Just going home for lunch and some guy in a big white van stopped me and asked me if I wanted to buy some speakers for my stereo. Now I just said "No thanks" as I knew what was coming next but I was just wondering how many other people had had someone stop them in the street and ask them??

If you don't know already the guy will come out with some crap about having some speakers that they have to take back to the factory as they ordered too many, and to save him from taking them back do you want to buy them. These speakers are "worth" £1000 but the guy in the van is willing to sell them for £300. As you may of guessed it is an insult to call them speakers and if you bargain hard enough I have heard you can get them for £50 (And they are not even worth that!!)

So any body else been approached??

 

All the time.
Speakers, Watches you can only get if you buy Jaguar/Porsche/Aston Martin.
Paraffin Lamps, "I need two guilders for a cup of tea etc"
It must be my after shave ...

 

Yup

Mind you, filtering through traffic on my bike, stop at some lights next to van & next thing I know the drivers asking me if I wish to buy some speakers!

WTF was I going to put them

(I also know someone who bought some! He seemed happy with em!!!!)

 

Italian man selling leather jackets is another well known one.

 

Joey,had it happen to me about a two months ago down in Leatherhead,coming out the Longmead Industrial estate today same guy in the same van lets me out.Starts shouting alright geezer wanna buy some speakers,talk about deja vu!

Steve

 

Steve,

Must be the same bloke who asked me as I work in Epsom in Kiln Lane. Very impressed with his sales technique because he also said "alright geezer wanna buy some speakers" to me . Funny you should mention Longmead Industrial estate as I am writing a system for Greenman Toners at the moment so quite often have to go there.

Darren

 

I've been offered the speakers whilst I was walking through Wimbledon. They were so large they wouldn't have fitted through my front door, let alone in the boot of my car.

Also, in a B&Q car park, I was approached by an Italian bloke and his son, who had allegadly (sp?) been to a fashion show and needed to sell all their "samples", otherwise they would be clobbered for VAT when leaving the country.

If anyone knows of a good laser treatment specialist to get that M.U.G. tatoo off my forehead...?

 

Hi Joey,

I'm just wondering if you're the man i've been looking for...do you drive a blue Impreza 'W' reg ending PPD. If you are i've seen you about and was hoping you might meet me for a drink...interested??

I'm not weird i just love men in Impreza's.

ScoobyBird

 

What do you mean you are not wierd?? You sound like a care in the community case to me!!

Sorry to disapoint you but I was hoping that me and Belinda would be running away together soon.......

 

Sorry to disapoint you but Belinda and I are actually running off together...i know you're not gonna miss me but i'm taking the scooby with me!!!!!

I'm off home to pack now....

ScoobyBird

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Sorry to disapoint you but I was hoping that me and Belinda would be running away together soon.......

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Ive had the Italian bloke trying to flog me jackets and the white van man speaker thing on more than one occasion

 

I've had the Italian bloke trying to flog dodgy designer gear to me aswell in the car park of Ikea in Croydon!!

Chris

 

had a white van man in Oxford stop dead on a roundabout and ask me (almost drove into him)...

another geezer hangs around the services on the M6 in a silver carlton selling watches as advertised in some 'special' magazine that he carries with him...

didn't what hifi do a test on these speakers and they're worth about 40 quid or something?