ilovesocks
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So I pull into the parking lot of my local Starbucks and this white van comes up behind me. There are two guys in the front seats. One leans his head out the window and says, "Hey you wanna buy some speakers or a home theatre?" Being a wannabe audiophile this perked up my ears, and I say "How much?" and so he says "I'll show you" and they park next to me.
Now, I was a little wary, the fact being that they're in a white van asking if I wanna buy something expensive out of the trunk, but it was lunchtime at one of the most crowded parking lots in the city, so I figure I'm pretty safe. I had my Leatherman in my pocket, anyway ..
So they give me their story that they work at so-and-so store and they have a pair of surplus speakers and two home theatre sets that they have a chance to sell for their own pocket money, but if they go back to work and they still have 'em, the stuff goes back into stock.
They showed me both of the items in a magazine - the home theatre (5.1, amp, and DVD player) was listed for about $2,300, and the speakers were $900 a pair (which means you could really get the speakers for about $600 right?. I can't remember the brand of the HT, but the speakers were something like BMT. They were black, between four and four-and-a-half feet tall. Each had four cones, two woofers, a tweeter, and a super-tweeter? I honestly can't remember exactly.
Anyway, they opened 'em up and showed me and they looked clean and functional. They wanted $600 for the pair (I didn't consider the HT because it was so expensive) of speakers, but I told them the most I could give them was $200. They almost agreed, but I backed out at the last minute saying I'd have to buy a receiver. As soon as I left, I regretted it. Did I miss out on the opportunity to make $400 or $500 reselling those?
Now, I realize these guys could've stolen that stuff, but they had about 3 more pairs of those speakers in the back, and said those weren't for sale because they had to go back to the store, which made them seem more legit.
Any thoughts? I'd like to have other people's opinions. Also, anyone know what brand the speakers might've been? I'd recognize them if I saw them again. I have a horrible short-term memory ..
sometimes I'll get up to go do something and when I get to the room where I had to do it, I'll either forget and go back to where I was or see something else to do and go do it, and then remember what I originally got up to do an hour or so later.
Now, I was a little wary, the fact being that they're in a white van asking if I wanna buy something expensive out of the trunk, but it was lunchtime at one of the most crowded parking lots in the city, so I figure I'm pretty safe. I had my Leatherman in my pocket, anyway ..
So they give me their story that they work at so-and-so store and they have a pair of surplus speakers and two home theatre sets that they have a chance to sell for their own pocket money, but if they go back to work and they still have 'em, the stuff goes back into stock.
They showed me both of the items in a magazine - the home theatre (5.1, amp, and DVD player) was listed for about $2,300, and the speakers were $900 a pair (which means you could really get the speakers for about $600 right?. I can't remember the brand of the HT, but the speakers were something like BMT. They were black, between four and four-and-a-half feet tall. Each had four cones, two woofers, a tweeter, and a super-tweeter? I honestly can't remember exactly.
Anyway, they opened 'em up and showed me and they looked clean and functional. They wanted $600 for the pair (I didn't consider the HT because it was so expensive) of speakers, but I told them the most I could give them was $200. They almost agreed, but I backed out at the last minute saying I'd have to buy a receiver. As soon as I left, I regretted it. Did I miss out on the opportunity to make $400 or $500 reselling those?
Now, I realize these guys could've stolen that stuff, but they had about 3 more pairs of those speakers in the back, and said those weren't for sale because they had to go back to the store, which made them seem more legit.
Any thoughts? I'd like to have other people's opinions. Also, anyone know what brand the speakers might've been? I'd recognize them if I saw them again. I have a horrible short-term memory ..
