Evening Reading

by Xav de Matos, Oct 14, 2010 5:00pm PDT

Oh, hey. Yeah, this "Evening Reading" thing isn't my usual gig, but I thought I'd jump in and see what's what. Garnett is out for the podcast. Brian is out sick. I'm going a little out of my mind. So, it's a good time to get a conversation going.

I've recently started buying pieces of my "gaming rig of the future." The rig itself being built in the future, not necessarily from the future. Although, that would be awesome. But it'll get really old when the computer disappears into another time every time I type the numbers "88." Oh, and by the way, "Go Leafs Go!"

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Damn 'White van speaker scam' happened to me for the second time in 2 months. Give me a break.

Some dude pulls up in a van: "hey man, this may sound stupid but I have a speaker system in the back and I can give you a great deal on it".

Fucking losers.

Oct 14, 2010 5:30pm PDT

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Damn 'White van speaker scam' happened to me for the second time in 2 months. Give me a break. Some d... : TEXIT
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  EXT. SUSPICIOUS VAN -- NIGHT Camera pulls up to the van, dips into the window revealing the greatest s... : XAVdeMATOS
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    Bravo. I'm pretty sure this would win several awards at the Toronto International Film Festival. : Haxim
    - Second Place, 2003. : XAVdeMATOS
  - should do it and submit to 5 second films. : steelsamurai
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  Has anyone had this happen to them? Oh to be a cop in that situation. : TEXIT
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    Yup. I almost fell for it the first time they approached me. I was in high school and I was at the ATM ge... : jcrockerman
    - Exactly, there is always an ATM close by from my 2 experiences. : TEXIT
  - My mom fell for it : / : justwr!ght
  - In college it happened once every few weeks. : TVsRobLowe
  - As long as its not stolen, they're not doing anything illegal, are they? They just sell shitty speakers ... : boarder2
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    I had it happen a few years ago across town. I listened to their pitch, told them it sounded good and the... : patd
    - lol : bipolar
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      Greatness. Your line should have been: 'yeah, let me go pick up some cash from my office down the street... : TEXIT
      
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      It ain't illegal. Those companies are legit. That's their sales method for their crappy speakers. : creeping-judas
      
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      True, but stolen merch could always be involved, you never know. : TEXIT
      
      You wouldn't want to buy anything they sell, anyhow, but almost all of those gigs are legit, so threateni... : creeping-judas
    - Should have driven to the police station. : Thresher
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      Better yet just drive to the nearest police station : xylopagus
      
      Damnit : xylopagus
  - Yup, at a petrol station too. : dissembler
  - Twice...second time I was with my ex, her friend, and the friend's bf. Dude pulls up and starts talking ... : davislovestacobell
  - My dad actually bought some back in the early 90's. Surprisingly not bad speakers. but most likely paid w... : dumb.
  - This is how i got my speakers! They still work, are quite average, but the head unit was epic fail! : radula
  - At least a half dozen times over the years.. My bullshit detector goes off the chart and I ignore them. : romulan
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  I'd never even give someone like that the time of day, but how does the rest of the scam pan out? : waxthirteen
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    You pay $200, thinking you're getting $2000 speakers but in reality are worth $20 : bipolar
    - Damnit! They modified the Matrix again! : jcrockerman
    - Isn't that just capitalism at work? : n0v4
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      almost all store bought speakers are like this though. : stgdz
      
      Agreed. I got the employee discount on some Klipsch speakers through a guy that works there. Easily sav... : korruptedone
      
      Okay. : Fred Garvin
    - so like shopping at Best Buy then : Halen
    - It works for MonsterCable. : AgentPothead
    - I love cocks : azenmaster
  - Stupid phone sorry : waxthirteen
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    I basically just said 'No, I had this happen to me a couple of weeks ago.' He said 'oh ok, nice car man ... : TEXIT
    - Whoa. DÃ©jÃ vu : Ride-My-Rocket
    - Whoa. DÃ©jÃ vu : DianeOfTheMoon
    - Wh0a. : action wombmate
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      he left without saying goodbye??? : moshman
      
      Haha! : Tissen
  - Hey man, do you know what time i- FUCK YOU WHITE WAN GUY : Hemtroll
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  I'd never even give someone like that the time of day, but how does the rest of the scam pan out? : waxthirteen
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    You pay $200, thinking you're getting $2000 speakers but in reality are worth $20 : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Damnit! They modified the Matrix again!
      
      Oct 14, 2010 5:54pm PDT
      
      Damnit! They modified the Matrix again! : Judicus
    - Isn't that just capitalism at work? : thecray
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      almost all store bought speakers are like this though. : hirez
      
      Agreed. I got the employee discount on some Klipsch speakers through a guy that works there. Easily saves... : DrFlammable
      
      Okay. : OverloadUT
    - so like shopping at Best Buy then : IHATEDUST
    - It works for MonsterCable. : Xencer
    - I love cocks : kgargs
  - Stupid phone sorry : Xencer
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    I basically just said 'No, I had this happen to me a couple of weeks ago.' He said 'oh ok, nice car man a... : liquidlies
    - Whoa. DÃ©jÃ vu : HamChowder
    - Whoa. DÃ©jÃ vu : Xencer
    - Wh0a. : CrustaR
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      he left without saying goodbye??? : moshman
      
      Haha! : trelain
  - Hey man, do you know what time i- FUCK YOU WHITE WAN GUY : pwnjoo
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  So they pull up and show you the box of speakers that you don't get to open until you buy? Is that how th... : Xencer
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    Not sure, I didn't get that far. : TEXIT
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      So explain what happened. You give them money while they're in the van with it on and than they drive off... : Xencer
      
      They are shit speakers. : moogle
      
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      bipolar explained above. You pay $200 for speakers that you think are worth 2K but they're really $20 : Hemtroll
      
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      I know, but did you not even look at the speakers and hand over the cash? Why not just throw your money o... : Xencer
      
      because usually the box is a box for a highend speaker. the speaker itself looks high end, but ALL the in... : hirez
      
      IIRC, they show you a catalog that has them listed at the high price. Of course, they're the ones who pr... : bipolar
      
      lol : sKetchflow
  - This thing is funnily enough a worldwide network. Basically they will tell you some bullshit story like "... : Lukiopimp
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  haha I fell for this when i was 18. Still have those speakers. They sound like crap, but I haven't bother... : beanman101283
  - So did I, but I turned around and sold 'em and only lost like $100 on the deal.. : CrustaR
- The one time it happened to me I just said "sorry brah, i'm flat broke" and he left. : nyranger66
- That happened to my friend about 15 years ago. He bought them hehehehe : red2lucas
- So this one time my roommate calls me on the phone to tell me that he just bought some awesome speakers. ... : ThatsBriskBaby
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  why is it always speakers? : RogerDandy
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    because people have no readily available way to test them to see how they sound? Also, it's something a ... : granpachook
    - Plus they're one of those items that seems like a luxury, so if you can pick them up for a song then why ... : action wombmate
    - This is why I bring a receiver with me wherever I go. : Medster
- here's my recent story: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23961692#itemanchor_23961692 : hirez
- I love threads like these where someones double post is everyones entertainment. On topic, this happene... : Goblin au
- About half a dozen times since I moved to Orlando. : Omning
- was the van actually white? because they have always been white when it happened to me. : hirez
- This has happened to me a couple times, twice they have pulled up beside me and tried to flag me down. O... : classicfork
- This hasnt happened to me in at least 15 years. I had a friend fall for it though. : sr71photo
- http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17277494 : Mikuya
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  One of my coworkers fell for one of these scams, but for a TV. They were in a gas station getting gas ... : Darkfox76
  - hahaha : aeg1x
  - well at least he is now a little bit cleverer for it : moshman
- I've never seen this in my life. I thought it only happened in the movies :P : Derps2UberMoist
- I know a guy that fell for this. I told him it was a scam and the speakers sounded shit but he would have... : gustjar
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  I'd never even give someone like that the time of day, but how does the rest of the scam pan out? : Dong Patrol
  - They basically sell you shitty speakers : fishbone
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  oh no you poor devil, TWICE in TWO months. you must have barely had time to do anything else with them sc... : moshman
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    I am going to mix it up and pull up in a white van and tell them I am the son of a Nigerian Billionaire w... : theghostofsmdever
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      I would laugh pretty hard. : HL3dsx
      
      I got whitevanned while walking through a parking lot. I laughed my arse off and they eventually gave up ... : nem00
    - distant cousin, and black van obviously : moshman

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