"white van" speakers - have you been approached?

My local news had a story on local scams to watch out for now that we're having better weather. They basically referred to "white van" speakers: watch out for vans or SUVs trying to selling "high end" speakers and projection TVs. They said they're worthless mass produced junk that might short out your equipment or start a fire.

They showed one set being unboxed w/the brand "ProTechnik". Interestingly, they have a web page at ProTechnik™ Global. I never knew of the brands until now, which prompted me to look at [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_speaker_scam"]White van speaker scam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]. It's listed there.

I'd heard about "white van" speakers at work many years ago. I was "white vanned" myself by some guy in a black SUV at an Arco gas station in WA before Wikipedia existed, probably 8+ years ago. He said something like "hey man, do you want to buy some surround sound speakers? I can sell them to you cheap!" Of course I didn't buy.

My dad years ago also approached by one of these "white van" guys in CA. I laughed and told him about the scam.

 

What's kind of funny is that at ProTechnikâ„¢ Global, they have a map of distributors but yet all of them have an address of N/A. They have a link that refers to calling their 24/7 call center, yet there's no number and it just lets you submit a form.

At ProTechnikâ„¢ Global, a bunch of speakers are listed as "HDTV Compatible". They also sell amps at ProTechnikâ„¢ Global and that have a "DTS 7.1 Prosound III Deconder".

Funny stuff.