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Old 06-28-2004, 01:10 PM   #1
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Default Oh Em Gee! Unmarked van speaker sales scam!

i can't believe people are still trying it, but i was approached by two dudes in an unmarked grey ford van in the WaWa (convenience store) in Elkton, Maryland today on my lunch break . . .

"hey buddy, got a crazy question for ya . . . need some speakers for the house?"

my reply:

"oh, you must be those speaker salesman scam artists. no thanks, it'll be tough to beat my JBL studio monitors anyway"

them: and peeled away.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:18 PM   #2
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I used to work at a grocery store and we had those people out there always selling speakers.

One day my manager actually bought some.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:20 PM   #3
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I think I'm gonna start selling those from my company. Might make some money!
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:21 PM   #4
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A friend of mine called up maybe a year ago all stoked over this "great deal" he fell into. Wanted me to come over to his place to hear them.....I didn't have the heart to tell him, and AFAIK he's still blissfully ignorant (and $500'ish lighter).
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:21 PM   #5
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are the speakers junk or are they hot........or both.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:21 PM   #6
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Not only did my dad buy a pair, he's still using them a year later.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:22 PM   #7
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I've seen some a%%holes doing this in my town.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:23 PM   #8
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are the speakers junk or are they hot........or both.
Junk made to look like expensive speakers, B&W in my dad's case.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:24 PM   #9
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ha my buddy bought some in Chery Point, he brought them back on base and was deathly paranoid that the feds were going to bust down his door any second for about a week.

Poor little farm boy from Park Falls WI.....
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:25 PM   #10
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are the speakers junk or are they hot........or both.

Nah they're total and complete crap. Basically paper cones on laminated plywood with no sound deadening material inside and piss poor guts on the inside. My buddy was told his were "water cooled" and wanted me to show him where the H2O was. (I kid you not). Garbage.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:26 PM   #11
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Junk made to look like expensive speakers, B&W in my dad's case.
Not junk per say if you pay $50 for them. Pay more than that and that's like paying $100k for an impreza. Not a junk car, but for $100k it'd be junk.

The problem is the guys lie about the speakers.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:28 PM   #12
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i can't believe people are still trying it, but i was approached ...... in Elkton, Marylad

That explains it.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:32 PM   #13
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Poor little farm boy from Park Falls WI.....
I was just in Park Falls this morning, they suck!
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:34 PM   #14
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I was just in Park Falls this morning
i know.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:34 PM   #15
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I'm still waiting for them to approach me one day. I soooo badly want to waste their time and call the cops on them.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:41 PM   #16
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I'm still waiting for them to approach me one day. I soooo badly want to waste their time and call the cops on them.
if i had the time, i would have. i wanted to at least grab their plate number, but he whipped around the building before i had a chance. i told the manager of the WaWa that they had a "solicitor" in the parking lot, i think she grabbed her shotgun and went out to teach 'em a learnin'.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:47 PM   #17
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Definately not worth the 500$+ that they are sometimes getting for them. If you can get them for say 100$ or less, then its not so bad because if anything, they look nice. Chances are, most people won't be able to hear a dramatic difference between these and high end speakers, and probably won't care even if there is a slight difference.
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Old 06-28-2004, 01:48 PM   #18
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she grabbed her shotgun and went out to teach 'em a learnin'.

Yep... you were in Elkton!
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