Back when I was in college a white van tried to sell me speakers. I had never heard of the scam before. The story they told me is that they're on their way to do an install, and the person ordered a pair of speakers, but they got two pair because of a mix up. He said he wanted to get rid of them before he went back to his boss. Showed me a shiny spec sheet making the speakers look great. Said they were normally $1200, but he'd let me have them for $600. I said, "I'll give you $50." He replied that he couldn't let them go for less than $500. I told him, "you've basically stolen these speakers and anything I give you is profit." He then asked if I had any friends who might be interested in these amazing speakers.
Later, after finding out what the scam was really about, I'm glad I didn't give him the $50. They probably aren't even worth that much. I feel sorry for this kid who just got royally screwed.
