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Old 17-Jan-2007, 03:25 AM
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the speakers are just cheap speakers worth nothing.

the brand name real deal stuff you guys buy are guys running credit card scams with stolen identities or stolen credit cards. they get a stolen wallet, go to future shop/best buy and get approved for like six grand credit, then they max it out and peddle the isht on the street for cash.
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 03:57 AM
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always love to hear that kind of story

anymore?
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 05:48 AM
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this happened to me a couple times a few summers ago in the same parking lot.. both times I was going in or coming out of the bank.. I just told them I don't need that ****..
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 09:24 AM
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i've been approach by them the last three times i went to longos near 7 and 404... i just tell them "they're jacked" and offer them $50 over and over again.
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 12:59 PM
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yeah they actually come by sheridan all the time, I just tell them no and walk away..

The speakers are generally bad quality. There also was a story on the news on this and a guy who bought one it stopped working after a day, and was crappy quality.
They also tried to sell to someone who knew speakers and he looked at them and told them they were crap.

When the news cameras came to them, they got in their cars and drove off as fast at they could..


They try and tell you they are factory seconds or they are extras, but they are knock offs and are low quality.
Its very shady anyways, before I knew it was basically a scam I still said no because its to shady.. lol
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:06 PM
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my boy has a pair of those speakers in his place .. and honestly for 100 for the pair its a sick deal ... they arnt the best speakers but for a nice lil home setup for listnin to choons they serve its purpose .. but yea i read a few articles on these guys .. basically batch made low quality speakers and then mass distributed VIA white van/suv/truck ... its a business
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:08 PM
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lol this happened to me in hamilton near mac , at the lcbo plaza
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:16 PM
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Originally posted by JoonyaSI
my boy has a pair of those speakers in his place .. and honestly for 100 for the pair its a sick deal ... they arnt the best speakers but for a nice lil home setup for listnin to choons they serve its purpose .. but yea i read a few articles on these guys .. basically batch made low quality speakers and then mass distributed VIA white van/suv/truck ... its a business
then I guess he got lucky they still work, the one person on the news that had them they fell apart, and the other guys were low quality sound and muffled so he threw them out.

Also, the claim these are home theatre speakers.. Ive worked in home theatre and its far from the quality.

They say they are worth 3000 dollars and will sell you for whatever price.. they are just crappy knock offs of the 3000 dollar ones..
if you have a home theatre, 3000 dollars on speakers will get you nothing anyway...
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:19 PM
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if i am approached to buy anything in a parking lot, i assume it's stolen, or they're crap.
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:30 PM
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except theres this guy who sells colonge/perfume out of his van at different areas for very good prices..
they are unopened in plastic packaging.. he has flyers as where he is every day and what he has and prices..
I was very skeptical of it but my brother actually bought some Calvin Klein, Escape colonge.. I had bought this stuff from the bay and it was the exact same..

the box, the packaging, the bottle and the colonge.. all the same..

I went and bought my self some polo blue later on and it was legit to.

So my buddy thought he would be smart, he bought alfred sung paradise and tried to return it at the store for more than he paid for it.. they would have taken it but obviously he had no recipt.. so they offered him store credit since it was unopened..
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 01:51 PM
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except theres this guy who sells colonge/perfume out of his van at different areas for very good prices..
they are unopened in plastic packaging.. he has flyers as where he is every day and what he has and prices..
I was very skeptical of it but my brother actually bought some Calvin Klein, Escape colonge.. I had bought this stuff from the bay and it was the exact same..

the box, the packaging, the bottle and the colonge.. all the same..

I went and bought my self some polo blue later on and it was legit to.

So my buddy thought he would be smart, he bought alfred sung paradise and tried to return it at the store for more than he paid for it.. they would have taken it but obviously he had no recipt.. so they offered him store credit since it was unopened..
i knew alot of ppl hat did that, they used to go to wearhouse sales and buy like 1000 dollars worth of cologne and return it back to sears or the bay (obviously not all at once) for store credt and they ended up getting almost 2000 dollars in store credit
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 02:13 PM
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yeah, that stuff expires and doesn't work as well.... near that point it goes to smaller stores like shoppers drug mart... after that it goes to warehouse sales..
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Old 17-Jan-2007, 03:29 PM
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they've stopped and talked to me outside of a TD bank in hamilton 3 times now. the last time i just told him to hold on a sec i had to get my wallet. got in my car and peaced
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 01:37 PM
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It was no scam, I was with my boy last summer when he bought some speakers from 2 guys in a van. Those speakers were the bomb!! Guys wanted $500 for them, my boy said all he has is $200 cash on him. SOLD! They scammin someone alright... just not the people they sell to.
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 02:59 PM
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lol until they fall apart of course and stop working..

They say they are 3000 dollar speakers, when they are far from..

if you can get them for 80$ then maybe its worth it.. just maybe. Thats if they work good for a long time.
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 03:40 PM
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My buddy told me about this one girl he knew who had guys in a parking lot approach her offering her a Flat panel Plasma or LCD TV for like 500 bucks. And this was over a year ago so at that time those things were really hot. So she bought it, took it home,and when she opened it up it was an old oven door inside of a brand name box.
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 10:26 PM
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Originally posted by climax


except theres this guy who sells colonge/perfume out of his van at different areas for very good prices..
they are unopened in plastic packaging.. he has flyers as where he is every day and what he has and prices..
I was very skeptical of it but my brother actually bought some Calvin Klein, Escape colonge.. I had bought this stuff from the bay and it was the exact same..

the box, the packaging, the bottle and the colonge.. all the same..

I went and bought my self some polo blue later on and it was legit to.

So my buddy thought he would be smart, he bought alfred sung paradise and tried to return it at the store for more than he paid for it.. they would have taken it but obviously he had no recipt.. so they offered him store credit since it was unopened..
The Greek Guy? I used to go to that guy all the time when I was in high school. Skin care products or something on the side of his van? Great man, hes a joker, we used to always meet him outside a strip club lol. Prolly spent the money we gave him right after.
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 10:47 PM
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yea that happened ot me too at square1 when i was parkin my car n abt to leave it to go do my xmass shopping n 2 dudes in a suv pulled up n they r liek nice car bro n **** n sayin their buetiful story abt their home audio n **** but im good i made em go away those scammers shoudl get their *** beaten
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 11:24 PM
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happened to me couple of times....dose speakers r da worst quality u'll ever find...
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Old 18-Jan-2007, 11:59 PM
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I got the speaker guys twice, and once I was approached by two guys with a van full of DVD's.
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