Man Disguises Oven Door as HDTV; Tries to Sell it

[Guest]

True story, straight from the tech. A few years back a lady was shopping at a tech retail chain. The salesman was either stupid, or he was willing to agree with anything to get a customer out of his hair.

Tech support got a phone call from an elderly woman requesting that a repair man come out and check her TV. She had brought it home from the store and plugged it in, but she'd never been able to get a picture on it.

The repair man went to the lady's house and sure enough there was the offending device, sitting on its stand in the living room. He noticed the cable hadn't been attached to it, so he began looking around for the coax jack. He couldn't find it.

In his searching he DID notice a button marked "open". He pressed it, and to the amazement of the elderly woman the face of her "television" popped open with a "ding". He turned to her and said "congratulations ma'am, you bought a lovely microwave oven."

 

[griffed88]

@joe_gee

Ummm, how did the repair man not know it was a microwave right off the bat? Even with old tv's and microwaves, there is a pretty big difference. lol

 

[Pei-chen]

Darn Hippies

 

[Pei-chen]

[citation][nom]griffed88[/nom]@joe_geeUmmm, how did the repair man not know it was a microwave right off the bat? Even with old tv's and microwaves, there is a pretty big difference. lol[/citation]
Some late 80s' microwave has wood veneer casing. It might take the rapair man 10 seconds before he realize its not a TV.

 

[nitto555rchallenger]

That's one big ass oven door, jeez. But its not bad look for Tv I mean oven door.

 

[joeman42]

Gives new meaning to the term: TV Dinner.

 

[mp562]

Gotta give the guy props, people will try anything these days with the economy the way it is.

 

[mp562]

If he sold it for $9.99, Dell probably would have complained that it was a pricing error.

 

[Guest]

happens with laptops all the time, in NYC and London...there's a brick or a piece of metal in the box.

 

[santeana]

Forget falling for it or not... I wouldn't pay the price he seems to be asking anyways. lol Look at that price sticker! $1949? for a 37"? Really?

 

[Micropat]

Nice touch with the remote and component cables. From the pic above I would believe it's a TV. I wonder how long it would take me to spot it in real life.

 

[Duesouth]

call the police since this stuff is normally stolen.

or a knock off. but mostly stolen crap

 

[Guest]

Are we sure this isn't one of those chinese knockoffs.

 

[virtualban]

If gambling is legal, why can't ppl try to sell such stuff? Buyers (in need of money for this 'luxury' stuff) are gamblers who instead of getting the stuff from their trusted and/or overpriced source chose this.
Appart from duesouth's comment about stolen items.

 

[Guest]

My friend and I fell for a scam like this way back in 1995. We just got back from the casino last night and won a few hundred dollars. That morning we went to a coffee shop by Ralphs supermarket, and saw this guy was selling a bunch of cameras and vcrs out in the back of his old Chevy. He was selling us a Sony camcorder and vrc both for $399. We tried to haggle the price but the guy won't budge, so we thought the goods were good. It was all nicely wrapped exactly like the picture on top with all the logos and price tags. He told us to hurry up and buy it cuz he doesn't want to hang around too long, and someone might call the cops. I was a bit wary and didn't buy it, but my friend did. We got excited and head home with the goods. We parked in the garage and opened the package, and %$%^^ piece of crap, it was all bricks inside. We were so pissed off that we got a crow bar and baseball bat and ran back to Ralphs parking lot, but he was no where to be found. Usually, this stuff are not in a bulgy package that you would normally expect from a retail store. It is wrapped to the size of the product and in ceramic or some form of plastic wrap that you can't easy open. Like if you tear it out, you'll have to buy it kinda type. Lesson learned, "If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is". Pass it up, or at least check it out inside out.

 

[lashton]

was it a sony oven? haha

 

[ssddx]

I'm sorry to say, but you had it coming. Why would your friend buy a product from a shady person selling out of a car (and worried about cops to boot.)

*if* a person did decide to take a gamble, the buyer needs to check the product out completely to avoid such scams. Also, since the deal doesn't have a paper trail at all, good luck getting a refund!

Note: I have seen real products sold at discount prices. I'm not sure how legit their aquisition was, but the products were real. Normally you see deals like this at flea market-ish places. Again, buyer beware, dont expect a refund.

 

[Guest]

Was he Nigerian?