I knew enough about audio (not much) to know that the connectors were nice and the cones weren’t paper so I went for it, they wanted a lot but I only had $200 so they said okay we’ll take it! They had the whole fake laminated sheet showing the ‘original price’ as $1200 and everything. These were pretty big speakers about 2.5-3’ tall each with removable front covers. They were wrapped in plastic and definitely fit the story the guys were selling about it being excess inventory they had ‘acquired’.
They were really nice speakers; a big upgrade from what i had and were really cleann when driven by my roommates receiver. I then learned about the ‘back of the van speakers scam’ and I was like oh no I wonder how much I got taken for.
So i took one of the speakers in to the local hifi shop to have them look at them for me, I was very curious and found the whole thing fascinating. Anyway their verdict is that they were fine loudspeakers and that I didn’t really get ripped off. The exact quote from the guy (who was clearly disappointed I bought speakers from a van and not my local hifi shop but dude i’m a soft sell honestly if he had rolled up with his wares he could have got a sale from me too i’m sure) was: “I could have sold you better speakers for $200, but I couldn’t have sold you louder ones for that price”. Those babies could get cranked to 11 with no distortion. All in all I was pretty happy with being scammed and would definitely check those guys van out again.
you know I had never once considered that but the ones I got were the only pair in the van and it was late and they really wanted the sale; they drove me to the nearest atm to withdraw the money because I didn’t have it on me. That’s an entirely plausible scenario if it was their last day doing the scam or something!
I bought speakers from a van once!
I knew enough about audio (not much) to know that the connectors were nice and the cones weren’t paper so I went for it, they wanted a lot but I only had $200 so they said okay we’ll take it! They had the whole fake laminated sheet showing the ‘original price’ as $1200 and everything. These were pretty big speakers about 2.5-3’ tall each with removable front covers. They were wrapped in plastic and definitely fit the story the guys were selling about it being excess inventory they had ‘acquired’.
They were really nice speakers; a big upgrade from what i had and were really cleann when driven by my roommates receiver. I then learned about the ‘back of the van speakers scam’ and I was like oh no I wonder how much I got taken for.
So i took one of the speakers in to the local hifi shop to have them look at them for me, I was very curious and found the whole thing fascinating. Anyway their verdict is that they were fine loudspeakers and that I didn’t really get ripped off. The exact quote from the guy (who was clearly disappointed I bought speakers from a van and not my local hifi shop but dude i’m a soft sell honestly if he had rolled up with his wares he could have got a sale from me too i’m sure) was: “I could have sold you better speakers for $200, but I couldn’t have sold you louder ones for that price”. Those babies could get cranked to 11 with no distortion. All in all I was pretty happy with being scammed and would definitely check those guys van out again.
I think it is possible the guys sold you the decoy model.
you know I had never once considered that but the ones I got were the only pair in the van and it was late and they really wanted the sale; they drove me to the nearest atm to withdraw the money because I didn’t have it on me. That’s an entirely plausible scenario if it was their last day doing the scam or something!
Oh man, you got in the van with them and were taken to a second location?
You are lucky you actually got speakers
This is the bigger story than the speakers! Lmao
Not only that, but driven there for the specific purpose of putting your card into an ATM and entering the pin.