“Not coming again” – M’sian Woman Claims She Was Scammed Multiple Times During a Trip to Kelantan

Everyone is entitled to express their feelings and emotions. Still, for one Malaysian woman, her sharing of a series of unfortunate events she experienced drew heated discussions from other Malaysians.

In a series of posts on Threads, the woman began by posting a five‑word statement that read, “not coming to Kelantan again.”

However, the simple statement caused her to be heavily criticised by others, who accused her of being racist.

She later clarified that her post was based solely on her personal experiences and was not directed at any Kelantanese.

She then listed the reasons behind her frustration, which she claimed involved a series of scams.

Fake batik, bad keropok experience, and a dispute over rental car fuel

According to the woman, she discovered she had been scammed after buying a “3 Serangkai” wide‑sized kain batik for her mother at Pasar Siti Khadijah. She said that because the tag and price looked similar to the original brand, she did not inspect the item properly before purchasing it.

“I didn’t open the kain batik at the shop because I believed the seller. Plus, I don’t wear kain batik. But when my mom checked it at home, she immediately knew it was a fake product. 

"The kain batik was so thin and different from the previous one I bought for her in Kedah. My mom has been wearing this brand for years, so she could tell the difference,” she said.

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Her next ordeal occurred when she purchased six packets of keropok sira. The seller had told her they were new stock, but when she reached home, all of the keropok were stale.

In another incident, the woman said she stopped to buy some keropok lekor on her way to Pantai Cahaya Bulan. As she was rushing to catch her flight and there were no testers available, she took the seller’s word that there were no other stalls and bought the keropok lekor.

She later said that the keropok lekor did not taste good at all.

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Furthermore, she questioned an RM15 deduction from her rental car deposit.

According to her, when she first received the car, the fuel indicator showed 3 bars with an estimated range of 170 km. When she returned it, the range showed 150 km, a difference of about 20 km.

“They charged me RM15 from my deposit for ‘insufficient fuel’. Is this a reasonable price to you? It’s not that I don’t have the money, but I think the price is absurd,” she wrote.

At the end of her post, the woman apologised for her five‑word statement that had offended some Malaysians. She later wrote that her best experience in Kelantan was the food.

Some Malaysians say her frustration is valid

Although her post angered some Malaysians, others defended her, saying her feelings were valid and that they would have reacted the same way if they had been in her situation.

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Some users also shared their own unpleasant experiences while travelling in Kelantan, though they clarified that not all people in Kelantan behaved that way.

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