Warning to everyone
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Warning to everyone,
This afternoon while travelling along the Bridge Road, I was appoach by 2 look like Ah Beng guy sitting inside a singapore van (very dirty and old type of toyota van),
as both our vehicle were stop in front of red light traffic, the passeger in the van begin to wave at me to catch my attention, at first, i thought he just want to ask about street direction so i unwind my window, to my suprise, he begin to act friendly and said in hokkien: "Hey brother, i got some new expensive hi fi want to clear away.." hearing this, i began to wave my hand to say no and wind up the window(newspaper did mention b4 that some ppl actually trying to sell those so call expensive hi fi to others in a low price and many ppl were con).. the passenger notice that i am turning him away and immediately said that he is not selling anything(to catch my attention)..
As i was driving toward another red light traffic stop, i saw him appoaching another car again..
I might be wrong, maybe they really want to give those hi fi away since he insist he is not selling anything..
Just some of my cautious advise for those drive here. -
I have been approached by them before at the HDB carpark and I have also seen them trying to sell their so called hi-fi somewhere at Chinatown too.
Do becareful cos what they may be trying to sell may be stolen or fake goods! -
Easy lah; just take down the license plate number, and give it to either or both the Traffic Police, and the Police. Let them know the location of incident, make of van, colour, and details of driver and other party onboard.
Then go on with your day.
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Seems like they are very desperate to get rid of a hifi.Suspicious indeed.
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The enterpenurship of Ah bengs.
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reported in newspaper alot of times liao leh...
those ah beng never read newspaper or watch news one meh?
still use same old trick.... -
The only page that they read are the results for 4D and horse betting.Originally posted by digicharat:reported in newspaper alot of times liao leh...
those ah beng never read newspaper or watch news one meh?
still use same old trick.... -
maybe the orbitraries as wellOriginally posted by Praetorian111:The only page that they read are the results for 4D and horse betting.
/sorry...dunno how to spell it
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The van is white in colour. Dirty white.
I got approached about 2 months ago twice while I was tearing my parking coupon outside Far East Square...
Same situation. But he was kinda persistant seeing the P-plate on the car.
"Why?Why you dont wanna buy?Discount you know?" "You need a while to think about it? I can wait.."
But if you insist on saying "No" and interrupting him with more "No"s everytime, he just leaves. No worries
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At least they asked you why you don't want to buy...Originally posted by revvieeee:The van is white in colour. Dirty white.
I got approached about 2 months ago twice while I was tearing my parking coupon outside Far East Square...
Same situation. But he was kinda persistant seeing the P-plate on the car.
"Why?Why you dont wanna buy?Discount you know?" "You need a while to think about it? I can wait.."
But if you insist on saying "No" and interrupting him with more "No"s everytime, he just leaves. No worries
I was approached while tearing parking coupons outside Sim Lim Tower. They said they had access stock and asked if I wanted one free. When I said no, they said, "Free dowan ah!?".... I had to repeat, "No, thank you." Several times until they drove off. -
There was a similar 'scam' in Melbourne a few years ago. A van would pull up and say they were delivering hi-fi speakers but dispatch had given them X pairs of speakers when the order was for X speakers, so they were selling half their delivery at dirt-cheap prices. My friend bought a pair and I ended up with them. They're actually remarkable speakers for $400/pair, as good as speakers costing three times that much.
Anyway, why I put 'scam' in quotes, is that I found out the operation was quite legit. These fellows were manufacturing speakers cheaply specifically to sell in that manner. They weren't stolen or sold illegally and the only thing wrong was their dubious sales technique.
So, there's often more than meets the eye with these things. I don't however recommend buying from vans on the street though! -
haha! free just take la! he didnt even give me a price quote.Originally posted by Bloop...:At least they asked you why you don't want to buy...
I was approached while tearing parking coupons outside Sim Lim Tower. They said they had access stock and asked if I wanted one free. When I said no, they said, "Free dowan ah!?".... I had to repeat, "No, thank you." Several times until they drove off. -
was in such scenario before..
in changi village carpark.. got stopped by them.. say the same things.. got extra stock to clear.. then say they dun like their boss dun want to let him earn so meet me so is got fate.. so want to "give" me free.. just give them some beer money.. one hundred per person..i dun have that much money.. but looks quite tempting.. but in the end found out that it was someting like a scam from a friend.. -
What if they get violent?Originally posted by ShutterBug:Easy lah; just take down the license plate number, and give it to either or both the Traffic Police, and the Police. Let them know the location of incident, make of van, colour, and details of driver and other party onboard.
Then go on with your day.
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was approached by them on monday in Woodland Central.
Think they moved around a lot.
but seriously it look very tempting to buy at $100-$200, provided that the system work lah.