New level of being conned

So, we were conned in India and with various Tuk Tuk and Taxi drivers along the way, but we havent had a biggie in a while. This one is quite impressive. We managed to get conned in Bangkok into paying more than twice the price for our Chinese visas, within the embassy. We made the two hour round trip to the embassy on two occasions and ended up paying more than people who go through travel agents. The guy on the front desk is apparently running his own little business. Lesson learnt.