olin ross home theatre two guys pulled into same gas station as i did, 1 of them approched me showing me 5 brand new surround sounds still in the box. Told me they had 1 extra cause they got 1 extra added on their truck sacramento, California

I was in NO WAY trying to make money off this re-sell

I told the guy that I sold it to, later that day at another gas station, it was not what I expected. His words were, "you get what you pay for."  I said, "Do you want it for the $100 I'm into it?"  His exact words were, "Hell yes!"

I did not try to make any more $ than what I was out.

If you want to get technical... I lost $ because of the gas and time I spent dealing with the darn thing.

The moral  of this story is, If it's to good to be true... believe it because IT IS!

...by your own admission you purchased a speaker from a stranger for $1C, eh? You then discovered you were scammed as the speaker was a piece of junk. Next move: Sell the speaker that you had determined was a rip-off to some other unsuspecting soul.

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That puts you squarely within the ethicality of the scam seller number one. Since you had the gall to successfully unload the scam upon another, how were you ultimate Ripped Off?

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The speaker scam to which Edgeman alludes HAS been gaining notoriety for several years. It has been the subject of numerous Rip-Off reports. I can only wonder if youve been living in a cave.

This used to be a very popular scam a few years ago. This kind of activity seemed to have slowed down for a little while but I've been noticing more and more reports lately. These speakers are of astoundingly low quality and are generally sold for $25 to $50 dollars a piece. Some of the sellers have been known to set up web pages that show the speakers selling for $2,500 or more and will often have magazine or catalog entries on hand that show a similar price.

With these tools in hand, the scammers will drive around town and look for likely buyers. I'm sorry that you were ripped off but you perpetuated the ripoff by offloading what you knew to be a subpar system on somebody else. That is unethical.