Yes, I arrived there by car. The hastlers were banging on the windows. Tell them you travelled to Cambodia before and you will be left in peace. At the Cambodian side they offer you a free bus to the "busstation" of Poi Pet a few kilos outside town. There is nothing there but an empty hall and they will tell you to change money at a scam exchange rate, because, they tell you in Seam Raep Thai money isnt accepted. Besides they try to get you in an expensive taxi. Dont change money there and take the bus.

we have recently been through the Poipet crossing, arrived Aranya Prathet and took a tuk tuk to the border or so we though. A building which even had a big sign saying Cambodia Visa office and the same scammers in uniform - luckily we had read warning like this and insisted they take us to the border which was another 3 kms away. Before we left we had the usual stories of how we won't get into Cambodia and we would have to go back to Bangkok. Ignored all this rubbish and walk through, the queue to leave Thailand took longer than the queue to get a Cambodian Visa. We then walked outside to dozens and dozens of taxis, bikes, tut tuks etc. I got a taxi to Siem Reap for $20 yes $20. They tried to scam us at Siem Reap but thats another story but lets just say they failed again. These warning are really useful so we thought we would add our feedback - our trip was 23 Nov 2009.

We recently went through the Poipet crossing. We thought we'd be sweet with our visa since we had obtained a Cambodian e-visa in advance. We had read about the scams at this border but we were very unexperienced and hadn't come across something like this before.
So the tuk tuk driver dropped us off at a 'Cambodia Visa office' like the one mentioned before.... And they said they had to check our e-visas, check that our passports etc were in order. It cost 200 baht each. We ummed and ahhed about it because we never heard about it, and thought it was a scam but weren't too sure. The clincher came when we took too long to decide whether or not to go through it, and I was going to walk to the actual border while my partner stayed there. The guy said that if we did that he'd charge us 400 baht each. So we left!!

So there is no more Tuk Tuk, the bus companies that go there drop you off very close to the border now. You get dropped off with in spitting distance of the border. You are ushered out of the bus by the bus attendant lady and all your stuff is moved into a room, the bus company at least the drivers are now getting a kick back. On the windows it says Cambodian Consulate, its not. The guy is super pushy and if you even question him he gets pissed so this should be a sure fire sign. Border people are always in a bad mood but they don't talk to you nor will they help you hand fill out a sheet. The cost is 1200 baht. Believe it or not they will scam even Thai people. Also some one said its a skezzy old Cambodian guy its most def a bunch of Thai people running this out fit. Also you are getting ripped off in front of pics of a few monks and Buddhas. Gotta love it.