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Two ETC Ions reported stolen
- Thread starterderekleffew
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As bad as this is gonna sound.... sounds like it was someone who knew what and where. Former and current students... anyone get kicked out or leave with a chip on their shoulder? Do you guys rent out the theatre? If so possibly crew from a rental...
Don't think I'm being biased towards crew... but it seems more likely they'd know what is valuable... and where it is.... and how to get it out.
Don't think I'm being biased towards crew... but it seems more likely they'd know what is valuable... and where it is.... and how to get it out.
eternalfire1244
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Had something like this happen in Sudbury a couple of years ago. One year there was some portable 12 chan Sensor's stolen then the year after that both Cambrian college had a Fat Frog, 8 Mac 150s and the replacement sensors for the last break in stolen and Laurentian University had their entire stock of Mac 150s stolen as well as their Fat frog. Both of the thefts that year happened in the span of a month. This is in a place we can't even do a 15 min load in without getting a stupid parking ticket. Our gear was never found.
I will keep an eye out for your gear and I hope you have good insurance to cover the theft.
I will keep an eye out for your gear and I hope you have good insurance to cover the theft.
Does anyone know if they know the serial numbers of the missing equipment, and if they've reported them to ETC?
I know it's a long shot, but ETC keeps pretty good service records on all of their control consoles, so if someone takes it in for service a year from now, or gives them a call and reports the problem, they may be able to figure out where the consoles are. I doubt ETC would put an update into to turn the consoles into bricks, though. It'll piss off the thieves, but won't make it anymore likely that the consoles will make it back to their original owners.
I'm reminded of a thread (last summer?) a while back about an entire tractor trailer of audio gear that was stolen. It seems like once the equipment is gone, no matter how valuable, recovery is extremely unlikely.
I know it's a long shot, but ETC keeps pretty good service records on all of their control consoles, so if someone takes it in for service a year from now, or gives them a call and reports the problem, they may be able to figure out where the consoles are. I doubt ETC would put an update into to turn the consoles into bricks, though. It'll piss off the thieves, but won't make it anymore likely that the consoles will make it back to their original owners.
I'm reminded of a thread (last summer?) a while back about an entire tractor trailer of audio gear that was stolen. It seems like once the equipment is gone, no matter how valuable, recovery is extremely unlikely.
Mike, just a couple of blocks from where I'm sitting 'The Decemberists' had a semi trailer stolen it had a a bunch of sound gear and almost all their concessions <t-shirts, cd's >, the trailer was later found but the gear was all gone. It's sad to think that this stuff will, most likely, never be found. The perpetraitors obvisouly knew what they were going after, they knew what it worth and I bet you they knew they could never sell it. It'll wind up in some DJ's stock or in the basement of some club.
