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This one was a real head scratcher. Some guy bought a pair of Velodyne headphones on sale and then sold them on Amazon for the regular price. He then got an email supposedly from a firm called "Sock and Bruster Internet Policing Services Inc. LPC, Legal Prosecution and Collection Agency" (who apparently don't even exist) with all kinds of threats. Here's an excerpt:"We are forthwith enlisted our services to protect price integrity by seeking public fractures and selling contract terms and illegal selling of products by unauthorized distributors and dealers on the internet in the USA and overseas."Public fractures? Whoa! Pretty wacky stuff.
Edits: 09/16/14 09/16/14Follow Ups:
IIRC, Velodyne was the company that refused to pay Stereophile for ads that had already run, because they didn't like a review. Maybe in the late 1990's?
All of this is a real shame, because Velodyne makes some nice products. I've been using a Velodyne subwoofer for years. But I sure won't buy another one.
Happy listening,
Jim
"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno
Me, I despise equipment that gets sold with big discounts (LMAO) and the grey market.
Yea sure they went too far with this "reseller" but rest assured components/equipment sold by company's that protect their retail prices will/should have higher resale value.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Is there any proof that the email actually CAME from Velodyne?
They've just made the leap from 'companies I have little interest in' to 'companies I will NEVER BUY PRODUCTS FROM'.
EVER.
"The problem with quotes from the internet is that many of them are just made up."
-Abraham Lincoln
SCAMERS COME AN ALL TYPES AND SIZES,,,I USE ROACH KILL...
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along with the bozo and the monster.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
to avoid Jail, similar to an IRS Scam.
If anything, the reseller might have a legal case against the manufacturer. Using false enforcement authority (threatening jail time) is deemed a misdemeanor offense in most jurisdictions. Not to mention the use of a false lawfirm to carry out legal proceedings.
...Dewey, Cheatem and Howe?
Wait! Am I allowed to say LMFAO? Or worse; Raper???
I love stupid people who claim to be something they are not. Kinda sounds like my ex-wife's lawyer!
Dman
Analog Junkie
Kinda reminds me of an old NYC attitude. Email 'em back to say "So SUE me!" Clearly a scam. I wonder if Monster's (so SUE me!) law firm is behind that crap. A quick call to Velodyne would surely clear it up.
Or Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
A letter threatening similar action from - "Whacklow, Futtle and Crun - Commissioners for Oaths, Threats Issued."
? The Goon Show.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
.. (infamous computer virus), but still very entertaining.
Thanks! for sharing Andy.
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