EPTMrbitter mugged in china - Page 11
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stew_
Canada239 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On November 16 2012 10:19 TheSir wrote: You dont know what a legitimate scam is? Well ok, it's a scam where the police or anyone else cant do shit about. So like a 10 pool vs a 15 hatch before pool? | ||
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Hct13345
United States15 Posts
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Irave
United States9965 Posts
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ramask2
Thailand1024 Posts
Other tricks these Chinese thugs use usually involve taking you to a restaurant, then charging you ridiculous amount for the 'service fee'. This trick works for a larger group of tourist too because they will surround you with tons of people. | ||
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Xorphene
United Kingdom492 Posts
I hope you're ok Ben, talk soon. | ||
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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Sabu113
United States11075 Posts
 Still a cool story and he sounds fine if the big loss of money That 8 houses rumor is pretty funny. | ||
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Fruscainte
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Slackzftw
Germany361 Posts
On November 16 2012 08:17 tuho12345 wrote: What? You care about $2k more than yourself? What if they break your arm or your leg. You wanna be disable for the rest of your life instead of losing $2000? How dumb is that? If you pay me 2000$ you can break one Leg of me. | ||
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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zarzobnz
New Zealand35 Posts
On November 16 2012 10:49 Slackzftw wrote: If you pay me 2000$ you can break one Leg of me. "Give us all your money or we'll break one of your legs!" I don't think you understand the situation here. If they were to harm him, it would be MUCH worse than just one leg. It could have been his life. Can't do much with $2000 if you're dead can you? I'm also pretty sure that if you have a broken leg there isn't much you can do to fight back, and they'll take your money anyway. So your options are to either give them what they want and hope they don't harm you, or they harm you and take what they want. Lesser of two evils. | ||
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On November 16 2012 07:25 Solarsail wrote: Why were they so 'nice'? Just asking you to follow them instead of taking you, having a pretence of you needing to pay because you're in 'their club', and then sending you back to your hotel afterwards? Sometimes it's not worth the risk to be aggressive. Cops could be called, lawyers go in, could get a harsher sentence in jail, etc. And in cases of gang vs gang, things can get out of control. If they're "polite" and can get what they want, then it's better to do that than to risk all the other negatives from being aggressive. Overall I'm glad you're safe. It doesn't matter who they are (whether you're rich or not or famous or not, etc as others imply), it's always sad to see or hear this happening to anyone. Hopefully everyone becomes more aware of the risks of traveling alone or things like that. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
Also I'm not so sure why he followed the guy that long. It's not like he was threatening him with a gun or a knife. | ||
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Goldfish
2230 Posts
On November 16 2012 07:48 openbox1 wrote: Ummm... I don't know, but very few people in their right mind let other guys hop into a cab with you and tell the cab driver where to go, let alone follow a stranger to a dark hole in the wall and then become surprised about being mugged. Either Mr Bitter was drunk out of his skull at 11pm, or more likely, like thousands of other white guys in the mystic orient, went to some dank dark corner looking for cheap nookie (me so horny, me love you long time) and got his wallet cleaned out instead. Of course, Mr Bitter is a victim and deserves our sympathy, but don't mind me for being suspicious about how he got into his predicament in the first place  Come on Bitter, be more careful next time! This is one of those situations where when you hear about it or see it on the news, you think you'd do this or that but when it happens to you, you sort of freeze up because either you're nervous or you're shocked that it's happening to you. Also once the first step happens, sometimes you feel like you already lost. For example, after the other guy got into MrBitter's taxi and they started driving (he didn't leave right away), that's when he (or anyone else) probably feels like they already lost. Like they have to follow through with what this guy is asking because they're already driving to some shady place and there's no clear or easy way out of the situation at this point. Again, regardless of how the situation came about or whatever, it'd still sad to hear this happening to anyone. The world can be a scary and dangerous place. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On November 16 2012 10:49 Slackzftw wrote: If you pay me 2000$ you can break one Leg of me. I've been mugged by noob muggers. A one is not even close to what you could experience, and these guys were actually serious. You would shit yourself in his situation. They broke up the bones right above one of my eyes. It fractured into so many pieces that the surgeon said he's not going to risk surgery, and let it heal naturally. I could've lost an eye. And these were amateurs; kids. Real muggings are serious. If the opportunity ever happened again, I would just give them everything. I'd rather have my eye and brain than any amount of money. Luckily, this was just a kidnapping, but I still wish him the best and hope he gets over this trauma. | ||
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cekkmt
United States352 Posts
On November 16 2012 10:32 felisconcolori wrote: So like a 10 pool vs a 15 hatch before pool? More like a 10 pool vs a 15 hatch then gas before pool | ||
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X3GoldDot
Malaysia3840 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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covetousrat
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) and become a easy mark. 
