Comments on: Van Side Service

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 23 May 2003 20:06:03 +0000

Well, via the links posted, it matches ’em perfectly. They were good salesmen too; they looked unkempt, long hair or not clean shaven, and yet they had the salesman like air of positivity, and manipulative statements.

If they were selling D&D books, or cheaper PC games, then I might of listened…

By: nig

nig — Fri, 23 May 2003 19:56:39 +0000

Cool.. seems like you may have had a run in with the “Irish Travelers”. They run some of these kinds of scams. I’ve always been curious about these people. What were they like, other than shady? Do some searches on em and see if this matches your experience…

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 23 May 2003 17:10:40 +0000

That’s just crazy. Good tactic, though, on playing on the refund/discount people. Not many peeps actually send in their mailing slips to get their discounts or partial refund of money, so they still make dough. Ridicously crazy. Thanks for the 411!

Yeah, A-Team rocks. Before there was Jim Carrey, there was Murdock.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 23 May 2003 16:26:11 +0000

My friend actually bought speakers from these guys (or their “business partners”) and this happened in Montreal!

They make you think you’re getting an awesome deal as if they were high-end stolen equipment. In fact the speakers just look good cause they are big and weigh a lot, but they are far from being high-end.

By: Jason Key

Jason Key — Fri, 23 May 2003 15:30:14 +0000

Jesse,

Actually I looked them up, and believe it or not, the speakers are not stolen. This is a marketing pitch for the company. Its the most bizarre thing really, once you get past the hate of people that have bought them. Overall, its not so much a scam, even though it is indicated here, as much as a deceptive marketing approach, of course hooking customers that are looking for the too good to be legal deal :)

Take a look at http://www.scamshield.com/OrlandoWhiteVan.asp

They are in your area now :) Have fun with them, I have interupted a few of their deals before … busting on them in parking lots at Best Buy .. lot of fun, and the salesWoman, was really fun to make red .. :)