Lime

I'm afraid you are right... =(  So I guess all I can do is to contact the seller and ask for a new inverter, hoping he will take the blame telling me to connect them in series, as well as giving me cables and connectors with only that option. The whole reason I went for a "kit" from someone I thought new better was for it to easy for me to just hook it up. Thanks for your time and advice guys!

Your MPPT section of the inverter has operating voltage range (PV input) of 60V - 115V and an absolute maximum open circuit voltage of 145V Your panels have an operating voltage of Vmp = 37V and an open circuit voltage of Voc = 46V 2 panels in series will give operating voltage of 74V and open circuitr voltage of 92V 6 panels in series will give operating voltage of 222V and open circuit voltage of 276V Read through the above twice. I cant say if the MPPT section of your inverter has been blown but if you connected 6 panels in series I would be amazed if it wasn't (I have never tried this personally so not speaking from any kind of experience in this regard).
If on the other habd you have connected the 6 panels in parallel then your voltage at the PV imputs would be less than the 60V required for the MPPT to switch on.