Armani Coat Scam going around

[Gundo]

Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ

During the entire encounter, did you bother to write down or take a pic of the license plate number, face, etc of the people trying to pull this scam?

Or did you just decide to remember the specifics so you could run to CP and post about it right away? Please tell us you at least called it into the non-emergency line (403-266-1234).

Never called CPS, I worked loss prevention for 4 years part time while I was in school and when I was recalling the conversation to myself they were very specific about some things that they said and how things were worded "they were samples that Armani buys and puts in their stores" so not really Armani coats thus not truly fake Armani coats. They were misrepresenting a product and making a profit not really illegal.

When I posted this I just wanted people to be aware to watch for them and not buy their BS story and over pay for garbage. I have a brother that fell for the White Van Home Theatre scam when he was 17 and he was pretty upset when he founds the emptied his bank account and dropped $800 on a $125 speaker set even though it had stickers on it that say MSRP $1950 all over.

Just don't like to see dirtbags get the better of people.

[RougeUnderoos]

This may be a "scam", but is it actually illegal?

It sounds like these guys are selling some junk for more than what it's worth, which happens all the time. Now sure, if they are representing it as actual Armani coats with tags and everything, that's different, but it doesn't sound like that's what these guys were doing.

We hear all the time that the police in town don't have time (or don't see the point) in doing something like fingerprinting at a B&E, or looking for a stolen car. Knowing that, I hope that if they get a call about "guys selling leather jackets in the parking lot" they don't do anything more than say "don't buy the coats".

Beyond that... what the hell would anyone want with five leather jackets anyway, even if you do think you are getting a great deal? What are you going to do, turn around and sell them yourself?

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

So edgy.

Scammers are scum and prey on the vulnerable. It's funny once in awhile when you hear of a teen buying a bunch of oregano, it's sickening when a grandma loses her pension.

I find it tough to feel for someone getting scammed now. I work with a guy, in his late 60's, who has been sending every spare dollar he has to Nigeria on some sort of oil investment scam. They call, threaten him that they are never going to pay him out, unless he sends more money. Then he walks across the street to Walmart, empties his bank account afraid they will cut him out. 2 weeks later, rinse/repeat. They even have it down that on payday, his cell phone is ringing off the hook with threats.

I pulled him aside 3 years ago. Told him his money is gone, quit throwing good money after bad. Showed him scam baiter sites, and the actual scam and people perpetrating it showed up. I also did it again about a year ago. His wife who left him once, is getting ready to leave him again. But because they always bring up god, and he brainwashed religious beliefs, he keeps sending more money. And I am not the only person here who has warned him.

I can't feel sorry for the guy when I keep warning him, time after time. And making jabs when he comes back from the Walmart Western Union "So how much money did you gift to the Nigerians today?" If you are that bloody stupid, and in denial. You deserve to be taken.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Gundo

I have a brother that fell for the White Van Home Theatre scam when he was 17 and he was pretty upset when he founds the emptied his bank account and dropped $800 on a $125 speaker set even though it had stickers on it that say MSRP $1950 all over.

Sounds like your brother got off lucky. At least he got speakers worth $125 out of the deal. Most of the people I have heard about- even if there are speaker components in the boxes, they aren't useable as speakers.

[squiggs96]

The biggest scam I ever was fooled by was buying pop at the Superstore Liquor Store.

That, or a girl saying she'd sleep with me and she didn't. I actually get scammed by this one quite frequently.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

It sounds like these guys are selling some junk for more than what it's worth.

If you think about it, isn't this what the real Armani, and pretty much all the mass luxury retailers, do every day? Brand the crap out of everything, create fake stories to make you feel better, and then mark up the products to a crazy amount.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Table 5

If you think about it, isn't this what the real Armani, and pretty much all the mass luxury retailers, do every day? Brand the crap out of everything, create fake stories to make you feel better, and then mark up the products to a crazy amount.

[stang]

Originally Posted by Byrns

I got scammed like this in London in 1999. (Samples from a fashion show, guy needed gas/ferry money to get back to Italy)

Back then it cost me £20 + $20CAD for 3 jackets. I felt like a chump 10min later on the tube.

You got 3 jackets for like $50? Sounds like a deal to me?

[Byrns]

Originally Posted by stang

You got 3 jackets for like $50? Sounds like a deal to me?

They smelled really bad like chemicals. (He kept them on hangers with clear plastic over them so I couldn't tell until I got home)

Also, he kept showing me how they wouldn't burn when using a lighter on them explaining that it was real leather.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by Byrns

Also, he kept showing me how they wouldn't burn when using a lighter on them explaining that it was real leather.

That trick only works if you suspect you have been sold fake leather jackets actually made out of wood.

[stang]

Ugh so now I kinda want one..what's buddy's email?