[quote=mad hatter; 1529742]when the bait and switch happened with me over a year or so ago, i put it down to my foolishness.
but the number of people who have reported it in the past year shows that this is a growing problem.
the problem manifests itself not because of the bait and switch. but it is the fact that they wait in packs and threaten you. (in my incident, i distinctly remember a knife in the drawer).
this is being compounded by the fact that we live in a muslim country so if we go to the cops, we will be in as much or deeper shit than they are. and this seems to have made even the scum on the streets bolder.
the only solution is that we avoid them altogether. i know this forum is a miniscule number of the actual mongers out there. but if we could atleast avoid any and all africans and "latinas" and make sure that our other friends who like to play do so as well, we can ensure some safety for ourselves and atleast a marginal reduction in the amount they steal.[/quote]i have never done the craig's list route, and stories like this are the primary reason why. truth be told, in all the times i've been in dubai, i've only been with one "african" and she was someone i met working in a store in the mall. that took a long time to develop as well. when i've been to the york and other places, a lot of the time the attitude will just turn me the hell off and it can be a battle to get out unrep001hed. one time i was in york and after running the gauntlet i hung out and then decided to go with a regular of mine (prcli). as we were headed towards the exit, the gauntlet surrounded us and it got very ugly very quickly. they were bitching about why i was going with a chinese chick as opposed to one of them (i'm black) i thought it was going to get physical and that they were going to attack her. security kicked them out and had us wait 20-30 minutes until the coast was clear to get a taxi. they can be rough! not saying i wouldn't go with one. however they would have to be extraordinary!
