Quest about Home Theatre System (ht8500)
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New member Username: DipperPost Number: 1 Registered: Apr-06 | Don't know anything about Home Theatre systems but ... Today I scored a Home Theatre System for about $1000. I know it retails at about $3500 here in Australia. Not sure whether to keep it for myself. Don't have one at the moment or put it on ebay and try to sell it for around $2000-2500. Here is the link to what I got http://www.luxaudio.net/ht8500.php Is this a good quality System worth keeping or should I sell it on ebay. Thanks for any input. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7408 Registered: Dec-03 | Sounds fishy to me. Haven't heard of that speaker system. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 137 Registered: Jun-05 | Mark where do get $3500 from the links says in big numers $1595. If you can sell it even for a loss get rid of it. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7415 Registered: Dec-03 | I think he is just trying to get hits on the website. It's on the internet...it must be true |
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New member Username: DipperPost Number: 2 Registered: Apr-06 | That $1595 on the web site is in US dollars, I am here is aussie land. I am probably including convertion rate, shipping cost, etc. I have no connection with that website or company. I literally bought this "off the back of a truck" at my local shopping centre a couple days ago. The driver said that it was pre-paid by the customer but he never bothered to pick it up. (i am calling it bs, but don't really care). That is why I am placing a post here, don't know anything about Home Theatre Systems. He showed me from a US magazine that it retails at $1595 US and he wanted $1000 AUD for his own pocket. I thought that was a great buy. Plus everything is still in the box and all items are still wrapped in plastic, never been used. My question is are they worth keeping ( they look fairly high end) or should I put them on ebay. Mark |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7419 Registered: Dec-03 | No, they are not worth keeping and they are worth about 50 US Dollars. No, they are not high end. You have been scammed. That line has been in use for quite some time. |
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New member Username: DipperPost Number: 3 Registered: Apr-06 | Berny, why do you say they are worth 50 USD, when they retail here for about 3500AUD. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7421 Registered: Dec-03 | How do you know they retail down there for that much? Have you actually seen them in the stores? Or are you basing it on a magazine ad and some parked internet site? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7422 Registered: Dec-03 | The type of sales pitch that you got was the tell tale sign. Look around these forums and check out the speakers that are supposed to go for thousands of dollars on some bogus internet site. They go by Dogg Digital, Hauffman, Home Theater Research. Lux Audio is just another incarantion of the same crap speakers that has been rebadged. But if you don't want to believe that...then by all means sell it to some poor sap. Better yet, sell it on Audiogon...see how many suckers bite. Just be aware that you will probably get a lot of nasty responses if you do decide to sell it on a reputable site. You've been had...you are in denial right now. But do more research and it will sink in. Think about it..if it is such a high end speaker why is there such a scarcity of information on them. Why does the website only post prices and not a real secure check out or purchasing system? |
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New member Username: DipperPost Number: 4 Registered: Apr-06 | I rang the phone number on the invoice I was given earlier this morning and spoke to someone different from the distributors that I dealt with the other day. I pretended I was just enquiring and asked how much the HT8500 are selling for. He answered $3650AUD. They might not be high end system, that is why I posted my query here. To get opinions. I am not knowledgeable in Home Theatre Systems. Anyway, I decided to keep the system, since I don't have a Home Theatre System and I think I got a pretty good deal paying $1000AUD for something that retails $3650AUD, even if they may not be best quality. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7428 Registered: Dec-03 | What is the conversion rate anyway? |
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New member Username: DipperPost Number: 5 Registered: Apr-06 | 0.73USD/1AUD if that is what you are asking. Basically, from spec that is listed from the website I posted http://www.luxaudio.net/ht8500.php. How is this compared to an average Home Theatre System. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7435 Registered: Dec-03 | I would not trust that site and I would not trust those specs. But do read up on what they call "White Van Speaker Scam". |
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New member Username: RasoPost Number: 1 Registered: Apr-06 | Has anyone found out about this yet as it just happened to my father and he bought the sames speakers for $750, it happened exactly the same way with them saying that they were over stocked and had to get rid of them (even the magazine) sounds fishy |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7652 Registered: Dec-03 | What else do you need to find out? They are not worth $750. They only exist in that website and the product is dispensed through the back of a vehicle. |
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Silver Member Username: MonolgouePost Number: 106 Registered: Feb-04 | Those are classic scam speakers. There are dozens of threads on this site about them. They probably cost $50 to make and are comparable to speakers that sell for $200 in stores. They prey upon people's greediness and desire to get a good deal on what they think are stolen goods. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7718 Registered: Dec-03 | Yeah, but these poor souls want so hard to believe that the speakers are legitimately high end and that they paid very little for speakers that are so expensive. Oh well. |
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Bronze Member Username: Shawndecker1Pine hill, Nj Usa Post Number: 19 Registered: Apr-06 | Some even more gullable victims buy boxes filled with garbage to replicate the weight. These guys are hustlers and some are very good at it. And they know most will not persue the issue legally because of how foolish it makes them look. They don't carry guns and won't follow you home, they are just trying to find someone who wants to feel like they got an unbelievable deal. As far as a MSRP for said items, how can anyone trust a value given for an item by the manufacturer???? Cost $50 to make, $5 for advertising, another $5 for support materials, $10 to ship, pay each hustler $15 a pr, and you wind up with a "MSRP" of $3650. Only the owner of any item can tell you what it's worth. Expensive lesson, hope you don't buy jewelry the same way...... |
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Silver Member Username: OxpeckerPost Number: 131 Registered: Sep-05 | well here's the face of one son of a b*tch who sell's this sh*t |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 7967 Registered: Dec-03 | So this the ONE guy that sells all this crap all over the world??? Hell, if he can be in multiple places at one time, I'll buy speakers from him just to see it. |
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