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There is a couple with a young baby with a blue station wagon mazda, they are normally at Beyers naude, BP garage. There story is that the machine just swallowed the card and they need money for petrol.

a ran into them twice, and the gave me the same story twice:erm:

a colleague also saw ran into them twice....:erm:

as anyone else seen them?
 
Not these people, but in Bellville, theres this dude who says that the bus just dropped him off and his aunt isn't there to fetch him and he needs money to phone his aunt to come and fetch him - twice already.
 
koeks said:
There is a couple with a young baby with a blue station wagon mazda, they are normally at Beyers naude, BP garage. There story is that the machine just swallowed the card and they need money for petrol.

a ran into them twice, and the gave me the same story twice:erm:

a colleague also saw ran into them twice....:erm:

as anyone else seen them?
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No I haven't seen them as I'm always here... :D :whistle:
 
There was a guy around Centurion, with a Ford Sierra converted into a bakkie, that said he just need R5 petrol to get to an interview or something, a colleague saw him at another garage just after I did.

There is also this woman at the post office in Lyttelton, that said she needs money for a room for her and her two daughters, she gets quite agressive when you say no. Nowadays I park somewhere else if I see her there.

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Had a guy over a year ago told me that his wife had his wallet and if I could pay for his full tank of petrol. He was in a fancy BMW.

He even offered to give me his gold watch, which actually looked pretty cheap.

Smelled like a rat so told him I had no cash :p
 
Slightly off topic, but there's this elderly guy that hangs at the KFC in Centurion and begs for money or food as soon as you exit the KFC with your "expensive" take-aways.

He hits you with the guilt trip - but in the afternoon, he goes to the back of the store and climbs in his Mercedes' and drives home. :wtf:

So much for being destitute and hungry as he claims.

At least he drives to "work" every morning...
 
Grimspoon said:
Had a guy over a year ago told me that his wife had his wallet and if I could pay for his full tank of petrol. He was in a fancy BMW.

He even offered to give me his gold watch, which actually looked pretty cheap.

Smelled like a rat so told him I had no cash :p
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guy that works with me fell for something like this lol
 
There was a guy at Cape Town train station that walked around with an old guitar strapped to his back asking for change cos he needed to get to a gig.

Ran into him the next morning and as he approached me I gave him his reason for asking and he just sighed at me throwing his hands up in the air frustrated that I'd known about his master plan, "Yes for a gig." He said and walked off.

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Shake&Bake said:
There was a guy at Cape Town train station that walked around with an old guitar strapped to his back asking for change cos he needed to get to a gig.

Ran into him the next morning and as he approached me I gave him his reason for asking and he just sighed at me throwing his hands up in the air frustrated that I'd known about his master plan, "Yes for a gig." He said and walked off.

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HAHAHA.

I just tell them nubs that I have heard the same story from them before.Normally works.
 
That's why my policy is "No.". Heard the "just need R10 petrol" "need R20 to stay at backpackers/shelter" "you can keep my id/watch/etc" bs far too many times. But in general I say no to beggars all the time anyway. Wish everyone else would too because then they wouldn't be there harrassing you at every robot.
 
There is this one robot where on weekends, if you are going past early enough, you see what looks like a family of brothers and a father getting dropped off in a nice looking merc to beg at the robots for the day.

Also slightly off topic, it has always bugged me, I sometimes see these guys at robots, they do not look like beggars, nicely dressed, normally with a small notebook in there hands that look up and down the rows of cars and then selectively go to 1 or 2 cars, I have tried to see if they are targeting specific types or makes of cars, woman on their own etc but cannot see any connections. Anyone had one of these guys, if you know what I mean, approach you?
 
D3x! said:
There is this one robot where on weekends, if you are going past early enough, you see what looks like a family of brothers and a father getting dropped off in a nice looking merc to beg at the robots for the day.

Also slightly off topic, it has always bugged me, I sometimes see these guys at robots, they do not look like beggars, nicely dressed, normally with a small notebook in there hands that look up and down the rows of cars and then selectively go to 1 or 2 cars, I have tried to see if they are targeting specific types or makes of cars, woman on their own etc but cannot see any connections. Anyone had one of these guys, if you know what I mean, approach you?
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interesting,ask them?
 
theratman said:
interesting,ask them?
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Don't see them every day, seen them a few times on william nicole off ramp etc, also if they are some sort of salesman then I really don't want to have to listen to their speel, curious if anyone has been approached by them.
 
D3x! said:
There is this one robot where on weekends, if you are going past early enough, you see what looks like a family of brothers and a father getting dropped off in a nice looking merc to beg at the robots for the day.

Also slightly off topic, it has always bugged me, I sometimes see these guys at robots, they do not look like beggars, nicely dressed, normally with a small notebook in there hands that look up and down the rows of cars and then selectively go to 1 or 2 cars, I have tried to see if they are targeting specific types or makes of cars, woman on their own etc but cannot see any connections. Anyone had one of these guys, if you know what I mean, approach you?
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They typically "hunt" for cars with chips/cracks in the windows and then offer repairs/replacement. Funny enough, they only target upmarket cars and never look at your regular run of the mill car. Unsure if it is a legit business, but they ask you for a business card or contact details they then write in their little book.
 
There are these kids that sold rubbish bags as their dad passed away and they needed cash for the funeral - I guess their mom is a black widow as she goes through at least one husband a month
 
koeks said:
There is a couple with a young baby with a blue station wagon mazda, they are normally at Beyers naude, BP garage. There story is that the machine just swallowed the card and they need money for petrol.

a ran into them twice, and the gave me the same story twice:erm:

a colleague also saw ran into them twice....:erm:

as anyone else seen them?
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I seen them lying on the BP Forecourt and when I asked what was wrong they said the 2 people ran into them..TWICE EACH!!!!!!!!
 
I have seen and been approached by many scammers at petrol stations but I am not interested in what they have to say. Before they even start I tell them to leave me alone...in a nice way.

But the thing that gets to me are beggars. I went to Durbs a while back and couldn't believe how many husslers there are there. Almost everywhere I went I had to get approached by someone with with some sad story.
The cherry on top was when I walked out of Gateway and wanted to pay for parking then this old lady comes up to me with her hand out asking me for "one, two odds".
Now as I'm standing there with my wallet in my hand, how do I say I don't have any money? Reluctantly I had to give her some change but I was peeved for the rest of the afternoon.
 
MagicDude4Eva said:
They typically "hunt" for cars with chips/cracks in the windows and then offer repairs/replacement. Funny enough, they only target upmarket cars and never look at your regular run of the mill car. Unsure if it is a legit business, but they ask you for a business card or contact details they then write in their little book.
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Ah that makes sense.

kang said:
I have seen and been approached by many scammers at petrol stations but I am not interested in what they have to say. Before they even start I tell them to leave me alone...in a nice way.

But the thing that gets to me are beggars. I went to Durbs a while back and couldn't believe how many husslers there are there. Almost everywhere I went I had to get approached by someone with with some sad story.
The cherry on top was when I walked out of Gateway and wanted to pay for parking then this old lady comes up to me with her hand out asking me for "one, two odds".
Now as I'm standing there with my wallet in my hand, how do I say I don't have any money? Reluctantly I had to give her some change but I was peeved for the rest of the afternoon.
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What really irks me is when you stop at the robot and politely say no just to have them carry on, at this point I tell them to fsck off.
 
I can smell BS a mile away. I tell them "no thanks" even before they start telling their story.
 
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