White Van Scam

[Fanzotti]

Hey, don't blow this for me, I've been making a killing selling white vans.

[Hick]

^^WTF? that hardly makes sense.^^

Anyway, some dude tried to hustle me while in traffic and iwas heading the other way. I had my window down and he STOPPED traffic to say 'Hey buddy! HEY! Im moving out and i dont want these...' Me: 'NOPE' and drove off. If you ever work somewhere that people thnk only scum work [car shops] you will get this all the time!

[MR 325]

A buddy of mine bought from one of these people once. I forget what exactly what kind of speakers he got but he got the real deal for super cheap. Still has them.

[Farbin Kaiber]

^^WTF? that hardly makes sense.^^

Anyway, some dude tried to hustle me while in traffic and iwas heading the other way. I had my window down and he STOPPED traffic to say 'Hey buddy! HEY! Im moving out and i dont want these...' Me: 'NOPE' and drove off. If you ever work somewhere that people thnk only scum work [car shops] you will get this all the time!

YOUR NOT CALLING ME SCUM, ARE YA?




j/k

[GaryE30]

I'm looking at this right now for my apartment bedroom. Inexpensive, but I'm sure you get what you pay for. I've read reviews on this setup and some are pro and some are con. I guess its split 50/50.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230159032038&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013

[Jscotty]

I'm looking at this right now for my apartment bedroom. Inexpensive, but I'm sure you get what you pay for. I've read reviews on this setup and some are pro and some are con. I guess its split 50/50.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=013

I have that exact same system and it works GREAT. It won't rock the house and its probably not good to use when you have 100 people in your house but I use it in my home office and it sounds FANTASTIC. I had mine for a little more than a year. If it dies, I will buy another one. You can't beat it for the price.

Unfortunately, there's just too many stupid people these days, so these white truck guys keep making a living.

Get their plate? Report them?

Nope, but I know how to find them. when I first started talking to the guy I told him that my buddy needs some speakers and I asked for his cell number. I will probably give him a call tomorrow and meet him on the street somewhere and use the camera phone and get their mug shots and plates. Then I will ask them who they are working for.

Overall I think that they are running a "legitimate" business. They are doing BAD business and misrepresenting their product, however, I think that they are walking the fine line of legality. It is not a violation of the law to verbally lie unless you lie while discussing the terms of a verbal contract. Also, as long as it is not in writing, you can technically get away with saying anything that you want to.

[Fanzotti]

^^WTF? that hardly makes sense.^^

These guy's sell shit. People here are wondering/ bitching about how they're still in business in this day and age with interent scams. People here are exposing them for the frauds they are. This will alert people that they are frauds and thus kill there business. It has been said that they all seem to drive white vans. If their business goes down they'll need less white vans. If they need less white van's the white van selling business will suffer.

[Raxe]

If you get the real deal at such a low price then it's probably stolen...

[Dave]

I had this shit offered to me about 10 years ago - same deal - speakers in a white van. They were making the rounds in Cincy and the same guys approached me at work, and at a grocery store about 30 minutes away near my house.

Had some glossy thing that was supposed to be an article torn out of some "high end audio magazine" raving on these $2500 speakers that they would sell me for $900. I knew the deal, played with them a little to see just how low they would go. I got them to $350 and then told them to fuck off.

[george graves]

I wounder if it is the same two guys all these years...LOL

[atomic]

Hunh, I bought the speakers when I got the offer, but mine were legit Infinity Studio Monitors with the 15's - bitchin' speakers in their time.

The only reason I bit was that I knew the hustle, and here was a "Incredible Universe" high cube rolling around Burlington, and the guys on the truck said they just got told the store was folding, and they may or may not get a last paycheck.

Poor saps were still in their bright blue shirts, and had their tags on the dash.

They asked me what all I wanted, and sure enough - big ass Infinity speakers on the truck, just like I wanted. Real infinity boxes, real infinity warrenty registration cards - whole 9.

I paid $200, and had those until I got my DefTechs in ~'02. I gave 'em to one of my buds for what I paid, & he was stoked on that deal too. He's still got them.

If anyone remembers Incredible Universe, you can believe the story. They were open less time then the preopen hype in the media.

This happened to my brother back in the mid 90's and it was these big ass Infinty home speakers as well. He told the guys to follow him across the street to my shop where I at the time had a onkyo 100w receiver hooked up for stereo in the shop(yes we jammed all day long) he told them that if he could hook them up and try them out that he might just buy a set. So they let him and they sounded better than the boses I was using for the shop. So he bought a set for $200 boxes, speakers, warranty and all and took them to his apartment and a buddy of his loved them so much that he bought them off of my brother for $500 just 5 days later !!!!

[turbo_negro69]

Today I was on my way out of the supermarket when 2 guys in a white van pulled up to the side of the curb and told me that they were trying to get rid of a couple of sets of 7.1 surround stereo speakers for half of the retail price. The driver jumped out and opened the side door while the passenger flashed a catalong showing a picture of the speakers with a $1400 price tag.

They went on to tell me their story about how they were delivery drivers for big audio-visual distributor who ended up with extra inventory and needed to get rid of it. Being that i used to work in logistics and most large distribution warehouses have computerized inventory tracking, I unwittingly asked the guy how they managed to do that without anyone double checking and then it hit me- These guys were running the same speaker scam that was going on back in the 80's.

Apparently 2 guys in a van drive around to shopping center parking lots claiming that they have left over equipment from their daily delivery runs and they just want to make a few bucks on the side. The truth of the matter is that this set of speakers is barely worth $14 let alone $1400 but they make their money by overpricing it at a "discount". I told the guy, "I don't buy hot merchandise" and went on about my business. As I get down the parking lot and to my E30, this pea-brain asks me, "Is that the NEW model BMW?" and I said, "ummm no.. this car is almost 20 years old." and I get in and start the car. Then the guy runs up to the side of my car (and has me blocked in with his van) and says, "Look, we can offer you a great deal on those speakers! How much will you give us?"

The guy persisted for the next 2 to 3 minutes until I asked him if I can take the speakers now and pay him later. That usually deters many street hustlers. Overall I was SHOCKED that people are still doing this. I mean with the internet and other forms of price checking, I didn't know that they were still bold enough to run this scam.

HOLY CRAP!! I had this same thing happen to me about 6 months ago!!! thay wanted like $400 and wouldn't take "no thanks" for an answer!!! wow I din't know this scam has been around since the 80's!!!!:crazy:

[Jscotty]

...This will alert people that they are frauds and thus kill there business.

Zotti, it's THEIR not "there". Write this down so you do not mess this up again:

There - Indicates a location or a place. (e.g. I saw the white van over there)

Their - Denotes ownership (e.g. Fraud will kill their business)

They're - Contraction of the words "they are". (e.g. They're going get in trouble if they keep peddling those speakers.)

Ok. Now you have NO excuse for using the wrong word in the improper context.

[Jscotty]

HOLY CRAP!! I had this same thing happen to me about 6 months ago!!! thay wanted like $400 and wouldn't take "no thanks" for an answer!!! wow I din't know this scam has been around since the 80's!!!!:crazy:

Yeah, this was 1987 when it happened to me so for all I know, this could date back as far as the 70's but I don't know for sure if we were importing cheap stuff from china back then as often as we are now.

[JasonC]

Zotti, it's THEIR not "there". Write this down so you do not mess this up again:

There - Indicates a location or a place. (e.g. I saw the white van over there)

Their - Denotes ownership (e.g. Fraud will kill their business)

They're - Contraction of the words "they are". (e.g. They're going get in trouble if they keep peddling those speakers.)

Ok. Now you have NO excuse for using the wrong word in the improper context.