adam
17-01-2018, 08:10 PM
Looks like Simon beat me to it, but...
We had our first break-in, two nights in a row, on Sunday and Monday. Seems the first was a reccie and on the Monday night they came back and brought two Utes to load up on our goods.
We are well covered, insurance wise, but it is a major inconvenience and annoyance. Phil W and I now have to spend the whole weekend stocktaking so we can inform the Police and Insurance Company exactly what is missing.
What we know is missing:
All our 5 Watt Vale amps, except 3 (they clearly couldn't fit those 3 in the Ute)
About 15-20 finished Guitars (PBG-X1, TLG-2, PBG-6M and some of the EXG-7 7 strings)
Babicz hardware (some)
Tonerider, Entwistle, and Benson pickups (some)
Lots of loose Chinese Parts and Hardware (various)
All of the GPR kits (we think they checked the site first and made a shopping list... and these kits do look good)
Strings, strings and more strings (Ernie Ball)
Our Table Tennis Table (Bastards!)
Our coffee pods, mop bucket and kitchen sponges (not making this up)
and a lot more (we are yet to discover... it's a 200m2 warehouse)
As Simon has said, the Police already have one of the guys, but he only had a small percentage of the goods in his possession. He won't give up the other guy... yet. The cops were looking at him for something else and just so happened to be waiting for him at his house when he rolled up with a Ute full of our products.
Anyway, we've had a lot of supportive messages, for which we are very grateful and humbled. Please know this is not a major setback for us, as our other kits and upgrades are untouched and the perps were courteous enough that they didn't trash the joint.
We do ask all of our Aus members to keep an eye out for any PBG Branded finished guitars that show up in your browsing (online or real world). The Amps should be very obvious as we hadn't started to promote them and only sold 5 from the 30 we received from the first order. If they show up, they won't have PabloPeppers badges on them, as we put those on as we sell them (and test the amp).
If you see anything, let me know.
Thank you.
We had our first break-in, two nights in a row, on Sunday and Monday. Seems the first was a reccie and on the Monday night they came back and brought two Utes to load up on our goods.
We are well covered, insurance wise, but it is a major inconvenience and annoyance. Phil W and I now have to spend the whole weekend stocktaking so we can inform the Police and Insurance Company exactly what is missing.
What we know is missing:
All our 5 Watt Vale amps, except 3 (they clearly couldn't fit those 3 in the Ute)
About 15-20 finished Guitars (PBG-X1, TLG-2, PBG-6M and some of the EXG-7 7 strings)
Babicz hardware (some)
Tonerider, Entwistle, and Benson pickups (some)
Lots of loose Chinese Parts and Hardware (various)
All of the GPR kits (we think they checked the site first and made a shopping list... and these kits do look good)
Strings, strings and more strings (Ernie Ball)
Our Table Tennis Table (Bastards!)
Our coffee pods, mop bucket and kitchen sponges (not making this up)
and a lot more (we are yet to discover... it's a 200m2 warehouse)
As Simon has said, the Police already have one of the guys, but he only had a small percentage of the goods in his possession. He won't give up the other guy... yet. The cops were looking at him for something else and just so happened to be waiting for him at his house when he rolled up with a Ute full of our products.
Anyway, we've had a lot of supportive messages, for which we are very grateful and humbled. Please know this is not a major setback for us, as our other kits and upgrades are untouched and the perps were courteous enough that they didn't trash the joint.
We do ask all of our Aus members to keep an eye out for any PBG Branded finished guitars that show up in your browsing (online or real world). The Amps should be very obvious as we hadn't started to promote them and only sold 5 from the 30 we received from the first order. If they show up, they won't have PabloPeppers badges on them, as we put those on as we sell them (and test the amp).
If you see anything, let me know.
Thank you.