I got taken by a scam!!

[CallMeJoe]

As soon as I read "Sutherland Technology" I was going to ask if the seller bothered to hide the White Van in the garage.

 

[Number1]

OP.... would have saved us all a lot of time and effort if you would have just wrote

Well it's in there.

 

[SAWYER]

Lol

 

[3chordcharlie]

not exactly. the traditional white van scam is a van that drives up to you at a gas station or large parking lot and makes an offer. This sounds like the type of speakers you usually get from white van. "Acoustic Response" are the speakers that I got many years ago...

but it's not so much that it is a scam, the speakers usually work, and they aren't great, but can be had for cheap.

...I suppose the scam from white van is that they are probably stolen, and not nearly as good as you are lead to believe. but they're quite cheap, usually.

Nah, they're happy if you *think* the product is stolen and don't care because they're such a bargain (and if you call the cops to report stolen goods, the scammers are fine, because they are not stolen goods).

The reality is they are the cheapest possible mostly-working product with a shiny finish. They are generally *not as good* as the same-price off-brand system from walmart! And they often don't work, although this is due to non-existent quality control, not malicious intent.

This sounds like someone who already got scammed trying to cut their losses.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I just stickied my old warning thread in the AV&HT area. I probably should have done it sooner.

 

[biggestmuff]

Even if the speakers were legit, why would you 'cold buy' speakers?

The speakers look ridiculous. They look like they were designed for the automotive audio guys.

 

[Lean L]

Even if the speakers were legit, why would you 'cold buy' speakers?

The speakers look ridiculous. They look like they were designed for the automotive audio guys.

don't knock the auto speakers. Some are really well made. The shiny walmart or best buy speakers are crap. Car subs have amazing spl

 

[CallMeJoe]

Even if the speakers were legit, why would you 'cold buy' speakers?
The speakers look ridiculous. They look like they were designed for the automotive audio guys.

Not to mention the cheesy "receiver" built into the subwoofer...

 

[JMapleton]

You get what you pay for.

 

[kitchiku]

you were not scammed, the seller agreed to take it back. should have tested it first though

 

[Old Hippie]

My first thought was about Southerland Engineering 'till I saw all that junk on the "Sutherland Technology" website and realized they weren't the same manfgs.

 

[Fiat1]

Just suck it up and buy a good sub http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/vtf-3-mk3.html

 

[0roo0roo]

white van tends to work in parking lots. i've seen dudes reeling out their sales spiel at gas stations..twice. always got some excuse that they need to unload this cr@p they have in their trunk.

if it were online and that cheap..it sounds like someone got scammed and is just unloading it

 

[dud]

OP, why would you post something like this here? Are you looking for sympathy? If so you're looking in the wrong place.

What really amazes me is not only how brazen you are at posting this ... but that you have the balls to actually go back and return them. You really have to have nerve to show up with these things KNOWING it was too good to be true! What did you expect ... a $3,000 system for $80? Sorry but there is no Santa Claus ...


Amazing ...

 

[Gunbuster]

Do you need your eyes checked? All the systems on that web page look like complete plastic trash.

 

[ViviTheMage]

/facepalm

Thanks for summing it up That's pretty much all I saw, and had to laugh.

 

[geno]

Satellite/Center (250 watts x 5 = 1250w)

Wow, for $80? That seems legit - SIGN ME UP!!!

 

[darkxshade]

You get what you pay for unless it looks too good to be true, then you just get less than what you paid for.

 

[alkemyst]

Not really a scam if the scammer accepts a return

QFT, not only that but the seller wasn't listing them as some kind of uber speaker.

OP is like the nightmare buyer though. The seller is pretty damn nice to accept a return like that.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

people like you are the reason scams even exist

 

[MotionMan]

I remember having a literally white van pull up to me and some friends and offer to sell us some speakers for $100 that he said were worth $1,000.

I was not interested (even if I had $100).

I was in the 7th grade and it was 1981.

MotionMan

 

[TheVrolok]

You thought you got a 3k system for 75 bucks and that it might NOT be a scam? ...

 

[JJ650]

Just suck it up and buy a good sub http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/vtf-3-mk3.html

Hell yes. I have this sub and it freaking rocks.

**EDIT**
DOH! I lie. I have the VTF-2 MK3. It rocks.

 

[darkxshade]

I remember having a literally white van pull up to me and some friends and offer to sell us some speakers for $100 that he said were worth $1,000.

I was not interested (even if I had $100).

I would have gotten on though if they offered free candy.

I was in the 7th grade and it was 1981.

MotionMan

 

[CRXican]

Do you need your eyes checked? All the systems on that web page look like complete plastic trash.

Yep but they have a website!