Idiot alert

[snepp]

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Also, there is ZERO comparison between a panhandler and what happened to the OP. He was scammed while asking for money is not dishonest. Tremendous difference between the two.

Not necessarily, panhandling has become a pretty popular type of scam.

[Chaos81]

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He was scammed while asking for money is not dishonest. .

It is when you're lying about the reason you want the money.

[l3ulvl]

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Sorry to hear that man, live and learn I guess. At least you didn't get hurt.

[Sublime12089]

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There are scammers who pan-handle, however, the act of asking for money is not nearly the same as misrepresenting a product to someone and selling it to them. I am a sucker maybe, who knows.

To be back on OP topic, Like l3ulvl said, you live and learn man, I am sorry to hear you had to learn that way though. Have you hooked up the speakers? Are they at least decent?

[khaled]

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A guy tried to sell you $2200 speakers out of a truck in front of Target for $300 and you didn't think it might be a scam or they might be stolen or something?

The old saying still holds true, "If it seem to good to be true, it probably is."

I learned that the hard way. I fell for a scam on ebay, the guy told me if I wire the money, he'll ship it for free(about $20). I wire him the money- next thing I know the account is down and my money is gone. I was just a stupid kid.

[RockinDaMike]

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Yeah, those scams have been in Phoenix for a long time. I actually F with them all the time and mess with them.

The best ones are the really cute chicks that try to sell you cologne. I remember one time this really hot chick was selling me a no lable aqua di gio. She was giving me the story that these were samples from her work. I was like "ok great, I have the same bottle in my car, lets test it out." She pretty much booked it as soon as she saw a cop around.

I already learned not to give a hot chick that comes up to me any money....unless its at the strip clup.

[oneamongthefence]

There are scammers who pan-handle, however, the act of asking for money is not nearly the same as misrepresenting a product to someone and selling it to them. I am a sucker maybe, who knows.

To be back on OP topic, Like l3ulvl said, you live and learn man, I am sorry to hear you had to learn that way though. Have you hooked up the speakers? Are they at least decent?

No. I haven't hooked them up yet. Still trying to decide what to do with them as I would assume the resale value is higher if they're unopened. I could have a brick for all I know at this point. I think it would be morally wrong to sell them for what I paid for them.

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[Cusefan]

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No money to beggars. Ever.

I always say the same thing: "I don't carry cash." And walk away.

Anyway, sorry to see this happened to the OP. Anything can happen. Just gotta keep your eyes open.


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Panhandling is a blight, it also profitable. Here in Syracuse they are all over the better parts of downtown, they are pretty aggressive too. I had one follow me two blocks and even went into the same store as me, I ended up calling the cops and he got arrested but damn is it annoying.

[CMH]

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Panhandling is a blight, it also profitable. Here in Syracuse they are all over the better parts of downtown, they are pretty aggressive too. I had one follow me two blocks and even went into the same store as me, I ended up calling the cops and he got arrested but damn is it annoying.

I just can't deal with them. I work hard for my money and to then give it away? I'm not saying you're an idiot if you give panhandlers money, but I just won't do it.

And then you consider that many of them are either lying (there are people who make a regular living pretending to be homeless) or using the money on drugs and alcohol and you're just basically an enabler.

The moment that made me really turn on them is when I saw a woman on the corner asking people for money to buy her daughter dinner to eat. So this guy comes out with two full McDonald meals. At least $15 worth of food in NYC.

The woman stared at it disgustingly like, "Why did you buy me food?"

I just can't with them.

[Boltman]

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I just can't deal with them. I work hard for my money and to then give it away? I'm not saying you're an idiot if you give panhandlers money, but I just won't do it.

And then you consider that many of them are either lying (there are people who make a regular living pretending to be homeless) or using the money on drugs and alcohol and you're just basically an enabler.

The moment that made me really turn on them is when I saw a woman on the corner asking people for money to buy her daughter dinner to eat. So this guy comes out with two full McDonald meals. At least $15 worth of food in NYC.

The woman stared at it disgustingly like, "Why did you buy me food?"

I just can't with them.

Had something similar to that happen to me years and years ago. I saw this homeless dude outside a 7-11 in Hollywood, I was on my way to work and I had some homemade burritos I was gonna heat up inside with their microwave and buy something to drink.

So I come out of the 7-11 and tell the guy I don't have any cash on me but here is a hot breakfast and hand him one of my burritos (it was really cold that morning).

He looked at me like I was crazy and says "I don't want that ****, I don't want damn food! I want money!" and proceeds to slap the burrito out of my hand and knock it all over the floor.

I had to show tremendous restraint that cold morning.

[CMH]

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Had something similar to that happen to me years and years ago. I saw this homeless dude outside a 7-11 in Hollywood, I was on my way to work and I had some homemade burritos I was gonna heat up inside with their microwave and buy something to drink.

So I come out of the 7-11 and tell the guy I don't have any cash on me but here is a hot breakfast and hand him one of my burritos (it was really cold that morning).

He looked at me like I was crazy and says "I don't want that ****, I don't want damn food! I want money!" and proceeds to slap the burrito out of my hand and knock it all over the floor.

I had to show tremendous restraint that cold morning.

That's crazy. I can't imagine turning down a hot meal if I were homeless. Then again, if I'm addicted to something (yes, I'm generalizing here and assuming this homeless man was) then I'd understand.

For all the bad I've seen, I do recall a homeless man that stood a few feet away from me while I was filming a short film in a park. He asked me and a few members of the film crew for money. Maybe one or two obliged, but most of us said no and he walked away.

Anyway, by some miraculous way, as we approached an apartment we were gonna finish filming in after taking a taxi from the park, we saw the same homeless guy hours later walking up the block.

We had so much food left we didn't know what to do with it. Mostly junk food like brownies, but still a cart full of food. So, he sees us and immediately we ask him if he wants it.

This guy's eyes just lit up. He couldn't believe it. He had no real way to carry everything, but I'd be damned if he didn't find a way to do it with his own hands.

I can't say for sure what he did with it. If he was a smart guy, he probably sold pieces of it for money from other homeless people that want food. I can't think far ahead enough to know what that money went to, but at least he had food that night.

[Brandwin]

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Caught for what? Unless someone can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the speakers were stolen then no crime was committed. Overcharging someone for something is not a crime.

Spoiler

Best Buy does it to thousands of people every day!

LOL

Well not caught by the cops per se, but just caught somehow. Sell to the wrong person, they get scamed with fake money, just something.

This movie taught me to not trust people selling things...

[AUChase]

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It's funny how the majority of them always want money, instead of something they can use. I had something similar happen to me at Arbys, a few years ago. I offered to buy them something to eat, but they turned it down..

I'm a caring human being, but I won't just hand someone money and expect them to do the right thing... it just doesn't work like that.

[slickdtc]

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I don't give homeless people my money. Like others, I'll give you food or something you can use, but I'm not giving you money. Honestly, there's a reason they are homeless... and the odds are it's because of something of their own doing (drugs, addiction, etc).

What a lot of people don't know is that a lot of homeless people are homeless because they want to be. They'd rather live off the scraps and whatnot then barely get by, having to pay rent, groceries, taxes. Why go through that trouble if you are doing well enough (within perspective) on the street.

I don't mess with them mostly because you never know what they're going to do. If they ask for money, I'll say no. If they harass me, I have no problem telling this mofo to get the hell out of my face. It's too easy to wear some dirty, ripped clothes and beg for money from soft-hearted women. I tell my girl to keep on her toes around these people, no matter how down & out or harmless they look. They're desperate people, and that's not a good recipe.

[Crimsontide27]

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No. I haven't hooked them up yet. Still trying to decide what to do with them as I would assume the resale value is higher if they're unopened. I could have a brick for all I know at this point. I think it would be morally wrong to sell them for what I paid for them.

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Toss them in the trash and be done with it and consider it a lesson learned. Those speakers are known to blow home recievers due to various reasons.

If you want to risk losing your home reciever as well, feel free to hook them up.