Comments on: Speakers from a Van http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/16/speakers-from-a-van/ Economics; Travel; Film; and Technology. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/16/speakers-from-a-van/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 andrewferrier Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:54:37 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/16/speakers-from-a-van/#comment-2156 Well, thanks for clearing that up! Incidentally, the folks at Wikipedia don't seem to think that SK is necessarily a posh/rich area, probably because of the students: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington Well, thanks for clearing that up!

Incidentally, the folks at Wikipedia don’t seem to think that SK is necessarily a posh/rich area, probably because of the students:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington

]]> By: Anton Piatek http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2006/10/16/speakers-from-a-van/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 Anton Piatek Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:48:43 +0000 http://www.new-destiny.co.uk/andrew/blog/2006/10/16/speakers-from-a-van/#comment-2146 The ones at Imperial were really cheap speakers. They would play loud from the amp in the back of the van, but get them home and use them for a few weeks and they start sounding really cheap. Simply put, the guys sold them at one hell of a profit, as they convinced some buyers that they were expensive US model speakers, and the delivery went wrong so they had spares that needed selling quickly. I was also approached to buy a very nice video camera by a guy in a passing car. He claimed that the recipient changed their mind and he had to sell it anyway. He didn't name a price, but asked you to offer him a price - Clearly stolen... Who said South Kensington was a posh area? (Though maybe it is just a posh area with cheap locks on the front door!) The ones at Imperial were really cheap speakers.
They would play loud from the amp in the back of the van, but get them home and use them for a few weeks and they start sounding really cheap.

Simply put, the guys sold them at one hell of a profit, as they convinced some buyers that they were expensive US model speakers, and the delivery went wrong so they had spares that needed selling quickly.

I was also approached to buy a very nice video camera by a guy in a passing car. He claimed that the recipient changed their mind and he had to sell it anyway. He didn’t name a price, but asked you to offer him a price - Clearly stolen…

Who said South Kensington was a posh area? (Though maybe it is just a posh area with cheap locks on the front door!)

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