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mallrat68
12-05-2005, 12:20
Had my new A2 for about 2 weeks, and was absolutley loving it, it was my new favourite thing....

last wednesday I was out on a video shoot at a studio in west london, big aircraft hangar style studio with one end painted croma green etc etc.... also connected to the studio was a long corridor with dressing rooms, make-up rooms and offices on....

I arrived on set at 10am, met Mary a production assisstant working up the schedule for the day in the one of the offices, i'm told "you guys can drop your stuff in here, mary'll keep an eye on it" place seems quite safe so I drop my bag on a chair(full of clothes) and also my A2 in the back pocket of the bag with new sony in-ear headphones....

go onto set, i'm there for about 30 minutes and mary comes in to ask the director a question, shes on set for 5 minutes MAX.....

goes back into the office.... we're been robbed, we all run outside looking for any sign of them.... nothing....

there's security cameras all over the place, we go to check them. the guy says there's a gap on the tape... there was a 'power surge' for half an hour....

bul**hit.... its blatantly the security guards..... but we can't prove it.... we ring the cops, they won't even come down, they say there's going to be an 'investigation' becuase theres been 6 robberies from the same studios in the last 6 months....

basically they knicked my A2, my bag.... 2 laptops.... £400 in cash... and numerous other things..... totallinng about £4000....

I had the A2 for 2 weeks... :( ..... and now some thieving bastard has it...

so if anyone in west london gets offered an A2 with no cables or power adaptors or anything... let me know, so I can some round and kick the sh*t out of the b**tards that knicked it

PerlAddict
12-05-2005, 12:27
Sometimes I really hate people. If folks who resort to such acts can even be lumped into that category.

I hate to hear that, man. =(

hongkongie
12-05-2005, 12:33
i mourn together for your loss, man. :(

And whip the bastard who stole your A2 :mad:

Allen
12-05-2005, 12:48
Ahhhhh sorry to hear about horrible luck:( :(

MCSmarties
12-05-2005, 13:30
*sigh* really sorry about that, Mallrat. :(

PMP are fast becoming #1 attraction for thieves! (although in your case it could have been anything...)
I'd still not give up though. See if you can light a fire under these cops' asses.
Security cam and no footage? Bullsh!t.
Even if it doesn't prove the guards nicked it, it does prove they were sleeping on the job, so they should be liable.
Contact their company.

Did anybody else get stuff nicked?

I don't have my A2 yet - it's on the way - but I swear myself to:
1. schedule it separately on my insurance ASAP
2. NEVER leave it off my person if it's not locked in somewhere.

Will prove to be a challenge, I'm going to South Africa for several weeks!! :bigsmile:

IronMonkey
12-05-2005, 14:49
Damn thats why I was scared of gettin an A2 also..

I got my iAudio 5 stolen earlier this year, so I kinda know how you feelin, and I had it for about a month too.

Those bitches gotta pay up though for everything that's been stolen shit, I would've kicked some ass if I was there, I hate thieves.

PerlAddict
12-05-2005, 15:35
Well, you shouldn't really be scared of buying any particular product - whether it's something as small as an A2 or as big as a BMW, the fact remains that if you have something cool, there's probably somebody out there who has no morals about taking it from you.

The trick is to just make sure you, the other guy, and the cool stuff never cross paths at the same time. Easier said than done, though, right? :bigsmile:

mallrat68
12-05-2005, 18:00
it is easier said than done, i'm not one of those browsing through my mp3 player at a bus stop kind of guys, i'm really cautious.... but I guess however careful you are you can never really see it coming...

the whole reason I left it in the office in the first place was becuase I was going to be working and I thought it would be the safest place... but obviously I was wrong.. :(

rsF
12-05-2005, 19:26
I feel you man. Someone stole mine as well. =(

Though I only lost a RAZR V3 and like $80 USD. You had it worse. =\

Sorry.

genocide
12-07-2005, 10:36
ughh...i feel u too man...hope that stealer meets its doom in painful way -__-

Martinp
12-07-2005, 11:05
Simple solution: Say that you will sack all the security guards if no-one tells the truth. One of the guys will spill the beans on the thieves.

Even if they don't just get new securtiy :p

mallrat68
12-08-2005, 13:01
the studio was rented for the day, so unfortunatly I have absolutley no control over hiring and firing, and the bigger company who owned it didn't seem to give two shits when we told them what had happened.....

needless to say we won't be going there again....

mallrat68
12-10-2005, 02:58
Just got my new A2, 2nd one in a month.... the insurance didn't pay up yet, but should do after christmas, but the whole reason I wanted it was because of the christmas holidays (lots of travelling) so I decided just to stump up for another one out of my own pocket....

i'm sad when I look at my bank account, but happy when I look at my A2 :)