Stopped three times on street by men selling cheap phones in their cars...?

jeanjolie

I have an issue and I thought it might be very useful for advice.

I'm a young teenage man living in Blackrock. I walk around to different places mainly to shop, but all of these areas are not 'bad'. Most of the encounter's I've had were in Dundrum and near Marley Park.

The problem is that I've been stopped three times when walking in the last 5 years. The first two were with my mother or father. They've been always trying to sell some electronics (computers, phones) at really cheap prices? Why is this?

I'm not scared of them, it's just that I wonder if other people experience this? I've asked my classmates and they say that this has never happened to them? The only people who experience this are usually women but it's always dodgy men wanting to get laid.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

You're not a teenage man.

Kimbot

Its a scam, they show you an item and a low price. You accept and they tell you they will get you an unopened box. When you open the box there will be a rock in it.

me_irl

jonnycivic wrote: »

Its a scam, they show you an item and a low price. You accept and they tell you they will get you an unopened box. When you open the box there will be a rock in it.

So... an iPhone.

Fleawuss

3 times in 5 years. Twice with your parents there. I'd call the Emergency Response Unit.

scamalert

its well known scam,usually you get argos catalog

razorblunt

You're a teenage man if you want to be OP, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Except me, listen to me.


This is probably the old "show a phone, give them a box with something equal weight in it, when they pay" scam.
Take a picture of their reg next time for the lols.

jeanjolie

lol. I chose the name 'jeanjolie' because its nice and feminine. I actually am a 19yr old male. Should I add black. Perhaps that's why I get stopped so much.

After all I don't hear my native Irish classmates getting stopped by these guys in cars with the exception of females..

Atlantic Dawn

They target fools and their money who want to buy an Eye Phone at an unrealistic price.

hannible the cannible

jeanjolie wrote: »

lol. I chose the name 'jeanjolie' because its nice and feminine. I actually am a 19yr old male. Should I add black. Perhaps that's why I get stopped so much.

After all I don't hear my native Irish classmates getting stopped by these guys in cars with the exception of females..

So you're a black gay teenage man ?

Canis Lupus

jeanjolie wrote: »

I have an issue and I thought it might be very useful for advice.

I'm a young teenage man living in Blackrock. I walk around to different places mainly to shop, but all of these areas are not 'bad'. Most of the encounter's I've had were in Dundrum and near Marley Park.

The problem is that I've been stopped three times when walking in the last 5 years. The first two were with my mother or father. They've been always trying to sell some electronics (computers, phones) at really cheap prices? Why is this?

I'm not scared of them, it's just that I wonder if other people experience this? I've asked my classmates and they say that this has never happened to them? The only people who experience this are usually women but it's always dodgy men wanting to get laid.

They want to give you new devices to rereg on clearly.

Winterlong

Steer clear of the marley park in dundrum. Go to the one in rathfarnham instead. The shopping is not up to much though.

Gyalist

Not that unusual as I've been stopped in the City Centre more times than I can remember. In the 80s and 90s it was by men with dodgy Italian accents trying to sell leather jackets or suits. In the Celtic Tiger years it was by men with English accents trying to sell stereo systems and these days it is by Irish guys, usually Travellers, trying to sell me cheap laptops. I don't remember anyone trying to sell me phones though.

markc1184

I had a mate foolish enough to fall for this gag. Turned out to be the most expensive packet of Mars bars he'd bought rather than the nice shiney Nokia phone he'd thought he was buying.

Harry Palmr

Ah yes Italians and their leather jackets - had a few run ins with them back in the late 90s

Mr. FoggPatches

You clearly look like the type of person that's easily scammed, gormless and naive.

airportlackie

Did you get a look at the phones any decent ones