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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. Déjà vu : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Whoa. Déjà 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
    • 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. Déjà vu : HamChowder
    • Whoa. Déjà 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
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  That happened to my friend about 15 years ago. He bought them hehehehe

  Oct 14, 2010 6:18pm PDT
  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