cardinal rule #97
i try to live my life by a certain set of rules, one of which being #97, which is:
#97: NEVER BUY SHIT OUT OF THE BACK OF A VAN BECAUSE IT'S EITHER A. STOLEN B. DEFECTIVE, OR C. THERE IS SOME SORT OF SCAM GOING ON
so needless to say, i was a bit skeptical when today, as i was at a gas station fueling up, a couple of young men offer me a set of home theater speakers for cheap. they gave me the pitch, which was actually pretty flawless. i asked to see the speakers, they took one out of the box and it looked and felt legit. at this point, part of me was like "even if this is a scam, i don't mind too much giving them this money because a. they had flawless execution in the scam and b. if these guys are hungry enough that they've got to do this to get money, then i don't mind helping a brother out". so i took the bait, dished out $300 for two home theater speaker stacks apparently worth $1000. i got home, and hooked them up. they work fine, sound ok and then i went on the web only to find story after story of people who fell for this deal, some of which didn't even have speakers in the boxes!
i can't get angry over this because i fell for it, and the speakers work pretty well. i guess i'm just bummed out that i didn't actually stick one to the man. instead i was the man who got stuck!
posted by kyle @ 5:57 PM
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7 Comments:
I don't get it... how are you stuck? The speakers are decent enough for $300, right?
That said, if you ever need speakers again, you can do better here. I have a set of SV-10s and they're unbelievable for the money. Tons of very favorable reviews of these speakers out there.
i guess i can't say that i got "stuck", as the speakers work pretty well, good bass calrity and all. but as you said, i could have gotten much better quality with what i paid. i got caught in the euphoria of getting good speakers for cheap.
What brand were they? Do you think they're actually that brand?
Intrigued,
Moose
What do speakers have to do with fish excrement? Calrity means poop, right? I like to eat bass. But I always spit out it's calrity, it's too pugnant. Do you want me to save it from now on, for your speakers?
Respectfully,
A Brown Bear
Yeah, there's always something a liitttle fishy going on when Moose and I play our instruments of choice.
I just realized: I'd like Rule #97 better if the word "BUY" was removed.
I'm cleaning my colon.
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