They should have called it like it is. They did say 8 Core in the specs and on the box. So i expect 8 cores. As did the majority of people. Ofcause you can go double check it online, but it wasn't obvious to people that it wasn't a true 8 core.
Even filers in online stores includes the FX8000 series as 8 core CPU's along side some Intel I7 Extremes and Xeons. But ofcause you don't see the standard core I7 on that filtered result, even though that also have 8 treads.
And that's the problem. They are misleading people.
They should have marketed it as a quad core with new technology that allows for 8 treads.
Call it quad core with floating-point technology or something like that.