Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=Wrx2005;1509642]Last night 12/18 me and a buddy went to the Burrito Hut for dinner. I asked for the check, paid with 1000 pesos. The bill was 819 pesos. Chica comes back with a 50 peso bill and some small change. I immediately call her back over, and show her the change she left. She gives a bewildered look. So I break out my phone and show her the math. 1000 pesos minus 819 pesos is 181 pesos change. Now she realizes I'm on to her, takes the change and comes back with more money but still not the correct change. She tells me she has no more change and just brushes it off like it aint no big deal. My tip originally was going to be the 50 peso note and the small change. I pick and choose when I decide to over tip. This wasnt one of those occasions. I was going to eventually leave it, but my buddy goes in his pocket and gives her 200 pesos for a tip. I'm like WTF did you do that for? You saw what she tried to do.[/QUOTE][url]Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GF00vHtzE[/url]

Watch this funny dominican movie called ladronesa domicilio, which is going to show you how alot of things work here. At 5:46 the guy experienced the same thing as you did.

[QUOTE=Wrx2005; 1509642]Last night 12/18 me and a buddy went to the Burrito Hut for dinner. I asked for the check, paid with 1000 pesos. The bill was 819 pesos. Chica comes back with a 50 peso bill and some small change. I immediately call her back over, and show her the change she left. She gives a bewildered look. So I break out my phone and show her the math. 1000 pesos minus 819 pesos is 181 pesos change. Now she realizes I'm on to her, takes the change and comes back with more money but still not the correct change. She tells me she has no more change and just brushes it off like it aint no big deal. My tip originally was going to be the 50 peso note and the small change. I pick and choose when I decide to over tip. This wasnt one of those occasions. I was going to eventually leave it, but my buddy goes in his pocket and gives her 200 pesos for a tip. I'm like WTF did you do that for? You saw what she tried to do..[/QUOTE]This has bothered me to no and I am so happy that you pointed this out dude. It was soo bad for me I gave the lady who I was with for the week the money and told her the expenses were coming out of Her money. To say the least she did not let anyone shit on "her" money. Worked like a charm. She did not give a fuck, tip nada! I do my best to stay positive but that stuff really bothers me.

[QUOTE=Tarriqq;1509838]This has bothered me to no and I am so happy that you pointed this out dude. It was soo bad for me I gave the lady who I was with for the week the money and told her the expenses were coming out of Her money. To say the least she did not let anyone shit on "her" money. Worked like a charm. She did not give a fuck, tip nada! I do my best to stay positive but that stuff really bothers me.[/QUOTE]I have heard of other mongers doing this as well: giving their main chica the money and letting her pay for everything (meals, negotiating taxi fare, etc.). This way you do not get charged gringo prices or get fucked over when the bill for a meal comes. And she will most likely raise holy hell if someone tried to shortchange her.

(NOTE: "Main chica" as in "Dominican Novia" or "favorita"; not some Sosua street rat he's known all of 10 minutes!)

I remember my very first time in the DR. Me and two other guys took a taxi from Blackbeard's to Sosua, but we picked up a couple of chicas one of them knew before leaving Puerto Plata. When she heard the taxi driver quote how much it would cost to go to Sosua from Puerto Plata she screamed "WHAT??" Clearly we were getting quoted the "screw the gringo rate", lol!

[QUOTE=Eltayeb; 1508870]Yes, he must was over flashy if he needs $5000 cash in his safe, what is the max amount you can spend a day to keep $5000 in cash?

Nothing wrong with the plastic cards even if I'm paying bank fee.[/QUOTE]From another board:

Gentlemen,

Let me post what really happened to stop the speculation. I emailed this to a member last night who is staying with me at Trade Winds in January and was obviously nervious as to what actually happened. I was there 5 minutes after getting the call.

Yes, it was apartment 44. What happened was the guy got comfortable.

With a girl he was with for 4 days and did not do what I always.

Recommend people do when staying at Trade Winds and that is to lock.

Your keys in the safe whenever you have a guest in the room. He did.

Not do that and when he was distracted she opened the metal gate and.

Let the thieves into the apartment. This could not have happened IF he.

Had continued to follow my advice and locked the keys in the safe as.

Recommended. I know you are smarter than that my friend and you are with a.

Long time girl that is sweet and respectable. Crimes here, especially this time of year are crimes of opportunity and he gave her every opportunity. He is back at Trade.

Winds and you will get a chance to get the story from him. He is.

Staying until at least mid January and will be there when you are."

Let me know if you have any further questions my friend.

Take care,

Rick.

All our properties have digital electronic safes. That is why I say, lock your keys away when you have a strange person in your secured apartment. This right here is exactly why I tell people to do that. If you don't follow the advice I give you and this happens, then I ask. WHO is to blame here and yes, Trade Winds has two security guards working at night. Apperantly, one of the armed robbers had one of them on the ground at gun point and the other was on the other side of the complex.

Let me know if any of you have any questions.

Rick

[QUOTE=Berthold; 1509675][url]Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2GF00vHtzE[/url]

Watch this funny dominican movie called ladronesa domicilio, which is going to show you how alot of things work here. At 5:46 the guy experienced the same thing as you did.[/QUOTE]I caught the scene you were talking about. Instead of the gentleman getting his full change, he was given mints. Because they claimed they didn't have coins. LOL And just like the incident with me at the Burrito Hut, the chica made an attempt to correct the shortage, but she still shorted me on the total amount owed. That movie made me think of a way of having a little fun. The next time that shit happens, I will think of something else to order. When the next bill comes, I will pay them exactly what the bill is, minus what was owed from the previous bill. Then I'll look at them and act bewildered.

I was advised by a source that the amount of cash actually stolen may not have been $5000. It may have been less.

[QUOTE=Orgasmico;1510155]With a girl he was with for 4 days.[/QUOTE]Damn 4 days?

Arrived last night, Rick was in the airport, everything was very good.

Guess what? I met the guy who was rubbed, and he is very smart and nice guy Although he is American, but Americans are nice people when you meet them one-to-one and interact with them.

Anyway; my buddy was rubbed on the 4th time he met this girl, so I can say anybody can get caught in this scam no matter what.

Good thing is that Rick now (Rose Mary) checks for the girls I'd's, and if the girl left in a wearied time, the guard will come to talk to you to be sure everything is good, just like "Thailand", anyway I have to go, too horny, hummmmm, let me know if there is a specific question guys.

[QUOTE=Wrx2005;1509642]I got charged 3% for each ATM transaction I made on Nov 12 and afterwards. Called BOA to inquire, and they confirmed that the no fee policy is gone. The 3% for atm withdrawals every body is going to pay. But BOA still waives a $5 dollar fee on international ATM use with SB in the DR.[/QUOTE]Good to know, thanks

[QUOTE=Tarriqq;1509838]This has bothered me to no and I am so happy that you pointed this out dude. It was soo bad for me I gave the lady who I was with for the week the money and told her the expenses were coming out of Her money. To say the least she did not let anyone shit on "her" money. Worked like a charm. She did not give a fuck, tip nada! I do my best to stay positive but that stuff really bothers me.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=SavePros321; 1509860]I have heard of other mongers doing this as well: giving their main chica the money and letting her pay for everything (meals, negotiating taxi fare, etc.). This way you do not get charged gringo prices or get fucked over when the bill for a meal comes. And she will most likely raise holy hell if someone tried to shortchange her.

(NOTE: "Main chica" as in "Dominican Novia" or "favorita"; not some Sosua street rat he's known all of 10 minutes!)

I remember my very first time in the DR. Me and two other guys took a taxi from Blackbeard's to Sosua, but we picked up a couple of chicas one of them knew before leaving Puerto Plata. When she heard the taxi driver quote how much it would cost to go to Sosua from Puerto Plata she screamed "WHAT?" Clearly we were getting quoted the "screw the gringo rate", LOL![/QUOTE]Utilizing chicas definitely works. I do it all the time. But not only with chicas I'm with, it works when you have anybody that can be a good front man/woman to handle matters that might cost you more without their help.

[QUOTE=Wrx2005;1510295]Utilizing chicas definitely works. I do it all the time. But not only with chicas I'm with, it works when you have anybody that can be a good front man/woman to handle matters that might cost you more without their help.[/QUOTE]When I am with a group of guys I usually let the Dominican in the group handle matters. If not a Dominican anybody who can speak the language. I speak Spanish so if they do not have anyone else I serve as the cultural broker. I will argue the price down for many guys. I also check out prices before I argue down. If a local is walking by I just ask him how much the taxi fare to the next town (or ask the workers at the front desk at the hotel I am staying at). He will quote me a number so when I talk with the cab guys, as always, they will upsell then I argue with them until they meet my price. Sometimes it is not as low as the local price, but pretty close. If it is a chica I let her negotiate for me. If she does a good job I'll tip her in the end.

There have been cases, though, where the chica is looking out for a friend, who works in a restaurant, or even wants to tip everyplace we go (so she can look good since she will be going to these places long after I leave) but I put a stop to such behavior. Many times I just cut her loose since I find, in the long run, such chicas cost me too much money. With some of these chicas they do not mind spending and squandering your money (even for something as useless a gambling) but will pitch a ***** when it comes to spending their own. Left to some chicas they want to live the life of the rich and famous, on your dime!

What's the monger demographic like in Sosua? That's something that I haven't seen addressed on the last 50-pages or so of posts I've read here. The girls I've seen photos of appear to be quite beautiful. Just looking to chill and relax in the DR, too, and trying to get a better feel for who I'll be drinking beers with. I've traveled around a decent bit, but getting the feeling like I might be the young kid on the block when I show up.

Given that my first time in the DR is coming up soon, any advice on meeting up with the crowd more likely to steer me the right way and avoiding the weekenders?

I very much appreciate all of you taking the time to talk on this forum. I've been super-quiet, but I've taken to heart a lot of what you've posted here and I have no doubt that the DR is going to be a great time. I look forward to seeing you guys within a couple of weeks!

Thanks,

CinDR

[QUOTE=Boriman;1510506]Many times I just cut her loose since I find, in the long run, such chicas cost me too much money. With some of these chicas they do not mind spending and squandering your money (even for something as useless a gambling) but will pitch a ***** when it comes to spending their own. Left to some chicas they want to live the life of the rich and famous, on your dime![/QUOTE]Sometimes when you have a chica around you for a while or too long, they might start taking liberties with your money and generosity. Case in point. My SP chica and I shopped for groceries in La Sirena early in her visit, and as expected, she started filling up the cart with personal stuff. Feminine products etc.

She needed a battery for her watch, gave her money to get the battery while I put the groceries in the car. She gets in the car, and shows me some earrings she bought with some of my change. Didn't ask me if she could buy the earrings. I took note of that. On her last day, I took her to the dentist to the tune of 900 pesos, then off to the farmacia for a prescription she needed after the dental work. She comes out with the prescription and some other product she didn't tell me she was buying. I noted that. Chica is bad when it comes to maintaining phone credit, so I gave her 500 pesos to add credit to her phone. Later that night while in Cabarete having dinner, she inadvertently mentioned she was low on phone credit AGAIN?

There is no way this mug should be low on credit, if she put the whole 500 pesos like I told her to, just a few hours ago. She barely used her phone before we went to Cabarete. I told her to let me see the Orange message indicating the credit she put on her phone earlier. She claimed she eliminated the message. LOL. Yeah right. Her cost to value ratio just plummeted even more. I was leading up to cutting her loose or reducing my time with her anyway, because wifing up in Sosua has its disadvantages. Plus seeing she really can't be trusted, it's time to let her go completely. In the long run she will cost me more money than I intend to spend, or worse. Before it was time to drop her butt off to Caribe Tours, I made sure I adjusted accordingly, her take home cash to reflect the extra expenditures she incurred during her time with me.

I have known other regulars in the past that had to be phased out for similar reasons / concerns. IMO any chica not working a regular job or has no source of earning income, a dude runs the risk of that chica potentially being untrustworthy in the long run.

I know an older cat that had a brief relationship with a chica that worked in a bar in Sosua. Got an apartment for them and her children. To see them together, you would have thought they were a great couple. But he told me recently they broke up. And he has no interest in getting with her ever again. According to him, she got real comfortable with him setting everything up. Eventually she quit her job, and wasnt pulling her weight in the household. Now he has been fighting a legal battle after getting her out of the place to keep all of the stuff in the apartment he bought that she is claiming is hers? A once sweet sexy chica that worked everyday, cooked meals regularly for him, has turned into an opportunistic nightmare for this gentleman.

[QUOTE=CinDR;1510650]What's the monger demographic like in Sosua?[/QUOTE]Just a guess: 80% are 35 to 55, 10% younger. 10% older. Ex-pats and very frequent visitors are older than that on the average as many retirees are included.

Apart from groups of friends who come here together, one of the things I like about the monger community here is that there is little age segregation. Younger and older guys meet up and often hang together. Similarly guys of different nationalities and racial background.

[QUOTE=CinDR; 1510650]What's the monger demographic like in Sosua? That's something that I haven't seen addressed on the last 50-pages or so of posts I've read here. The girls I've seen photos of appear to be quite beautiful. Just looking to chill and relax in the DR, too, and trying to get a better feel for who I'll be drinking beers with. I've traveled around a decent bit, but getting the feeling like I might be the young kid on the block when I show up.

Given that my first time in the DR is coming up soon, any advice on meeting up with the crowd more likely to steer me the right way and avoiding the weekenders?

I very much appreciate all of you taking the time to talk on this forum. I've been super-quiet, but I've taken to heart a lot of what you've posted here and I have no doubt that the DR is going to be a great time. I look forward to seeing you guys within a couple of weeks!

Thanks,

CinDR[/QUOTE]You can start off by going to Rockys restaurant / bar and meet up with guys there for conversation and insight. You can go to New Gardens around breakfast time and meet guys there. You can go to the bar at Seabreeze or Baileys to meet other mongers. There are tons of restaurants on the beach where you can mingle with other mongers. Just get in where you feel you fit in. If you choose to go to any of the bars or restaurants on the strip, you may be better off if you go to a venue where it isn't too noisy and you can hear yourself talk.