Daylight Robbery (Again)

Update 21st July 2008 :
Added the video in youtube for your viewing pleasure. Do not be conned by all these con artist anymore!

This time around it’s the time around the year again, I’m conned! By those irresponsible bus conductor illegally selling tickets to poor humble Malaysians that is seeking transport back to their hometown. I can’t express how much disappointed or even depressed looking at the state we’re in, to cheat in earning money. God damn it.

Nothing beats from realizing your hard-earned money getting conned by those fake ticket seller, that supposingly makes you pay RM50 for a trip back to Kuala Lumpur. The price of the ticket might have hiked result from the petrol hike, but the actual fact it is suppose to be sold at around RM30. What adds to the pain is that the local stores insists on not selling tickets to me! Saying that it’s sold out and only operational up to 10PM. This is madness.

Looking into this ticket will sure send some chill down your puny spine. Anyway, this is the typical ”receipt” that you will get from the fake seller after paying them. Note the screwed up signature below, and it doesn’t really state where it will bring you. And the seat number doesn’t mean anything at all.

What’s more disturbing is when you found out that they deliberately write the plate number of the bus that you will boarding, on the back of the paper that worth nothing but a scrap of piece of white paper.

As you can see, from the RM50 paid, this is what we get, is to wait for the ”bus” to arrive. Only god knows when. Note : those illegal ticket seller will try to force you to buy their tickets through ”forced persuaion” while you are walking across the walkway like above.

What is this? It’s when the horror begins, when the bus ticket seller starts to SWAP THE TICKET YOU HOLD with this empty piece of paper! With nothing written on it at all, not even the seats you had earlier!

Look at the one in white shirt, the culprit behind all this.

And the rest in confusion, does nothing but to look and wait.

Knowing that the tickets were illegal, he brings the group of conned Malaysian towards OUTSIDE of the bus terminal that the illegal bus is parked, so that they can save the parking/registration money for the bus.

Towards the parking outside of the Larkin Terminal.

And this is where the bus led to, behind the alley and towards this unknown street.

As usual, the one captured on the picture is the bus driver. Will take their own sweet time to pump the fuels.

Up close and personal.

Making calls in petrol station.

The other partner in crime.

Will post up video when it’s converted. I felt this is a must to share with fellow travellers that make frequent transfer in between Johor Bahru and Singapore. DO NOT BE CONNED. BUY :

1. from inside Singapore

2. from counters.