Comments on: Don’t fall for this shoe shine scam in Istanbul https://tales.foxnomad.com/2015/01/30/dont-fall-shoe-shine-scam-istanbul/ travel smarter Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Anil Polat https://tales.foxnomad.com/2015/01/30/dont-fall-shoe-shine-scam-istanbul/#comment-56 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:02:55 +0000 http://tales.foxnomad.com/?p=550#comment-56 In reply to John MacGill.

That’s one way to look at it 🙂 there are much worse (and expensive) tricks for fall for 🙂

]]> By: Anil Polat https://tales.foxnomad.com/2015/01/30/dont-fall-shoe-shine-scam-istanbul/#comment-55 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:00:23 +0000 http://tales.foxnomad.com/?p=550#comment-55 In reply to Escape Hunter.

haha, yes. I’ve seen this in other cities and always think the same, you can shine this kind of shoe!

]]> By: Escape Hunter https://tales.foxnomad.com/2015/01/30/dont-fall-shoe-shine-scam-istanbul/#comment-54 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:34:08 +0000 http://tales.foxnomad.com/?p=550#comment-54 What a nasty trick!
I encountered a few in Istanbul too. It was funny, since my shoes were perfectly modern – not the kind you could shine and they were brand new. But these guys want to shine everything!
They remind me of those forceful windshield cleaner boys.

]]> By: John MacGill https://tales.foxnomad.com/2015/01/30/dont-fall-shoe-shine-scam-istanbul/#comment-53 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:30:46 +0000 http://tales.foxnomad.com/?p=550#comment-53 Compared to scams I saw in Western Europe, this is peanuts!

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