Re: Batam Info Thread
 

I have spend my last 23 trips in Batam trying to perfect this part looking for the ideal girlsss when i am there that will not give me problem,nonsense and stress. And i am ALMOST close to my own definition of perfection,hehehe...;)

Hey bro...long time no see. Hehehe...i havent forget you still owe me a bottle of Teh Botol in 2014,hehehe....with all interest added up to 2016 today,its now 2 bottles of Teh Botol. :D

And by the way,you just spoke my mind as quoted above. ;)


Thank you.

My upcoming group trip on mid Jan 2016 if you happen to be interested (dont say i never jio u) :

https://sammyboyforum.com/showpost.p...ostcount=34264

6 more days to go,hehehe...

Thats why I said around 12-2pm if you go any earlier, not much to choose from cos most ceweks are not ready but as always thats plenty of joints to choose from and I pick dian from new berry on 2 different days in a space of 5 days.

Had a blast of a time, when dugem, going again this monday for 3 days.

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

I have not heard of 40k per hour taxi trip so far,i may have overlook. I use a 30k to 40k from Point A to Point B theory for single trip (50k occasionally).

This is how i measure my taxi trip :

https://sammyboyforum.com/showpost.p...ostcount=30330

In the eye of quite a number of unreliable taxi drivers in Batam,i should be considered a stingy man,hehehe...a few of them even siam me far far when i want a whole day taxi booking. Quite a delightful sight to see taxi drivers running away from me when i approach them in Batam at times.

Words do spread fast among taxi drivers/ojek in Batam.

I have use your advise on Taxi since day 2 of my Batam trip. Why not day 1 but day 2,thats becos i got chopped badly during day 1 before i read your message in this thread. From that day onward,in my mind (and in my trip summaries too) there is no such as a reliable taxi driver in Batam. This is one of the basic advise i have taken up to date. Others may not agree but this is my perspective.

The other basic advise i have taken and got embedded into my mind was from bro Newyorker's 100k hj and 200k fj in massage shop which i always repeat in this thread and in all my summaries. And i use that as a bench mark for all my bargaining in most massage shops.

"i 1st time come Batam ,my friend tells me, hj 100k,fj 200k...",hehehe...:D

The girls can mark their price up high high,i can also start low low,hehehe...

I think he might have went a little too late on the hours,so likely the joints that were open late in Batam and still have SYTs were mainly Morena series of joints. And these joints were in my To-Avoid-List on my signature. Plus if he really stays in/around Harris Resort back then,the cost for bringing and sending the girls to and fro will be added into it.

I agreed with your points.

We are in foreign land and they are in their own land,own country.

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

[QUOTE=nono1973;14058843]I have not heard of 40k per hour taxi trip so far,i may have overlook. I use a 30k to 40k from Point A to Point B theory for single trip (50k occasionally).

This is how i measure my taxi trip :

i am lucky, i was in batam on 30dec15. ask a taxi driver send me 4 booking joint , after return 1 of booking join booking girl. last he send me back massage shop near my hotel, only pay him 50k

Thanks for the info

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

Very good. I second that. This is the regular amount to pay for short standard trips (say around Nagoya). Period.

Most notable exceptions are:
1) 50k from Harbour Bay to Nagoya or vice versa (the driver has to pay the parking fee);
2) 50k from disco or club back to hotel at night (they claim they charge a "night fee"; the point is that if you are with a girl, you might want to cut bargain short; additionally, taxi drivers at night are way more aggressive).

In general, I would advise foreign visitors to not overpay, but neither be stingy with taxi drivers or ojek drivers.
Those men are NOT rich. They have a family to sustain. They LIVE (in some cases survive) on the money from tourists. When one pays 500k for drinks in a club and 1M for a girl, he can surely afford adding 10k for a taxi ride. I am happy to support the local people, because if I am happy in Batam it's also because the local people is friendly with me. I love Batam and I love local people.

One more thing. There is a way to avoid the scam by fraudulent drivers "Hey the ride took longer than expected, pay me 100k!": never pay when you are still sitting inside the car.
First exit, then approach the driver window and give him the money with a big friendly smile. If you are going back to your hotel, even the most aggressive fraudulent driver will not dare to scam you openly in front of the doorman of your hotel (for sure, this is valid for Formosa).
Never show you are unsure about that is the appropriate price. Learn first what are the regular fees, depending on distance, then be very confident when you talk.
(Nono, you understand the "you" is generic and not directed to you personally. You know all these things very well)

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

Although I hellowah, twintowers and a few here is the minority. I will let those feeble-minded know that we minority won,t fall down easily. And thanks the guy for giving me some points.




http://i65.tinypic.com/2vb4dwn.jpg


Don,t come here kpkb. Not say i never warn you. You know who you are...lol.

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Now have new trick. When you quote them a price, say 30k.. They keep quiet and go into the car, when reached destination they ask you for 50k as it was never agreed to them and worst they take out the laminated "price list" and start complaining.

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Mind if i ask,end of the trip how much you pay him?

Thank you.

*my guess,40k...hehehe...

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Thank you for proving my post right...again. :D

https://sammyboyforum.com/showpost.p...ostcount=34273

Poor chap dragging another name into his scams. Whatever he says negatively only reflects back to him. :rolleyes:

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Yup 40k.. And tats the last taxi fare that he gonna earn from me.

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Must really take my hat of you. You are simply a dickhead without brain...lol.
The cards is not out yet and you presume you are sure correct that i really scam people points.

Can,t use brain to think. I believe your brain is not born station into your head. Is station into your ASS...hahah...hahhah...haha..
This pic really can describe you.

http://i65.tinypic.com/2uzqkqv.jpg

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

KohOnly21,
thanks for warning. Maybe those drivers met Nono before, could not win, so they had to invent a new trick to cope with hard bargainers? :D
That is why I never pay when I am still sitting inside the car. From outside, it's everything easier.

Nono,
I think you guess right.
I also think that the appropriate way is in the middle: we should not overpay, but neither the opposite and be stingy (the drivers have a family, blah blah...;))

I believe that the first self-defense is knowledge: know in advance what is the appropriate price to pay, not only for taxi. If you have good information, any negotiations can be done on a solid ground.

(Bro StarCity please don't say I am "misleading"... I don't think it's fair. I write to help (and be helped). And then we can disagree. It's legitimate. What works for me may not work for everyone, but for sure it will work also for someone else. To each his own. Peace)

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

And what about teaching a young SYT, who still has nearly no clue about what sex is?
Priceless for me... :p:p:p
(Hard to find in Batam, yet not impossible.
Yummy! I must stop thinking to these bad things and go back to my work :D)

Re: Batam Info Thread
 

Bro NoNo1973,

Just to check, last week, I was on my way to harbour bay in the taxi, I saw the dynasty 99. If I not wrong on your site it said closed down but i saw it during my journey back to harbour bay, the location some where near the Mac Donald. Btw bro NoNo if you can upload picture of the joint on your newbie site, it will help us to search more easily. No matter i been there of couple times but still not sure the right location. Thanking you in advance. Picture tell you more stories...hehehe