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The first day we went to Giza, our cabbie took us around to the back side of the plateau...there's a car park over there where cabbies all hang out, and we entered near the Sphinx. That might be a good way to get into Giza with less hassle (sort of assuming that these unruly guys are on the main entrance side near Mena House).
Only problem when we were there was that the back side didn't sell tickets to enter the pyramids themselves - only the main gate had those. I went back crazy early another day, to the main gate, and bought tickets to enter the pyramids. (A separate ticket than the one to get you onto the grounds.)
Our cabbie had some horse/camel buddies, but we declined without too much hassle. Once inside the complex, I took a short ride on a camel, mainly to get the obligatory photo, for about $15. (I'm guessing I overpaid for no more than ten minutes on the beast.)