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Buddy of mine was approached by a guy at a gas station to buy a $5000 projector
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:13 am
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:13 am
for $500. Guy told him that he installs them for casinos and he recently purchased 10 of these projectors and they mistakenly gave him an extra one and he was trying to help someone out by giving them one hell of a deal. Evidently this is the Ferrari of projectors. It has the most recent cutting edge technology and everything. It also comes with a remote control! The guy was even generous enough to throw in a 72" HD screen with a suggested MSRP of $2000!!!! And let's not forget about the lifetime warranty and free tech support that was also thrown in! How could he not pass up this deal of a lifetime?! The technology and the company are so ground breaking and exclusive that the company website doesn't even have contact information listed. In order to contact them you have to send them a message and anxiously wait for them to contact you back. If that doesn't sell you on this product, the fact that you can only find one to purchase online at Craigslist or Ebay makes this investment a no brainer.
LINK
How bad did my buddy get screwed?
LINK
quote:
MODEL NO: UHD-4K
* HD Ready LED Film-like Image
* 3D Anaglyphic Video Imaging
* Supports 1920 X 1080 High Definition Resolution
* 45,000 : 1 Contrast Ratio
* Brightness 5,000 ANSI Lumens
* Near Silent Operation - LESS THAN 25dBA
* Image size from 28" to 200"
* Keystone Correction +- 15 Degrees
* 24 bit Thin Film Transfer (TFT) Yielding over 28 Million Colors
* Picture in Picture (PIP) and Full Function Remote
* Interface: HDMI x 2, VGA, USB, Component, PC
MSRP: $4,995
How bad did my buddy get screwed?
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Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:15 am to ForeverLSU02
Receipt of stolen property is always a fun charge.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:15 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
and they mistakenly gave him an extra one
Sure they did..
This post was edited on 9/25/14 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:15 am to ForeverLSU02
Wait so he bought it?
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:15 am to ForeverLSU02
so your buddy bought a box with a brick in it 
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:16 am to ForeverLSU02
Stolen.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:16 am to Leonard Threenette
quote:Yeah
Wait so he bought it?
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:17 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
How bad did my buddy get screwed?
for $500 including the screen, not that bad. he's lucky he didnt buy a box with a brick in it
I like how they refer to the model as UHD 4k, when its clearly not
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:18 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
Woman buys cheap iPad, gets mirror instead
A woman thinks she scored the deal of the decade in a Texas gas station. Now when did that ever happen?
LINK
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:21 am to ForeverLSU02
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:21 am to ForeverLSU02
Clearly it was stolen property. Should have given him the Sheriffs number.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:22 am to NYCAuburn
quote:He may have gotten 2 boxes with bricks in it. We opened the projector box and there was something in there that resembled a projector, but we haven't hooked it up yet to see if it works. The box with the screen hasn't been opened yet. Who knows what he bought
he's lucky he didnt buy a box with a brick in it
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:24 am to Cdawg
quote:Funny you posted that b/c the guy told him he was from Houston
Cdawg
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:24 am to ForeverLSU02
This EXACT same thing happened to me yesterday while I was pumping gas, it was 2 dudes in a van and they said they had a leftover one from a job. The pitch was the same, its just like then the vans used to go around selling speakers. This must be the new scam.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:25 am to ForeverLSU02
Why would anyone purchase electronics offered by a random guy at a gas station? If you simply transfer some money for a Nigerian, you can easily afford to buy all your electronics in a proper store.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:25 am to ForeverLSU02
My guess is they aren't stolen but POS repackages projectors. The website for the company was created a couple months ago and they webpage has this disclaimer "Model numbers and manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) are for identification purposes only. Manufacturer's suggested retail prices do not represent bona fide selling prices to the public."
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:27 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
MODEL NO: UHD-4K * HD Ready LED Film-like Image * 3D Anaglyphic Video Imaging * Supports 1920 X 1080 High Definition Resolution * 45,000 : 1 Contrast Ratio * Brightness 5,000 ANSI Lumens * Near Silent Operation - LESS THAN 25dBA * Image size from 28" to 200" * Keystone Correction +- 15 Degrees * 24 bit Thin Film Transfer (TFT) Yielding over 28 Million Colors * Picture in Picture (PIP) and Full Function Remote * Interface: HDMI x 2, VGA, USB, Component, PC MSRP: $4,995
Sweet mother.. That project puts out some light
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:29 am to Waffle House
quote:Yeah, their website is shady. I messaged them and told them I was interested in their products and asked if they had distributors in Louisiana
My guess is they aren't stolen but POS repackages projectors. The website for the company was created a couple months ago and they webpage has this disclaimer "Model numbers and manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) are for identification purposes only. Manufacturer's suggested retail prices do not represent bona fide selling prices to the public."
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:29 am to NOFOX
Common sense isn't so common. I will now refer to it as "Rare Sense."
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:32 am to ForeverLSU02
My buddy gave this guy $100 for what he assumed to be stolen speakers. The box said they had a MSRP of $2500. Turned out they were not real speakers. Everything look legitimate until we tried to hook it up and discovered the dummy connections. I thought about it too and the box definitely should have been a whole lot bigger if their MSRP was $2500.
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