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  • Same thing happen to me but this one was kinetic brand. I still have it in the box wrapped and everything.

  • @antonniomontana1 I got one of these too, did you ever find the universal remote code because I need it too

  • I got a 5.1 Theatre Innovations system for free I told the guy I know they're either stolen or your selling these as a scam and its illegal and I demanded one or I'm calling the cops so I got a crappy 5.1 system for free

  • Lol, I bought a DiVinci crapy sroundsound for about $60 from guys in a white van. The sold me the system, because they showed me the specs and it sounded great at the time. But now looking back it wasn't a bad deal for $60. It's a 5.1 home theater, the only thing is the remote half control buttons are not working and I can't find the code for the universal remote control. Other than that it ain't bad at all.

  • Same thing happened to me, but I though they were stolen so I said "thanx but no thanx'

  • Purtone phd-710 ****

  • you can add Putone phd-710 to your list also...same thing happened to me at a parking lot. Buyers beware.

  • I think most of the comments on Youtube are funny as hell but I'm glad they actually have people showing that they got ripped off to help the next person like me not to get ripped off. I was on Google looking up a home theater system I saw on Craigslist which ended up being 1 of these off brand names above. They are only asking $125 but I could get it for $75 maybe even $60 but if its a bad product I wouldn't buy it. I also read where you can drop off at Goodwill and get a tax write off.

  • u got ripped off cause u buy shit. buy jbl or qsc

  • man ur apartment looks kind of small-woman want men with money

  • @danieldaring sorry for you man, my woman wants me for me

  • you werent ripped off to bad

  • Oh man...Id love to meet people this daft. If you got $300 to give to two guys youve never met before then you can buy some magic beans off me for $100

  • @azraelbum it depends, why are they magic? do they turn into speakers?

  • Squeezzable you are a mean unkind person.

  • U GOT SCAMMED AHHAHAH!

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  • definitly a rippoff the website does not exist

  • The dead giveaway is that they put the price on the box. NOBODY puts the price on the box. NEVER buy anything with the price on the box and never buy it out of the back of a van. :)

  • LMAO! i bought a set of divinci's not bad speakers retail was $2k lmao i gave 100 for em

  • You said that he said "This is some overstock, I gotta sell this stuff or else he's gonna keep it. He won't even know if we sold it. " - HUGE RED FLAG. Why is he so much in a rush to sell it if his boss ends up keeping it any ways AND especially that the "boss" don't even know about the item? Their story don't make sense and don't you think it leaves a lot of questions? FYI - reputable manufacturers don't directly print the MSRP price onto the box. This is the oldest trick in the book.

  • Anybody get scammed in Tampa fl? If so do you remember there name?

  • I meant to say "figured it out." Sorry for the typo.

  • That's not meant to be a "magazine"; it's an "owners' manual" The real brand of speakers is "Hoffman". "R.C.A." Is a TYPE of cable, not brand-not anymore. The "one speaker" is a unidirectional bass. But yeah, it's a scam, these guys operating out of vans are everywhere.

  • @ThorOdinson14 who cares what words i use, i was pissed and i thought it was obvious english isnt my first language.....ill call this piece of shit the way i wanna call it...mater of fact heres some new appelations : owners manual = toilet paper, rca wires = guitar strings with rf connectors crimped with wire cutters plated gold and sold for 200$, hoffman subwoofer =walkman headphone magnet behind a 6 inch writing paper, plugged to a telephone gauge wire soldered by hand there u happier?

  • Good thing I know something about pro-audio. First thing that tells you is is not a $4000.00 unit. The receiver and amp unit/s are NOT part of the sub-woofer. The receiver actually uses HDMI and optical input/outputs as it's primary sources. Most $4000.00 systems carry the THX certifications. The connections oin the expensive equiptment are heavy duty and often gold plates as well, no thin garbage metal. there is a whole list of things that says these are not PRO.

  • Dude, sorry man...

  • lol, im rolling with mah genuine klipsch la scala Is

  • HAHA, you got a little scammed or as in old english, a little bit FUCKED UP .

  • According to the XE Universal Currency Converter, the 200 Euros is equal to 263 USD! NO plain old RCA headphone type audio cable is worth more than 10 or 15 dollars + tax.

    I am experienced when it comes to this stuff, and it doesn't matter what high quality coating or plating it uses, anything more than 10 to 20 US or Canadian dollars is a complete ripoff. I don't even know if that kind of material is anything any legitimate retailer would have the nerves to sell at that price.

  • not ur fault man bu ima just say i have that same stereo got it at target 40$

  • I would NEVER buy from those parking lot guys! Common sense. What if I had a problem or a defect? CANT return it! AND another thing. I always feel kinda uneasy buying from them. Cause the FIRST thing that comes to my mind. Is that the stuff they're selling is STOLEN!

  • @fueledbymusic3 If you guys want my opinion on this, I thought it was the ol' "blocks in a box scam" which I didn't fall for it, of course. I looked online like you and some of you guys on this forum did and I was partially right. I already got a kick-ass, home theater system with speakers from a legal retail store. The sub woofer and proper cords and wires, Radio Shack. Those moronic "white van scammers" never even figure it out! LOL!

  • I had two CLOWNS in a white van try and pull that sale on me. They said $400 I told them I had no cash on me they said I'll drive you to the bank. I said listen buddy not only am I at work but I can buy your shitty stereo on ebay and I know the white van scam! GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE BEFORE I MACE YOU... cuz im always packin. I never seen to goofs drive so fast ahahahah Dont be a sucker scams are everywhere. Tell them you want to plug it in before you buy You'll see a true scammer will turn tale

  • its pc speakers lol its good but not no damn 3200$

  • i almost got ripped off by some guys in a white van called me over for some speakers, i forgot the brand name name. i was gonna buy until i pulled out my phone and googled the brand and found out it was a scam,

  • so basicly you payed more then wat it was worth by convinced you by showing you the box with a high price and con words hmm am i correct??

  • This scam just happened to me today. There was only one guy involved but damn it was so convincing I paid £200 for it. I wish I saw this videos before it happened. Dumbest thing I've ever done in my life. I guess it was greed because I started thinking of how much I could sell it on ebay lol. Feel kinda better now after reading some comments. I can take heart in the fact I wasn't the first.

  • fuckin idiot. no one to blame but yourself

  • @ConspiracyDebunked yes tough guy, i admitted that

  • @PiercingTruth positive reinforcement

  • FUCK I GOT RAPED LATEER on i was in a parking and 2 guy cam out with the same bull shit in St-jerome lolll i bought a paramax im4 digital fusion vs 300$... well it plays pretty well but it doesnt worth 4500$ lol i got scammed man it sucks

  • @ianhudon ah ouin man sont rendus a st jerome astheure lol

  • Really? I searched up Hauffman on goggle and the second one directed me to a site called con-ads.com ROFL "New Hauffman Home Theater - Luxurious 5.1 System 900W" Yeah, my ass and on the bottom it says

    The original price of the product is:

    MSRP: €1999.99

    $2499.99.

    Check the manufacturer's website

    I am selling it for only CAD $599.99

    contact me for accurate shipping price.... for more information please contact me

    Fucken halarious xD

  • My first comment was after watching 15 secs of vid- decided to see if the BS story has changed over time.... nope.

    I tell them to fuck off with a proud and knowledgable middle finger raised high.

    Are you fucking serious bro?

    I've got a Ford Pinto with a BMW emblem- interested?

    Please please please make this your last ass fuck.

  • @3soccerstars hey take it easy im not the first nor the last, and its just 300$, go say that to the madoff victims einstein

  • Dude- this shit has been going on for decades. They target young males with their crappy backroom-manufactured BS.

    You truly are an idiot and deserve what you got.

    Too good to be true? TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

    Do not have children!

  • FUK PARAMAX, Theatre reaserch, Hauffman. You should report to BBB And FBI. And I always recomend logitech. logitech Z5500 is 369.99 dollars system at frys.

  • DUDEEEEEEEEE ------------- I almost got scammed TOOOOOOOOOOO..two guys asked me to check the home theature system as i come out a resturant.

    same story ,, over stopck and shit,, 2 guys ,, and on the box, sale price was ,, 2000 and he was selling for $500.. i didnt wanted it,, he show me home theater,, 1080P, 3d comatible,,sale price on box $500, i offer $300, he didnt sell it to me... so i left.. shitttt, mean if i wouldve bought it ,, it wouldhave been junk,,, :@ ..

  • Man at least watching this makes me feel good that I not that only one that this has happened to, it actually surprises me how common it is.

  • are u from montreal ???

  • @merkax yes

  • @PiercingTruth the packaging and labeling can tell you its made in china

  • bro u got took real hard

    my lil bro buys those from flea marcket for 4 / $100. then sell to fool like u for $200-$300 all day long these cats make BANK! hahaha

  • I picked up a hauffman receiver off the side of the road in the garbage - the power cord was cut off, so i soldered a new one on - it works but i need the remote for it - I took a look inside and it's not badly made, but definitely not what the scammers described it as. Thanks for the vid

  • @indyvknife it sucks so much that even if you found it in the garbage, you got scammed! hehehhe

  • @PiercingTruth I know! i found your vid and i was like, fuck, now i know why the dude threw it out

  • so how did you get ripped off...

  • STFU already ur retarded!!!!!! idk wuts more annoying u or the way u sound. ur jus plain reatarded. thank god u got scammed!

  • @jgtrckr323 dude youre getting angry at nothing, you need to get laid, uglyboy

  • @PiercingTruth Laid? HA! u obviously dont if ur too busy getting scammed LMFAO!

  • @jgtrckr323 i dont understand how thats funny...........

  • @PiercingTruth thats funny for all guyz who dont now how it feels like when you got scammed...

  • thats for the heads up fellow youtuber

  • I just bought a "Paramax IM3 Home theatre system". I should have known it was too good to be true. I payed $200 for it and it was supposedly worth over $4,000. At least mine works and the sounds quality is ok I suppose.

  • they must be pretty good "salesmen" to convince you to spend 300 dollars for a stereo system off the back of a truck

  • Lolz well here's another name to add to the fake brand names : Paramax

  • i got riped off by best buy. i paid $50 for a warranty, it said in their computers that i didnt purchase a warranty......... FUCK

  • atleast yours came with instructions....the faggot that scammed me didnt even give me the decency..........fuck scammers if i see the mother fucker that fucked me over i think ima ram him with my truck and then fuck his day up for good

  • so i got scammed too? great fuck you divinci....

  • dood ide bin it,

    you have no idea if its passed any quality checks,

    it might be a fire hazard,

    just live by your mistakes and move on,

    Bin the hole thing.

  • @grumm70 youre right......i sold the thing for 20$, told him i got scammed and i showed him this video and he still bought it.....didnt think about the fire hazard thing tho

  • they got me at okla city with a dbx sistem. 200 lol that was acsually kind of worth it i used it in my shop

  • DON'T BUY ITEMS OFF PEOPLE AT THE GAS STATION......

  • @TriggerManxL well i did at costco and im really satisfied with it...clear perfect quality, came with a dvd player that does alot more than play dvds, 2 giant speakers and 4-5 small speakers, a giant subwoofer that even shakes a concrete floor!, for the same price the guy in the vid got his :D

  • lmao jus happened to me today, if i everrr see these cockss again im puttin one of the towers in their face

  • yep I heard of this scam before. its actually really really common. and its often stereos. Pretty weird

  • you sound like you smoking a good one

  • can make a vid with better light playing music

  • Hey! thanks for sharing mate!

  • Purtone is another fake brand...

  • Thanks for posting...this happened to me, brought it home, found out it was a piece of shit. A week later I was with a couple buddies and saw the guys who sold it to me,...I got my moneys worth.

  • @ldf399 good lol

  • I don't understand why people trust someone who walks up to them at a gas station and tries to sell them something. People, anytime anyone just walks up to you out of no where. I guarantee you, it's a scam!

  • i just got sccammed. damn! fuk those guys. polytechnik speakers. outside home depot. in waltham ma

  • It weighs nothing. There's a few buttons on it haha

  • Rule of thumb... quality companies don't print the price on their box.

  • My Logitech 5.1 system on my computer sounds better than that ROFL Nice Buy Sucker ! If you are going to buy out of the back of van, you get what you deserve !

  • DANGIT!!!! This just happened to me ;( conned me outta $260

  • dude why would you buy that of someone in the dark at a tankstation without even looking in the box to see if its allright..

  • These ripoff speakers would be awesome for a DIY guy. I'd remove the elements from the housings and make my own. A little project that I can claim I did all by myself. That is unless the actual speaker elements are poor quality. In that case no-one can save them.

    But they go as low as 150 dollars... Thats really not much money no matter how poor quality they are. Do they make any profit? How much do they pay for them?

  • @latuman depends on the model and if they are working with an office or independent, if the guys who sold this to him were with an office and they probably were their pay-in was about $200 which means they made $50 each minus gas money and shit. The guy who made this video is obviously an idiot, in fact anyone who calls this a "scam" is an idiot. You think anything you buy at Best Buy costs the same as the MSRP? Nike charges $100 for sneakers that cost $5 to make... it's called capitalism.

  • I wish I had seen this before I bought the protechnik system. Its the same crap. :(

  • If you need to get hold of the manager of ProTechnik you reach him via phone at 503-784-2963 His name is Nigel Griffith you can also visit their main office at 16711 Pacific Coast Hwy #16 Sunset Beach, CA 90742

  • @jablowme171

    I just got scammed today by someone selling ProTechnik surround sound. I paid 230.00 for the system. I wish I had known then what I know now because I wouldnt have bought it. I found this video when searching for help with it. Im even more upset now that Ive seen this.

  • If you need to get hold of the manager of ProTechnik you reach him via phone at 503-784-2963 His name is Nigel Griffith you can also visit their main office at 16711 Pacific Coast Hwy #16 Sunset Beach, CA 90742

  • sorry buddy,,,,,....,,,,,

  • Dude u just saved me hella!!!!!!! someone was selling the same thing on the internet and i was about to go buy it tomorrow but i decided i would look on youtube to hear what they sound like and i ended up finding your video! Thanks!!!

  • @ryannatasha heheh no problem

  • Nice VIdeo

  • Fuck man I just got scammed 2 days ago!!!! Those fuckers I knew it!!!!!!!!! Good thing I only paid 50 bucks for the piece of crap!!! The brand they sold me said DiVinci!!! But they also had a Volk LCD HD 1080p projector for 600!!!!! Those bitches got me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

  • You got slammed in our words, don't blame the speaker guys for your greed. You are acting on a impulse and you learned not to trust any deal to good to be true. probably less you paid than for a anti-scam class seminar(if such thing exists)sorry my friend but that is one valuable lesson for you. Hopefully you will be prepared when you buy a house to not be rushed into a decision. to make you feel better I took people for $2000 for 6 sets of towers, $900 DAV3 and SL900 when I was doing this :-)

  • u can buy a system just like that at walmart for 50 bucks dude lolololol----

  • i got a theater research system but i paid 20$ dollars for huh not very good salesman

  • You sir, are retarded. You'll spend money one something you don't need simply because it's going for a good price? Be smarter with your money, it's your own damn fault that you got scammed.

  • ill sell you my ferrari for twenty bucks, will you take it?

  • @PiercingTruth great example, obviously if there is a good deal and ur a fan of speaker systems then youll take it!

  • @PiercingTruth lol burned

  • @PiercingTruth well yea its only 20 bucks wats the problem??

  • @TrueDominguez  i didnt say 20

  • @PiercingTruth I'll take any operational car for twenty bucks.

  • Same basic shit happened to my dad yesterday! omg, can't believe this.

  • Only thing I ever bought that was stolen was from a (friend of a) friend. Guitar amp worth about £400, or £500 I can't remember, got it for £100 I think. Works fine, but I definitely wouldn't have bought it if I didn't know the guy.

  • S T F O

  • 1) I've never heard of any of those brand names so why would you think you are buying quality?

    2) Just because the system has a sub-woofer it's not high end.

    3) "I gotta sell it or my boss will keep it. He won't even know it's missing" Gee, nothing suspicious here. A truck full of stock goes missing. Nobody's going to question that, right?

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  • wow,ou realy got scammed b those fuckin whyte van faggots.and thats not a german brand.they faked the name.haüfmann is not a german name.häufmann would be ok,but it still would be wierd in germany.

  • you were suprised you got ripped off buying stuff from dudes at a gas station...

  • sucks, just know you're not the only one. i got ripped off 800

  • What you got was greedy.

  • some dudes gave me the same pitch, they sounded like an infomercial, i must admit, they are great with psychology and are skilled at social engineering, sucks you got scammed, you should spread the word as i will, these dudes are still active

  • 2 days ago a guy try to sell me an Protechnik labs projector, in the page it´s for 4800 usd, he was asking $600, sure! piece of shit, i don´t buy it

    it came with german flag in the cheap-design box

  • i wanted a powerfull home theater system. so i looked 4 1 and couldnt find it. so one early morning my mom give me a home theater surround system that i never heard of . so i set it up and its suppoesly 2000 watts yeah rite . its loud but the sub is big probely 10 inches and it looks like it gives great bass and the piece of shit doesnt even give good bass its a piece of crap

  • Dam i Jus Got RIPPED Off 2 SHIT !!

  • u suck balls my friend video doesn't load

  • @juanmagreenday16 so you suck balls cuz it loads everywhere else

  • I got s genesis reciever with a 10"sub and it sucks dick

  • i cant wait to find someone trying to scam me for speakers, ill write down there license plate and bribe them for money , if they dont give me money ill call the cops =]

  • ya my friend got scammed with divinci speakers, 2000$ on box , 700 watts on sticker on speakers, looks tempting and legit, but sound like shit with maybe 50 watts

  • This just happened to me in a Home Depot parking lot. At least yours turn on...oh well...live and learn I guess. Amazing what people will do to others, especially around the holidays.

  • my dad got me a home theater system from a guy at home depot that didnt work there and i gotta say.....IT IS DAMB LOUD..it came with 5 sattelight speakers..and 2 big speakers with a dvd/cd/mp3/radio player...and also it came with a subwoofer that shakes my room :) if anyone wants to see it pm me and ill make a vid...but seriosly i could here it from my room(2nd story and not including the basement)

  • @chickenpoper PLEASE make a video showing off the system so that others can see that there are HAPPY customers out there who are enjoying their new systems and not trolling around like the moron who made this vid. Thanks!

  • @uselessfaith well i made a vid since i found the camcorder it is awesome srry it's been 8 months :/

  • hey what do you think is a price for some genesis media labs model 506 worth?? like 100$-200$?

  • In your list of "Fake Brand Names" is DiVinci. DiVinci is not a fake brand name at all. There are, however people driving around scamming people with merchandise that is NOT DiVinci in boxes that are LABELLED DiVinci.

    While DiVinci is not high end, they are relatively good, but not worth 2999.99.

    There is a difference between a scam company, and people that use a real company's name in a scam.

  • no DIVinci IS a scam, trust me

  • scammers got me too only paid 100 for mine and bought the guy a coffee funny thing is he wanted 200 for them and i said comeback tomorrow. researched Divinci speakers found out it was a scam threatened him for my money back the next day. unfortunately for him he didnt know some of my friends are cops and the station was literally right across the street. got both of them citations for selling without a permit and got my $100 back. sorry for your loss thos hope you didnt pay too much for thes

  • And to add to the list "iCinema", so don't fall for it

  • suck it you got scammed deal with it. SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO GREEDY AND STUPID!

  • lol shut up you rat , get a job

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  • Lol your an asshole.

  • Yea this guy even had a magazine with the sistem pictured in one page he wanted 600 hundred but they went down to 150 , hopefully this shit last at least a year cuz ama try to sell it is the epic sound 600 i dont know if u heard about this shit.

  • fuck i think I got ripe off he in oklahoma i bougth some EPic sound home theater. System for 150 but actually this shit sounds good , but something tell me its fukin fake the. Quality looks like shit and in tbe box said MSRP 3,659.00

  • ya if the price is printed on the box, its fake.....good thing for you that it sounds good tho

  • i have a question...is MTS home theater system a scam?

  • My husband got scammed yesterday.. add "Protechnik, or Pro-Optics" to the list of brands! Except this guy wasn't selling it out of a van, it was new black Cadillac Escalade! We're in south Florida, i guess they have to up their game down here.

  • escalade huh? wow they must sell a lot over there lol

  • u look like the default online charecter of gta5

  • those motherfuckers!

  • I bought a pair of Kirsch Prodigy 803's from two white guys in a white van scam in Philly three years ago. But the speakers actually

    look and sound better then the $200 I spent.

  • 3 1/2..your from montreal right??

  • ya, how do you know?

  • did the speakers actually work though?

  • same shit happend to me the other day in arizona. all i gota say is nex time i see a fool doin this shit, ima put the cuete to his grill and jack that fool in da middle of da day right on the spot, shit got me heated

  • Your greed got the best of you.

  • please add "PROTECHNIK" TO YOUR LIST!!! I GOT RIPPED OFF!!!!!!!!!

  • that's the same brand i got ripped off with, i haven't tried them yet, did they even work??

  • sutherland technologies another one for you guys... i never hooked it up yet i cheked it online on google first thing i see... scam fuck man im not even thst mad but it just sucks the machine looks nice though... i wanna hook it up but i unno how to do these things the instructions are so bad honestly horrible... oh well man what can you do you cant feel sry for people like me being so stupid... and in my head i said this is too good to be true... like you said it flippin was!

  • now we know hmm

  • Yea man I just got ripped off today also. Another brand for ya.

    Paramax Audio. Add that one to your list.

  • IT DID SOUND LIKE A SCAM AT 1ST BUT MAN THESE GUYS ARE GOOD AT CONVINCING PPL piercingtruth ain't lying about that. IM TIRED OF PPL COMING UP TO ME JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A PIMPED OUT RIDE. WHAT THEY THINK I B SHITTING $ OR WHAT? Y WOULD A GUY LIKE ME GO 2 WALMART IN THE 1ST PLACE? I GUESS U R RIGHT, IM A DUMBASS!! BEWARE! HEY piercingtruth thanks forUPLOADING THIS VID. IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY 1 THAT WAS RIPPED OFF NASTY LIKE THAT & CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST 1

  • np dude

    lesson learned

  • SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME EARLIER TODAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT RIPPED OFF! IT WAS TWO GUYS AT WAL MART (PARKING LOT) WENT UP TO ME AND SHOWED ME THIS "HIGH END" HOME THEATER SYSTEM. THE BOX READ MSRP $1999, DiVinci HOME THEATER SYSTEM. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT BRAND BUT IT SURE DID SOUND LIKE IT WAS A FANCY AND EXPENSIVE BRAND. I WAS TOLD THE SAME STORY ABOUT THE OVERSTOCK SHIT & THEIR BOSS BLAH BLAH BLAH

  • I do feel for you, but I feel this is justice too... Anyone that buy's hooky gear deserves to be ripped off...... Learn a lesson here, don't get caught out like this guy.... Hooky gear leaves a trail of tears behind it.

  • aww maaan that sucks ass, i hope they choke on ur money...well i guess it's an expensive lesson learnt

  • That sucks dude- Just goes to show, always be careful of those shady deals.

    Best of luck to you.

  • Price is never printed on the box, only in comunist countries some articles have prices printed on the box, you know that every store has another price :)

  • germans gonna be on crack to think thoes little speakers put out 1200 watts. you need like 20 12" speakers to do that lmao. nice Mockingbird pic

  • Dude, it's not even worth $150! I would say if you can get it for $6, then it's a good deal.

    I would really like to feel bad for you... But, I just can't.

  • I don't know Dude, but if you want the real thing when it comes to audio, in my opinion; nothing would beat Bose.

    I purchased a Pioneer system for like $599.00 plus tax & it's ok to me. One Woofer & 5 speakers. Basically you connect everything to it and it comes with a remote where I think you may have to have a College degree to understand it (just kidding).

    Those guys play you a sort of Con game.

    Take it as a lesson in life, Money comes & Money goes.

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