In Reply to: hair braiding/spiking scam posted by haddles on Monday, 20. June 2005 at 16:34 Bali Time:
This is from a post I wrote in may about it: She asked me if I wanted my nails done and I said not now and she said would I come back to her later which I said I would (it was my first day and hadn't organised anyone to do my nails so I thought what the hey) So she ties this band around my wrist and ID I suppose. Then she said the straps where she had tied it were too long and just come down here so I can cut them off. God as soon as you get there you are surrounded almost by people and if you are a bit of a softie like me and can't be bothered arguing you just go with it. So I said she could do my nails, next thing you know I have her on my hands, others constantly trying to do my feet (which I relented!), a guy trying to give me a henna tattoo (which I relented!) and one trying to give me a shoulder massage (which I relented!). Its hard to explain, I wanted to get out of there but they were all giving me the sob story. I'm just glad I have been to bali several times so I knew pricewise what I was willing to pay. If you had never been before they would make a fortune off you