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Pay Close Attention to Your Bills Sosua!!
Usually, I take my own to dinner.
Only a few places charge a fee..... Papi's in Cabarete does, 300pesos*
Little place in RSJ charges 100.......sometimes*
Wine this is*
Only a few places charge a fee..... Papi's in Cabarete does, 300pesos*
Little place in RSJ charges 100.......sometimes*
Wine this is*
Kind of deducted that. I haven't known anyone to charge a fee to take a Dominicana to dinner, but Willie might find a way.
When I drink the cheap stuff in the morning I feel like a midget with muddy feet had been walking over my tongue all night.
Take the cheap red and cut it with as much white as you want.....
Improves it.....
WW
king of short cuts*
Improves it.....
WW
king of short cuts*
I do not recall myself having had any problems with inflated bills in DR. I am normally sober so maybe they try to select other "victims" or maybe it is my appearance in general, who knows.
On the odd occasion when I am out drinking, for example when I go to Cabarete on a weekend night the bill has always been correct
I always check my bill in detail regardless of my good experiences in the past.
MM
On the odd occasion when I am out drinking, for example when I go to Cabarete on a weekend night the bill has always been correct
I always check my bill in detail regardless of my good experiences in the past.
MM
Sometimes they spot someone to target or sometimes they feel a patron deserves it.
And they give it a whirl*
And they give it a whirl*
The waiter in the restaurant I think was a mistake with math because even the tax was miscalculated - that one I think was an honest mistake. The 2 bars I am sure was on purpose - probably because we had a lot to drink and the waiters in both instance thought they could get away with it. We always check our bills - my guy said this is very common in DR. Many waiters make their $$ this way. He always checks every bill line by line no matter where we go. I agree with posters who think it relates to alcohol. Maybe they see you drinking a lot and think you wont check which I think many people don't. Even my one girlfriend the other night admitted when the bill issue occurred said that she never checks hers! I have never had it happen in Cab - only in Sosua... and many times in the past couple of weeks which I thought was odd.
We actually had a bill short 500 pesos! Normally we'd say something but always get screwed so we figured it was our turn. [emoji12]
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Another trick is giving you the pre-cuenta with a mistake, in their favor, you pay and they never give you the final cuenta. Waiter changes the bill to what actually left the kitchen and keeps what you paid extra. Always ask the official bill (it has // on the bottom).
BTW, *officially restaurants aren't allowed to keep original invoices in their store, if DGII catches them with original invoices that were supposed to be given to the customer they get a fine. The reason behind that is if the original invoice
stays in the store it gives room to alter invoices in the system after customer leaves and lower the sales (and therefore the 18% itbis).*
BTW, *officially restaurants aren't allowed to keep original invoices in their store, if DGII catches them with original invoices that were supposed to be given to the customer they get a fine. The reason behind that is if the original invoice
stays in the store it gives room to alter invoices in the system after customer leaves and lower the sales (and therefore the 18% itbis).*
As Steve Martin, the circus weight guesser, in "The Jerk" - "Ah so it's a profit deal". And I am waiting for the closed down "Cup of Pizza" to re-open here in Sosua
Errmmm every buisness owner has a mean to alter the system up until the "monthly print out " is printed/saved/sent.
Its often the computer/machine thingy guys who teach you how to do it.
And not only in the dr.*:nervous:
Not at all. I've seen it go over and under on many, many occasions. Not only in restaurants, but also Banks and other businesses.
Folks here make a lot of mistakes. I like to believe few are intentional.
you will get no argument from me on that one. *when i attempt to buy 4 items that cost 10 pesos each, and the cashier reaches for the calculator, i shudder to think about the arithmetic without one.
Are you sure they are not adding on the 18% tax that many legitamate places will do?
As a General Rule, Running a Tab for anything other than Breakfast with Coffee never ends well in the Dom Republic ..
Long time ago, a group of us in Boca Chica were once Extorted out of approx $80 for drinks we never had and padded drink prices for the rest . ( cant recall what it was in pesos, too long ago )
That should only happen once for a person to learn where and when he can trust a waiter or bartender with running a "tab".. This aint Kansas.. consider yourself lucky if it only happen to you in a town you familiar with like Sosua, and can gripe about it , in other parts of the country they will simply force you to PAY for their BAD MATH.
Long time ago, a group of us in Boca Chica were once Extorted out of approx $80 for drinks we never had and padded drink prices for the rest . ( cant recall what it was in pesos, too long ago )
That should only happen once for a person to learn where and when he can trust a waiter or bartender with running a "tab".. This aint Kansas.. consider yourself lucky if it only happen to you in a town you familiar with like Sosua, and can gripe about it , in other parts of the country they will simply force you to PAY for their BAD MATH.
Yes correct, that's why dgii will punish you if you have original invoices laying around in your business since it might mean you altered the invoice and printed it again. Makes sense? No, but that's Dominican logic. On the other hand, the fiscal printer does register if you make a change after printing the original invoice.*
Absolutely sure. In each instance we brought it up, they agreed they made a mistake and we paid the correct amount.*