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Thread: Is DIVINCI a SCAM? |
    
New member Username: Loncka23
Post Number: 2
Registered: Sep-06
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| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 07:22 pm: |
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I just got sold speakers out of an Escalade for little of nothing thinking I got a good deal. However, after setting them up I have a feeling I was mistaken. Is there any way to get 5.1 surround out of these speakers. PLEASE HELP |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 11166
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 07:26 pm: |
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Only if your source is 5.1. Where are the manuals?
Either way, they are not good at all.
Clue #1 - "Sold out of the back of (insert vehicle here)" |
Silver Member Username: Basicaudio
Chula vista,
Ca
US
Post Number: 113
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 03:00 am: |
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divinci is another theater research, or digital research or dogg digital type of scam advertising or marketing. the companies might be legal, but not their acclaimed distortion of their products.
they put not only false pricing, but false specifications on all of their products.
yeah right, a 400/watt per channel at 8 ohm divinci receiver for under $300...
Not even the $7000 denon or $5000 sunfire receiver puts out that amount of rms per channel.
At least harmon kardon is accurate with their information, even though they don't make high powered receivers, a 90 watt per channel harmon kardon is an accurate reading like those made by any other high end gear such as sunfire at 200 watts per channel or denon or sony at 170 watts per channel.
If you look at the back of the divinci receivers, you see how cheaply made it is and how very little
input and output terminals it has. I don't even see toslink/optical, S VIDEO, COMPONENT, SVI AND HDMI inputs...what a JOKE!
These morons sell them for $300, you can get a decent pioneer, yamaha, kenwood, panasonic, jvc, sony for that price with far better capabilities and specs.
RCA AND PHILLIPS make better and less expensive home theater receivers.
divinci is a generic brand that is a SCAM in it's advertisement by both the manufacturer and those selling it, unless they sell it AT A FAIR INEXPENSIVE PRICE! It's pricing should be a the level of memorex, ge, durabrand, jensen and the like! |
New member Username: G35coupe
Post Number: 2
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 09:34 pm: |
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yes its a Scam.. i personally came across this scame and yes it was out the back of a grey Honda Oddyssey van..
-it'll say $3000 msrp on the side of the box
-they'll show u a magazine with an ad placed in it, and tell u its "reviewed by famous magazines"
dont buy crap you've never heard of, no matter how convincing they sound |
New member Username: Nebo00
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jul-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 03:24 am: |
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I just found out that a friend of mine is going to start selling this crap to people all over quebec and ontario. He said that cost of goods sold of DiVinci speakers is less than 70$. I got f.cking scammed 3 months ago and bought this sh.t for 400$. I wish I crack some heads of these scammers one day.
Montreal |
Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Upstate,
New York
Post Number: 731
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 06:30 pm: |
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"...kenwood, panasonic, jvc, sony for that price with far better capabilities and specs..."
those particular receiver brands are nothing special in the least, and calling sony high end is laughable. |
New member Username: Guy16
Post Number: 1
Registered: Sep-07
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 09:28 pm: |
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I was scammed by a guy in Washington in a Green ford mini van and he wanted 750 for a pair of two he kept saying he needed to be somewhere but he kept talking i bought one for 160 and took it home. I'm so pissed I'm going back to find him for my money back. He also wanted me to go to the bank and draw some money. I was actually getting pissed about it and then my buddy said lets just do it and well i did.  bad idea. Plain and simple don't buy speakers from anyone or store you don't know!! |
New member Username: Rickcain
Post Number: 1
Registered: Nov-07
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 01:57 am: |
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Its never a good idea to buy anything out of the back of a van unless its drugs.
Its amazing the scam still works but I guess America is the land of the scam, heck people pay $4.00 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks and don't seem to flinch one bit. |
New member Username: Skinman20
Wiinder,
Ga
Us
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jan-08
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| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 05:10 pm: |
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just got me for 200s out of a denalli in georgia |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 14253
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 05:21 pm: |
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"unless its drugs. "
LOL...That's funny! |
New member Username: Speakerdeal
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jan-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 04:42 am: |
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im a speaker guy and i still pay way too much for coffeee. |
New member Username: Speakerdeal
Post Number: 2
Registered: Jan-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 04:50 am: |
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yes i sell those speakers too>>>>> |
Gold Member Username: John_s
Columbus,
Ohio
US
Post Number: 2067
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 06:43 pm: |
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My drug dealer drives this truck....
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Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 14428
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 08:25 pm: |
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^^^  |
New member Username: Shidoshi
Corona,
Ca
Post Number: 1
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 - 08:19 pm: |
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This is probably the worst SCAM out there. I too have been targeted. However, not knowing it was a scam, the guy was pretty nice, in a work (construction) truck w/all the tools, pulled up while I was getting gas. I took a look at what he wanted to sell, sadly, only because I was already thinking about getting a new system. I talked him down to $100. Thought I was getting a DEAL! I knew better even then. Got home, opened the box and bam! no remote. Which makes the unit worthless. The D-7 DiVinci. I don't even get to hear how crappy it is. SAD. Anyhow...tell everyone you know. Don't feel bad about getting scammed. Tell your mother, girlfriend, wife, friends, tell them to call the cops if you get hit up like this. This has to be illegal. I felt bad thinking this guy 'stole' it from where he was doing construction. I even thought about going back to ask if he knew where I could get some good "E" (xtc - ahem!) thinking he must be a druggy or a dealer! How funny when I read these reviews. Oh well...it's just $100. And now I'm wiser...
Funny...after his sad story about he got 'paid' with these systems and just wanted to get rid of them before he got home or back to work or wherever he was heading off to, I told him he should E-bay these instead of selling them so cheap. Now I know why he kept refusing and changed the subject quickly. Oh, he was begging me "Whatever you have, I need to sell it!" blah blah. If there are any Law Enforcement people reading this...can you try to do something useful for a change and take these scammers for a ride? to jail? thanks.
Lastly, and the funniest part of all, as I walked back to my car, he asked if I wanted to get a beer!!!! OMG!!! good thing I didn't get too close to him...he might have stuck me with GHB or something!!!
done. |
New member Username: Cruisers390
Fort Worth,
Texas
Post Number: 2
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 05:53 pm: |
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So now that we all have some "cheap" white van speakers has anyone tested them to see just what they can be used for? Kid's gameing TV sound(X-Box) or if I can get say one the higher end Tuner/ Receivers that will accept th Di Vinci plug ins has anyone tried them for some feedback? |
New member Username: Lancelot908
Post Number: 1
Registered: Mar-08
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| Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 07:08 am: |
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They were screwing people on Linden mall in NJ yesterday,I became a victim of their work. silver nissan armada probably, story goes: we are delivering these products the order was 4 pieces, in stockyard they loaded 5, we have one extra but if we go back they will just take it back; they had t-shirts of their company, showed you doctor hand written invoice order, advertisement in a GEAR magazine. -looked to me bunch of guyz need extra money for beer. - yeah it cost me $700 -is there a way to track cell phone number for free? - their number is 551-486-5779 someone catch those thieves! |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15375
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:04 am: |
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$700??? Wow, they got you good!
Wasn't it very convenient that they happen to have a magazine with them at the time they were trying to convince you the apparent high end quality of their product?
They appealed to your GREED. At the time, you weren't thinking about the people they were screwing over for the "great deal" you were getting weren't you?
As long as it does not affect you in a negative way you were fine with it. And now that you found out you were played for a sucker, you call them thieves. You are a classic description of a hypocrite! |
New member Username: Pebblie
Post Number: 1
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008 - 09:46 pm: |
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wow i wish i looked at this sooner
i just got the d7 out of a blk truck...andd i bought it for 360. ughh this sux...i kneww i shouldve just went straight to school. i dont think its missing any parts. i have the remote and everything...the only thing i didnt see ws the direct link cable for the ipod/mp3...
I guess I g0t played too. but it was pretty...and that dumb 3299 msrp is what got me...
and funny is that the guy said i owe him a beer if we ever see eachtoher again.
Ha! if i see him again Im gonna have people with me and get my money back! |
New member Username: Manthissucks
Post Number: 1
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:42 pm: |
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i got scammed out of $250 today. i feel so bad. no remote. boooooo. why am i so greedy. |
Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
A pic is worth
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Post Number: 16393
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:18 pm: |
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I've been approached by the white van guys before. Thankfully I never handed over money.
And I was 18 at the time. All they said they wanted was some tiddy bar money. I told them I had no cash on me. "No problem, we'll follow you to your atm".
I was outta there!! |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15859
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:28 pm: |
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LOL! |
New member Username: Pebblie
Post Number: 2
Registered: Apr-08
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| Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 07:04 pm: |
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haha...
i cant complain too much...mines works ok.
lol cuz unlike most of you guys...i got the remotee
w0o0o0ott |
New member Username: Gmacri90
Post Number: 1
Registered: May-08
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| Posted on Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 03:37 pm: |
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haha yeah well i got scammed or maybe they got scammed the other day. i got sold a pair (retail 2gs) for 100 bucks at the palisades mall in west nyack ny. they sold it to me out of a green chevy astro. 2 guys. same story as everyone else. they had to go and there boss is going to take them away if they bring them back. magazine and all.. well it wasnt to bad im trying to sell them for 500 bucks =] |
Silver Member Username: Jrbay
Livonia Detroit area,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 175
Registered: Feb-08
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| Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 07:24 am: |
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Making you 5 times worse than the guys in the van Gian Macri! |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 15880
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 09:38 am: |
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He' just trying to sound tough to cover up for the stupidity he already did. |
New member Username: Money_man
Stacy,
MN
USA
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jun-08
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 10:44 pm: |
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From what I see, The to guys in a white van (same story over and over) got scammed instead of me. I have been reading about this for a while now. These guys were real idiots.
I am retired with physical logical disorders. I live in a small town in up north Minnesota with about 500 friends whom possess the same quality.
First they pulled my neighbor over as I was going by. 30 seconds later he called me, 45 seconds later they pulled me over.
They new my name so I played along.
Said they just sold him a set for $600.00
I was able to convince them to take a check for $500.00 after they followed me to a closed bank,I mean no longer a bank.
I have been waiting for this day to come.
I will release the outcome if they are dumb enough to come back for there cash. |
