Comments on: Is It the Principle…Or Is It Being Cheap? http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html One guy's attempt to travel as far around the world as he cheaply can Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: T-roy http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-1982 T-roy Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:54:44 +0000 Brian: I wrote a little something about this a while back and believe me i got a LOT of flack from people about that posts. To the point where people were just commenting "You cheap wanker, go f*ck yourself you cheap Yankee!" Most that were negative seemed to be from Europe and i would just delete those comments but people got mad at me for being honest. I think like the comment above from PufferFish is wrong when someone just refuses to pay because they didn't like something, that is something way different then when you agree on a price and the transaction doesn't reflex that. If you don't like a meal, then don't go back but when someone takes a penny to $1,000 dollars from you, you should have the right to say something and not get flack for it. Read my article on it and let me know what you think, once i compared a nickle in the US vs in Ecuador. http://www.foggodyssey.com/2010/03/04/things-you-see-in-ecuador-that-make-you-wonder-wtf-ecuadorian-math/ Brian: I wrote a little something about this a while back and believe me i got a LOT of flack from people about that posts. To the point where people were just commenting “You cheap wanker, go f*ck yourself you cheap Yankee!” Most that were negative seemed to be from Europe and i would just delete those comments but people got mad at me for being honest. I think like the comment above from PufferFish is wrong when someone just refuses to pay because they didn’t like something, that is something way different then when you agree on a price and the transaction doesn’t reflex that. If you don’t like a meal, then don’t go back but when someone takes a penny to $1,000 dollars from you, you should have the right to say something and not get flack for it.

Read my article on it and let me know what you think, once i compared a nickle in the US vs in Ecuador.

http://www.foggodyssey.com/2010/03/04/things-you-see-in-ecuador-that-make-you-wonder-wtf-ecuadorian-math/

]]> By: brian http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-279 brian Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:44 +0000 @Nomadic Matt<br />Imagine that. You can have a room somewhere in the world for $2 a day. $60 a month. $720 a year.<br /><br />It is almost obscene when we think about the prices compared to the West. @Nomadic Matt
Imagine that. You can have a room somewhere in the world for $2 a day. $60 a month. $720 a year.

It is almost obscene when we think about the prices compared to the West.

]]> By: Nomadic Matt http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-280 Nomadic Matt Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:05:21 +0000 7 dollars!! overpriced. I paid 2 dollars! <br /><br />Lakeside is where it is at! 7 dollars!! overpriced. I paid 2 dollars!

Lakeside is where it is at!

]]> By: brian http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-285 brian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:34:51 +0000 @The Backpack Foodie<br />Yes yes yes! No way you want to raise a voice or act belligerent with anyone in customer service. No one wants to listen to someone who is screaming at them. The mind just shuts down.<br /><br />Be insistent and persistent - but calm. @The Backpack Foodie
Yes yes yes! No way you want to raise a voice or act belligerent with anyone in customer service. No one wants to listen to someone who is screaming at them. The mind just shuts down.

Be insistent and persistent – but calm.

]]> By: The Backpack Foodie http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-286 The Backpack Foodie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:17:18 +0000 I'm with most everyone else on this one: it's a matter of principle. The problem is not the $1 extra, it's the fact they quoted you a price and charged more. In the same vein, if the opposite happened, I'd actually point it out.<br /><br />The thing to do, though, IMO, is not to throw a fit when it happens. It's perfectly acceptable to be firm and insist without yelling or getting upset, a thing which I hate to see my fellow travelers to do, especially in places where face matters. The key here is to make it clear that charging you more than agreed is unacceptable; not to make them hate you by acting like an ass.<br /><br />(Not saying you did; by the sound of your post you were quite calm. But I see plenty of people act like total douchebags the second they fear they're being ripped off.) I'm with most everyone else on this one: it's a matter of principle. The problem is not the $1 extra, it's the fact they quoted you a price and charged more. In the same vein, if the opposite happened, I'd actually point it out.

The thing to do, though, IMO, is not to throw a fit when it happens. It's perfectly acceptable to be firm and insist without yelling or getting upset, a thing which I hate to see my fellow travelers to do, especially in places where face matters. The key here is to make it clear that charging you more than agreed is unacceptable; not to make them hate you by acting like an ass.

(Not saying you did; by the sound of your post you were quite calm. But I see plenty of people act like total douchebags the second they fear they're being ripped off.)

]]> By: brian http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-292 brian Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:53:55 +0000 @Living the Dream<br />I'm going to include that. That was not clear the first time.<br /><br />@ADia<br />Yup I agree. Thanks for finally following!<br /><br />@Shannon OD<br />As someone else said, you could charge that amount upfront and no one would blink an eye.<br /><br />@Brooke vs. the World<br />Thanks for commenting! If you travel for any length of time, you experience it.<br /><br />@Frugal Expat<br />I hear you. I didn't really get riled up though. My traveler's open mindedness made me think maybe someone didn't tell the clerk the original price quoted. But with others saying the same thing happened to them, who knows.<br /><br />@mina<br />I think most people would do the same thing, but feel funny about it. I got to say I didn't.<br /><br />@The Nomadic Pinoy<br />Happens everywhere. Again I don't know if it was an honest mix-up or something else. @Living the Dream
I'm going to include that. That was not clear the first time.

@ADia
Yup I agree. Thanks for finally following!

@Shannon OD
As someone else said, you could charge that amount upfront and no one would blink an eye.

@Brooke vs. the World
Thanks for commenting! If you travel for any length of time, you experience it.

@Frugal Expat
I hear you. I didn't really get riled up though. My traveler's open mindedness made me think maybe someone didn't tell the clerk the original price quoted. But with others saying the same thing happened to them, who knows.

@mina
I think most people would do the same thing, but feel funny about it. I got to say I didn't.

@The Nomadic Pinoy
Happens everywhere. Again I don't know if it was an honest mix-up or something else.

]]> By: The Nomadic Pinoy http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-293 The Nomadic Pinoy Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:55:04 +0000 You did the right thing. Principle is principle never mind if it's only $1. They love to play this game that foreigners can afford it but the thing is, a dollar multiplied by 8 means extra money for them. You did the right thing. Principle is principle never mind if it's only $1. They love to play this game that foreigners can afford it but the thing is, a dollar multiplied by 8 means extra money for them.

]]> By: mina http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-294 mina Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:57:11 +0000 I would have done the exact same thing you did. If they wanted $8 - they should have just charged it. I would have done the exact same thing you did. If they wanted $8 – they should have just charged it.

]]> By: Frugal Expat http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-296 Frugal Expat Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:20:31 +0000 You did the right thing! They should honor what they offer. What they did is a blunt rip off. You did the right thing! They should honor what they offer. What they did is a blunt rip off.

]]> By: Brooke vs. the World http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/11/is-it-principleor-is-it-being-cheap.html#comment-297 Brooke vs. the World Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:47:20 +0000 Principle all the way. I have been in that situation so many times and even though afterwards i feel like a jerk bc it is only a few dollars to me, I just can't handle the dishonest behavior. Principle all the way. I have been in that situation so many times and even though afterwards i feel like a jerk bc it is only a few dollars to me, I just can't handle the dishonest behavior.

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