Buyers on a budget, beware.

Elkhart County Police say some scammers are hitting local shopping plaza lots, hoping to make a few bucks.

Several calls have come in from customers claiming to be scammed by sales people in white vans.

The sales pitch to buy a home-theater system repeatedly sounded too good to be true.

There’s a website, genesismedialabs.com, showcasing the must-have home theater system. Part of this pitch is the so-called "over-stocked merchandise" needs to go at cut-rate prices.”

There’s been no mention of prices, but police say they're being sold by scammers in parking lots all over northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Specifically, Lowe's in Goshen on US 33, a plaza in Three Rivers, and the Ligonier-Kendallville area.

Buyers are handed a brochure making it believable, Genesis Media Labs has "superior audio products" as their website states.

We showed, Roger Rosenberg a copy of the website home page and asked if approached, would he buy? He said, “Probably, so yeah you can't blame the normal person for at least considering it.”

Rosenberg said he had already heard about this scam last week from friends.

The merchandise has turned out to be of poor quality despite what buyers are told when sellers quote the manufacturer's suggested retail price.

Police say the scammers are driving around in white vans.

Dominic and Lynn Mattea say, “It's really sad especially with the economy and our local economy as bad as it is, people have been laid off and really don't have money to waste on something like that.”

Rosenberg says, “I think you have to stay some place where the name is reputable and trust that it's going to be a good product.”

The website says Genesis Media Labs is based out of Los Angeles. There is no phone number to call, so we sent an e-mail on Wednesday.

Still, no reply on Thursday...but, since we first brought you this story, a couple tells us they were approached in the Border's parking lot on Grape Road.

Other areas mentioned were Three Rivers, and the Ligonier-Kendallville area.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department at 574-533-8644 or 574-533-4151 on nights and weekends.