Robert_A_Bouie t1_itvblse wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Yes, I remember them. Side of the van had a magnetic sign "Shark Speakers" with a picture of a shark on it. They'd pull up to a young looking male and give them some BS line like "the warehouse was supposed to give us 8 to deliver today but they gave us 10 instead, we'll sell you two for $200 each." They tried getting me to bite one time in a parking lot in Jenkintown. I recall another encounter with them at a rest stop on the Westbound Turnpike, although that time it was just a white Ford Econoline van with no signs on it.

A friend of mine fell for it. They did sell him speakers but they were not very good, worth about what he paid for them, maybe a bit less. They didn't ask him to join a cult or anything. I think it was just a way to sell cheaply-made speakers to guys.

TwoSixtySev3n t1_itwhrgr wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:29 PM

My boss fell for it in a 7-11 parking lot. Bought some “ Kirsch “ speakers. Came back to the job site saying “ I think I got scammed, what do you think? “ Looked it up and sure enough it’s a well known scam. There’s even a band named White Van Speaker Scam.

skimbosh t1_itzsr00 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:39 PM

That is the exact pitch and price I was offered. The second time it happened they were really aggressive and the police got them because they kept hanging out in the parking lot approaching people after they tapped the ATM. They got too greedy.