How To Avoid An Antique Carpet Scam
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- If you're in the market for some traditional tribal rugs or crafts, you don't want to do business with these gentlemen. They'll say anything to get your money!
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Damn it! I wish I saw this video before I bought a flying carpet.
This video shows how NOT to avoid carpet scam.
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It is showing how to avoid. We all can see now what can happen when they try to scam you so you just walk away if it happens to you simple sa that
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How to avoid getting scam. Every episode is just you getting scammed, not avoiding it.
Super smart observation.
The show is fake.
I'm not learning anything from these videos but either watching him get scammed or him watching others get scammed.
yes you do learn, like he said no fixed prices,if you're a local and you know what's up you'll get that rug for 30 dollars, but a tourist you'l get got for 200, lesson here is always divide what you'll pay by 10 and pay them the 10%
Who the hell is on the hunt for traditional tribal rugs?
a collectioner?
*****
Touché!
Moroccan and Egyptian r the biggest liyers and froud and basterd naver ever trust these two nations people
At least you still got the carpet, not like in turkey that you have to paid $2000 for single beer.
Ernest Jay don’t know where you go in turkey but an efes in mulga is like 6 lira
Nothing unique here. The same fkn thing happens for every bit of merchandise in every developing country. Even if you do bargain down, your eventual price will still be waaaaaaaaaay more than what a local would pay.
I found the tannery to be the hardest to escape. You go in because they invite you to, no mention of money. Then the guys that take you there want paying, as does the man who runs the tannery. Finally they want to take you to a shop that sells carpets. The prices are crazy and they started on £800, I told him for that price the thing better bloody fly. One thing to note, the tanneries are further out on the edge of the Medina, not near the main squares full of tourists. A few wrong turns which is easy to do can lead you into some pretty quiet and quite frankly scary streets. Parts of which look like some war torn city in the Middle East. Try not to look lost as the moment you do, people will prey on you and offer directions. Now are they going to direct you back on track or somewhere even quieter where they feel safer to do with you as they please? I even noticed groups of people working together to send me in a particular direction. They were originally walking behind me then would over take and wait ahead of me. I didn’t like this one bit and sensed I was being goaded. I decided to ask another person to see if additional directions would match the first set. I deliberately chose a father with his young daughter which way it was to get back on track and he gave completely different directions, he was walking my way so I walked with him, I noticed when there was enough distance between me and the others who were giving me directions, he told me not to go with them. My senses were really tingling by now and not too long later I had never felt so relieved to hear loud booming Northern English accents, five chunky blokes who looked ex-forces on a lads holiday, I did my best to make conversation and walked with them until I felt completely safe again and wished them well on their trip. I never ventured into that part of the city again as it felt different, too quiet and very easy to get lost in.
I like how he eventually gets angry at the guys selling him the rugs, because he usually never gets angry.
50 year old antique rugs would definitely not be sitting piled 6 feet high in a Marrakech back alley market
you can tell when moroccans are lying cuz there lips are moving.
At least they know the difference between there and their.
that's my country ( morocco ) that carpet costs 20£
If I can get similar in the UK at same price, I will haggle really hard
Great White Rabbit wtf most Moroccon are white hhhhhhhh only south of morocco were you find people brown
Ilyass Mami I’ll bomb it
Ilyass Mami Excactly, but why don't you people simply make honest business? Imagine how many, will like me, advice never make business with someone from Morocco?
You might be the honest one out of ten.
Why run the risk..?
son of a bitch is asking for tip.
Two things I do when traveling overseas, when bartering, one foot out the front door ready to leave and don't like the deal I step out the door,(price often drops) the other is when we barter on price, I go down on price, they say 300, I say 150, they say 280 I say 140,and keep going down,,realy confuses them ,LOL
that rug is not even worth 10euros and you're paying 180??
The rug was worth about 1/4 of what he paid so around 40 to 50 euros.
***** not even worth that
His production company was paying the tab and he just wanted to get an appraisal not knowing what the true cost was.
he said that would be worth 500D to 700 that means 50-70€
yeah but the dude is right, this rug goes for 30 dollars at max
A tip for buying a carpet bahaha? I'd be pulling a middle finger out the pocket saying "heres your tip".
Yea cuz every time I go on holiday I want to buy an antique carpet top priority
Paul Thomson - it’s not every time for me, but usually I find another for the collection
I hate my country for that kind of dealing.. These scammers must be in jail but unfortunnaly there is no LAW in morocco
video should be called: idiot gets scammed
Broom this is a show about revealing scams
Broom So, you're the idiot.
I like these videos, almost as good as learning by first hand experience
Great video mate....you opened my eyes
Is a good videoclip. Our hotel in Tunisia organsjed a free shuttle into town. We were the only English family on the bus. We were given special treatment until eventually being spilt from the group and taken to a carpet shop where we were sat down and given tea. They then proceeded to unroll at least 50 carpets to which we said no each time. They cannot make you buy their rubbish ! If conned into being taken to a shop like this just stay firm !
Hi everyone,
I found this video in youtube very informative as well if you want to choose the right carpet:
All you need to know about persian carpets.
Give us the name of the honest carpet salesman!!! Or go to Essouira where all the prices are marked!
He didn't ask for a bag! Hear it carefully he asks for a carpet!!! Loooool BUSTED
I love your videos....upload more plz.....
Im confused, he bought it for 185 euros and the other salesman says its worth 5-700 euros and he says he bought it for 2000 and that hes been duked. What??
He didnt say euros. He said yenars or something (the currency there)
700 dirhams
Mohammed Mahdi it's worth 50-70€ he paid 185€
Not 700 euro! He said 700 dh
Mohammed Mahdi you stupid arabe don't understand
Anyone else notice the guy in the white coat Pick-Pocket the host right at the beginning? Lol
how do you avoid it though?
The best way to avoid this is to give them counterfeit money, everyone wins.
Oh! What happened to us was we also wanted to buy some leather bags. We asked for directions and of course someone wants to offer himself as a guide. Then we're guided to a place where they actually work with leather outside. After they showed us a little shop next to that place. When we come out, three of them eere asking for money... "No guide! No guide! I'm a guardian" That was they're excuse...
If someone ever comes up to me and grabs me by the arm, I’m yelling.
I never understood why don't they just sell for the going price for the fake products and try to up sell the customer for other products at a good price. Poor sales judgment
Damn. I'm always buying antique carpets
flaggerify try persian lol
I fell for this. The guide took into a mud house, suddenly appeared in traditional dress and started bringing in rugs to sell. Ended up buying a shit rug for €100.
"How to avoid carpet scam"
"Stay firm with your price lower it as much as possible"
*gets scammed anyway*
But for 185€ is still very high. U got scamed.
I paid like 79€ for that simple carpet.
I'd have took it back and demanded a refund plus compensation.
dude you live in a good country where laws exist, that's north africa and a refund doesn't exist
"plus compensation" are you having a laugh?
yeah but in morrocco you can go back to the store to get descammed
Been there done that , bought the rug for 10 quid....
Does that carpet look 50 yrs old to u? Cmon man smh
I thought he paid 185 euros for the rug plus a tip for the workers. then the guy says it is worth 500 to 700 euros . and then the guy says he paid 200o euros for it. am i missing something ?
0011clem No 500-700 Durhams which is 50-70 Euro
there should be a fixed price! this is ridiculous. i am not gonna visit this country. i love carpets like crazy
1 1 how much have you tried so far. Persian.
lol that haggling happens all the time here in Kuwait and the middle east.
Maddix Roberts Exactly ;) ;) And they are not offended if you don't want to buy ;) ;) That is great ;)
In Turkey too.
Who the hell wants old ugly rugs?
Dragonze Watermellon My Dad
Plus tip for the workers 🤣😱😂
Do you know what is the name of the shop of the honest shop owner in the second part of the video??
Upload more please
Hah I met this first guy on the video. He took me to some massage place. But he was very kind, and back massage was 20 Durham (2euro) so I don't complain and I don't think I got scammed
man, these cheap asses think they have to pay less for everything, otherwise they'll call it a scam, you're on a trip for leisure for fuck's sake, rub them pockets a little bit geez...
They don't notice the camera?
Conor must have a bank account just to pay for his scams
How about Scam City Philippines ?!
Hmmm, I'm on holiday in this interesting historical commercial centre (or if you prefer, cultural desert); I think what I absolutely need is... a shitty little rug which I'll have to lug around on the return journey (possibly overloading my EasyJet weight ration) and which I could easily buy in IKEA for about €40 max. Yeah, go on holiday to buy a fucking carpet! How is that even a thing?
Ive wondered the same thing, especially when they try to sell you the rugs 3-4 times the size of this one. Maybe other tourists send their stuff home via freight before they fly home?
Reminds me of the swindlers in Tijuana .
Why don't these countries have laws against false advertising?
Because tourist money is what they are living off
Areas like this all over the world have been ripping people off since, well fucking forever literally thousands of years ;)
Their cultures don't understand laws and morals. They only understand survival of the fittest/smartest and "might is right".
Hal Howard they do. they just don't in force
Why would you spend that much for a useless old carpet ?
which country is that?
Most rugs are bought by locals, the tourists are just the 'icing on the cake'. A typical local earns 100 dh/day, less for women. How could they afford to pay 20 days salary for a rug? Turn the equation on its head... how many days did it take the weavers to produce the rug? I've watched weaving on an old loom, and for that size I would say two days.
Two days?
In two days u could barely finish a very small size monochrome kilim if someone did all the warping, heddles ecc. before.
For that rug I would say at least 2 or 3 weeks, considering the technique and size.
He sell carpet for good price, best price what did you want??? It’s a good price real quality
lol got a fake rolex for 4.5denars not bad for something that looks like the real deal. Also bought another fake rolex in Kuwait by another merchant for 3denars and the glass popped out the next week lol. You win some you lose some.
You need to show us what they say to scam you not what you did after the scam
for all these useless videos there is ONE little solution not to get raped, ripped or stolen off..just KEEP ON WALKING. dont stop, dont talk to them, dont ask anything.. nada.
Hmmmmm you just don't buy it. Next question?
that carpet is for sticky feet people looks so gross
How to avoid antique carpet/other scam
Say no.
even before watching the video i can tell you that shitty ass rug costs around 25 dollars and not a damn cent more
Lol 175 euros... he got scammed 🤣😂
This is a perfect example of a market failure. Another flaw of capitalism is proved
They don't really live in a capitalist culture, more of a mercantilist one. Their culture prevents anyone from acquiring too much wealth through social justice.
If one of those guys were to offer set prices, expand production and start making a lot of money his competitors would sabotage his business and the local government officials would demand large shares of his business.
I'm deeply sorry , on behalf that bastard who took your money please accept my sorrow, I'm really ashamed how that man did everyhting to sell that antique for you, which is fake, unfortunately, this is how Moroccan people are, full of greed and lies, Please take your care while traveling to Morocco, or don't even bother your self to visit it in the first place, nothing special to see actually, there is a lot of beautiful and better places to go actually.
2-3 weeks to make it and u paid 200 guess it worth
jon jones No, in the west our time is 10 times more expensive
Agent 47 was there.
75 years old should be cheap then as its been through many hands
Why didnt you bring it back, too scared, thats where the real video would have been.
U get scammed first and then u make video and tell us how to avoid scam..
Brilliant
Well I did what you did My man but I got scamed
How to avoid buying an antique carpet don’t buy one any one who approach’s you in any country and calls you my friend there is your sign he’s conning you remember we all look the same to them mugs with money just use gibberish when talking to them or signs that make no sense
and why would i want an old dusty looking rug ?
Bradley Nguyen maybe a collector wants one
A total stranger offered to help u and speak English pretty good ok ok that is a big red flag
try the car parking scam at shirdi mandir in maharashtra India. the beat the person and break his car. lol
First thing first before buying carpets if u r traveling by air or ur transport which has less space u cant take a carpet cause it has no space soyeah.... fuk yah
How to avoid an antique carpet scam??? DONT BUY ANTIQUE CARPETS!!!!! Solved
I am from there
As always you Just Got SCAMMED!!!!!!!!
The most dishonest people in the world!!!!
man wow u guys need to learn how to walk away from people that try sell you shit
Lies lies n more lies but. U bought it anyways
So.... DJT IS Carpet salesmen!!!!!
sir if you are going to shoot in phillippines i can help you by giving some answers to the scams happening in the PHIL. send me a message at this account...i would be more than willing help as to educate tourist.
185 still way way way too much
I am confused , how to avoid a carpet SCAM?? AND HOW THE fk DO YOU AVOID IT.. I SAW NOTHING ABOUT HOW TO DO IT RIGHT?
Ugly ass carpet!!!! With $180 I would've gotten me Gucci flip flops smh
He talks in French wtf
scam??
This shit fake. How some dude not c the big cameras & big sound recording n the background smh
"everything he said.. was just a lie..." but that was kind of obvious though. I wouldn't trust those shitty "dealers" at all.... or should we say deliars.
yea.. and they are sooooo helpful with directions .. .yea sure he is.
buddy that made this documentary your the scammer you double our tripled your money you paid 185 the trust worthy guy told you 7 to 800 so that means you will sale it for 600 which just paid a night stay there plus a few other expenses
flawles snake DONKEY ITS 185 EURO not durian or what ever the currency was
flawles snake the other guy told him he got ripped off big time near the end of the video
حشومة
why was this recommended?
try the car parking scam at shirdi mandir in maharashtra India. the beat the person and break his car. lol