Scalpers at Pelni

Scalpers at Pelni

From Warta Kota

A few days ago I visited the state-owned Pelni shipping
company building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, to purchase
tickets for Jakarta to Batam on the SS Kelud. According to the
information I received the price for a third-class ticket is Rp
203,500.

As per the procedure, I filled out a form, submitted it to the
sales counter and waited. Not long after I was called and
informed that the tickets were sold out.

"You should have come three weeks ago," said the ticket
salesperson. That was really weird, because the tickets I
required were well in advance and were in fact for the coming
three weeks.

On my way out of the building I was accosted by a young man,
who in short clearly offered his services to help me get the
above tickets at an astoundingly exorbitant price: Rp 280,000.
Later, I found out there were at least six such scalpers moving
about and offering tickets with the greatest freedom on the third
floor of the building right under the noses of security
personnel.

As customers of Pelni, the public is really at the losing end,
especially those of us with limited incomes.

It is high time scalpers at Pelni were eradicated once and for
all.

B. SUBAGYO

Bekasi, West Java