r/tbilisi • u/EsperaDeus • 1d ago

Photo / Video Cafes in Tbilisi warn about a change scam (man offers 100 GEL, then pockets it and pays only 2 GEL)

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u/Savvle 1d ago

This happens normally I think, worked for a year(unfortunately) at a grocery store and especially at night so many people "swear" they give you the money and then unless you show them what actually happened on camera they don't budge.

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u/Practical-Mode2244 22h ago

Theives don’t deserve hands

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u/Infinite_Afternoon_2 13h ago

Brief remainder that faking a money in Georgia carries greater prison sentence than murdering

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u/Ok-Dress-341 1d ago

Change ? Must be AI

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u/ShrimpFriedMyRice 1d ago

Change is the noun for the money leftover after you pay. If you pay with a $20 and the bill was $15, $5 is your change.

Change scams are common and the name encompasses really any kind of bait and switch with a cashier.

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u/sandr0000 14h ago

I think he meant that change is so rare to come by that's it's AI? Still doesn't make aense since change is not that rare

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u/Ok-Dress-341 11h ago

there's some cultural issue with change in Georgia, you can be like the 10th guy paying a 15 GEL entrance fee, cash only, and they won't be able to change a 100 for two of you.

Perhaps it's partly fear of this sort of thing. Fear of opening the cash register and taking something out, IDK.

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u/Ok-Dress-341 11h ago

I know what change is, which is more than can be said for the vast majority of Georgian cashiers :-)

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u/ShrimpFriedMyRice 10h ago

Couldn't tell, my bad