I too have been had. Well I agree, it is not really a scam. A scam would be if I walked away without looking in the box and found a box of rocks. Instead I found a subwoofer controlled system. I think with all us idiots buying this shit, were not gonna be able to sell it on ebay. I might as well just get a 5.1 channel output DVD player for 130 dollars in addition to the 300 i spent and learn from the situation. I bought mine also from two dudes in a white truck, but they were from chicago not texas. Ah well, same story all over i guess. The speakers aren't that bad, maybe I'll keep 'em around.