Suzhou: Heads Up! Seriously, Protect Yourself Out There!
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I'm never daring to take a taxi again after this. [Ugh!]
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I experienced this in Suzhou on April 27th. The driver deliberately drove super slow, told us a long-winded story about silk, and in the end, didn't even take us to our destination. He just dropped us off at some place called 'Fan X Xin' instead.
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Same thing happened to us, but we didn't buy anything.
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Always use ride-hailing apps when you go out.
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It's the same in Hangzhou. I ran into three of them the last time I was there – I've practically memorized their lines by now.
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This kind of thing happens in many places. Just be extra careful when you're out and about.
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Yeah, these kinds of 'tourist traps' should really put the tourism authorities on alert.
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Touting for customers = red flag, avoid!
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Suzhou might not have much else, but it sure has a lot of scammers. There are far too many of these cases. It's really given me a bad impression of Suzhou; I've encountered so many scammers here.
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Be careful at tourist attractions, train stations, and bus stations. I once encountered touts at the Suzhou bus station wearing what looked like staff badges, impersonating station personnel. The way they spoke sounded suspicious, so I went inside to ask actual staff and found out they were all fakes trying to scam people.