I did a look-up on google and I assume you are referring to Tact Audio
of New Jersey.

I would suggest the following:

Contest the charges with your credit card company.  The credit card
company should not charge you and reverse the charges.

COD:  That is generally a red flag that something is suspicious. 
Keeping everything on a credit card gives you the remedy of the first
suggestion.

Write to the District Attorney (prosecutor) for the locality of the
other party.  

Sue in your own locality in small claims court (and hopefully the court
will accept jurisdiction - show the judge the advertisements in
magazines to indicate it is a national company and also show the judge
the list of dealers located in different states for this manufacturer).
If the judge will not entertain jurisdiction, sue in small claims court
in the locality of the manufacturer by doing everything my mail. 
Hopefully the clerk of that court will explain the detailed procedures
and send you the local forms for you to fill out.

Participate in every online forum that you can discuss this
manufacturer's products and explain your story over and over again.

Contact the manufacturer's dealers to explain the story.

Contact the magazines that the manufacturer advertises in to tell your
story.

Contact any trade associations (is there an audiophile trade group?)
and tell your story.

All these contacts might put some pressure on the manufacturer to
settle with you.

Let me now make a general statement about dealing with a small company
by mail.  You are taking a risk.  And you found out why.  Your remedies
are constrained compared to buying through a major retailer, either
online or locally.  Amazon or Best Buy, for example, have no questions
asked return policies.  

It is a shame to say that, but you live and learn.

Now, let me switch subjects from remedies to "audiophiles".

I am in the pro audio field.  So I know how music is recorded and
produced.  

It continues to amaze me about consumers of music who, in my humble
opinion, overpay for socalled audiophile equipment.  Paying more money
for audio equipment very quickly suffers from the economic concept of
the law of diminishing returns.  That is to say that if you pay ten
times as much for an amp, for example, you are not going to get ten
times better sound.  The simple reason is biological - the human ear
has limits and simply can't pick up frequencies beyond a very narrow
range.  

Economics recognizes the psychic income derived from some purchases. 
Maybe the name of a product or where it is advertised can sometimes
seduce the consumer.  Unfortunately the quality of a product must be
judged by how it sounds, not by the exoteric name on the faceplate.

Do you really think that Yamaha or Sony or Panasonic et al don't have
the best audio engineers in the world?  Do you really think a little
company with a handful of employees that advertises in some
"audiophile" magazine can make a product that sounds better than the
big boys?  Please.

Whether in the field of consumer amps or consumer speakers, do yourself
a favor to avoid future aggravation and save yourself some money, and
buy from a reputable retailer and get a product made by a "big"
company.  Your ears will never know the difference and the product will
work.


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