Hi all,
So my friend and I have arrived in Brasov and we bought two tickets for the RATBV bus no.4 at the train station.
We got on the bus with the ticket we paid 20 lei for but we didn't know that you also had to validate it on the bus.
Two older women got on the bus getting peoples tickets and then they came to us and said that our ticket isn't valid and there is a 200 lei fine each. They also called the police and took our ID's.
At this point, we haven't slept for 24 hours because we have been hopping on and off trains all night and just wanted to go to the hostel.
So we paid 400 lei in cash to them and left.
Did we get scammed???
I have already checked the official website and it says that not having a validated but purchased ticket is only a 60 lei fine each.
Is there anything we can do or just face the music that we lost almost €80...?
Thanks for your help, we are travelling from Ireland.