From Brian Willoughby Sent Mon, Mar 5th 2018, 08:25
From Brian Willoughby Sent Mon, Mar 5th 2018, 08:25
Also, be wary that items can travel quickly these days. My storage was broken into in Bellevue and about $10,000 worth of gear = was taken. One item that I found sat in a pawn shop in North Seattle for = a while, then sold on eBay (suspiciously after I called to inform them = it was stolen, but before they opened for the next business day). eBay = wouldn=E2=80=99t tell me where the item was sold, nor would the pawn = shop, and the Seattle police wouldn=E2=80=99t help because it is a = Bellevue case. Anyway, I eventually had someone contact me in response = to a forum posting - apparently they had purchased it from New Jersey = via eBay, and went looking for help with how to use the gear when they = saw my posting. This person was willing to return my gear after I = offered to replace it with something similar (that happened to work = without the problems he was on the forum complaining about - so win, = win). By the way, this item was a prototype MIDI controller that never had a = serial number. Fortunately it was unique enough for me to recognize in = the two separate eBay auctions that it appeared in (the pawn shop = listing that I found, and the second auction that the cooperative fellow = shared after we connected), as well as being unique enough that someone = realized their new/old gear was stolen just based on a textual = description in my posting title. On the one hand, I=E2=80=99m amazed that I managed to get this thing = back. On the other hand, I=E2=80=99m equally amazed at how far it = traveled. The thieves obviously avoided Bellevue, the pawn shop was = quite shady, and the eBay buyers were innocent participants who could = have lost out on some money if the police had actually bothered to catch = them with stolen property. Then again, I probably would have needed a = signed affidavit from the original manufacturer to prove that a = non-serial-numbered item was built for me (and then I=E2=80=99d have to = prove that I hadn=E2=80=99t simply sold it voluntarily). Once the gear = was in Jersey, I would have had no idea to look there. Only because of = an online community were we reunited. Anyway, I hope that was an entertaining anecdote illustrating how = quickly an item can travel across a continent after being separated from = its rightful owner. Brian On Mar 4, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Scott Fox <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > It says it's from Australia but a KB37 full of modules just went up = for sale on muffs.=20 >=20 > It doesn't matter if an item says it's for sale someplace far from the = theft. The internet is anonymous. It could be in Ohio for all the buyer = knows. Anyhow... might be worth it for the person missing the gear to = investigate. >=20 > On Mar 4, 2018 7:47 AM, "synthmatic.aol.com via analogue" = <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> I just want to make it clear: This is NOT me! My last name is Wyatt = and there is NO connection between me and the person in question. I have = made good transactions on this list and found it too be a great place = for selling/buying gear.=20 >>=20 >> -----Original Message----- >> Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2018 6:09 pm >>=20 >> I=E2=80=99m told that Wyatt was arrested last night. He was = reportedly waiting the in car while a lady friend who went in to a local = Guitar Center to try to pawn the KB37, but it had a defaced serial = number. Other identifying information was still intact, so they could = verify it was the stolen Waldorf.=20 >>=20 >> Technically Wyatt wasn=E2=80=99t the one selling it, but since he was = with woman trying to sell stolen gear and had been a suspect in other = incidents, he got arrested too. >>=20 >> Hopefully this is a wake up call to get your shit together, Wyatt.... = not that he=E2=80=99ll be reading this this weekend... >> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 7:06 PM Computer Controlled = <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>> My initial thought as well. =20 >>>=20 >>> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 4:16 PM DJ Maytag <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> = wrote: >>>> Heads up, there is a newly stolen Waldorf KB37 stuffed with Waldorf = modules floating around Madison, WI as of this morning. Suspect is = likely a member of this list, has been known to deface serials, and is = looking to trade stolen gear for legit gear. >>>=20