Re: What are you thinking right this second?

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ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am
losthighway wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:48 pm I keep thinking about this period decades ago where at least once a year, in a busy parking lot you would be confronted by young men in a van selling speakers. LmThey must have been stolen inventory, but I'd love a rundown of how that all worked.

I had a friend who was crazy enough to buy a pair and swore they sounded amazing.
White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
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Re: What are you thinking right this second?

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Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am
losthighway wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:48 pm I keep thinking about this period decades ago where at least once a year, in a busy parking lot you would be confronted by young men in a van selling speakers. LmThey must have been stolen inventory, but I'd love a rundown of how that all worked.

I had a friend who was crazy enough to buy a pair and swore they sounded amazing.
White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.

Pretty weird.

Re: What are you thinking right this second?

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losthighway wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am
White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.

Pretty weird.
from the wikipedia article:
"White van speakers are often partially filled with concrete or rocks to increase their weight and create the illusion of high quality. "

Lucky Peavey didn't go after them for patent infringement over this
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Re: What are you thinking right this second?

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losthighway wrote:
Maurice wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 pm
ipitcher wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:35 am White van speaker scam
Exactly. Some years ago, I encountered an unusual spin on this sales technique involving door-to-door sales of raw meat. (The pitch was "Oh, your old neighbor used to subscribe and didn't cancel. We can't take this back to the warehouse, so..." I declined. Shockingly, there are apparently people willing to buy such meat out of the back of a car.)
The weirdest was when my friend and I dropped by a bank to hit the ATM and a van dude approached us about some Dali prints he needed to get rid of.

Pretty weird.
Surreal.

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