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Thread: China SCAM - Guangzhou & Guilin (Jewels / Monks)

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[quote=GUEST47130,400618]Hi,

I just wanted to report a jewellery scam that happened to a group of us from Malaysia when we visited China recently (20 June - 1 July 2010).  We joined a local a one day tour that has it office in the hotel in Guangzhou which we stayed.  Except us (6 foreigners) the rest of the tour members are from China.

After visiting one sight-seeing spot, the tour leader separated us from the rest of the china group and arranged for us to join a "private tour".  We were bought to a jewellery store and make most welcomed by the "boss" of the store.  We were shown beautifully ruby, jade jewelleries and were told b'cos we are "Malaysian" and the his wife is also from M'sia and happened to recently gave birth to a baby boy (the boss of the jewel's store has 3 daughters).  Due to this "special occasion", he decided to give us a very special discount for buying the jewelleries.  We bought about RMB20,000 worth of jewels.

However, we smell something fishy when we enter the van after buying the jewels as we noted the name card given by the store owner has no name of the store nor its address.  When we call the store owner we cannot get through.

When we reached the hotel, we seek the tour agency boss and informed him we think we have been swindled and asked him why his tour guide bought us to such a shop! Luckily for us, he told us he will be fully responsible as this happened under his tour agency and managed to get our monies back and returned the jewels to the store owner.

So, travellers beware.... going to China... don't be tempted nor be greedy!  Those swindlers in China is a fantastic salespersons.

Also, BEWARE when visiting Temples esp. MONKS in yellow/orange robes... don't accept any thing from them as it will lead to you spending a lot of "RMB" for special prayers, lighting the lotus flowers or freeing the "kui"/tortoises.

Sunny Lu (6 July 2010)

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