I GOT SCAMMED BY UBER IN AZERBAIJAN!?!?!? (First Impressions Of Baku)

okay so I just checked into the hotel and what happened till now from when I landed in Baku until I got to the hotel was quite crazy it started when I got out of the airport and I tried to request an uber from the uber app uber ride away connected me with the driver and within minutes he had arrived at the airport parking lot and I was supposed to go find them now it was weird because usually when I order an uber driver the driver will just sit in a specific place and you sort of have to find your way over to the car that's not the way it worked here I saw that the drivers car was moving around the parking lot didn't even make sense that the driver could move around so quickly after about five minutes of looking around and asking in different cars that they were my driver some guy walked up to me and asked me if I was going to the pastures boutique hotel which is where I'm staying I said I was and it turns out this was my uber driver so he was actually walking around the parking lot he wasn't sitting in his car he was walking around looking for me so I get into his car and he asks me to give him some cash and I said what for I'm supposed to be paying with credit card it says all I could catch to get out of the airport parking lot like you I guess he had paid money to sit in the parking lot so he needs the cash for that I said I'm sorry but that's not how this works you know I'm gonna pay he whatever overcharged my card and that's where he'll get your money for him so he said no I need cash he said just cancelled a ride and you pay me in cash I said okay how much cash so you asked for thirty manat thirty minutes is about eighteen US dollars but the uber app audacity for 10.9 manat so that would be probably about six dollars or so so I didn't feel like obvious that what he was trying to scam me basically what he was trying to get me to cancel the uber ride and pay him in cash so I told him that I would not do that so then he started to ask me for less money he asked for 20 month I told him I wouldn't do that either then he said you know just get out of my car so I took my stuff and left I ordered another uber and this time I couldn't find the driver out walking around the parking lot and I just couldn't find the guy and then I noticed that I was missing my travel pillow you know the neck pillows that people take on planes it's actually really helpful it helps me sleep a lot of flights and that's very important sometimes when I'm trying to think for many days in a row since I don't know I don't know it's good to spend a night in a hotel so I'm spending a night on the road and we're and I'm gonna be in a car or a plane I always take that pillows and that helps me sleep so anyway I realized I'm missing my neck pillow and I realized that it's in this previous uber drivers car thankfully I had the guy's phone number and I called him he answered and he met me and he gave back the pillow so even though he was sort of a con artist or a scam artist and tried to get me to pay him extra money to take me when over was gonna charge a third of the price he was honest enough to give me back my pillow which I appreciated then I continued looking for my second door driver and he never showed up so I had to cancel that one too so I got charged twice I got charged for canceling the first ride I got charged for casting the second ride and hopefully I'm gonna be able to fight those and get my money back not a lot of money but it's a matter of principle I should not have to pay for something that I did not use and then I ordered a third uber at this point I was ready to give up because drivers were harassing me and I kept telling them I had an uber on the way and they're like no we're doesn't work here you're not gonna get an uber everyone's gonna charge you and drivers are offering me prices like thirty one not two forty minute that's already up to like $25 and they're just harassing you and you know how I guess it's 4:00 in the morning I'm really tired and I just want to get into bed and basically I decided I'm gonna try Wilbur one more time if it doesn't work I'm just gonna have to cave to these guys and try to someone who has the best price I ordered a third uber the driver showed up in a second and actually he was an honest driver so I just put my stuff into the car we drove it to the city and half hour later Here I am at my hotel so if you're watching this this is my first impression of Baku Azerbaijan I was not pleased with what happened in the beginning I feel it's very unfair for drivers to be scamming tourists or passengers getting off planes late at night I feel bad for them I understand they're doing this because they're probably in dire financial situations but this is not the way that things should be done you know if you're working for uber uber has a pretty good reputation and you have to uphold that reputation so I'm gonna deal with over I'm going to be contacting them to report this driver who was trying to scam me but I also must say to all the hard-working people at Ober who do their jobs properly and who are honest we appreciate you I appreciate you and keep doing what you're doing you are what makes the world a better place that's all have a good night