Product or Service Involved: Theater Research Speaker Systems
So I got to the mall to do a little last-minute Christmas shopping. On the way to the door, a male driver and a female passenger in a white van with the name of some home theater installation service (Probably American Sound Systems, which was named on the receipt), stopped me asking if I was interested in a deal.
I was pretty skeptical at first, but the guy gave me that BS story about ending up with extra inventory, and had permission from his boss to get rid of them cheap and somehow sounded so honest and friendly.
Anyway, he showed me the TR-501 system along with the floor speaker set, but I was really only interested in the surround sound system itself. The 'list price' was $2,499 according to the box, as well as their 'web site.' He even opened up the box for me and let me handle the speakers. They had some real heft to them, and that's USUALLY a good indication of quality components, because of more expensive and reliable materials.
After purchasing the surround speaker set for well below what he was asking for, but still too high for what I feel now, he even asked me for some 'beer money' once the purchase was complete, which I politely declined giving him any.
Then I get online to do some research into these speakers and find out it's a big scam to con you into spending far more money than these speakers are worth. Now I'm working on getting a full refund within the '3 day return law.'
Dan
Oakdale, Pennsylvania
U.S.A.
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