Here's what happens: you're pumping gas, walking to your car at the supermarket, whatever, and some slick looking guys in a clean but unmarked van ask if you want to buy speakers because "the DJ who ordered these got too many and we need to get rid of them". Right. And then they bug you, trying to convince you of how lucky you are and what a great deal they can offer. You'll often notice one dude does all the talking while the other one is look out, nervously scanning traffic for police cars or perhaps the person whom they stole the speakers from. When you say no, they become somewhat aggressive in their tactics. Explaining to them what eBay is doesn't seem to work. Eventually they slowly drive off, looking for the next sucker.
Two thoughts.
1-My friend Ryan actually BOUGHT speakers from these guys once for like $300.00--can you believe it? He said they seemed like "a good deal" and while in fact they WERE good speakers, the fact he bought them out of the back of a van is a bit disturbing.
2-I wonder if this actually is a business, a nationwide network of vans/dudes who daily go around selling stereo equipment to naive young men getting gas (I assume they'd never approach a woman). Maybe they have a web site, ultracreepythugssellingstolenspeakers.com or something like that.
No matter what, hearing Jim Rome's take on this gives validity to my observation that this is a fairly common practice.
