"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
10/01/2018 at 15:48 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
10/01/2018 at 15:48 • Filed to: None | 4
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Some guy recently stopped me in a parking lot and tried to sell a really nice projector to me for a hundred bucks. The thing was worth like $1500 on ebay, and I verified that myself. I was like... sure, let me go to the ATM and then we can plug it in to make sure it works.
Ha. Nope.
He told me we can’t open it, because then he can’t sell it as new. Okay, dude, but I’m willing to buy it. Either we open it and I buy it, or you couldn’t have sold it as new in the first place. But no, he was really insistent that I had to buy it without ever seeing inside the box. Hard pass.
Cash Rewards
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:00 |
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That’s a good one! How much is my curiosity worth? No way it's a functioning projector, but what is it?
Arrivederci
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:00 |
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LOL
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Rainbow
> Cash Rewards
10/01/2018 at 16:03 |
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I honestly can’t remember what it supposedly was, unfortunately. It was a few weeks ago, so “ recently” may have been a bit of a stretch.
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:04 |
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Just out of curiosity. Was the box still sealed in shrink wrap, or otherwise sealed in a manner that looked like it came from the manufacturer?
Just Jeepin'
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:08 |
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I was trying to find a long piece from a couple of years ago about a guy in Florida who, despite being robbed of practically his entire life savings, continues to believe the Nigerian money will still eventually arrive.
Instead, I found this weird article about the governor’s wife.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:09 |
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Good ol’ white van speaker scam. Very common scam tactic.
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Cash Rewards
10/01/2018 at 16:11 |
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These scams actually do usually get you a device that functions to just the bare minimum. It gives them a bit of time before you realize you have been screwed.
jasmits
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:15 |
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As a rule of thumb if someone approaches you to sell something in a parking lot probably don’t buy that and definitely don’t bring them to an ATM
The Ghost of Oppo
> Just Jeepin'
10/01/2018 at 16:25 |
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Damn, her accountant got social engineered into sending a scammer money . I guess the CPA exam doesn’t account for common sense.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:25 |
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My neighbor bought a fully functional version of MS Office in the box in wrapping on the street in Times Square NYC a couple of years ago. I think it was $50. His comment was along the lines of “
well there are many ways to spend $50 in NYC and this might actually pan out”
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Ssfancyfresh
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:27 |
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I work with projectors. I would rather have the rocks.
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Just Jeepin'
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/01/2018 at 16:36 |
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I had someone riding in the back of a van try to sell me car audio equipment i n a shopping mall parking lot... about 25 years ago.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 16:40 |
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But how will we know it’s not damaged, since it clearly fell off the back of a truck?
Need to know.
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Just Jeepin'
10/01/2018 at 16:44 |
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It’s an old one but they still do it.
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jasmits
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/01/2018 at 16:56 |
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Your cousin bought a pirated copy of MS Office from someone who had access to professional printing equipment and a shrink wrapping machine for a 50x markup that he could’ve pirated himself for free
Chariotoflove
> Rainbow
10/01/2018 at 17:04 |
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Someone approaches me in a parking lot looking for anything more than directions, I get away from them as fast as possible.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> jasmits
10/01/2018 at 17:17 |
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Aren’t there unique product key’s with Office? IIRC unless you have a valid product key Office doesn’t let you
install.
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jasmits
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
10/01/2018 at 17:46 |
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There’s lots of software out there that’ll generate ‘valid’ keys that will make the installer happy
The Dummy Gummy
> Cash Rewards
10/01/2018 at 18:47 |
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Cash Rewards
> The Dummy Gummy
10/01/2018 at 20:06 |
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Exactly! How exciting was that little scenario. Never anything bad
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Rainbow
> Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/02/2018 at 06:06 |
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It did definitely look sealed, but not in shrink wrap.
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Rainbow
> jasmits
10/02/2018 at 06:08 |
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Oh, definitely. It was broad daylight, though, and fairly busy. A nd I would have made a point to have him wait outside while I went into the grocery store to get my money.
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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Rainbow
10/02/2018 at 09:03 |
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haha, maybe that’ll help get someone else to fall for it.