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Not happy at all	Leeds, United Kingdom
9/2/2010 Product or Service Involved: Audiophile RS 600 I was walking home from work today when two guys in a white van pulled up askign me if I wanted to buy any speakers. One guy was a bit bulky and had an American accent who said he was from Boston (when I asked him) and another guy who had logn hair and a cap on. Anyway, I asked to see them, as they showed me them (which looked pretty decent) they explained that they had just picked them up and there was an error at the factory and that they got 8 instead of 4 which they were invoiced for. They explained they couldn't show up with them at their isntall cos their boss would make them take them back and they just wanted to get some money out of it. They said somebody just offered them Ł700 in a cheque for a pair but could only take cash so it wouldn't be traced back to them. I continually said I couldn't give them more than a couple of hudnred and got them down to Ł250. They even took me in their van to a cash machine and dropped the speakers back at my house. All the while I was being cautious thinking it may be a scam and that they would just grab my money and run or something and I didn't give them the money until I had the speakers in my house. I only realized when I searched the brand name that they were fake. I don't know much about speakers so the brand name seemed convincign to me and they seemed liek nice guys. But seriously don't fall for this scam. Also, I tried to alert the local police to this and they said my information was useless because I didn't get a registration number. So the police can't do shit if you get scammed and they don't even bother to warn other locals that these guys are out there scamming.
Chris	Leeds, United Kingdom
8/27/2010 Product or Service Involved: audiophile rs600 I was walking down a busy student road today when approached by 2 man in a white van, their story was they had received 4 pairs of speakers rather than 4 and were trying to quickly sell them before delivering the others to their studio, they said they worked for ProSound and had a recipt with them with their logo, they took me to a cash point where i drew Ł100 and they agreed to give me one, the front of the speakers looked quite legit, nice fronts, i took them home and took out a panel in the back and revealed inferior quality wood and speaker drivers so refused to pay, i hope nobody else gets fooled by this scam as I very very nearly did. be advised people, if something sounds too good it probably is! nothing free in this day
Will	Leeds, United Kingdom
8/23/2010 Product or Service Involved: Audiophile RS600 I'm reporting this on behalf of a friend: He was approached by two men in a white van selling Audiophile speakers (a company we now know to be fraudulent). The men were wearing Audiophile t-shirts and had documentation with them. They claimed retailed for $3,000 for the pair and wanted to sell them for Ł800 as they had accidently received excess stock and needed to get rid of them. My friend said he didn’t have that much and eventually got the price down to Ł300. They took him to the bank to get the money and even plugged them in at his house to show they worked. They also provided a (fake) 2 year warranty. Please no one else be fooled by these people! My friend is gutted about it, though he did at least get two speakers (sorry to hear about your case John), albeit of a quality far below what he was expecting!
john	Derby, United Kingdom
8/20/2010 Product or Service Involved: Audiophile RS600 Same problem, 2 guys with white van, offered to buy "pair" of AUDIOPHILE RS600 speakers, for 800 Ł , but bought them for 160Ł ,they drived me at home, while i was carrying one of the speakers RIGHT, and come back for the 2nd speaker, the van was gone, LEFT speaker and my 160Ł. is there any way to get those guys or get at least 2nd speaker.
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Steve	Coventry, United Kingdom
6/12/2010 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 Ive been scammed back in 2006 at Singer Hall Coventry University Student Accommodations however i seen these guys again in Coventry this year and managed to write down their number plate so if any one wants to chase them up further thats the number plates of the white van scamming people with Matrix MX-1200 speakers NCO6 TWX . Ive ended up paying Ł200 and now got nothing to do with them
Harrison White	Leicester, United Kingdom
1/25/2010 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 Two men in a white van pulled up as I was walking to University, and offered me speakers. I stupidly accepted and they drove me to a cash point, droppped the speakers off at my halls then drove me to uni. I paid Ł300! I feel like such an idiot, but here's some useful information so someone else doesn't get caught: 1)they claim not to know the area whatsoever, yet seemed quite at ease driving around and even knew a nickname of a town that I used to live by. (Even though they said they were from london) 2)They also claim they're from BRENTFORD, which tends to appear quite a bit in these types of scams. 3)They are in a rush as they need to "get back to london" before the boss finds out that they have these speakers that the "supplier" has overstocked and hence they are making a quick buck... 4) The worst thing is, they are rather charming people, perfectly civil and courteous!
Ash	Stafford, United Kingdom
1/18/2010 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 A white van pulled up to the side of the road with two men posing as delivery guys. They said they were from London and had never been in the area before. They mentioned they had some home theatre speakers in the back that they were delivering to a local dealer. They mentioned that there were excess product in the back and had document to prove the order. They claimed that the retailer would sell the extras and not pay for them so essentially, this was their beer money. I mentioned that I had just bought speakers myself and had no spare money. They said it was OK, but mentioned the sale value on the box of $1999. This was shifty enough, but they said that the company worked internationally. The documents looked professional and the speakers in the box looked new. They took me to a cash point and I handed over Ł200. I was too tired to think so I guess that's why their pitch took me in. I thought I could buy them, con or not and sell the parts. Turns out the parts are worth half what I paid. Its easy to be taken in by greed, especially when money is so important. As a student, that money should have been for food but now I'll have to find a way to raise the cash over the next few weeks. I did consider taking the licence plate of the van, but I remembered to do that after they drove off. I feel like a tool now but at least I can get the message round that these guys are operating in the area so I can help prevent this happening to other people.
Was skeemd.	Calgary, Alabama
1/16/2010 Product or Service Involved: Sutherland Technologies ST-50 So I was walking to get some food at taco bell when my this random van pulls around a corner and gets my friends attention. Im like wtf is going on? So I go see and this guy is selling "extra" speakers so yeah all the same techniques are used... Magazine, etc, and he got us, luckly I bargained his ass off. He started at like 900 I said 600 he was like meet me half way at 800 im like no I only have 400 so hes like ok deal, then im like nah ill only do 100 bucks tops, so I gave this guy 5 twentys and was all happy. Got home, did'nt even open the box, googled, "SutherLand Technolgies" and all I see is scam everywhere. F my life. Going to go put them in the dump. everyone beware , THEY ARE IN CALGARY.
john	None, United Kingdom
12/16/2009 I was just walking to halls from uni when i was approached by two early 30 year old men who where driving a red vauxhall astra van. they pulled up and said to me and my mate have u got a minute. i asummed they was looking 4 directions and they mentioned they,ve got sum speakers for sale. i then replied lets have a look. looked at them and thye looked really good he then said they are top quality speakers that he needed to get rid of beacuse he ordered to much. dont fall for it the speakers are cheap taccky bullshit with nothing in them i cant belive i got robbed and will neva fall for non of de pricks again
Eadie	Brighton, United Kingdom
11/25/2009 Product or Service Involved: MX 1200 Home Theater Floor Speaker I just fell into this scam this afternoon when I was walking back home from uni. Pretty much the same story. Couldn't get any info to track these guys down. If you do get stopped by these guys it would be useful if you could follow their lead for a while and hopefully manage to get their licence plate, see if it is any use, as I'm going to report this to the police ASAP.
Ben	Sunderland, United Kingdom
11/11/2009 Male and female in the white van, after much haggling they convinced me to buy these speakers which they said were worth Ł2000 for Ł300, as they said, i would easily sell them on. However things dont look like that know. Reported the incident to the police, cant do anything as its citezens dispute. However, been a student living in resedential halls (seems like most of are) i have reported it to the duty manager and the secuirty manager is going to check all cctv footage from around the area. Hopefully, being able to get the liscence plate on the van. If i can get that that maybe be able to report that to the police and get atleast one van of the road and the people driving it caught.
Ben	None, United Kingdom
10/20/2009 Product or Service Involved: MX 1200 Speakers male and female turned up outside my uni and offered me a set of what i thought was some very expensive speakers. However that was not the case as i have already blown one at a medium sound level! even when played the quaility was very poor! the male drove past my campus and randomly asked if i was interested because he had an order and they had some left over so said he would sell them to me for cheap, after he claimed they were worth $2000! this was a very clever plan and looks to have been repeatedly done which makes the plan seem so legitimate! beware even the most none guillable people can be easily tricked!
Tom	Leeds, United Kingdom
8/26/2009 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 Same story as the rest, guy pulled over so i thought he was asking for directions, started talking about some speaakers he had etc etc. drove me to a cash point and delivered them to my house. was near the arndale centre in headingley. called the police once i realised but doubt i'll hear anything. Can't even seem to get them working but thats maybe just me being stupid, they only have like 4 metal things on the back, nowhere to plug a lead into or anything, let me know if anyone knows how to set them up, i know they're poor quality and not worth the Ł250 i paid but would at least be some consolation to get them working. email me at tom_dearing2006@hotmail.co.uk cheers
Lawrence	Leicester, United Kingdom
8/10/2009 Product or Service Involved: Matrix Audio Concepts MX-1300 Similar to others, purchased these speakers from a pair of white-van men very close to Leicester University (I cannot recall the exact date, the above is an approximate). One remained quiet whilst the other was vocal and claimed something like he had an extra after an inventory error, and wanted to get rid of them so as to make a bit of money and not hand them back to their boss. Had a brochure or something of the like as well, and said they could be sold on for a good profit. Of course this was not the case, and apparently according to Internet research the quality is sub-standard.
tom leigh	market harborough, leicestershire, United Kingdom
7/8/2009 Product or Service Involved: acosutic response m 1220 i had just finished work, and was walking to the bus stop. a white van pulled over, a guy and a girl in there. asked me if i wanted to buy some speakers. problem was, i did. they claimed to have been delivering to the local hi-fi shop and that they had some speakers left. i had a look and, unfortunately, liked what i saw. i said id have to go to the cash point and they would have to give me a lift home, which they seemed happy to do. thing is, im no real audio buff, so i wouldnt have known there was any problem! they have lasted 9 years! i want to sell them, because they are big and my room is small, now im caught between two minds... at least they have lasted!
hayden	louisville, Kentucky
5/14/2009 Product or Service Involved: OLIN ROSS 6050 Speakers Two white males short blonde hair with tatooes on arms. Drove up in a white van saying they had speakeers left over from a job that were worth 1900.00. Happened at the Summit in louisville at the speedway in the Kroger Parking lot.
Brian	London, United Kingdom
2/23/2009 Product or Service Involved: ?? I have experience this scam when I first got to the UK in 2001. It is uncanny as from my memory of it, is almost word for word as described in the article. I had the inventory version. The article is right when it says that these guys are very convincing and agressive; it's the main reason I remember it. At the time I thought it was too good to be true which put me on alert. Another factor on not being interested was that I had yet to set-up home and was still living on Australian Currency (which was crippling me). At the time I was living in a high income area of London so seems again true to form.
aelita1	Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/25/2008 Product or Service Involved: Hifi-speakers, brand unknown I was walking down Hillhead street, near Glasgow University Library yesterday. Suddenly a van with two guys stopped, and the driver opened the window. He was asking me whether I wanted to buy a pair of Hifi speakers. I was quite surprised. He explained that he was working for a hifi company and installs hifi equipment in studios etc. He just returned from an installation or something and has a pair of speakers left over. That was a manufacturers fault, who accidentally delivered a pair too many and so they could just sell them because nobody would claim them until they would be back at their boss'. As they only install them, they said they didn't know what they are worth over here, but instead had a leaflet which priced them at $2000. So they were looking for a reasonable offer. They also showed me the boxes with the speakers in the van. They were black floor standers, feat. 4 drivers. I only saw the box, so I can't really say much more. Unfortunately I don't remember the brand either. As I just recently bought some speakers quite reluctant to buy them. Plus the whole story sounded so absurd... I thought there must be a catch. Probably some cheap china speakers, or maybe a lump of wood instead of working speakers) As it turns out I wasn't so wrong after all. Although I must admit I was tempted a t first, just to try them out but made an apparently unreasonable offer. (Ł50)
Thatguyonabike	London, United Kingdom
10/30/2008 Product or Service Involved: Definitive Sound Technology two guys approached me as i was walking away from university, they appeared to be driving away making their claim that they had just made a delivery all the more plausible, they said they wanted to help me out, there had been an invoice error. they kept saying that they wanted to give the speakers to "someone cool" rather then take them back to their boss. the speakers in question looked legite and i was shown various articles and some paperwork. I did feel intimidated but also i was just plain curious and the prospect of making some money by selling the speakers on ebay for up to three times what they wanted from me seemed good. Now i have to accept half what i paid, to get rid of them and try to put this incident behind me. I have learnt my lesson, next time someone trys to talk to me in the street i'll walk away.
James Sandy	Guildford, United Kingdom
7/21/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX 1200 Same as the other scammed people under this one. Guy came over to me with loads of speakers. Had done his research as he knew of the music college and everything. One Guy from up north one from California and he does all the talking. I feel really dumb for buying these as the reports are that they are a piece of junk but OK if you pay cheap for them as that is all they are worth. Guy is names Carl and he will go to the absolute limit to get the sale. Please no-one else fall for this.
Tom Butterworth	None, United Kingdom
7/1/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 Norwich, England, approx 1150 - 1200 time. 2 guys in a white van told me that someone had ordered all these speakers for their system and ordered too many, they wanted to flog them for some quick cash. The talkative one (blonde bloke, said he was from round Bolton) showed me one of the speakers, me thinking I knew what I was looking at thought they look like good kit. They drove me to the cash point, I told them I could only get Ł250 out of the machine but they said they'd do it for Ł300 so that's what I paid them. They dropped me off with the speakers pretty much on my doorstep. I have no idea how I could ever, ever have been so stupid as to fall for this, but somehow today I was in such a happy trusting mood that I did, I was totally taken in and, I have to admit, greedy, thinking I could maybe sell them on and make a bit of cash. What a plonker. I've hooked them up and the speakers they sold me do work, but are clearly not of the quality that they bullsh*tted me they were. I certainly won't sell them on to anyone else. I think I will keep the speakers for as long as they do work, to remind me never to be so stupid again!
Paul Wilson	Northfields, London, United Kingdom
6/26/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX1200 Speakers Sick to the pit of my stomach having lost Ł400 on this scam. Two blokes, brand new blue van, delivering speakers to Ealing Studios. Great pitch, wore T shirts with matrix logo, thought I was getting a great deal on these spares. Even gave me his mobile 07984704074, said his name was Carl. When I called the number I got some idiot pretending he didn't understand me. Gutted and wish I'd searched online first...
Johnny	Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom
6/18/2008 Product or Service Involved: matrix speakers I was walking up to Uxbridge and was approached by a blue VW van with two men in it, an American (about 40 years old) and a 20-something Brit. They said that they had received payment from a store for 10 speakers but the store had ordered only 4. That's why they were selling them for a cheap price. The guys had a very professional manner and were convincing. Warranties and magazine reviews were produced. Two minutes after the scam I realised I had been had. Saw the van circling around Uxbridge later and found this site.
luke 24	norwich, United Kingdom
6/17/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX 1200 It was about 2 minutes after they had kindly dropped me off at my flat after taking me to the bank when i was realised id be 'screwed' I thought 'Luke you stupid tw*t!' how on earth had they managed to pull it off so smooothly. I must admit i tend to believe the best in ppl so for those others that have had their rent money stolen, for some consolation at least maybe you positively believe that others can be decent. Maybe now tho that wont always be the case. Im 200 pounds out of pocket, which for me is loads of money.Basically that was the money i was gona spend on a trip to amsterdam. What a plonker! Gona take a laughing approach towards it, yep ive been dooped! LMAO Though yeah if anybody manages to get their hands on them, maybe inform me please. Am a great believer in karma... what goes around comes around. For them it would be the removal of their bollocks and maybe stapling them to their heads.
Sam Dyer	London, England, United Kingdom
6/13/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX 1200 This was at Paragon university accommodation in Brentford, London. I was walking to the grocery store to get some milk and two men in a black van gestured me over. One was American, Californian, or so he told me. About 40, with stubble. They said they had extra stock of speakers, that they were going to Ealing Studios to drop off their stuff, in a 'rush'. Had to leave within 30 minutes. They were from the company 'Matrix Audio Concepts'. I consider myself to be fairly alert with these kind of things. It was so well rehearsed, here's how I fell for it. a) Assuaging your fears into a false sense of security. They looked official and professional, they had uniforms, magazine reviews, and official warranty, so even my sense of alertness was disarmed from the word go. They do not look or act like traditional scammers. They were very friendly and engaged me in conversation - all the way to the bank. They would not accept cheques. THIS SHOULD BE A MASSIVE RED LIGHT TO ANYONE! b) Positive motivation amped up to an unbelievable degree. I was on the fence and called my mother to ask for assurance, which they found very uneasy ('You don't need to call your parents'). They haggled the price down so they convinced me I was getting a good deal, also telling me I could sell them back for even more than I was paying them. I know I didn't want the product myself, the only incentive I had was that I wanted to resell them to make a killing. I didn't stop to think about whether anyone would want them, or what kind of assurance I could offer any potential seller of this kind of equipment, because you're too blinded by greed! Of course, it was too good to be true - within 2 minutes of looking online for Matrix Audio Concepts, I knew that I had been fooled. The site doesn't exist. c) Lack of information. I was well aware of other kinds of scams, but I could never believe that one this audacious could actually work. I had never ever been told about this kind of crime, and because of my lack of awareness, I'm 500 pounds out of pocket. They were driving an L-reg black van, moving along Ealing Broadway at 3pm on this Friday. Advice to anyone in this situation - run.
Marcus Wood	Nottingham, United Kingdom
6/10/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 speakers Two guys in a white van pulled over and told me they had some speakers going cheap. Spun me a story about being delivered too many, wanting to get some cash to send the rest home to sell before their boss saw them. Not thinking straight, they managed to persuade me to buy one for Ł100, making me believe I would be able to sell them on for a profit. Gave me a lift to the cash point and then home as well.
Daniel Lucchesi	Leeds, United Kingdom
6/10/2008 Product or Service Involved: MATRIX MX-1200 Ok so i just fell for the same scam, two guys pulled up in a small white van with purple text on the side, guy asked me if i wanted some speakers, told me the order was wrong and he got 2 extra sets and needed to sell them before he went back to his depot. I thought it was all a bit suspicious until they showed me a slick magazine with the speakers inside, going for 2,000 dollars, i asked them loads of questions, they showed me their id, where they got them from - they seemed 100% genuine. i gave em Ł300. i told the west yorkshire police, so they're on the look out.
Dan	Oxford, United Kingdom
6/2/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX1200 Same old story, two american guys, white van "too many speakers" bollocks. Again thought i'd sell em on as I'm short of money and ended up feeling like an idiot. I was got on Headington high street and paid Ł200. Stuck with em now I guess as I don't want to sell em on and screw someone else over. If anyone does manage to contact them please post details.
kenzo	Leicester, United Kingdom
6/2/2008 Product or Service Involved: matrix mx-1200 speakers walking on the way home from work and was waved down by these 2 nice guys in a white van saying what i've read is a typical line of "just finished setting up a studio and they gave us two pairs of speakers rather than 2 speakers!!" me being gullible thought this was a bargain and ended up forking out Ł500 on these things. they even dropped them off at my house before i got the money and i took them out the box and they looked like they were worth $2000, so i was in. had to get the money out the bank so the guy came with to make sure i didn't run off so he'll be on camera if thats any help, i have no idea? or can you sell them anywhere and how much could you get?
Dan Ashman	Leicester, United Kingdom
6/2/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 Im glad to be a new member of this prestigous group. Two blokes, totally cool, charming. Showed catalogues, had t-shirts, told a story about how they got over delivered and were flogging the speakers on the sly. They both must of been forty-ish. One had bleached, blond hair, shiny nose. Tuther was slightly stokier, greying short hair. You have to laugh at the end of day. Fair game. Im an actor and I got duped. Glad I didnt give anymore than Ł245. Lifes a bitch then you buy speakers from one. ha ha ha ha.
James	Manchester, United Kingdom
6/1/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX 1200 Speakers I can't believe I fell for this. Some guy sells me two speakers for Ł250, says their worth $1999 each. Bullshit. I reported it to the police, but they wouldn't do anything, as its classed as a "civil dispute".
tom	brighton, United Kingdom
5/30/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix 1200 Speakers Well I guess i should have seen this coming. 2 guys, white van, Matrix studio t-shirts on. Yelled out to me they has some speakers if i was interested. Always on the look out for a bargain. Had a look in the back of the van and ended up buying a pair of Matrix speakers for 400 quid. Even gave me a lift to town with my bike. nice guys. One in his early thirties, dark hair, one older shorter, greying hair, early forties maybe. The chatty one did the selling whilst the other was just waving the invoice around and talking about his holidays. Was even thinking of giving them 500 quid for them just because i'm a twat. So they're in the south east making a mint. We all want a bargain don't we. Something for nothing. I don't want to be angry with these guys. I hold no grudge. But i am writing a song about them and it's gonna make me rich! Cheers!
Cutex	None, United Kingdom
5/29/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX- 1200 Speakers Note, these fuckers have moved further afield to Bangor, North Wales in fact!One of my work colleagues has just tried to flog them onto me as he just bought them from some guys in a white van earlier... decided to look them up to see if they are any good... thankfully, and came across numerous sites about this scam. I shall be informing anyone who I think should be notified in my area... lets catch the fuckers!!!
jeff	uxbridge, United Kingdom
5/22/2008 Product or Service Involved: mx-1200 exactly the same. an american wanker and a young lad. i found an address an went looking for them in wimbledon yesterday but they moved to a different warehouse about 2 years ago. give me a ring if you are in Uxbridge or go to Brunel(07818453988). I've rung a few companies that know about them but im still looking. I'm definately sure they're in Surrey I'm going to get some more info on a few more industrial estates but I WILL find them an get my money back and give them a good kicking. call me. P.S. if its happened in Uxbridge a number of times in the last month then they are still in Uxbridge so look out for them.
adam	portland, Oregon
5/16/2008 Product or Service Involved: theater logic l5t1 so i come home from work on friday to see my roomate trying to hook up this off brand budget system. he tells me "dude check it out i got this 3500$ system for 200$! i smile looking at the box (never heard of it) and say oh really? i knew right off the bat they were stolen, cause they looked like worthless crap. i say hook it up and lets see if they work. he attempted to, not knowing much about stereos (hence the gullability in wich his choice to buy them came) and i helped him. we got it to turn on (i sighed) and the sound came out. the sub and center channel only. the rest or the channels didnt work. i said probly cause he didnt have a 5.1 decoder hooked up to the unit, wich it may work in that case, but the sound was no better that my dads old kenwood 60 watt amp from the 60's if not worse. all and all the sub hit decently, but the fact that u need an extra dsp to give it 5.1... WORTHLESS. why else would they be selling this junk from a van in a k-mart parking lot. you could get a better sytem in the k-mart, brand new for 100$. PERIOD. im still laughing, as i looked up all the sites of SCAM BEWARE on them. not one legit site advertising the sytem, especially for 3500$. i feel bade for him, but hes a moron so i guess he deserved it. im not gonna be living in his shitthole house for much longer anyways, so wateva. ive hooked up a ton of REAL stereo systems ranging from sony's to bose, to klipse and jvc. real systems you pay for= a nice sounding system. budget looking crap like this i would have called the cops on them, and if they tried to leave pull out my 45acp and make a citizens arrest. pisses me off these fools are ripping people off, these systems arnt worth 10$. and they sure as hell dont pack 1800 watts, that i can guarantee. my kenwooid stereo amp from the 80's with its tower 12's packs more sound than this whole system, 5.1 or not. do your reaserch b4 you get suckered, or feel like the rest of these fools. and slash the tires if you get a chance, hinder these cons worthless, thats my MO for this friday night. ;)_death to cons. to those who say a good deal, you obviously dont know jack shit about stereo systems.
Mike	Manchester, United Kingdom
5/16/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX 1200 same story as the rest of u guys. what a dumbass i feel like. lol. reported them to the police along with the registration yj57yof. went bak into town after and found the area it happened full of police cars on the look out. not tested the speakers yet, but keeping my fingers crossed.
Anonymous	Uxbridge, United Kingdom
5/9/2008 I just got conned out of Ł400 pounds for a pair of MX-1200 speakers from this american and young lad with him. I reported them to the police, registration number and mobile number but I don't see much good coming out of it. If your at university put up a couple of posters warning people and what to do if they are approached by these people by calling police if possible as they would have pleanty of witnesses to confirm their faces. All the best
*Fcking Pssed Off*	Twickenham, Outer London, United Kingdom
4/16/2008 Product or Service Involved: mx1200 two guys in a white van, saying they had 20 minutes to do a delivery but the order was fcked up so they had double the amount of stock. fair play, i put them through the rinser. asked to see the order forms, the guys in a company uniform and everything. showed me the speakers working plugged into the van stereo, let me take the exact same speakers that i had seen tested. the price is printed on the boxes, $1999. i got professionally fcked in the wallet. if i see these cnts around this area again then ima call the police straight away. straight away after slashing their fcking throats. if anyone is actually up for finding these fckers, even if isn't the same guys who got you personally, if anyone wants to find ANY of these guys, let me know on pushkinface@hotmail.co.uk i am so up for getting some bats and beating any of these pricks down. literally. i don't care if they die. aarrgghh!!! they're good though, in fairness. i don't even feel that fcking stupid, i checked everything i could think of that they could be bullsh*tting me on. no holes in their story, nothing. the worst thing is, until you get scammed, you're not gonna see this forum anyway. just glad i didn't give them more.
Bob	Uxbridge, United Kingdom
4/14/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 Matrix Audio Concepts Was approached by a white van with two guys in it. Gave me the shpeil about the speakers, showed me brochures and the magazine with the advert in. I fell for it. Claimed they had to do a delivery so the whole thing was rushed. They suckered me for Ł220, claiming it retailed for Ł1000, and drove me right to the ATM. These things are worth Ł100 tops. I've got CCTV footage of the van, a possible mobile number and will be reporting them to the police(for what good it will do). They were very efficient, very believable and organised.
Andy	Birmingham, United Kingdom
4/10/2008 Product or Service Involved: Acoustic Response M-1220 Just looking these speakers up on the web to see if I could sell them on and discovered this forum. I bought these speakers out the back of a van from a yank and another bloke back in Birmingham 2001! Usual story showed me the catalogue with a high price tag think I spent Ł150 but so long ago can't remember. To be fair the speakers have worked excellently for the past 7 years but thought it was time to trade in. Clearly no such luck. Obviously these guys have been laughing for quite some time now!
jasmine	northampton, United Kingdom
3/5/2008 Product or Service Involved: matrix mx 1200 My partner got done over yesterday. Same story, 2 nice guys in a white van. He thought he was in for a good deal paying Ł350 for the pair but as we can all see this was not to be true.
me	reading, United Kingdom
2/26/2008 same story as everyone else really, yank and northerner in a white van, claim the speakers are worth a grand, paid 250, feel like a mug now cuz thought i could sell em on for 800, but to be fair, they are in perfect condition and the sound is actually really good. looks like i got myself some new speakers. peace
dave	London, United Kingdom
2/21/2008 These now seem to be popping up on local ad websites - beware ! My mate got scammed a couple of years back - usual white van trick - I was with him and was very suspicious but he went for it - seems I was right and had a lucky escape ! see :- http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/speaker_scams.htm BTW their website www.matrixaudioconcepts.com seems to have been suspended ! This is still up :- http://www.divincisound.com/
Duncan	None, United Kingdom
2/19/2008 I was basically walking out of my uni building and the same blokes showed up offering me the same thing, i was a bit hesitant but could really do with the cash i would receive off them! they are genuinely good i feel used! i did manage to get their license plate number and time so they should be able to get traced back! im going to the police tomorrow!
Andy B	Reading, United Kingdom
2/7/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix mx-1200 Douches got me to in reading! an American and a northerner. only Ł125 for the pair which was quite lucky. if anyone sees them, let us know, i will travel the whole fucking country to kick the shit out of them. Just to let you guys know, if you know anything about electronics, take a peak inside, mine will work fine, their just fake and fucked atm, needs a bit of re-wiring. Yours Sincerely, Mug
Barnaby Gillett	Southampton, United Kingdom
2/5/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 Note, this actually happened in 2008 on the same day. Yeah, wandering back from uni as one does, I happen to hear over the sound of my music that these guys in a white van calling to me. They offered me these speakers. While I'm not really into music myself, I figured I could sell them on ebay for some profit. Managed to get away with them for Ł249. In retrospect, I suppose it would of been a hassle to sell them on ebay. To be perfectly honest, it's rather out of character for me to buying something with the intention of selling it on. What really frustrates me is that I didn't think to note down any details about them. As a result, the police aren't really able to help me. They proposed talking to the Trading Standards at the city council about it, but the money is definitively lost. Sigh I was a bit short on cash before. At least I've got more motivation to get a job now.
Tim Cook	Manchester, United Kingdom
2/4/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 Well they've gone from Leeds to Manchester... I got caught out on 02/02/08 so a couple of days ago. An ooportunity to get a lovely (!) looking speakers for a good price to either keep of sell on was a little tempting and one for a good deal.. we got on to money. Fortunatley i bargain.. so i onli ended up paying Ł180 atfer the initial offer to me for Ł300. Ah well one of lifes (expensive) lessons.. money doesn't bring true happiness! Chin up! hehe. Will be interesting to see what they sound like once ive linked them up as there are mixed reviews! Oh well at least they look very nice in my room haha. Have had to cover the logos up caus it annoys me to look at em lol..if i c them again.....
??	Leeds, United Kingdom
1/22/2008 Product or Service Involved: Matrix speakers I got caught out yesterday in leeds. lost Ł250 What a dick, same guys ur on about mate, exact same guys. had my ipod in on my way got stopped. i thought they wanted directions, they wer slick man real slick. im proper kickin myself now. dnt kno wat to do wit em not to mention bein Ł250 out of pocket!
Hamish	Leeds, United Kingdom
1/21/2008 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 This just happened today (21/01/08) on my way to uni! Walking along with my ipod headphones in and I got approached by these to "geezers" from "Brentford" and said did I want to buy some speakers on the cheap. Well I'm a music tech. student so was open to offers. Main guy said his name was "Kirk Lancaster" i think. Spoke to them for bout 10 minutes, they even got the speakers out and plugged them into the vans stereo!!! I rang a mate at the time to see if he knew who they were, and thankfully he told me not to get them as it was a scam. So I pointed them in the direction of the nearest second hand shop and told them what to do with their speakers. 10 minutes later and I was in Uni chatting to at least 2 others who had nearly been conned as well. I've been fortunate. Just wish I could have caught their number plate reg. Hopefully not too many of you have been caught out.
Martin	St.Albans, United Kingdom
12/14/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix mx-1200 Obviously I have felt on their scum as well, but there is no use of moaning now. One thing I want to find out is where these guys are located (there must be any warehouse or something where they keep that stuff). It is defenetely organised activity with many participants so there must be some place where their office is. So, please, if someone knows something more about them (apart that they exists), it would be great step forward to share this info with other so we could try to get at least something back (either financial or emotional by beating up these m*** f***
Joe	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
12/12/2007 Product or Service Involved: MX-1200 Im a fool, and im so glad i just found this website knowing im not the onlym one that has been conned! They are now in EDINBURGH! I was done literally just over an hour ago, i had no idea, thought i was getting a bargain, and then a mate showed me this website. MX-1200 speakers, bought for 300 quid, should have seen it coming just seemed too good to miss, as i thought i could sell em on ebay for more!! WHich is what others have thought to, and if you think about it, it seems logical! They have reached scotland, and they came into my uni, so they target naive students like myself. WATCH OUT!
Anonymous	Southampton, United Kingdom
11/17/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix Audio Concepts Just to let everyone know that it looks like people in Southampton are being targeted. The make of speaker is "Matrix Audio Concepts" and the model is MX-1220 to the best of my knowledge. In addition I found a warranty form for "Matrix Audio Concepts" on the street. Looks like one of the scammers must have dropped it. The address is "Consumer Warranty Division P.O.Box 962 Wallingford, CT 06492" Hope this helps!!!!
Simon Main	Manchester, United Kingdom
11/3/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX 1200 White van drivers claiming to be from London sold me speakers for Ł315 when they said their RRP was around $2000.
Christopher Muir	London, Arizona
10/26/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix audio concepts mx - 1200 as i am a student and inexperienced, i enjoyed the chance of getting these speakers off two seemingly genuine guys in a white van one went with me and a friend to the atm, the other drove the van round to nearby after showing me the goods, and proving they worked i took the money out, handed it over and got the speakers, but before this i made sure that i had the registration details of the van (white unmarked altho some blue markings underneath white paint, should have rung bells...) also made the guy unload the speakers right infront of the university cctv cameras, so will be persuing these guys to the bitter end if neccessary
Matthew Bell	Sheffield, United Kingdom
10/26/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix Mx 1200 Yesterday. less than 24 hours ago, walking back from town to my house in Crookes I was stopped by two men in a white Vivaro van (tried to remember the registration number, it was definaetly a 1.9 litre Vivaro with the last 3 intials of AHJ, wish I could remember the rest, but i guess it was rented anyway) who shouted at me if i was interested in buying some surround sound speakers, being the young impressionable naive person I am, who has just moved out of their parents and feels mature, I stopped to listen and they pulled over. Then the apparent scam ensued, they had apparently bought 12, two spare, got them out showed them me, and to my untrained eyes they really looked the part, told them i couldnt afford them, asked me to make an offer, I didn't, waited for them to sugest Ł300, eventually talked them down to Ł100 and they drove me up to Broomhill to get the money out. Seemed genuine, one was southern from Surrey apparently, one was definately from sheffield, distinctly long jet black hair for a middle age delivery man. Talked about the congestion charge, SWFC. Got them back set them up, with the help of my frined who does electronics at uni. Got the proper wires, set it up using the amp form an old cd player, and the wierd thing is so far they do work really well, , strangley though reading up on them on the internet now apparently they may break suddenly. I think i;m going to rush home now and make sure they haven;t caused a fire.
Nicholas James Bracegirdle	Alsager, S.O.T, United Kingdom
10/19/2007 Product or Service Involved: "Matrix MX1200" Con I was travelling home from South Cheshire College (Crewe), when my mates exhaust fell off his car, so we had to pull over. Literally 5 mins later we were apprached by a white van, with two guys claiming to have a set of these Matrix Speakers avaliable which they had to get rid off as they were given one set too many. They even offered to give me a lift to the bank to get the cash! So, as you do, beleive its too good to be true and I coughed up Ł250 for this once in a lifetime option. Get home to have my bother laughed in my face saying I was conned. Did a quick google search and too my horror, he was right...joy
Brandon	Salford, United Kingdom
9/24/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 I got out of Uni, and these guys in a white van approached me, asking i wanted to buy some speakers. Apparantly they'd been given too many to ship. In the end, I fell for it and now i'm Ł300 poorer. Fuck.
Cedric Saint-Sernin	Kingston-upon-Thames, United Kingdom
9/15/2007 Product or Service Involved: MATRIX MX-1200 Speakers Well well, guess what happened to me, got bummed :( Couple of guys, white van, speakers, you know the story. I'm Ł300 poorer now and I really didn't need to get ripped off at this moment of my life. That sucks. Haven't tried them yet though, I hope then sound ok...
Charles Bull	Brighton, Baker Street., United Kingdom
7/7/2007 Product or Service Involved: Matrix MX-1200 Floor Speakers Pffff. I suppose im in the club too! Only a week ago, me and my mate were walking into town and an Australian sounding man apparently called 'charlie' poked his head out of his white van in a loading bay. He asked me "excuse me mate, this might sound a bit wierd but we've got some spare speakers etc. I walked over slightly interested and he gave me the story of 'errors on the order' and 'if we take them back my boss will just take them home' all that shizzle. After me trying to walk away many times and him lowering the price each time, and asking me what my withdrawal limit was, i fell into this god awful trap. we went to the bank, and i started to feel a little wierded out when he hung over me at the ATM and then even inside the bank. After getting the cash, he gave me and my mate a lift back to mine so we could drop them off. He then drove us both back into town, explaining that they were delivering the other speakers to The Kooks! that were supposedly doing a recording or some bullsht. I gave them Ł250 cash for what i thought to be Ł2000, state of the art speakers. I spent the whole day phoning my mates telling them what an amazing bargain i just got! I knew i didn't need the speakers, but i had just recently spent alot of money and thought i could it all or even more of it back by selling them on ebay or something. After looking at alot of these Matrix MX-1200 Floor Speakers on eBay i found one article where one guy had clearly explained what these speakers were about. I am soooo fuking pissed right now its unbeliveable. Anyways, i suppose if your reading this youve already been conned but at least you not the only one. P.S. Me and my mates are now constantly looking out for these guys now, on the off chance that any of us see them, we will make sure to beat the fucking shit out of them then take all thier money, just to give u other guys some justice. All the best, fellow mugs! Charles
Jonathan French	London, United Kingdom
6/4/2004 Product or Service Involved: Dynalab Speakers This is so funny. I got stopped twice in London back in 97. First time I was on my way to a party in Battersea and pointed out that there was no way I could lug them around - No sale. It happened again two weeks later in Fulham. This time I just laughed at the sheer coincidence. The best bit is though that I eventually ended up with a pair!!! A mate of mine had a friend who bought some in Reigate I think. We discussed it as being a more upmarket white van scam at the time, anyway the speakers were brilliant so I gave him Ł100 for them. Dynalab something or other I spent years looking for a review though, never found one. Ended up selling them on to another friend last year as they were just too big (pressure from 'er indoors) for the same money, and he's really pleased with them too. Strange
George	Bristol, United Kingdom
4/29/2004 Product or Service Involved: Acoustic Studio Monitor Series 3311 I got these speakers as a hand-me-down from my brother, and decided to read up on them. There seems to be a very mixed opinion on thsse speakers, either they get a stomping review by people and say they're a bargain at Ł300. Or people say they'd be better off as firewood than speakers! All I know is they don't cost much, and if they're cheap and you're not an audiophile, buy 'em! (If you are an audiophile, what are you even doing here!? go and buy some Ł8000 BOSEs!) They are fairly good quality sound, especially the bass, and can really crank out the noise, perfect for house parties. There's no doubt the build inside is cheap, but who cares? They sound OK,'specially the bass, and you haven't spent a bomb on them! (If you had, why on earth would you buy them off the street!) Basically, I know this is a scam, but if you can pick 'em up for less than Ł50, it's a good buy. By the way, I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure, since these things are passive, that the dials on the front don't actually do anything!? lol.
iain	London, United Kingdom
4/14/2004 Product or Service Involved: dynalab sda 2.8 I also bought a pair of these "bargain" speakers - haven't listened to them yet!(redecorating). I'll be VERY interested to see what they sound like!! Any contact numbers for refund would be MUCH appreciated.
Patrick White	Cardiff, United Kingdom
4/3/2004 Product or Service Involved: Speakers - can't remember Yep - it's reached Wales. Same script - different sucker (me!). Urrggghh!
Matt Bradburn	Chatham, United Kingdom
8/17/2003 Product or Service Involved: Dynalab sda 2.8 You know the story...it happened exactly as explained in people's recitals....i still have my receipt but unfortunately do not think i can get any money back now as too much time has passed I knew it was a scam of some sort, but i did genuinely believe the speakers were worth 1000 dollars as when i bought them, the website was up and running I am needless to say very unhappy and will have to now invest in some real speakers!!!! Matt Bradburn
simon	Colchester, United Kingdom
6/11/2003 Product or Service Involved: dynalab speakers i also was duped into buying these lame speakers by some jerk in essex. they worked exactly as described in the WHITE VAN SCAM description but they pulled up to me on a busy high street and then the act started ... the speakers were quite large black speakers with 3 seperate speakers within. i paid 200 pounds for the speakers and the first time i tried them 2 were already blown or something as they sounded awful .... needless to say i attempted to contact the company but to no avail ... bascially IF STOPPED BY ANY PEOPLE SELLING CHEAP GOODS ,,,GOOD CHANCE IT IS PROBABLY A CON JUST WALK AWAY ..... WALK AWAY
Hadley Smith	None, United Kingdom
5/11/2003 Product or Service Involved: Acoustic response speakers Blatantly a scam, two blokes in a white van offered both bookshelf and and floorstanding speakers to a friend who paid Ł100 for two czech (or so the Speaker itself proclaimed) made 'Acoustic Response' bookshelf speakers. They claimed that they had extra stock to sell and that they were delivery men for a speaker company. They also had glossy advertisements and promotional stuff to support their claims that the speakers were worth Ł600. Offence occured on the campus of Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. Unfortunately i was unable to persuade my friend that it was scam, but at least the speakers lasted about a year before they broke!
Pete	London, United Kingdom
5/9/2003 Product or Service Involved: DSS (two speaker model ranges) 300 and something bigger Lunchtime, walking in Soho, London. White van pulls alongside and two guys immediately go into the 'we were given too much stock' opening line, 'we all win if you shell out blah blah for these great studio monitor speakers etc..., we can have a laugh and buy some beers and you can have a great pair of speakers at way below their normal price.' They show the packing slips, receipts and even go so far as to exchange mobile phone numbers by ringing you then and there with their phones to 'prove' themselves legit. They were extremely professional and sucked me in to something I honestly didn't think could ever happen to me. I ended up giving them Ł200 for a pair of Ł50 speakers at best. I think the big cities of the world put you in the sort of mind set where if you really believe you are getting a good deal on something you'll fall for it because you can never seem to get away without paying more than things are worth anyway.
N. S	Sheffield, United Kingdom
5/8/2003 Product or Service Involved: Acoustic Reference Two guys in white van approached my university flat window, after haggling, they left because I wouldn't pay the price they wanted, then came back anout 1/2 or 1 hour later and agreed to my price which was about Ł80 for the small bookshelf speakers (model BS-300). They gave us a lift in their van to my bank in the middle of Sheffield while eying up all the female students walking around on the way. One of them was called "beaver" by the other, if I remember correctly. I since worked with someone who used to do this scam in London, they have since started calling the speakers Dynalab. Apparently the speakers aren't totally rubbish, they just rely on overcharging people massively, but the people who sell them do actually have sales targets to meet, so believe it or not is is possible to get a bargain from this scam. (I'm not sure of the exact date this occured)
jon c	southampton, United Kingdom
5/7/2003 Product or Service Involved: pd 2.8 black guy and white drive by in the street sayin thers a mistake with an order and theyv picked u batch too many. same story as the rest of u guys the c*nts evn had the cheek to ask for a double jd next we saw each other!! i paid 200 for these duds shouldv walked away. if any one has been able to sell them on without any hiccups pls let me know how. and like the rest of you lot if i see em again their gettin it!
Alex	Portsmouth, UK, United Kingdom
3/3/2003 Product or Service Involved: dsp 2.8 Fell for this like a sucker, guys were very convincing, suggested that I sold the speakers on if I didn't need them. Obviously they knew i was a student and could do with making money, got one of the speakers in my car so that if i see them again it is going through their windscreen :)
Lee David	St Albans, United Kingdom
2/26/2003 Product or Service Involved: PSD 2.8 Same story - two guys in a van pulled over as I crossed a car parking area of a superstore park. "Too many speakers in the van" etc. I offered Ł100 for the pair, but they wanted Ł350. They offered to drive me to the bank, but I refused, insisting I walk to the nearest ATM machine at the superstore. They waited by my vehicle as I walked away, but I made a quick phone call to a friend and asked him to look the speakers up on the Web. He told me what he had found on the subject, so I returned to the van and told the guys I didn't have enough in my account. They then just drove away quickly. I was lucky!
rick	birmingham, United Kingdom
2/25/2003 Product or Service Involved: PSD 2.8 Man, i suck. like most i thought i was onto a winner. Black and white american guys stitched me up. I shoulda remembered if it looks too good to be true it always is!!! Oh well someone will be getting a very impressive (looking) set of speakers for christmas. If there is a way i can get cash back on these awful things could someone please let me know.
Robert Hambly	Heysham, Morecambe, United Kingdom
2/25/2003 Product or Service Involved: Linear Phase Studio Monitors The speakers were actually purchased in 1996... After some investigating, and looking in the local "Loot" magazine, I saw many others were selling the very same speakers all around the North West of England. I decided not to sell them, and still have them boxed today (If anyone is interested......! See me at the white van on the corner)
James Marsh	Bristol, United Kingdom
11/26/2002 Product or Service Involved: PSD 2.8 Two American sounding guys, one black, one white stopped me in a white van (black one's accent was a bit weird). Same old story, the spec looked good so I paid Ł600 for them! (It looked like they were worth Ł2000. Never going to see them again myself, but be on the look out. I suppose the problem is if you're reading this then you've probably already bought them.
Stephen	London, United Kingdom
9/26/2002 Product or Service Involved: na Asked by bloke in white van if I wanted 500w speakers for my house. Got me to the van by pretending to look at address like he was lost. I laughed at him when he tried it. Minor abuse received. I told him he knew it was a scam as I walked away. Bit more minor abuse.
anonymous	Reading, United Kingdom
9/12/2002 Product or Service Involved: PSD 2.8 DOH!! I fell for the same scam yesteday. Same story, white van, 2 guys (one with an Australian accent). At first I felt pleased with myself for getting such a bargain. However rigged them up and only the tweeter works. The other 2 speakers simply "pulsated" omninously. Any chance anyone knows the location of the distributors of these PSD 2.8 bag of crap speakers? Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
James	Bristol, United Kingdom
6/27/2002 Product or Service Involved: Acoustic Response M-1220 My Dad volunteers in Oxfam...he phoned me about 30 mins ago to say some girl had come into a shop to say that a band she was in had failed and they were looking to offload some speakers they had bought which were now surplus to requirements...she told my Dad they were worth about Ł900 each... Fortunately he said that Oxfam would not more than Ł20 for speakers..but she accepted the cash and was gone... brand name Acoustic Response M-1220 ! I need a pair of crap speakers for a party I'm having (don't really care what the quality is like..) Havn't seen or heard them yet, so don't know how much of a scam this is, but thought I'd let others know!!!
N.C	London, United Kingdom
3/19/2002 Hi, I just bought a set of OMNI AUDIO AE 88.2, from e-bay, am I a sucker..........I think not !!! These beauties cost me ?1.00, and I challenge anyone to get a better pair of HIFI speakers for this amount. they are briliant !!!! so whats all the fuss NC
Jim Hendricks	London, United Kingdom
2/13/2002 Ebay and Yahoo WHAT ARE THEY DOING - ANSWER- NOTHING I saw one of the Dynalab speakers mentioned in this fraud (and yes I MEAN FRAUD) where Ebay is allowing an advert that states that these speakers are worth ?800+ I attempted to alert them and their reply was: "Thank you for taking the time to contact us with this information. I understand how this situation could be of some concern. I have reviewed the information that you have sent in regarding these speakers and at this point find that I do not have enough evidence to show that the member has violated any eBay rules." I believe they are not doing enough to stop the resale of this apparent rubbish and that we can only help by lobbying them. Please feel free to do so!!! The name of the customer rep is Max Michaels eBay UK Trust and Safety Thanks for keeping the net safe! Jim
Gavin	Kilburn High Road near Staples Corner, United Kingdom
11/29/2001 I already posted about my first experience in 1997, this is just to post to let you know it happened again on 28.10.2001 in Kilburn. I laughed at them and said 'no thanks'.
Gavin	London, Trafalgar Square, United Kingdom
11/29/2001 It was ages ago in February 1997, 2 men, white plain van, I bought a pair of Omni Audio's (model 802 i think) for ?00, all the usual scam, showed me the loot ad for ?000, got to get rid of them before going back to the warehouse etc. In fact I do use them today, i have Yamaha NS10M which have no bass, so I use the Omni's for the bass and they're OK so i'm not too upset, but of course I could have put the money to a pair of much better speakers. I fell for it, sucka. AND GUESS WHAT? I was approached AGAIN TWO WEEKS AGO by the SAME SCAM, it was in Kilburn High Road near Staples Corner end, I just laughed at them and said 'no thanks'. -G.
Christopher Booth	London, United Kingdom
11/9/2001 OK, I too was fooled into thinking that I had just got Ł1200 speakers for 'only' 200 quid. I walked away thinking that I had made a good purchase and would sell on for 500 quid to pay my christmas expenses. When I found out that they were not the real thing I was dissapointed and set them up on my own system. I am not deaf and I appreciate good music, and I think they are ok. Right they are not 1200 quid quality, they are also not 200 quid quality, but they are ok. They turn up quite loud and sound fine with my AV setup for films (I have not had anyone watch a film and comment on the poor quality of the speakers - size yes, quality no). So, OK nuff said, we didn't get what we thought we had got. But what did we get ? Has anyone done a sound comparrison to see what price we should have paid and what the equivalent speaker is in a normal hifi/electronics shop. Yes they are poor quality compared to 'the best' but when comparing to, say, 30 quid speakers, the Omni Audio's are actually better. I have the Omni Audio SA12.3 's big black boxes can anyone point me to a genuine no-prejudice comparrison/review ? Thanks Christopher c@snuker.com
S. M.	Portsmouth, United Kingdom
10/23/2001 God I'm an idiot! Here's me thinking I've done a great deal buying a cheap set of high end speakers. Well, I got the bastard's number plates: S983 KLP I was just about to look for some info on the 'net about these great speakers and I was gonna sell them on Yahoo! Auctions. Funnily enough, I bumped into this page. Now I'm going after these bastards!
Jakob Henriksson	Telford, United Kingdom
10/2/2001 Im a student and was scammed about 1 hour ago by three guys in a guess what white van. I'm going to contact the distributor to try to get my cash back but i dont think they will be very helpfull. I tested the speakers in my room with a good system and a proper dj mixer, the sound was ok but now i know from reading this site that they are useless. All students watch out for a white van in the Wolverhampton area. Just Say NO!!!!
Matt Bennett	London, United Kingdom
8/17/2001 It was Heathrow Airport this time. Two guys, perfect dynalab uniforms and van. Magazines, papers and invoices all shown. The alarm bells were ringing but he was so incredibly slick that I ignored them, after all he had all the magazine adverts to prove they were high quality. This has been going on long enough, although people can see the scam here on this website it is not until afterwards that we have all become aware of the exact details. The cases are here, firsthand experience is here, surely this would make a perfect story for something like Watchdog. At least then people would be aware of the scam before they were appoached rather than finding out after it was too late. To the guy that sold the the speakers and asked for a double jack if we ever met again.......just you hope that we never do.
Q	London, United Kingdom
8/9/2001 As all I fell for the well documented story below. However, unlike the others I do not seem to be able to locate the distributors in the UK as they have moved away from their address in Wimbledon something like half a year ago. If there is ANY news whatsoever, it would be amazing if somebody let me know. Thanks.

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