Beware of "Gas-conman"

Just lastweek, i found myself nearly-cheated by a "gas-conman" (house-gas dispatcher). It was my 1st time this case happened in my life and i couldn't do anything better to avoid this "kind of ppl" (ppl who greed & dis-honest).

The gas-dispatcher "ABC" send me a gas after i call to ordered. ABC arrived and i open the door for him to change the gas as he was willing to do so. Then as soon as he removed my cap from the gas, he starts complaining my gas-cap (the cap which hooks to the gas) was so-called commonly known for leaking gas. Then ABC hook my cap to the new gas & suprisingly the gas leaks..... (it never happen before to my cap as i seldom change the gas & seldom cook aso probably for 1 yr).

When i try on it personally it really looks like my cap was faulty due to the loose grip of the cap to the gas tong inlet. So the ABC start promiting his so-called safest & guranteed cap which cost from RM50-RM100 per cap. Well, i thought i seldom use the gas & he sounds more like biasing to his own product. Although i know gas leakage is very dangerous but i still think that he is to much bias to his product. Well i make a quick decision of leaving it alone & i will buy myself after i do some price survey........ (coz RM50-RM100 for a merely a cap is too much i guess)

In the weekend i manage to goto a electrical shop & bought 1 for RM12 (cheapest but with SIRIM chop) and it was similar to my old 1. They have another 1 which is leak-proof which only cause RM40 aso. After i went back to replace the "new" cap i bought, i find that it is the same as my spoilt cap which is loosen and leak when i switch to "ON". Then I start reliase that something must be wrong on the other side..... which is the gas tong itself.

So i called-up ABC n he comeback complaining about my cheap-cap n the "bogus" sirim chop on my new cap. Finally i have no choice to ask him put on his so-called good cap to demo that my new-cap was really faulty. Here comes the interesting part...... When he took out an old cap from his bag (which he claims to be RM25 coz he knows i dun wan a RM50 cap), another hand put something on the inlet of the gas tong before he lock his cap to the inlet..... guess what, it works.....

So ABC asked me to returned the new-cap & buy his cap. I said i need to prove to take my $ from the electrical shop. Guess what, when i replace my new-cap back to the gas tong this time, it works fine...!!! From that point i am 100% sure that it has nothing to do with my cap and barely bcoz ABC purposely remove the rubber (supposely attached to the gas tong) and claims that my cap is faulty.

In the end, i argued to him that i can't buy his 2nd-cap which is RM25 while it proves that my cap is working fine. Then he start looking anxious and he need to charge RM15 for service charge. Well, to minimise my losses to ABC, i paid RM15 coz i know ABC is also a key-opener specialist (might brake-in to my house if he is bad enough).

To summarize, i think it will be good for ppl to learn & replace the gas tong in the house to avoid conned by this type of ppl. I also promise myself that i will spread the news around my working place to avoid the next to be conned....... I wish there as a more effective way to tackle this kind of ppl..... :(