Beware of next door to Excedra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WARNING WILL ROBINSON WARNING!
Next to Excedra is a place called "Imagine".
This place is a COMPLETE TRAP!!!
Its bait and switch.
Man at door offers discount card.
You must enter bar for him to endorse it.
Two girls literally swarm you!
Once inside you are obligated to buy yourself and two girls a drink.
Drinks are on table before you can blink.
Guess what they say? 40 PESOS! for the drinks.
This happens so fast you dont know what happens. Guy who is supposed to endorse discount card? Hes outside already looking for another chump. (card by this time has long since disappeared.)
As soon as I figured out what was happening I yelled "NO"! (definately did not and would not pay) and literally ran as fast as I could (NO JOKE!) out the door as they started to block the door from me agressively!
Thanks guys for your support
Whew.
It was nice to read some of your messages.
I forgot to mention the drinks were non alcoholic!
Truth is, t he guy who wanted me to pay saw the rage in my eyes and I really think he thought I was gonna pull a "Bruce Lee" and sock him one!
I was pissed.
But I had some cards up my sleeve. I was gonna do the unexpected and totally outrageous thing. I was gonna scream bloody murder like a woman! I had run (YES RUN!) literraly into the biggest group of people I could find as I left the place. I was gonna make a scene. I was ready to throw a brick through the window.(If I had had to pay)
I paniced and just let me adrenalain take over.
It just goes to show you that if you act all nice and trusting and give benefit of the doubt. They will inevitably fuck with you.
So I guess this means no more mister nice guy. Which frustrates me because I am the poster boy for "Mister nice guy".
[blue]Hi Roland07,
I generally advocate going nuclear in these situations. The people that run these types of scams are only able to do so because a very high percentage of their intended victims are, well, to put it bluntly, pussys. However, If you look and act like you ready to rumble, you might be surprised at their reaction.
Many travelers in these types of situations believe that because it's the troublemaker's country, that they're somehow connected, and that you'll never win a confrontation. Really, the traveler forgets that they, as the tourist, represent the tourist dollars that are to be protected by the authorities. The troublemakers know this, and they know that if there's a problem it's likely that they, the troublemakers, who are going to have the real problem with the authorities.
Sometimes, all it takes is a cold, hard, stare right into their eyes, then tell them to "Fuck Off".
Just my .02 cents.
Jackson[/blue]
You Guy's Should Know Better
Theres no way in the world that "Imagine" and that other club could ever compete with Cafe Excedra which is two or three doors down tward Cordoba.
If you think about it, its located right next door to the Panesta Hotel and their sole purpose is to rip off the guest's of the hotel. That's why the high pressure salesmen at the door.
They don't have the volume so the girls are of low quality.
Moreover, at Excedra you pay normal Argentine prices for drinks or coffee with a selection of up to 50 girls. Sure not all of them are doable, but over the years Ive pulled more Chica's out of Excedra than any other club.
One must be careful out of Excedra as you can find some real losers in their. But there are independant girls whom are not full time working girls that are true gem's. Thease are grils that just need a little extra money to make ends meet. There are also girls that are from other country's that will come to Buenos Aires for a couple months just to work and build up some cash for what ever reason.
I happend to be in Excedra last week with a very prominent Monger whom we all know. He'd picked out a very nice target whom he invited over to our table. He tried to make a deal, but she wanted $200 peso's. His reply was no stating, " If I pay you $200 peso's I'll have to pay all the girls $200 ". My point being is theres very high quality Pussy in Excedra for $150 peso's, so don't you newbies Fuck It Up for us.
Lastly, my last night in town with Chica Seeker, after I was stood up by the Drama Queen, I pulled out a beautiful Red Head out of Excedra for a $150 peso's for a one hour date. She stayed three and a half hours and drained me so good I couldn't do Fabiana the next morning. So my point being is theres some very good shit in Excedra but you have to know what your doing.
Exon
Yet another Imagine story
One night as I was walking past Imagine on my way to Excedra, the doorguy at Imagine asked if I'd like to see inside. He seemed calm and congenial so I thought what the fuck, a quick look won't hurt. I stepped inside and was immediately grabbed by two chicas wanting to take me to the back. As there were NO other customers in the joint, I pretended I didn't speak any Spanish and turned to leave while the bouncer/doorman was blocking the exit. As the girls were still trying to drag me to the back, the doorguy kept saying "sit down, sit down for a while..."
I said, "Okay, yeah, okay, the girls here are really cute. I'm supposed to meet a buddy outside in a few minutes and I don't want to miss him. We'll be right back! Hold the girls for me!!"
After that, every time I walked past Imagine the doorguy would ask when I'm coming back in.
"Maņana dude, maņana..."
-HGL
[QUOTE=Roland07]Whew.
It was nice to read some of your messages.
I forgot to mention the drinks were non alcoholic!
Truth is, t he guy who wanted me to pay saw the rage in my eyes and I really think he thought I was gonna pull a "Bruce Lee" and sock him one!
I was pissed.
But I had some cards up my sleeve. I was gonna do the unexpected and totally outrageous thing. I was gonna scream bloody murder like a woman! I had run (YES RUN!) literraly into the biggest group of people I could find as I left the place. I was gonna make a scene. I was ready to throw a brick through the window.(If I had had to pay)
I paniced and just let me adrenalain take over.
It just goes to show you that if you act all nice and trusting and give benefit of the doubt. They will inevitably fuck with you.
So I guess this means no more mister nice guy. Which frustrates me because I am the poster boy for "Mister nice guy".
[blue]Hi Roland07,
I generally advocate going nuclear in these situations. The people that run these types of scams are only able to do so because a very high percentage of their intended victims are, well, to put it bluntly, pussys. However, If you look and act like you ready to rumble, you might be surprised at their reaction.
Many travelers in these types of situations believe that because it's the troublemaker's country, that they're somehow connected, and that you'll never win a confrontation. Really, the traveler forgets that they, as the tourist, represent the tourist dollars that are to be protected by the authorities. The troublemakers know this, and they know that if there's a problem it's likely that they, the troublemakers, who are going to have the real problem with the authorities.
Sometimes, all it takes is a cold, hard, stare right into their eyes, then tell them to "Fuck Off".
Just my .02 cents.
Jackson[/blue][/QUOTE]