Four of us got in a cab and asked the driver to take us in to San Miguel. He asked me if I liked beer. My mistake was saying yes. I will drop you off at a place that gives free beer.
That place was a jewelry store where we were whisked into a back room, had a beer stuffed in one hand and rings jammed on our fingers on the other hand.
Lesson learned...There are no free beers
Beware in Bangkok Thailand they like to do something similar too. Not the free beer trick, but when hiring a local "Tuk Tuk" to take you somewhere, they will try dropping you off first at a jewelry store. You have to get firm with them to take you where you hired them to take you in the first place!