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Lazy Smurf
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Why is it always home theater systems?
#11957533 - 02/03/10 08:32 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Anyone ever get these guys that get you right before you enter a grocery store asking if you want to buy a home theater system? And it's always followed by them saying "yeah my boss messed up the order." My first guess is this is hot stuff, right? And instead of me buying it why don't they pawn it?
I don't know....just pisses me straight the fuck off!
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: Lazy Smurf]
#11957583 - 02/03/10 08:39 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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They aren't usually hot, they are real cheap chinese knockoffs. They get them for about $100, then go around saying they have a $3000 sound system that they will sell for around 600 because their boss over-ordered them and told them to go get rid of it cheap.
My housemate ran into some of these guys once, it was a real hustle. They pulled up to him at a traffic light in a white van and asked if he wanted any top end audio gear. He said maybe, they showed him the stuff, and he ended up going home with it. They forgot to ask for the money because they were too busy looking around and being shady.
He said it sounded fine for the price but wasn't worth more than a couple hundred.
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rod
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: Lazy Smurf]
#11959948 - 02/04/10 07:27 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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white van speaker scam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_speaker_scam
total junk, not worth the trouble to take shit on it.
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: rod]
#11962909 - 02/04/10 04:19 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Haha, I did that shit for like 2 weeks a long time ago. It sucked ass although a few of the guys did make some ridiculous cash...
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Lazy Smurf
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#11965012 - 02/04/10 09:32 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't see how these guys could make money at all. I seen this one guy hassle 5 people even before I got to the store entrance.
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: Lazy Smurf]
#11966120 - 02/05/10 12:55 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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theres a sucker born every second man. for real
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pothead_bob
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holy shit, the EXACT same thing happened to me about 8 years ago. A white van pulled up to me at a traffic light and asked me if I wanted some high end audio gear. I pulled over and talked with them for a bit and talked them down from $1,000 to like $300 and then changed my mind and left. The guy seemed a bit pissed I wasted his time, but I guess it's good I didn't buy considering the speakers were probably junk.
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: pothead_bob]
#11977107 - 02/06/10 06:08 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah that happened to me, then they asked me if i could get them weed
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: pothead_bob]
#11977110 - 02/06/10 06:09 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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happened to me in a parking lot as well. cept it wasnt a van. i didnt buy it but i looked up the speakers when i got home and they were shitty.
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beatyou
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Re: Why is it always home theater systems? [Re: Hoobashank]
#12015149 - 02/12/10 11:16 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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lol happened to one of my friends, he bought some shitty ass knockoff/replica speakers that were supposedly Polk Audio or some legit brand, but obviously fakes. He refused to admit he got scammed and was happy with the speakers, what a fool.
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