Originally posted by porkchops at 29-9-2023 18:14
Can anyone with experience with these TG groups offer any tips or guidance?
Besides the B&S warning...
I found a whole bunch of these groups, and would like to try on my next upcoming visit to SZ. ...
No specific experience with the sz groups, but I just returned from SH and used these groups twice. First time had an outcall, was asked for a mainland number/deposit, couldn't provide either but eventually the lady just called my HK number to confirm. But upon arrival it was either b&s or heavy Photoshop.
The second time the lady refused outcall so I just went to her place. She/the agent gave the name of the apt complex and when I arrived she gave further instructions to get to her room. Photo was much more accurate this time.
I'm my opinion it's mostly agents, and not quite sure how to reliably identify independents. Outcall is called 外出. If they don't offer they sometimes say 不外出 or just 不外. But if you just ask them they'll tell you straight away "你好 可以外出吗"
While some may accept electronic transfers, at least in sh most seem to prefer cash (deposits of course would be sent via wechatpay/alipay).
If you're going from HK then I highly recommend getting alipayhk and get verified using your hkid. Makes everyday life so much easier, and the app is in English. I also updated my wechat, linked my HK CC and was able to pay at restaurants using that too. But I mostly used it to pay for DiDi.
What else, both times I was asked to pay before the session. If you manage to get outcall make sure to confirm the extra charges, as the b&s lady asked for 300 which literally could get you from one end of sh to the other.
Also some of these tg groups won't allow you to copy the message so you can't put it into Google translate, so what I did was using another phone to take a photo and have Google translate that. Lastly be aware of the China firewall, get yourself a SIM from HK that works in China. Then because of the server would be in HK so you can keep using Google/YouTube/telegram
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