The digital audio 2000 home speaker system scam
I was approached at a gas station ( mobile station) in ranch sadn siego by a black ford expedition. there were four white males in the vehicel he aske me if i needed a surround sound stereo system for my house. i didnt really needed but hey who could beet 200 hundred dollars. he tried ot sel it to me for 4 but i kinda lost interst i bargained to 200 and then fealt like i had gotten a steal only to find out that the speakers are not in fact worth 2000 dllars as the men had suggested and like the box had said! basically i want someone to try and set these guys up! i tried i have not seen them lately! unfortunatly i was not the only one sturck by these low life scumm who are poor excuses for humans a group of my friends was toooo! all together we purchased probably 10 sets! they made off big but we all got screwed! please help us catch these guys or someone just shoot them!
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Kenneth
Phoenix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
PTS is okay, not a rip off....
#4Consumer Comment
Thu, June 24, 2004
I am a customer of PTS. And have bought many systems. First of all these people did not get ripped off. I know it says 2,000 dollars on the box. My truck also said 17,000 dollars on it, when I got it for 11,000.
Not one of these people complained about the quality of the sound that these speakers put out. You know why they sell them through the street? To save YOU money. These people complained that they are not worth $2,000. Of course they aren't people...BUT, they are worth every penny of $200. I have PTS speakers in my house right now, and so do many of my friends. They put out excellent sound for the price.
Good bass, good highs, decent mid range. The stuff is quality. If you are complaining that they do not sound good or are broken, contact PTS. If you are compalaining because you bought them from some guy in a Explorer and they are not worth 2,000 please quit your cryin. I bought my truck from some guy in a parking lot for thousands less than the tag said. Did I complain that it is not a $17,000 truck? This is not a rip off.
It is Marketing...
You got a good deal. The speakers are worth what you paid. A scam is when you buy speakers that do not work. I could tell you they are priceless and it would not be a scam. Also, if you do not know what a 2,000 dollar speaker looks like, maybe you need to start out with PTS speakers. They are entry level speakers, and only a novice or rookie would not know this...I am an expert with Cerwin Vega, Infinity and PTS speakers.
Get educated and know the difference...Last but not least, You bought them sucker!!! How are you going to buy speakers from a guy in a parking lot and then whine and complain about it??? You want $2,000 speakers? You know how you can tell a $2,000 speaker? It comes with a receipt from a retail store with a sound room for audio demonstrations...You can also tell because they cost $2,000 dollars....
Tuan
Fremont,California,
U.S.A.
Here is where these speaker come from
#4Consumer Comment
Mon, February 17, 2003
I was fooled for the same deal at the Fremont
Home Depot parking lot on 02-10-03. After alot of
researchs, I found out that this is a very
sofisticated, well organized scam designed to
ripoff people.
They build these dirt cheap speakers and purposely over priced them at $1999.00 as stated on their web site and magazine ad, and even labeled this price on the box to make their parking lot victims felt that they got a deal.
Here is where these speaker come from:
Pecision Transducer Systems
461 Dupoint Avenue
Ontario, CA 91761
Tel: 909-390-6661 Fax: 909-390-3770
Web site: www.ptswoofers.com/index2.htm
And you can find their distributor dealers at
many 'Parking Lots'.
Please help to put an end to this organization!
Another lesson well learned,
T.N.
James
Mather,California,
U.S.A.
New location ..approached today with the same deal
#4Consumer Comment
Wed, January 22, 2003
HI, I wanted to check out where the speakers came from because I had never heard of the company. Basically, I was approached today with the same deal, but by 2 white males in a new(no license) white Ford Explorer who said they worked for a company called Worldwide Audio in Rancho Cordova On Sunrise Ave). They said that had purchased these speakers for their boss but could not return them because they were already paid for.
They said they were bonded couriers and those speakers were theirs and they had gotten it for free due to the fact that they could not return them.
This was just today, 1/21/03. The speakers do work, but, obviously not what the men purported them to be.