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Old Mar 20th, 2014, 01:11 PM
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And Lisbon, much as I love it, is not without its own pickpockets>

On my first trip to Portugal and Lisbon we were over charged at just about every restaurant and store we went to. The rip-off in Portugal is a bit different but...
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Old Mar 20th, 2014, 03:06 PM
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Over charged how? You bought something that was more expensive than the price that was labeled?
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Old Mar 20th, 2014, 03:09 PM
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gipped on the bill at every restaurant - charged more and less change in shops - they always rectified it. Now that was some time ago - maybe things have changed but after traveling the world for decades it was the most endemic rip-off like that I've ever had outside the third world.
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Well, that is something i never heard of.

Even so, there's a complaint book in every single commercial shop.

You only pay for what was labeled and what you eat - besides that, the consumer is protected by law and by the Consumer organization.
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