Imperial Corner Bazaar
shop — 197 Bay Street
Trap score: 58/100 (orange)
Imperial Corner Bazaar is a Bazaar popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Reports (60)
- overcharge (severity 4/5): Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- overcharge (severity 5/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- overcharge (severity 4/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- unsafe (severity 2/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- fake_reviews (severity 5/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- overcharge (severity 1/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5): Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- unsafe (severity 1/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- theft (severity 2/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- harassment (severity 4/5): Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- other (severity 1/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- overcharge (severity 2/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- unsafe (severity 1/5): Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- theft (severity 2/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- other (severity 3/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- unsafe (severity 1/5): Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- other (severity 3/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- theft (severity 1/5): Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- unsafe (severity 3/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- overcharge (severity 1/5): Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- unsafe (severity 5/5): Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5): Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- harassment (severity 4/5): Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- theft (severity 5/5): The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- theft (severity 2/5): Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5): Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- theft (severity 5/5): The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- theft (severity 5/5): Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- other (severity 5/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- unsafe (severity 5/5): Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- theft (severity 3/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5): My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5): Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- other (severity 4/5): Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- fake_reviews (severity 5/5): The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5): The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- harassment (severity 3/5): Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5): The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5): Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- unsafe (severity 3/5): Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5): They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- harassment (severity 5/5): Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- harassment (severity 5/5): Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5): Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- other (severity 1/5): What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- theft (severity 4/5): Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.