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Ever bought $2,000 speakers out of a van in a Hooters parking lot for $300 cash? No? Good. Yes? Even better. Either way, buckle up. Sellin' Out: True Stories From the White Van Speaker Scam is your all-access pass into one of the wildest underground hustles of the last 45 years. You cannot make these stories up. Written by Craig and Kristy Riley, this raw, hilarious, and downright jaw-dropping book pulls back the curtain on the infamous white van speaker scam - a street-level sales operation that blurred the line between legal and shady. These aren't recycled urban legends. These are true stories from the front lines: real cities, real characters, real chaos. In this book you'll discover: How normal dudes became speaker guys with a van full of ""high-end"" audio equipment What it was like to live on the road, waking up broke every day with zero leads The dirty tricks, the clever pitches, and the crazy guys who ran the show The most insane, outrageous, and downright stupid moments that actually happened Why some people got rich...and others got arrested And how the scam evolved and still to this day refuses to die This isn't a how-to book - it's a how-we-did-it confession. From a wild night in a Mexican brothel, to a lifetime ban from Disney, to waking up to a sawed-off shotgun. And that's just the beginning. Part Wolf of Wall Street, part The Dirt, and all true, Sellin' Out will have you laughing, cringing, and questioning how any of this actually happened. So if you've ever bought speakers out of a van, almost bought speakers out of a van, or just want to know how it's even possible to make a living like this... Scroll up and grab your copy now. It's the most fun you'll ever have reading. Broken down into quick stories, perfect for readers and non-readers alike.

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""This book made me laugh so hard I spit out my LaCroix. Never thought speaker sale stories could double as comedy gold, but here we are. If Hunter S. Thompson and Catch Me if You Can had a love child in a van, it's this book. The Brown Cocaine Story was a personal fave!"" ""I bought this expecting a gritty true crime saga. Instead, I got a hilarious ride-along with the dumbest-smart hustlers alive. How did these clowns manage to party with Charlie Sheen? Equal parts ridiculous and genius. If laughter were currency, these guys would actually be rich-without the cops involved."" ""I kept checking the cover to make sure this wasn't fiction. Every story is so insane it feels impossible-yet it all actually happened. Wildest ""true crime"" memoir I've ever read."" ""These stories make Netflix documentaries look boring. From cops to con jobs to chaos in parking lots, I couldn't believe half of it-and the other half I didn't want to. 100% this will be a movie one day. And I'll be there opening night, ready to re-live the party."" ""Unreal. Just when you think it can't get any crazier, the next chapter tops it. If this book were a movie, people would say it's too far-fetched. Except it's 100% true. I don't even consider myself a ""reader"" and this book was un-put-downable for me."" ""Hysterical, outrageous, and somehow inspiring? Never had I ever heard of Boys Town, Mexico before this book and TBH it's on my bucket list now. I finished the book in one night because I didn't want to get scammed by sleep."" ""Craig and Kristy are the Bonnie and Clyde of parking lots, minus the murder, plus more jokes about speaker life. I laughed, I cried. ""Get Your Drag Queen Ass Up and Come Talk to Me"" literally had me dead. Do yourself a favor-read this before someone tries to sell you 'a few extra sets they got on a delivery.'"" ""I honestly thought this was satire until I Googled ""White Van Speaker Scam."" Apparently the scam is still alive and well! Every chapter feels like something out of a Hollywood script, only wilder because it's all real."" ""I thought I was too smart to fall for scams. Then I realized I basically Venmo strangers daily. This book is hysterical, raw, and makes you feel better about your own bad decisions. Ten out of ten, would buy again (but not from a van).""

Author Information

Craig Riley once made his living fast-talking strangers into buying ""high-end"" speakers out of vans in parking lots across America. Fueled by fast cash and the thrill of the hustle, he spent years spinning outrageous stories, dodging cops, and somehow turning pure nonsense into money. In his heyday he owned multiple speaker offices throughout the country.These days, he's swapped the scams for suburbia. Instead of hustling strangers in parking lots, he's coaching youth football, making carpool runs, and annoying his wife Kristy by practicing old pitches on unsuspecting neighbors. Same wild energy just with fewer misdemeanor charges. Kristy Riley never thought she'd go from writing about nap schedules and toddler tantrums to writing stories about cops, cons, and sketchy van deals but here we are. Once a mommy blogger armed with Pinterest boards and diaper-bag hacks, Kristy has officially swerved lanes into true crime comedy with Sellin' Out: True Stories From the White Van Speaker Scam.She brings the same sharp wit she once used to survive PTA meetings and Target meltdowns to wrangling her husband Craig's outrageous hustler tales. Kristy is living proof that one day you can write about sleep training, and the next you can write about police chases and fake ""high-end"" speakers.She still drinks too much wine and has no less than 30 open computer tabs at any given moment.

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