It looked like a great deal a stereo surround sound system for a low price.

But this sales pitch was out of a car trunk, not a store, and a man who took
the bait wants to give it back.

A stranger waved at Jeff Armstrong, not to say “hi”, but to offer him a deal of a surround sound system for $350 cash.

Jeff Armstrong says, "He said he had extra set the warehouse loaded him up with an extra called his boss and his boss told him they were no good to him so get rid of them."

The sale took place in this Bellevue shopping center parking lot.

Bellevue requires a peddler’s permit and the city clerk says a man came in to pick up an application telling her he sells electronics out of his trunk.

Kay Dammast says, "After my initial reaction of, 'You’ve got to be kidding' he said, 'No. No. I can make a lot of money on doing this. I can make $1,000 a day sometimes.'"

Jeff discovered the salesman drove a rental car and the cell phone he provided had a Missouri area code.

Suspicious, Jeff called demanding a refund.

"He told me he would meet me at the same place so I told the police and a sheriff. An officer came with me, but he never showed up and I can't get a hold of him since," says Armstrong.

The salesman never returned the license application which would detail how to find him.

Mike McKnight asks "So, selling these stereos in a parking lot in Bellevue is against the law? Without a peddler’s permit, yes," says Dammast.

McKnight asks "And he did not have one?" "He did not have one," says Dammast.

Jeff says the salesman took his $350 without saying a thing about sales tax so he hopes revenue agents might help find the man selling surround sound out of his trunk.

"Buyer beware."

In Bellevue, selling without a peddler’s permit could bring up to a $500 fine and a short jail sentence.

And whether it's out of a traditional "brick and mortar" business or the trunk of a car any business selling products need to collect sales tax.