In Reply to: You must pay them too early, tracy posted by dromomaniac on Tuesday, 20. September 2005 at 16:32 Bali Time:
They've always taken us to customs, said they can't go any further, asked for payment and pointed to guys the other end of the customs gate saying they'd take the bags from there. We've always only used porters to give them something to do for some cash, not cuz we've needed help, so never bothered with the 2nd lot to get to the transport.
I haven't used porters at all my last couple of trips as it's only been myself with one bag.