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Wrenching Dad
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Close to Honda Center, Angel Stadium and Disneyland.
Wife had a blood cancer treatment seminar-a-thon at the Convention center so we took the RV for the week.
$85+ taxes a nite, her employer picked up the tab. The close by Elks RV camp ground is $30 when it's on me.
Not bad but they really favor their regulars and hold the best sites for them. Reservation or not, the good sites sit empty and only for those they favor. Sites could use better tree trimming for guys with custom paint jobs but I carry my own clippers and make it work. Orange trees galore pick all ya want. No rigs over 10 years old is the rule but not so enforced if they know you goes the tale.
We Uber'd around Anaheim because parking the Dually is $45 a day everyplace.
That is we Uber'd until we got caught up in a Uber scam.
The scam rolls like this:
You press the Uber app icon on your phone and put in the pick up drop off info. If it's a short ride like say from the Disneyland ride share lot to your hotel:
Akbar accepts your ride but shows up in a close-by location you can't get to nor have any communication with Akbar to find him like you should. In the Disneyland case, the Howard Johnsons across the street is where the Uber drivers hide. Ubers computers register the driver arrived at your location as requested. You have no clue Akbar is there, he doesn't call to dial you in, he's hiding.
Uber then registers YOU as a no show, Akbar gets a $5 no show fee and Akbar waits for a longer, more profitable fare to pop up like to the LAX airport or Hollywood.
It's raining, you have no clue what's happening, nor do 20 other families from around the world waiting for their Uber either. We're all dead in the water as Akbar and his friend hide nearby.
So heads up.
Use Lyft, the drivers have no clue where you are going until you are seated in the car. Lyft is about $1 more per trip, but no scams.
Wife had a blood cancer treatment seminar-a-thon at the Convention center so we took the RV for the week.
$85+ taxes a nite, her employer picked up the tab. The close by Elks RV camp ground is $30 when it's on me.
Not bad but they really favor their regulars and hold the best sites for them. Reservation or not, the good sites sit empty and only for those they favor. Sites could use better tree trimming for guys with custom paint jobs but I carry my own clippers and make it work. Orange trees galore pick all ya want. No rigs over 10 years old is the rule but not so enforced if they know you goes the tale.
We Uber'd around Anaheim because parking the Dually is $45 a day everyplace.
That is we Uber'd until we got caught up in a Uber scam.
The scam rolls like this:
You press the Uber app icon on your phone and put in the pick up drop off info. If it's a short ride like say from the Disneyland ride share lot to your hotel:
Akbar accepts your ride but shows up in a close-by location you can't get to nor have any communication with Akbar to find him like you should. In the Disneyland case, the Howard Johnsons across the street is where the Uber drivers hide. Ubers computers register the driver arrived at your location as requested. You have no clue Akbar is there, he doesn't call to dial you in, he's hiding.
Uber then registers YOU as a no show, Akbar gets a $5 no show fee and Akbar waits for a longer, more profitable fare to pop up like to the LAX airport or Hollywood.
It's raining, you have no clue what's happening, nor do 20 other families from around the world waiting for their Uber either. We're all dead in the water as Akbar and his friend hide nearby.
So heads up.
Use Lyft, the drivers have no clue where you are going until you are seated in the car. Lyft is about $1 more per trip, but no scams.
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