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[DoktorEn]

The credit card. All of the large Phils organizations have stopped allowing CC use if the card is from outside of Phils

I'm very interested about hearing from European users about this issue. Europeans have had so-called two-factor authentication for online purchases via debit / credit card for the better part of a year. I had no problem adding my European card and using it for Grab in Thailand, as well buying other stuff online while there. But seeing as I'm going to the Philippines soon, it would be good to get some on-the-ground intel. It feels like some kind of two-factor issue, and I'm not sure all American banks have implemented this yet. Do you have to verify your transaction when you buy something from an American website, WestCoast1? Typically the verification involves getting sent a text with a code, or approving it with some kind of bank app.

[WestCoast1]

Even with all this, twice the Grab guy took off and I was charged a cancellation fee. Its 50 pesos and you'll pay next time you use a Grab car. Assuming you use cash. I haven't been able to use my US credit card on my Grag account.

The credit card. All of the large Phils organizations have stopped allowing CC use if the card is from outside of Phils. FoodPanda, Grab, Lazada, Shoppee, etc. , will no longer accept your CC from the US or other outside countries (assuming you are adding the outside CC as a new card on your account). In emails with these organizations asking why my outside-Phils CC was no longer allowed to be added to a my new account, I initially get different excuses. "Just you get a Phils credit card sir and it will work".

Keep pressing them and they send you some technical jargon regarding why your outside-Phils credit card has weak online security (hard to believe that my major bank's CC is less secure than a Phils card). I took the time to copy / paste the jargon in a message to my country's bank that issued my CC, asking the bank what the tech jargon means. Reply: "The jargon means that we don't send an One-Time Password on each of your purchases. Grab wants us to send you an OTP to you on each purchase to confirm that you are indeed you, then to confirm to Grab that they can charge your card. Its not a bad idea, but we only use OTP when you log into your credit card account online. Sending an OTP for each individual purchase is old technology and we have better ways to protect you. Sending an OTP is the responsibility of the vendor, not this bank".

Copy / paste that last part back to any Phils business last year, gets a response like this: "Yes we don't want to send an OTP txt message each time". BTW, Grab has completely eliminated email as a method to contact them or complain to them. Sending an email to the support@grab.com address gets an auto-reply like this: "We are no longer using email to communicate". The reply does not give an alternate method of communication. You might find similar communication difficulties with every similar Phils company such as the ones I mentioned above, to include GCash.

Related recent example. Recently I tried to purchase a subscription to a vid streaming service here in Phils. One of the payment methods was CC. I entered my CC info and was told that the service would verify my CC account by placing a small charge on my CC first. "We have added a small charge to your credit card to verify". That, followed a moment later by: "Something has gone wrong! Try back again soon!" I checked my CC bank statement, and there was the $0. 12 USD (twelve cents) charged to my card from the streaming service. I emailed the streaming service asking what went wrong. Reply: "You tried to use a credit card from a bank outside of Philippines. We don't accept credit cards outside of Philippines". Does this have anything to do with OTP? "Yes its everything to do with OTP. We expect your bank to OTP. Not us. Get a Philippines bank credit card". Shouldn't you have that message on your website when the customer orders, so he doesn't waste his time? Reply: "I will forward this to our media department. Its a good idea!" Duh! All of those are email exchanges, which take days for them to reply (sometimes 1 day, sometimes several).

Its good to hear that you were able to get Grab to remotely pickup or drop off your girl. I have had zero luck during pandemic. When drivers figured out that I was not going to be in the car, they cancelled the ride and I got hit with said fees for making the attempt. Back then, the charges went to my outside-Phils credit card! However I have not re-tried recently.

[Dashing Don]

I was in Manila in September and I sent Grab several times to pick up the girl. The communication between you and the girl must be up to the minute though. Sometimes the address she gives you doesn't show on the app and can be a few blocks away from the nearest pickup spot. You have to settle on a pickup spot with her before you book.

Girls running late: The Grab driver usually won't wait more than a minute so you have to make sure that she is there. You can share the driver's details with her.

Even with all this, twice the Grab guy took off and I was charged a cancellation fee. Its 50 pesos and you'll pay next time you use a Grab car. Assuming you use cash. I haven't been able to use my US credit card on my Grag account. All in all, I like the option of sending the car because often these girls don't have a nickel in their pocket.

[El Ted]

I am in Bicol (Naga City) for a few weeks. Any tips on where to go for a good time? Google gave me a club spectacularly named Volcanic Eruption Superclub, but it is quite a bit outside the city center.

[AsianPursuits]

Hi friends,

Now I am in Cagayan de Oro.

I'm old but very good-looking hahahaha I'm getting bored because it's incredibly difficult to find a girl.

I'm not looking for hardened pros. I would like to go to an island with beautiful beaches, where there are simple, natural (unsophisticated) girls with an affordable cost.

And I'd like to get some GF experience. I would not go to Samal because I was there last year. I don't think Cebu is for me.

Can you give me an advice please?

Thank you.

Jones.

If it was me in CDO. I would catch a bus to Surigao. Book a hotel there for a couple of nights. Use DIA / wechat to meet local girls. As them to join you for a few days at beautiful Siargao island.

[Old And Ugly]

Hi friends,

Now I am in Cagayan de Oro.

I'm old but very good-looking hahahaha I'm getting bored because it's incredibly difficult to find a girl.

I'm not looking for hardened pros. I would like to go to an island with beautiful beaches, where there are simple, natural (unsophisticated) girls with an affordable cost.

And I'd like to get some GF experience. I would not go to Samal because I was there last year. I don't think Cebu is for me.

I would like that too, please let me know if you find a place like that.

In the mean time, if you can't find any action, give 500 p to a taxi driver, and he will take you to the hidden local watering holes, or deliver take out local talent to you. Just make sure if you are getting deliveries, to see the photos before you order, because most of the time feminine beauty is perceived different across cultures.

[JonesLover]

Hi friends,

Now I am in Cagayan de Oro.

I'm old but very good-looking hahahaha I'm getting bored because it's incredibly difficult to find a girl.

I'm not looking for hardened pros. I would like to go to an island with beautiful beaches, where there are simple, natural (unsophisticated) girls with an affordable cost.

And I'd like to get some GF experience. I would not go to Samal because I was there last year. I don't think Cebu is for me.

Can you give me an advice please?

Thank you.

Jones.

[Kitty Doctor]

Paid a visit to Ocean Spa in Binan. 500 p entrance fee. I met with a chubby but well endowed massage therapist.

The Massage was OK. She had a charming personality. After the Massage she told me she offered extra services. We settled on CFS with BBBJ for 3 k.

The BBBJ was ok. The CFS was also OK. She seemed mechanical in her performance but honestly the room was very small and the walls do no go up to the ceiling so it would be difficult to get wild and crazy in there. Her pussy was nice and tight.

I've been to one other massage place where the therapist told me she does not offer extra services but some of the other girls did.

So, would I repeat? Maybe. It would be fun to try some other places and see what happens.

KD.

[Goferring]

Seems the Board is back up / running -- again.

Looks good here at 6 pm MNL time. Download speeds actually pretty good. Hopefully it holds out.

🤞. G.

[WestCoast1]

Thanks Mr West.

I appreciate your timeless wisdom, esp the maths.

Victor.

You are 100% welcome.

Itty-bitty critter from the province moves to the city for the last bit of the Covid area. 4' 8"-ish and can't be 70 lbs, a perfect tiny body. 23, no kids, tight all over / under. Has retained her small-town girlish charm and graced my bed more than a dozen times the past few months.

Seems the Board is back up / running -- again.

[VictorHugo999]

Thanks Mr West.

I appreciate your timeless wisdom, esp the maths.

Victor.

And in the province, too. Try to find one just over 1/3 your age (that's good math right there), slender, with great 'pooper-production' equipment. Try a light touch of the spanky-spanky while doing the boomy-boomy. Pay your girl, tip your cabbie, keep it clean.

[Goferring]

...What may be useless to some will be useful to another....

I totally agree and encourage odd ball reports because 1/ I enjoy trying my luck in the provinces and 2/ they are a change from endless Burgos / AC reports followed by 20 posts about under / over paying. 😊.

New places and faces are always welcome.

Cheers. G.

[GuyReynolds]

This is probably useless reports since I don't think any of you have an interest in Bacolod but anyway. So the main nightlife area iin Bacolod is called Goldenfield Complex. In it there are 2 bikini bars one is called Bunny Ranch which is classy club with high quality girls with ridiculously high prices as well. The other is called sweet lips which is the budget bikini bar with average quality.

This is great! As I'm planning a trip there to visit some friends. What may be useless to some will be useful to another. What were the prices quoted to you at the bikini bars? I'm assuming these are for barfines. How's the Tinder, PL, and Fili Cupid game there? I've been told the FL scene is rampant with STDs, as this place is a small city so not sure how safe the guys are. 1 K sounds like a good deal, guessing that was for LT or a couple pops before she left. Not sure what the admin deleted, but did you mean they had 3 - 5 very fit FLs with them or the FLs were anywhere between a 3 - 5 on your scale?

[WestCoast1]

Thanks. Me too. However, my understanding is that Grab drivers will no longer accept this. Thanks COVID.

I reported on it about a year ago. I had zero success with it both in the province and NCR. I didn't try it again from mid-late 2021, until last month. Got a Grab driver cancellation when I msg'd him that I wanted him to pick up my girl and bring her to my residence. Same as previously: "Sir are you coming in my taxi with the lady?" No. "Cancelled".

Did anyone else have any experience with this from this year? I don't want to say its impossible if other gents are successful with it.

OTOH I did have success once when I ordered a Grab Taxi for me and the girl (to go to her home after our time together), and then I didn't ride with them, I tucked the girl into the back, alone, and asked the driver if that was OK. He said yes (it was a credit card transaction, no cash was changing hands at the end of the ride). Might have been OK with him because I was there at the start. When the girl txt that she was home, I added a Grab tip in the app.

[VictorHugo999]

Hi Mr G,

Enjoy your reports detailing the innuendos of the province and city cultural FL differences.

Umderstood for the setrings.

Hope to get there soon.

Vic.

Tinder, Filipino Cupid and Pina Love. Note that some apps regard Subic and Olongapo as different locations so be sure to search both. If you need more, many Zambales towns aren't that far for the girls to travel to meet you but if you set your distance too far, it will show '00's of hookers in AC who will not leave town to come to Subic.

Diving in Subic is good if you don't mind shit Vis in the Bay. Outside it's not too bad. Options open up if you are happy to dive deep.

Enjoy. G.