Are there still white van speaker scams?

Used to happen to me in the early 2000s all of the time. I guess people stopped putting aftermarket sound systems in. It's kind of like getting your CD player stolen out of your vehicle. Time have changed.

Had a guy in an explorer pull this stunt outside my credik union about 7-8 years ago

Couldn't sell inventory
Overstocked
Here's a magazine listing it at 800
I'll take 200

Told him 50 and he went on his way

Happened to me I'd say about 5 years ago. It was two dudes in a truck and they had on some electronics store polo shirts on and had projectors and screens in their truck and told me they were given more than they ordered and they were supposed to be delivering the equipment to a restaurant and they just wanted to sell these extras under the table quickly for a huge discount.

Showed me a BS price tag and a BS invoice for the projectors at like thousands apiece.

I could sense something was off and declined and went on my way.

Buddy of mine did, hook, line and sinker. Off I-49 north of Natchitoches. He only had a hundred, went to the ATM at the store and got more money. Thought he made out big time.

Exactly.
But after 25 years, I can’t complain.

I’ve got to change out the woofers. The paper has gotten brittle.

Now they just walk up to you while you are pumping gas and tell you their meemaw is in the hospital down the way and they need bus fare.

I bought my entire stereo this way...

I cant tell you how many times I was approached in the early 2000s. They were always the same tower speakers and the price offer was always different. One buddy bought a pair for a couple hundred bucks. They were not broken or anything. They sound ok. I laughed my arse at one dude who said they were worth 1000 per pair. I asked to see the manual and it was a single page photocopy.

I'm guessing once smartphones came out, pretty much nobody would fall for it anymore.