Robert
Irvine,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, January 10, 2009
A guy comes up in a white van and asks if you roommate wants to purchase a home theater system for over 90% off and neither you or your roommate had a clue that there was a remote chance it was a SCAM? No in reality you probably thought it "could" be a scam, but that is what these people rely on your greed. As you said he figured he could sell it and make some good money. Let's guess the "story" was that they were a contractor who for some strange reason bought too many systems and their "customer" decided not to take them all. So being the good person that they are, after all they are in business and there would be no way they could sell those for full price. They decide out of the goodness of their heart to let your roommate have one for only $300. Even if it wasn't a scam how do you know that they were not stolen goods. Not only would you have been scammed for the money but could have ended up in jail for receiving stolen goods. Especially if you posted it on Craigs List, yes the cops do check Craigs list and other sites for stolen goods. From what I have heard these systems are actually working systems, just not what was promised. The best thing to do is to set this system up and use it. Then every time you look at it you can remember the lesson that if something sounds too good to be true it probably is.