Jstas
02-10-2003, 02:27 PM
How many or you have seen the White Van Man? He always has a "great deal on some awesome speakers that his boss said he had to get rid of before he got back to the warehouse"?
I had an encounter with one outside of a local Blockbuster over the weekend with my my future cousin-in-law. The guy pulled up as we were walking into the Blockbuster and was shouting to get our attention. I told my cousin to just ignore him and keep walking. So the guy shouts to his passenger "Look at him trying to act like he can't hear me!" So I turned and shouted "It's called 'I'm trying to ignore you, you thundering moron!" and walked inside Blockbuster.
While inside, my cousin asks, why I was trying to ignore him. Since he is only 15 I can understand how he can't see the scam a mile away. I was thinking about this all weekend and I wondered how many other people have seen the white van man and if anyone had actually stopped to speak with them.
Reasons not to talk to White Van Man:
1.) His stuff is probably hot. You don't want to get involved with that.
2.) It's a scam and it's probably covering up another scam. I've heard White Van Man ask for an address so they could "...come by and drop the speakers off." I even told one guy "Hey, if you want to get robbed, go ahead and give him your address. Otherwise I'd think twice."
3.) If you encourage him, he'll keep it up.
4.) You aren't getting what you are paying for. I saw a White Van Man down by where a friend used to work. He was trying to pass off a pair of old RCA speaker cabinets loaded with Radio Shack replacement drivers for guitar amps and TV's as Paradigm towers. The only thing Paradigm about them was the speaker grilles.
5.) The White Van Man is no different that the Home Boyz Shopping Network and nobody in their right mind would buy from them so why should you buy from the White Van Man?
6.) In most states, possession of stolen property qualifies as an accessory to the crime and punishable by law. Meaning, if you buy stolen property and found to be in possession of said stolen property, you can be in just as much trouble as the guy who stole the stuff to begin with.
7.) If you do business with White Van Man, you, your family and your possessions are jeopardized. It's really not worth the "awesome deal on a set of speakers."
So please, for those of you who haven't met the White Van Man yet, stear clear they are loaded with nothing but trouble. For those of you who have met White Van Man, well, you should know by now.
I had an encounter with one outside of a local Blockbuster over the weekend with my my future cousin-in-law. The guy pulled up as we were walking into the Blockbuster and was shouting to get our attention. I told my cousin to just ignore him and keep walking. So the guy shouts to his passenger "Look at him trying to act like he can't hear me!" So I turned and shouted "It's called 'I'm trying to ignore you, you thundering moron!" and walked inside Blockbuster.
While inside, my cousin asks, why I was trying to ignore him. Since he is only 15 I can understand how he can't see the scam a mile away. I was thinking about this all weekend and I wondered how many other people have seen the white van man and if anyone had actually stopped to speak with them.
Reasons not to talk to White Van Man:
1.) His stuff is probably hot. You don't want to get involved with that.
2.) It's a scam and it's probably covering up another scam. I've heard White Van Man ask for an address so they could "...come by and drop the speakers off." I even told one guy "Hey, if you want to get robbed, go ahead and give him your address. Otherwise I'd think twice."
3.) If you encourage him, he'll keep it up.
4.) You aren't getting what you are paying for. I saw a White Van Man down by where a friend used to work. He was trying to pass off a pair of old RCA speaker cabinets loaded with Radio Shack replacement drivers for guitar amps and TV's as Paradigm towers. The only thing Paradigm about them was the speaker grilles.
5.) The White Van Man is no different that the Home Boyz Shopping Network and nobody in their right mind would buy from them so why should you buy from the White Van Man?
6.) In most states, possession of stolen property qualifies as an accessory to the crime and punishable by law. Meaning, if you buy stolen property and found to be in possession of said stolen property, you can be in just as much trouble as the guy who stole the stuff to begin with.
7.) If you do business with White Van Man, you, your family and your possessions are jeopardized. It's really not worth the "awesome deal on a set of speakers."
So please, for those of you who haven't met the White Van Man yet, stear clear they are loaded with nothing but trouble. For those of you who have met White Van Man, well, you should know by now.