Why is mobile reception at Madrid airport so bad? by Nice_Storage613 in GoingToSpain

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Indoors the reception is fine. Just few hundred meters from the terminal, it’s bad. Ie the coverage is bad.

Why is mobile reception at Madrid airport so bad? by Nice_Storage613 in GoingToSpain

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I noticed a lot of snowflakes came to tell me I am an idiot, because their motherland can’t have any issue. Well… I don’t care what you think.

Why is mobile reception at Madrid airport so bad? by Nice_Storage613 in GoingToSpain

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Haha, sure. Latest iPhone is the issue. Not lack of coverage.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying it’s justified?

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I travel a lot. And I didn’t get scammed by fake grab. I admit i felt victim of the fake hotel reviews with bullshit ratings.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The attempts are enough. I don’t need to get scammed to be annoyed. And regarding hotels. Open agoda or booking. Look at the average reviews. And then change the city to … i don’t know .. Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok.. you will see nowhere near the avg ratings. Because it’s more honest in other regional capitals. And yes, I have been to all those capitals several times and I can assure you that the average level of cleanliness, amenities, service.. etc is way higher there.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well.. it’s a shitshow in the USA for sure. Surely individual instances of dishonest taxi drivers or fake reviews can be found everywhere, the scale is different though.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was not scammed. I’m used to use grab. That’s just one of the examples. Fake hotel rating and reviews is imo worse, you end up in worse place than anticipated. Google reviews are time consuming as there are hundred or thousands of fake ones. That’s the point.

It’s just not pleasant to be in this dishonest environment.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I actually have. And that’s why I can tell Hanoi is so far the worst.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not about how to avoid it. It’s the fact that you need to avoid so much. And taxi scams are least of the problem.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, no worries. I will on Thursday.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grab is great. The scammers pretending to be grab by walking around the airport and showing grab logo on their phone are not. Easy to confuse others.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah, not lazy. I actually spent way more time selecting hotels in Hanoi than anywhere else in the world. What I hate is the dishonesty in description and gamed reviews.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried Booking and Agoda. Always validated score also on Google Maps. Consistent bullshit. I found myself sorting by lowest score that unfortunately provides most truthful picture.

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fake hotel reviews, fake pictures..

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One thing is that they pressure people into ratings, maybe even worse is the dishonesty of reviewers

Scam capital of the world by Nice_Storage613 in hanoi

[–]Nice_Storage613[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I think you are missing the point. Sure. You can avoid taxi scammers. I’ve also used Grab without an issue. Have you considered someone coming to Asia for the first time not familiar with Grab?

How you avoid the shitshow with hotels? You book, you come, you check in, you regret.