, that this is a real price, wherever you go as a foreigner you get the same price, eventually it is not your decission any more, you are forced to pay it.
I don't think you've been a foreigner in China, yes - forced. Also it is discrimination based on someone's race and/or nationality and/or colour. It is wrong on so many levels and if this is not a crime in China, then something is VERY wrong with China.
Or just learn Spanish if they approach you just say no hablo Ingles person, practice that sentence over and over until like you sound like you know the language. They'll probably leave you alone or just another language rather than English
I once dated one of the Beijing 'tea house scammers' and she could make over 30k rmb a month, this was back in 2009...they often took people to bars and the girls would drink flat coke and get the tourist drunk on wine.
first ones really not a scam, it's just up-pricing items in a tourist area. Typical market any big city will have. If you as the consumer are unaware of how much something costs, it's really your own conscious to pay what you want.
+serpentza Plus it's the degree of overpricing. Trying to peddle stuff for 10-20 times the market rate is just robbery. So factors like tourist up-pricing really aren't justified. That's why they blocked the doorway, every person ripped off represents an enormous profit. Even worse, is it kind of negates the point of tourism in China....people don't come to China to buy $16 items for $350. They come to China to buy $350 items for $16. That's what makes this practice very disgusting, because they're trying to sell Chinese quality at say, German quality prices.
Interesting. I lived in Beijing for 3 years but I never let these People talk to me. In the college you can find nice People who speak some English and really just want to help you. So, not everybody who speaks English is a scamer. ^^
Bobo Pro Hi I am a Nigerian prince gimme your Credit Card Number and Shit My family died I am very rich and wanna move my money into your country I will give you a cut for helping me
LOL. This clip is telling tourists to stay away from Chinese scammers who speaks good English and trying to talk to tourists in depth, and okay to be approached by Chinese who don't peak much English. I speak good English, so I guess I can be ignored by tourists.
Way to miss the point foo. Just don't try to push a tourist to a location to talk to them. OR, if for some weird reason you want to sit and talk with one, ask them if they have any place they would want to go and talk. They are in a strange place talking to a stranger. Give them some agency and don't be a creep and you're fine.
I am Romanian I will holiday in China to brush up on my scamming skills.
What about you scam the scammers?
forget about it my friend. u guys r in different level below as i was tested by some of ur ppl in Paris
lol, really good one😅
That's a good idea👍😆
it’s these types of people who give Romania a bad reputation
Isn't it the most disappointing ever when you travel abroad and you meet locals who you think are actually interested in you and then it turns out they were seeing dollar signs the whole time :(
Yes
Common life experience, no?
yes if you mostly go to non-white countries heheheueuheheh @@Dowlphin
@@Voice_of_Saturn shut up
wouldbe cool if you could waste as much of their time as possible and when they say ok this is the coffee you'd be like: ah no this looks creepy...are you sure this is the right coffee spot? It looks so ugly...ewwww.... sorry I gotta go byes.
I have just survived my second visit to China and avoided scamming, thanks to videos like this. I travelled on my own, so a single, foreign male visitor attracts quite a lot of unwanted attention. Thanks for a very useful video.
A girl "from Xi'An" attempted the art gallery scam with me and my father at the Tiananmen gate. Fortunately I had watched this video right before our trip. Thank you Winston!
+Termination Shock that's fantastic!
噗 哈哈
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@ch282 look like shit
Fantastic
That is true, even if a little embarrassed, but I have to admit it as a Chinese. I and every normal Chinese hate those scams, too. what a shame!
As a british person to me i assume that anyone in the world has potential to scam so my mantra is NO NOT INTERESTED It has worked very well .
2000 RMB to 150 RMB... That's insane. Literally insane.
@@gene61ifythats asking price, you need to bargain with them for several times.
@Pallas Cat that's actually the definition of capitalism. Communists wouldn't even allow such markets to exist
Collin be like "How about 15?"
Whats rmb
@@angelslayer169 Scamming isn't capitalism. Capitalism is voluntary.
I just got back from China and someone tried the art gallery scam on me in Guilin. Thanks to you , I was prepared. Thank you.
+elrobinson82 glad to hear it!
serpentza oddly, I fell for the art gallery scam on my first of many trips to Beijing, when I was off by myself, but I wasn't terribly ripped off. I purchased one piece that the young lady painted for me while I watched, and received a gift, too. Less than ten dollars US, which was worth it, BUT I saw several other tourists being led around in the same gallery and they were being asked for thousands of renminbi for what were clearly cheap paintings. I don't know why I wasn't pressured for more money. Maybe my "student" was new at the scam.
The same thing happened to me too as well, the "art student" offered a painting to me for 100 RMB, but I told her I never bring much money with me and only had 70 RMB, and she accepted that offer.
+Robert Daniel Curtis - It was worth 10, so way to go. You showed her.
maybe that student was just nice/isnt greedy and didnt really wanted to scam you, besides, 10 usd can feed that guy for a week or more
"You don't get Chinese people to just speak such good English randomly approaching you on the street, it normally doesn't happen.". Now I get it...
I'm a foreigner with Chinese face who don't speak a single word of Mandarin, my first week in Shanghai was horrible. I was lost in the downtown and looking for direction. Since I can't speak Mandarin, I tried to approach some foreigners who I presume work in Shanghai and should know some general direction ( judging from the way they dressed up for office job ). 3 times with 3 different foreigner, the moment I said "Excuse me... " they replied me with "Bu yao" and walk away, which later on I learn that it means no. So no wonder I was treated that way, maybe they thought I'm one of the scammers...
bebekloncat Lol! Oh sh*t!😂😂😂 That sucks dude!
bebekloncat Speak to them in fluent english.
Obvious Troll. Yet you still got baited. Congrats he might not be from America or england
Lmao that's a downside isn't. I was born and raised in New Zealand and I sometimes get that. 😂 Like a Chinese person will talk to me in mandarin and I'm like what are you on about
bebekloncat man that sucks :(
I've submitted Japanese subtitles😄👍, hoping Japanese also can protect themselves.
Aye! Nice, man
Arigato
ありがとう
There is scam in Japan too
@@ahabrawgaming1289 red lights be like
This video must be watched by everyone who's going to China for the first time. I live in Shanghai and experienced every scam myself. Luckily got off without paying.
+Ostap Sinko It is a very informative wideo.
This is a reporter from Global Times based in Beijing. Global Times is doing a cover story about how to avoid telecommunications fraude in China. I saw your video on RUclips talk about scams in China. Have you been through such experiences before? Or any of your friends? Would you like to share the story with me (the report can pseudonym)? Thank you!
Ostap Sinko why not asking your chinese friends when you meet something weird. They will help you avoid these tricks!
+sally Y *scammer detected*
I was from the southwest of China. When I came to Beijing, I was scammed for several times.
At the gate of PKU, a woman holding a baby told me in a very strange accent that the child was hungary. I was too simple-minded at that time and I bought her a sausage .Then she said they need money for the ticket and asked me to go down into the tubestation with her.
That's when I found it weird and I just ran away.
I told my family my experience and they were scared. We couldn't imagine how things would be if I agreed. How many people were there in the tubestation waiting for me? And what did they want from me?
The population is just too enormous in cities like Beijing. You can meet all kinds of people. So just be careful and don't talk with strangers without caution.
Scarlett Tsui Best not to travel alone. If you do, do not engage strangers in conversation or let them know you are alone.
Be aware of your surroundings, yourvhead up and shoulders back.
Don't look like a victim. Be safe.
HAHA HOLY SHIT. That's a hilarious story. "I bought a baby a sausage and then ran off." That sounds scary O.O lol
john papple read the whole story
Any 3rd world countries will have these kind of scammers. Especially the communist countries like mainland china or vietnam.
children from hungary are the worse...
‘I’ve gotten these stories from friends of mine, not secondhand stories’ bro that is literally the definition of secondhand 😂😂 but good stuff, appreciate the information!
Dont you just love it when that girl says "Welkem tonada wireo "
Fedor Amuricano Well .... there are a few other things that I love them to say, but that's another story!
lmao
she's so cute
So cute!..Ha Ha
She's cool and awesome.
Found this video too late. Learned the hard way. Was scammed for 200$ on tiananmen square by Chinese people who wanted to practice English. We went to a local karaoke bar for a coffee. They order a few bottles of wine and the end price was 5000rmb. We were 4, me, two Chinese girls and a guy, and they tried to split bill in 2, but after some arguing I paid one forth, but still lost 200$. I hope people watch this video before visiting China. Safe trip.
Sorry to yea that mate, yeah I hope people can learn from this video
Thanks, I love your videos. Back in 2011, I was visiting my girlfriend in Beijing. Looking back at that trip, I think I was targeted for a scam three different times. First, as in your vid, the rickshaw guy. He took us around the lake and then down an alley. He wanted us to go to see his friend for some 'traditional tea'. I mean shit, a tea house that looked like a car garage at the end of the alley? We didn't go in and he took us back. Second, staying in the Raffles Hotel for a weekend I was down in the lounge drinking a beer, alone. This is actually pretty funny. I was about to leave and retire to our room. A very attractive woman, perhaps 35 years old or so, asked if she could sit down near me. I said, "Sure, I was just leaving". Damn, did she get pissed. She said something in Mandarin and I didn't think much about it until later. A good laugh though. Third, I was visiting a Temple around the Olympic stadium area. I was on my way out and a nice young girl approached me and asked if I was American. I said yes and she wanted to talk, ' to practice her English '. I told her I was due back at home when my girlfriend gets back from work. She seemed very polite and genuine. So, I'm not sure if she was a scammer or not. I ran around Beijing alone for three weeks as my girlfriend was at work and I never felt I was being scammed. Maybe, I just got lucky. None the less, great info and thank you for sharing. I look forward to more of your videos. Cheers.
A bit old but that’s a typical scam , the “split bill” is usually not any splitting at all except your portion.
Hi Dinu, I am Chinese, and I feel sorry about what you went through when you were visiting Beijing, the scammers in Beijing does not surprise me, because I know they are exist, you know why they always target the foreigners? because most of them believe the foreigners are the rich people, and they have a lot of money, besides, the foreigners do not speak Chinese, and usually they think it is very easy for them to scam you. But if your face looks like Asian, the scammers will assume you are the Chinese, and in this way, you will never be scammed, this is very interesting, and since most of the western social media are blocked in China, the scammers always think the white guys are rich, because all the foreigners they saw is on tv, the politicians, the movie stars and from the holleywood movies, they don't have the chance to know there are avarage people in the foreign countries, youtube, google, wikepedia, facebook, twitter, instagram, all blocked, most people in China know very little about the world outside of China.
I'm sorry for your experience. I hate scammers too!
I was scammed inside the forbidden city. The guide took us to a gallery in a small hut where Emperor PU's nephew was selling some art work on a scroll. Since this was inside the forbidden city, I did not doubt or felt any suspicion since they may have been backed by the government or atleast authenticated. It was a great set up - a lady in her 30s who spoke english, an old man in his 60s who was the nephew. Felt honoured to shake hands with him. Realised it later that it was all a scam cause there were different pics of the nephew on the internet. What really hurt me was the guide who took me there. I had given her food, water and extra tip, she stood there all that time knowing we were getting scammed. However, it was a lesson learned. GBP 50 spent on the scroll, still in hanging in my living room as a reminder of how I got duped in China. I had a great time overall and loved the people in China.
I was there last decade and saw an "art exhibition" in the Forbidden City, which was actually a shop, not an exhibition, and they were selling multiple copies of the same painting. I asked them why there were multiples and they said there was a contest among art students to copy well known paintings and these were the results. I could tell it was a scam so we didn't buy any, but, like you, I had thought that they had some sort of authenticity because of the location.
HRS sorry about your story.
They weren’t loving at all apparently
The tourist lady might've gotten a share of the profit for bringing her customers to the shop
I feel like you guys deserve to get scam, if you honestly think a country is going to sell their national treasures to some random tourists. Lol
Awesome video mate! We showed those scammers what was up! Let's do it again in another city!
+laowhy86 agreed, Guangzhou next!
@@serpentza 5 year old comment feels like you guys did that trip yesterday, feels insane that china still haven't changed at all got worse only
Violent crime is rare in China, but non-violent crime is getting more.
You are one of the very few people that actually gave a pinpoint account of how China actually is, most people just glorify China so my expectation was so very different to the experiences I had. Was charged 330 yen for two bottles of beer which usually cost 12 yen in total. Great videos!!
Not yen, but yuan. They are totally 2 different currency.
So this is what Jason Statham does when he's not shooting the Transporter!
Raf Tash omg to true
Fun fact Jason is 5ft 11 and 170 lbs and im 6ft and 175lbs except hes all muscle and ive got a tummy :(
more like the bad guy from the tuxedo
he is a handsome chap
Raf Tash I'm not sure you know who Jason is
I wish I knew about this scam before I went to Beijing in February this year... I got scammed by the exact same lady you showed in the footage. I learned my lesson not to trust a Chinese stranger who speaks fluent English. Thank you for making this video and informing people to watch out for these scams!
Wow!
Serpentza's videos need an addiction warning.
LOL the body blocking to keep you in the shop was awesome lol
I would have tackle them down
High prices at tourist locations is pretty standard
Max Petersson it's a no brainier. It exists in every country
not like this ....
Twice as high is standard. 1000% overpriced is a scam.
It's kind of like a gift shop
Max Petersson so paying $500 for a $15 dollar helmet is normal? Hmm. K then
I had a guy attempt "the rickshaw scam" when I was in Tangier. he had a cab, not a rickshaw, but offered a tour around the city for 5 Euro. we thought it sounded like a great deal! the tour wasn't bad, but very brief and then culminated with him bringing us to a rug shop so we could buy an authentic Moroccan rug. when it became clear we weren't going to buy a rug, the guy turned very hostile and, upon dropping us back off at the port, claimed he had said 50 Euro. in hindsight, I'm glad I was with my girlfriend because she insisted we just pay him and eat our losses. looking back, I'm glad her cooler head prevailed because who knows how bad it could have gone... a kind of funny footnote to the story is, when we got back on the ferry to Algeciras, there were quite a few people toting large rolled-up rugs with them.
Imagining many ppl sitting holding rugs 😅
you couldve just give him 10 or 20 euros and said that was good enough ?
In Morocco a taxi must use a taximeter otherwise you can ask him to take you to the nearest police station, that will make him think twice.
Tourists complaints aren't taken lightly by local police.
to be fair, I had both the Rickshaw and Expensive drink scam attempted in central London too.
Man, this reminds me how I was scammed in Shanghai. I totally fell for the tea ceremony scam, but then i realized midway was happening due to Serpenzas videos so I stopped the "ceremony" early and lost less money.
How to avoid scammer anywhere in the world, old technic : don't dress like a tourist. Even if ones dare coming, I talk giberish as i walk away and they don't follow.
Same with buying stuff in store. Check tag quickly and say a ridiculous low price. just numbers no other words. Act upset and they'll accept the third offer.
How can i not dress as a tourist
That helps but when you’re walking by the most known tourist attraction it’s hard to avoid detection regardless of how you dress.
Haha very difficult to don't look like a tourist in China unless you're Chinese haha
Check Market price, when they give ridiculously price u just try to bargain. Actually this thing happen in most ASIA country xD
Lol... as a non-Asian person you will ALWAYS be seen and treated as a tourist even if you were born in China and would speak fluent Chinese. In racist countries, it’s all about race... nothing else lol.
Lmao I’m chinese and korean and quarter Japanese but hahahahaha when ever I revisit China i pretend I’m like from another Asian country and don’t speak Chinese but speak English and they try to scam me I instantly start talking Chinese and it scares the shit out of them hahahahah
I'm every asian, it's all in meeeeeeee~
Uh... Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese arent the only Asians...
I've lived in Beijing for many years and the "daylight robbery" scam is just part of the shopping experience at places like Hong Qiao, Silk Street, etc. With experience and knowing how to bargain, you can actually get great deals in those places. It's really not a scam in the end, just a lame sales tactic that fails when you bargain.
+ScorchRC062 Also people taking photos with you may or may not be trying to get evidence of having a "friend" so that they can get an American/foreign visa to travel (having a reason to go - e.g. I'm visiting a friend). But only sometimes.
It is a scam, if you accept the price thats higher that they are stating then its absolutely a scam lol
Are foreigners really so rare in China that Chinese citizens will walk up to random foreigners just to have a picture with a foreigner in it?
Operation Valkyrie Yes! When I was there it would happen every day. And everyone was very nice. On the island of Java in Indonesia it was the same but with more holding of babies.
Yes, all the time. Particularly school girls it seems. Went there on a school trip years almost ten years ago. I have never been in a place where I was so noticeable because of my ethnicity.
It was mostly kind of flattering haha I know they probably just wanted a picture with the very light skinned 'big nose', no real harm.
Operation Valkyrie happened to my teenage blond friend lol. People would try to get her away from the rest of her family to take pics with her.
It depends where in China.
root yes! In many places. I go to China twice a year, different locations, and people frequently ask me to be in their selfies. All the time. At first I thought it odd but I quickly grew accustomed to it. I am not freakish looking. I think I'm not freakish looking.
"20 yen for sip"
*Stares at them directly in the eye and chugs it in one gulp*
Shit I thought I had a hair on my screen
Yeah I tried to wipe that away too
Pretty sure they tell you after you drank it
haha i have dark mode on
The thing these scammers exploit the most is that most people will go to great lengths to avoid being rude or hurting someone's feelings. The good scammers will get you into a situation where you have to choose between giving them money or appearing rude. They won't leave you any alternatives.
well done for your thoughtfull advice to tourists Winston, so good to see someone who actually cares about other people! STAY AWESOME
One of my indicators is take out your camera and start filming. If they refuse to be on camera, then it’s probably a scam lol learned the hard way when I went to China
Why am I watching this at 2am
Because you need to
Same... Except I'm sitting on the toilet wishing my stomach wasn't hurting 🙃🙃🙃
Cuz it’s great content my friend!
@Andrew Grey That is bad for you, you need to carry your own hometown food to China .lol
Me 2 2:51am haha vampire
"20 yen per sip." Me: SSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
colt bolt lmao
chUGS
colt bolt chug it like tequila fuk u mean lee
Lmaooooo
ah yes yen, the national currency of china
Damn dude, I am just a friendly school boy in Beijing, trying to pick up some white chicks. Now they all think I am a scammer.
Edit: I am surprised this harmless comment will trigger so many reactions lmao
Yuchen Wu go to the clubs to get white girls
😂😂
Yuchen Wu white girls aren't interested in that.
M. Smith are u crazy? In canada all white girls do is club.
Maybe ur clubs play bad music?
Make fun of the the stereotype then. Rise above it dude.
When I was in Beijing I got approached to go see Art Work. In Thailand I got scammed by a Taxi who when I arrived at my hotel wanted Double what we had agreed or he wouldn't give me my luggage.
Martin Sage I would've threatened him lol
Martin Sage
thanks for the heads up
Martin Sage crazy
Martin Sage I was scammed by a taxi in Manila who drove for well over an hour on a short cut. I later google mapped it and walked in 10 Min
i live in beijing. right at wangfujing to be exact. i work in the best hopital in china. it's disgusting how many scams i walk by each day. targeting tourists and patients from poor villages.
An D why you lying
协和医院吗？我觉得这些东西真的该管管了。
+xXMatthewXx Why do you think (s)he's lying? PUMCH is definitely one of the best hospitals in China.
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8:12 hats off to that guy for doing his homework and actually knows the difference between NYC and NY state
I'm 15 and have lived in Beijing for more than 12 years, I speak, read and write Chinese fluently, but I'm now living in Canada. In the 12 years I have rarely been approached by scammers. I was just back for the summer and the thing is in Beijing, u have to be aggressive to ppl, if ur nice ur fucked. There main target are foreigners, u have to be aggressive and talk the price down to what it should actually be instead of over paying.
Kevin Gervais You're precisely right. I lived there quite a bit and there are unwritten rules in those places and you need to be knowledgeable about how things actually work or atleast show off and raise your voice to get their respect. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's a part of their culture and mental
@@lynch8067 it's farked, they don't care about you at all, it's all about only the dollar 💰
Doesn't sound like my sort of place.
My wife and I were approached by two young pretty girls in a park in Shanghai. They said they were students wanting to learn English by chatting to tourists and they know this lovely cafe we can go to, to sit and have a chat. We had no idea this was a scam and welcomed the idea. As luck would have it there was a cafe right in the middle of the park and we were short on time anyway. So I suggested to catch a coffee there. And they said no, they know a better one. And within a couple minutes it was a tug of war on which cafe to go to and that's when I knew what it all was. We politely excused ourselves due to time being short and us not realising we really need to go and we left.
I was still feeling guilty on whether I was wrong and these were just two innocent students. But this is the point. They can be using Social Engineering techniques. Our tendency to want to please people and be polite with everything. They work on that and get to you.
I am a local Shanghainese who is 18, and I would say I never seen ANY STUDENT FROM SHANGHAI that would randomly CHAT to foreigners.
Do youpay for the coffee？
Interesting how you mention that they were pretty...seems like you were the perv not them
@@pigeonlove How does thinking someone is pretty make them a pervert? It doesn't. Periodt.
kipper some Asian guy being jelly that a white guy get approached by Asian girls. Classical! Lol
It's funny hearing this because, after living in Kyoto for 5 years, the rickshaw drivers there are all legit.
welcome to another wideo! :P
that's the reason I always watch serpentza hahaha :D
Thankfully I wasn't scammed too badly...all I got was angry looks (mostly) and several times angrily insulted (in Mandarin) by several old ladies in different cities. I like your information on Xian, had a similar experience with regards to the Art Gallery and the old farmer scam. Xian was actually one of the worst cities I've been to with regards to scammers. Had a guide and she was pretty bad, feeding me false information...luckily I did my reading.
Chinese natives took pictures or filmed me without asking my permission, usually from a distance but, as you said, no attempt of conversation. This wasn't restricted to tourist sites and open spaces but also restaurants, on the plane, on the train etc... More irritating than threatening but, again, wouldn't say it ruined my day.
The concept of a person of Indian origin being born somewhere other than India was extremely Alien to them. Most being genuinely surprised but well mannered, whilst others flat out calling me a liar and asking where in India I learnt English...having spoken to many locals (in my very poor Mandarin) throughout China, most of those that did speak to me (who had never left China) were under the illusion that everyone born in England/Europe/"The West" is white. Fortunately, not everyone I spoke to was so ignorant...but this change will take time.
In general, Chinese People from China no absolutely nothing about what is going on beyond their border. It’s actually really funny. Like talking with little children. But also annoying
Truth be told, Id love to see a Fake vs Real (situation and Item) video just like this. Very well done and informative.
I was shocked when a chinese middle age woman approached us like in the video because I was like she speaks english really well which is a nice qualification among chinese people, why would you have to scam people with that?
Scaming is their job. It indicates they always scam foreigners everyday. So she can speak English well.
We need more people like this guy in this world , would be a better place ...
I agree, Winston is a truly awesome human being and I am also grateful for people like him in the world. I find myself millimeters from getting arrested all the time in China because of my poor ability to manage my quick temper when I feel that a situation is "just morally wrong" (not really arrested, but my Chinese wife insists that is what will happen or 10 evil uncles will follow me home and beat me up.. lol...). China is not a place for people who value morality and kindness, it is an insidious place where greed, schemes, corruption, and all manners of general thuggery are thriving and publicly applauded as clever (they call it being "cong ming"). The highest elite levels of the party are promoting good social values in the propoganda, but it sure seems like 95% of the party underneath them must actually be doing the opposite with smiling faces, because virtuous morality is nowhere to be found on the streets of China..... really nowhere. Do not expect anyone to ever be truthful with you, their general feeling is that only a stupid person would be honest if they could instead lie about something for their advantage, especially if it financially advantageous.
Just wanted to say thanks for your scam vids, had people try Art Gallery and Coffee Shop within 5 mins of leaving the hotel.
I want to scam those scammers.
Call 110 if you are being scammed or tell them you are going to call 110. It will scared the shit out of the scammers. FYI, 110 is the emergency call of police station.
+aboard04 Chinese police will fine you for not buying anything.
+MrXelium If you came from outside，Chinese police definitely will help you，but for guys like me as a Chinese they won't give a shit.
+aboard04 Do not trust the Chinese authorities. They play protector for those scammers.
+MrXelium boo...holy shit
110 is a joke on scams. The people being a police are too stupid to be a scammer
I lived in Beijing for 6 years and this is an excellent video - I can really relate. Virtually all the scammers around Tiananmen Square claimed to be art students from Xi'an. Possibly because they think Westerners have heard of Xi'an and therefore gives them more credibility? Who knows? But don't let this put you off the regular Chinese who are good people.
Winston, for my birthday, I will become a patreon subscriber!
+MegaShredder101 that's fan bloody tastic! ;)
“Fairly ugly” lmaoooo the roast
good stuff, serpentza.
When I went to Beijing and Shanghai back in 2008, I researched and read about the scams before going, and quickly recognized when people would come up and talk to us in English at length. There were some honest Chinese who really wanted to practice their English with a foreigner, but most were trying the tea scam, art scam, etc.
We did not know about the rickshaw scam... and here's how it went down. We hailed a cab from our hotel near Tiananmen and wanted to go to the Pearl Market. The cab driver - we found out later - was in cahoots with a rickshaw. He stopped the cab just outside the hotel and said we would enjoy a rickshaw ride. I asked the rickshaw three times about the price, and made sure I repeated the 30 rmb him before we got in. He wanted to add on to the ride to show us the "old areas" but we said no and insisted we get to the Pearl Market. He stopped short of the Pearl Market and then said, as you mentioned, it was 300 rmb, not 30. I laughed at him and offered the 30 rmb. He was getting more angered, but then I looked and started to hail a police officer, at which point he said "OK, OK", sneered at us, and pedaled off.
thank you! i’m going in a month to beijing this video helps 👍🏼
This happens to non-foreigners as well. The attitude towards "scamming" isn't the same as in western countries, its almost like reverse bargaining, and is seen as clever and tricky and not suggesting a ridiculously high price is seen as missing out on an opportunity. These people are desperate to make money, its really bad but its the reality of life in china
+Tracy Zhang Hey, you are cute. Will you Marry me?
+Marky Polo is this a scam?
+SKazclaw No. It's for real.
+Tracy Zhang I admit when I moved to Beijing, I never considered the desperation that people in the city feel. They see the skyscrapers, modern appliances, bullet trains and can't relate. It is not just the reality of life in China, but reality of life in every developing country.
+Tony Perkins Very good point. Its the struggle to adapt from a time period when it was a feat to not starve for a day and feed your family. Nowadays, this instinct to simply "survive" is not something just unique to China, but any country that is emerging from poverty.
I went shopping with my aunt who is living in China. She starts with cutting the price in half. When they say no, she just leaves. Most of the time they beg us to come back
I like you added the timelapse for comparison and effect - clever guy
interesting, of course silk street is a huge scam, i usually tell them i live in beijing and they back off on the crazy prices =) never had issues with local trying to scam me with tea houses at least, remember the local "artists" in wanfujing trying to get your money, gladly i knew before hand that they were scamming. It's great that you are posting these videos, they are very informative and every traveler not used to china should see them :)
+Eivind Fjeld Schjerven exactly correct. I lived in Beijing for 4 years, even had a flat near the Silk Market. As soon as I said I lived down the street, they shut up and walked away.
Hi, this is a reporter from Global Times based in Beijing. Global Times is doing a cover story about how to avoid telecommunications fraude in China. I saw your video on RUclips talk about scams in China. Have you been through such experiences before? Or any of your friends? Would you like to share the story with me (the report can pseudonym)? Thank you!
Nothing but Love Surpenza, you have a great wife take care of her! All your hard work keeps us from seeing how the wolfpacks work!!!
I was charged €800 for six beers in Beijing.
Queenstown here is 15 bucks for a beer. Cheaper to go to Monaco for a beer n food vacation than here at home.
@ Donald Sayers did that include the young ladies?
I didn't think there would be that many scams in China. I lived in Japan for 5 years and I don't remember anyone trying to scam me. I guess that means something. But I thought the Chinese government would be really strict on this stuff.
I like how you still spelled *because* wrong even though your comment is edited. I guess that's what you can expect from a racist lowlife.
thats japan. they have high cultural integrity. they don't allow mass immigration into their country for a reason.
panner11, I like how you can not differentiate between spelling mistake, and a typing mistake. I guess that's what you can expect from an SJW lowlife.
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Thanks for this video!
Funny thing is, I watched this before going to China and the exact opposite happened. I was waiting for people to scam me but it didn't really happen, except for those overpriced markets which I already knew before, so that wasn't a real issue. Actually, a university student approached us at McDonald's and started talking to us in really good English! I was surprised and was just waiting for a scam of some sort to happen but it never really did. We just had a really nice conversation and he couldn't believe I wasn't studying like crazy to get into a nice university. I just told him it doesn't work that way in my country and you can basically just apply for any uni you want to go to (with a few exceptions of course) and he was just so overwhelmed. One of my favorite conversations during my travels, what a nice guy!
i love that impressive "weacotuonadervideo" mention at the beginning lol
Shortly after watching this video I went to London and a couple of pretty girls approached me and my friend and they wanted to invite us to a pub. They were English speaking and really friendly. Following your advice I told them - Ha! nice try. What do you take us for?!...and we went on our way, unscammed.
Thanks for a great video.
Chengyuan Xu well apart from the stealing the credit card thing. That’s not scamming lol. That’s the business model of those clubs. Those are called host clubs. They exist all around the world. The girls get paid depending on how much drinks they make the customer buy. It’s a Legitimate business model. And if you’re not stup1d, you know that before entering a host club. Lol
You really went to a host club without understanding that girls work there whose job it is to talk and entertain customers when they come in? Come on...
@@swlk9996 I think you just missed the joke lol
Great videos! I plan to spend a lot of time exploring China when I retire. Find your videos very informative.
5:51 "fairly ugly middle aged women here" oooooooh, you're gonna need all the water in the yangtze for that burn!
If you don't like China then just go back to your countries. I feel sorry about your Chinese wife that she was married you , a fraud & a loser . You two guys are making money by using Chinese people's goodness. Hope Chinese government rejects your China visa and put your name on the blacklist.
@@yanhuang4698 shut up
@Chloe Moon he's got boring features,dark eye circles, small squirrel eyes, balding and unshaven, then he calls others ugly!
aaron porto He is but whats in this video is not fake. As the Chinese maybr we gotta look for some changes cuz me and my family have been victims to these stupid little scams too when we travelled
@Chloe Moon why racist. Pointing out bad behaviour isn't racist.
Been a while since I've been to China, but seem to recall a good rule of haggling to about 1/10 of the starting price...
Critical Eats Japan They ask for 2k say 20
Critical Eats Japan Chinese people take pictures with white guys like they are a tourist attraction?
This is really something. Don't you hate to travel to a place where you can't relax and enjoy a good time but always have to watch over your back. A hellish vacation! What about Vietnam? You've been there and have you experienced anything like this?
I got scammed by a rickshaw guy in Ho chi minh. Said he would take me all over the city for 2-3 hours for 10-15 dollar. Took about 4 hours with a stop at, ofcourse, some jewellery shop. And turns out the 15 dollar price was per hour. Later that day i saw two american girls about to get in the same scam and tried to warn them but I guess they just had to learn their lesson
In Mongolia, there are only bunch of Mongolians who want to practice their English, they even might offer you a free tour around the city just to have little more in person time with Foreigner.
Mongolia is a beautiful country, that's why they hate the Chinese the most. Sacred people can never stand with the fraud.
I got scammed with the tea house scam! Wish I had watched this before !
Share your story, it will help others
That also happened to my dad this summer when he went to do bussines stuff
I somehow missed the request to share. Will do so now. Two young girls approached me and started making conversation and being so interested in chatting to me. Said they would love to practise their English and let's go to a tea shop nearby. I had time on my hands, so I thought why not. At the tea shop, I saw the exorbitant prices of the tea, and decided to just order a cheap coke instead. They ordered a pot of tea each. They kept insisting I try the tea. I took a little at their insistence just to taste. When the bill came, to £90 at the time, they said we had to split the bill three ways. I said to them I only ordered a coke, which I think was the equivalent to £3 at the time. They said that I had from their teas so had to pay my share. Not wanting to cause a scene, I just paid it and left.
@@eejwads There are so many things we have to consider when we travel,your story is a good learning experience for me.
Good job, thanks for the inside scoop. Have lived in Asia for several years and seen some of the scams. You're doing a great service. It also helps to be with another person so together "escape" routes are more easilly created.
Very informative. Thanks much!
Strangely I think Taiwan differs from China in many ways.
Yeah, they scam in a different way-making phone calls, lol
dude, China = 264 Tainwans when compare with their size. That would be the reason Taiwan differs from China in many way.
of course.TAIWAN is much better than CHINA.
of course.TAIWAN is much better than CHINA.
Phil B hehe they made my family bankrupt though phone just because mainland Chinese police can't catch them. It happens to many Chinese family, they are much worse.
I wish I had seen this video before I visited Beijing for the first time. Luckily I didn't bite at most of the scams, but the scariest one was when we were trying to go to the old part of the Great Wall. Those fucking gray vans, man. You'll know what I mean if you've been in China for an extended period of time. They almost pulled us off the public bus we were on to "TAKE YOU TO GREAT WALL FOR CHEAP PRICE."
I lived and worked in Beijing for a year teaching English at a polytechnic. I did not experience any scams on the street but teaching at the polytechnic was a scam in itself and the worst teaching experience I have ever had in my life. Put me off going back to China.
Wow!
I wonder how many people actually fall for the tea house scam.
It's just for me personally I wouldn't follow some random stranger to anywhere regardless of if it's China, U.S.A or even in my own country (UK).
+DawnMoon
Even if they offered you free candy?
+DawnMoon quite a few sadly.
+DawnMoon ikr. Its really common sense. You dont follow strangers into random places even in your own country, but for some reason thousands do when they go to a completely foreign land they know literally nothing about.
IMO if you are stupid enough to fall for a scam like this - you deserve to be scammed.
+DawnMoon
It's such an easy scam because tourists come to sight see and don't want to be rude to natives. In your home country, you typically have a reason to be somewhere....work, shopping, etc.....but tourism is basically like having nothing to do....wandering around, sight seeing, etc. That means the person is more open to doing things, like go into a local cafe to try it out. That's why those scams work soo well. Some guys even think the women are attracted to foreigners, and think they could make a new friend or even get lucky, or just like having the company of a pretty face. And people in general, have a hard time saying no to someone who seems friendly or nice.
If I didn't have a drug addict sister that taught me to say no by constantly asking me for money all the time, I'd probably have a harder time saying no to people too. Basically, saying 'no' is generally a learned practice, either through experience or the advice of others.
My friends and I followed some on purpose. I was pretty prudent and the only "surprise" was 50rmb of snacks that were originally "free" though the beers were also 10rmb per bottle more expensive than what other bars would charge.
0:17 so are we just going to ignore the guy with his belly hanging out?
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IKR!!!! he is like the fattest guy in china and we are ignoring him!! (sorry for comenting a year later)
I literally came to the comments to see if anyone noticed
@@BrooklynNinenine580 1 year and 4 month later... its the "Beijing bikini" mostly showed by fatsos
@@hansihobr and I care because
Wow. I am in USA and I was scammed by the taxi from the airport. The driver asked for 50% of tips when arriving at the destination. It is really funny that foreigners would always be scammed by the local people, and this is a common phenomenon around the world.
I'm traveling alone in china, 16 y/o.
I go to silk street and ask about a flashlight. First price is 200 (30 us dollar). I say, I'm sorry, can't. Then I say I am poor (they laugh at you if you say this, they know it's bullshit) then she starts saying "i know you have more". Price goes down to 20 yuan after insisting I have no money (3 us dollar) Then I walk out the door. So funny. the people in the small rural farming villages (example, xingtai hebei province) these are the nicest and most honest people i've seen. Big cities you get the scum.
+Hi, I'm Alan well first off, make sure your parents will let you haha. If you can get past that, pretty much be careful about scams (don't take taxis from people standing on the sidewalk the fee is way too much.) where do you want to go there and why?
My dad and I had that with a litle car dont know the name and the guy said I want 5 for one so it was 10 rmb and later when we where at the hotel hè said oh no I man 500 for one so 1000 rmb he tried to take my dads bagpack and my dad hit him in his face
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He hit him in the face? That's a classic persuasion trick.
Another tip for somebody wanna travel Beijing is DO NOT BUY ANY GIFTS FROM STREET VENDORS. When u travel some suburb famous sites like Ming Dynasty Tomb, Great Wall, etc. You will see a lot of street venders selling some fake ancient stuff around the site’s entrance or exit. It’s not about fake (coz we all know), it’s about overpriced. And they like judge ppl if don’t buy it in mandarin, like “I know they r from XXX country, they r poor. Not like the last customer from XXX country, they r rich.”
If u really wanna buy some gifts back to home, please choose it from the official gifts shop inside the sight. Their price is fair, and has guaranteed quality.
My philosophy when travelling in ANY Asian country, always keep thinking to yourself... DON'T BE A DIM SIM!
I think these video is really useful for the tourists visiting China for first time.I should also make videos like these in Europe and north America. the same shit happens.
+Bo LORD good idea
A version of the Rickshaw Scam was attempted on my husband - while we were in the Dominican Republic! Instead of a rickshaw, they ride mini-bikes or mopeds, and these guys hang out on streets where a lot of tourists can be found, or in front of hotels & resorts. They offer to take you to wherever you need to go, for a flat rate of $10 US one way or $15 US round trip. However, once they take you to where you asked to go, they wait for you to finish and then on your way back, they take you to some hole in the wall shop selling crappy touristy items, and try to force you to buy something before they will take you back to your hotel. Luckily, the guy parked his mini-bike illegally at the hole in the wall store, and the parking cop started having the bike impounded! My husband had refused to buy anything in the shop and was trying to walk out toward where the mini-bike was parked, only to find it sitting on top of an impound tow truck. The cop asked my husband what was going on, and the driver of the bike started to say that my husband had asked for a ride to that shop, and was begging them not to tow it away. My husband, afraid of being stranded in this place, ended up talking to the cop and explaining that if he towed the bike away, he had no way of getting back to his hotel. The cop decided that the tourist being stranded and unhappy in the DR was worse than the offense of the mini-bike scammer, and he actually gave the driver his bike back - but told him that he was going to follow behind him until my husband was returned safely to the hotel. So, he agreed to take him back. When they arrived and my husband got off the mini-bike, the cop waved and drove off. (Kudos to the Dominican cop for recognizing that the tourist trade in the D.R. is SO important to their economy, and decided that keeping a tourist happy was more important than towing away the mini-bike to the impound lot!) However, after having paid the guy $15 US AND saving his mini-bike from the impound lot, the driver had the nerve to then ask my husband to pay him a TIP!!! My husband said "I already gave you a tip - by keeping you from paying to get your bike out of the impound lot!" And, he walked away from him without paying him anything more, and without ever buying any crap from the hole in the wall store. Lesson? Never trust a mini-bike driver to take you ONLY to where you need to go! Instead, ask the hotel concierge to arrange safe travel for you - it's worth the money to use a reputable company - and, often times the hotel offers shuttles to various places for free - so, always ask what's available!
in another one of his videos he said that he used to be fat when he was a teenager,and the experience of being fat taught him to be sensitive and not to judge people on their appearance yet he described the two women who tried to scam him as being middle-aged and ugly.
+chana ottenstein because they were, usually young pretty girls approach, I'm just giving fair warning
serpentza well of course it makes sense to say that the women were middle-aged and that older people usually can't speak English no need to add that they are ugly,because it goes without saying that when people age they naturally lose their looks.
+chana ottenstein because they were, usually young pretty girls approach, I'm just giving fair warning
serpentza I think there is no reason to add in the ugly part and also why would anyone want to go with these two middle-aged ugly women.U said u were just giving fare warning but I think that the fare warning could be that the usual young and pretty women are to be looked at with some trepidation not always but many times.
ruclips.net/video/Gl0u9AremIw/видео.html&lc=z12wtxywpuibyndxs04cdvuw5n2yjvd5mfo very well put "I am Special".
those were my first thoughts too!!
How is he/anyone calling thata scam.
I'm from India and even we ourselves get overcharged by 1.5-1.6x for thingslike seasonal fruits or delicacies by street hawkers if they think we are new to the town or not a regular shopper (usually men are assumed to be easy to fool by women veg/fruit sellers)
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also, even here people 'looking like' foreigners are initially quoted even 6x-8x rates. sometimes they are Indians but look like South East Asians nd they have to clarifyy to the guy in the local language that they (squint eyed Indian friend of mine) is not a foreigner.
It is bargaining, not scam.
When Iwas a teenager and visiting a popular hill station: a guy started pitching me 'musk' (the thing that comes from musk deer)
at 1000 then 800 and eventually came to 80!!!!
THAT is a scam (as anyone would know, real musk costs a bomb!)
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This was from late 1990s, but similar things happened with me (and many others, again my close friends= first person experiences) when we go out of India on work or personal trips! cheating is natural even the animal world, it's okay! cope with it.
It ain’t polite in any culture to just call a lady ugly.
Been there, done that. The art scam and the rickshaw scam. Art scam I got out clean without buying and received the cold shoulder treatment, not too bad but it was close. The rickshaw scam happened with another friend so the two of us were able to win the showdown, 500rmb NO, we gave him 20 for his ride, actually it was a great ride for two incredibly tired tourists. This video is 100% absolutely accurate and honest. I can recall just about every video scene from personal experience. Learn to say BOO YA! and walk away! If you go to China as a tourist you WILL encounter scams. Also, there ARE decent honest people there who you may encounter so again follow this guy's advice on how to treat them too. Can't say enough for this video.
I was there last year bought couple watches, as soon as I got back home none worked
I think you forgot an important scam, the “we take you to the Chinese wall for 20 minutes and force you into different fake jade shops for 5 hours” scam. It retrospect I have a fun story about that (a Chinese lady bought for more than 5k of fake jade).
But keep up the good work, your videos are awesome!
Great channel, man. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.
All your videos are on the money, like you said, use common sense. Me and wife travel around the world often, and we are fortunate enough to never get scammed, we are New Yorkers and live to be scammed, because we like fishing, we throw the hooks out, the scammers bite,mans they won’t leave until they are frustrated with us, in NYC, it’s called Breakin Balls, we love doing it, because we scammed the scammer...
Do they scam like this in Shenzhen? Btw how can one live happy live in China if this was to be a daily occurrence? Do you need to speak Chinese so that it will be obvious you know your prices?
Ranfei Wang But to be fair... People's police should do something about it. It is not just "overcharging" I remember from my own visit to China. If a foreigner is charged close to 2000 renminbi for an item that a Chinese citizen would pay close to 100 renminbi, this is a crime, and IT IS SO WIDE SPREAD... I loved my time in China but things like that spoiled it. I mean, it seems to be accepted thing. Correct me if I am wrong but I thing People's Police does nothing about it?
Ranfei Wang Well to me it is.
Ranfei Wang By lying to a customer, that this is a real price, wherever you go as a foreigner you get the same price, eventually it is not your decission any more, you are forced to pay it.
I don't think you've been a foreigner in China, yes - forced. Also it is discrimination based on someone's race and/or nationality and/or colour. It is wrong on so many levels and if this is not a crime in China, then something is VERY wrong with China.
If you're not stupid you should be fine, I've been here for many years and its a great place!
I love your taste in music for the intros !!!!
Shame shit happens in India. In New Delhi it is impossible to walk without being approached by some scamers
Or just learn Spanish if they approach you just say no hablo Ingles person, practice that sentence over and over until like you sound like you know the language. They'll probably leave you alone or just another language rather than English
I once dated one of the Beijing 'tea house scammers' and she could make over 30k rmb a month, this was back in 2009...they often took people to bars and the girls would drink flat coke and get the tourist drunk on wine.
first ones really not a scam, it's just up-pricing items in a tourist area. Typical market any big city will have. If you as the consumer are unaware of how much something costs, it's really your own conscious to pay what you want.
+roundingcorners the intimidation tactics and serious overpricing is immoral
+serpentza Plus it's the degree of overpricing. Trying to peddle stuff for 10-20 times the market rate is just robbery. So factors like tourist up-pricing really aren't justified. That's why they blocked the doorway, every person ripped off represents an enormous profit.
Even worse, is it kind of negates the point of tourism in China....people don't come to China to buy $16 items for $350. They come to China to buy $350 items for $16. That's what makes this practice very disgusting, because they're trying to sell Chinese quality at say, German quality prices.
its a scam when they wont let you leave the store without paying
Interesting. I lived in Beijing for 3 years but I never let these People talk to me. In the college you can find nice People who speak some English and really just want to help you. So, not everybody who speaks English is a scamer. ^^
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LOL. This clip is telling tourists to stay away from Chinese scammers who speaks good English and trying to talk to tourists in depth, and okay to be approached by Chinese who don't peak much English. I speak good English, so I guess I can be ignored by tourists.
Way to miss the point foo. Just don't try to push a tourist to a location to talk to them. OR, if for some weird reason you want to sit and talk with one, ask them if they have any place they would want to go and talk. They are in a strange place talking to a stranger. Give them some agency and don't be a creep and you're fine.