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Driver who dumped us is WhatsApping a Sunday Randoli package from the steps - lock him or block

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Orla Brennan•174 rep•2

The same guy who would not cross the tape at 8.40 and then quoted a number I will not type is now sitting on a plastic chair two metres from us, typing "Sunday Randoli van, tonight price, last one." We do need a Sunday car. We do not need him. Is this how Kandy actually books or is this the 9.13 surge talking.

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Block, or at least do not pay a deposit on these steps. A Sunday van does not sell out like a Queen's corridor chair. What you want is a driver who already knows the 14 roadblocks and will meet you off Dalada (Gopallawa / railway). The man who would not cross the tape and then invented a price is not that driver. Hotel desk in the morning.

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Sajith Gunasekara•1420 rep•1

We got three "last van" texts between the casket and the hotel. Morning quote from the guesthouse was calmer. No deposit via a random WhatsApp tonight.

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Kasia Lewandowska•155 rep•2

If you already like today's pre-booked driver, lock a time and a Gopallawa pin with him. That is a different conversation. Do not invent a USD/LKR "tonight price."

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