WTF is right!!!!!!!!

Haha they do the same thing in Paris. " i was in town for show , need $ for gas to go back to Italy , u can have very good leather coat for €100 " ..

They have been doing this for more than 20 years.

 

That would be a yellow 550, and the guy would be trying to sell self published books and tinfoil hats.

 

Ask 'em if they'll trade for a genuine autographed Polaroid of Ramses II.

 

Good Lord!! A drive-by clothing!

It’s all going to hell in a hand basket.....

 

Holy ****, you have one too?

 

One that has been going on down here (Louisiana) is being approached by someone who is usually very clean cut...they claim that they are with the Red-Cross or some other reputable charity organization and ask for $$$ for Katrina victims.

I actually had this "kid" (looked to me to be no more than 20yo or so) come to my front door and give me a sales pitch on donations...I expressed to him that I too was an evacuee and could sympathize with the cause. I began to feel uneasy when he started pushing me for money, at which point I realized that he was dressed just like an average joe (ie. NO identifing insignias...). When I asked him for some form of Red-Cross ID, he stammered, and then bailed. I mean he BAILED...you would have sworn that I pulled a gun on the guy.

It is a shame all of the scams that are going on down here right now because of Katrina....

Good for you Darth, I am glad that you did not get out of the car....Myself, and many of my close friends have been fortunate enough to live through some pretty hairy situations, and the moment you get out of your car, you are on their turf...

 

I didn't get out of my car. At first, they backed up like the were after my parking space. When the guy rolled down the window to talk to me I thought he was going to ask for directions, or something of that nature.

 

Good idea.
Any law enforcement people here?
Any suggestions?

 

Arrest everyone. NOW!!

That’ll do the job.

And then some.

 

Aside from the fact that i'm a rather large person, these types of people don't approach me... i had the speakers-in-the-van guys approach me once in the parking lot of a bank, but i didn't even realize it was a scam - i was just so poor at the time, i didn't even want to hear the word "speakers"...

i keep an aluminum bat in my car for occasions like these... Never had to use it, but i would much rather have it and never use it, than not have it and end up needing it...

 

whaddya' gonna do.......fugeddaboudit

 

Huh?

 

They do it in Rome too. Don't ask me how I know...

 

Ive gotten the speakers one. I had to stop my friend from the jackets one the other day. He almost bought it, but i told him about what i read here. FCHAT SAVES THE DAY!!

 

You can bet...That's the first, ahem (payment) I send away every month!!!!

 

Now how do they get away with saying that they need money to get back to Italy if they're in Rome?

 

LOL funny you guys mention the white van gig... Just yesterday I was at a local gas station in Irvine filling up his 7 series... and sure enough 2 big (and very stoned) dudes in a white minivan (why are they always white? the van that is) pull up and start asking me if we want any surround sound stuff. First time i've ever been approached, and it was honestly rather humerous. Needless to say they didn't stick around long.

Can they really be making any $$$ off this crap?

 

OK, I have to ask. In the past three months I've been approach twice, apparently randomly, on two different occasions by two different pairs of guys asking me if I need any home theater equipment. They "have it" and need to sell it for cheap or it's an overstock etc. Once was a white van (outside of petsmart) once was in a white truck (outside of blockbuster). Obviously there's something going on. On the second occasion, I called the city police non-emergency line to file a complaint or register a concern, they couldn't have cared less about the concern in general and told me to call back if it happened again to they could send a cop out to get the guys.

So I ask now, WTF? Is the "white van speaker" scam a known thing? Maybe I'm just wet behind the ears here.

 

Yes. It has been around for years and all the guys doing it have the same story!

 

Get an old cell phone, charge it and put it in your trunk!

 

So Darth, you never told us. How's the jacket?