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Location: Portland, OR | Office broken into last night while power was out. N-769 (Blacktop); '87C #641; 2001C (one holer). May have numbers somewhere. Wanted to put up an alert. John |
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Location: moline,illinois | That is terrible !!!! 
I live in the midwest but watch all the sales sites regularly,if you post serial #'s/pics I will watch out for you. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That sucks. 
Go down to the nearest homeless camp with a baseball bat and a can of gasoline.
You will find it quickly.
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Location: Denmark | I think http://www.stolenguitarregistry.com has been mentioned here before. It might be of use. |
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Location: Seattle | that's a lot of packaging to carry off on foot.....
will watch Seattle Area Craigslists
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Not if you have a shopping cart and you are only taking it down the road.
Check Craigslist and local Pawnshops.
Portland Pawnshops are closed on the weekend...
But there are Pawn Shops in Vancouver that are open on Saturday, you can call them now.
Briz Guitar and Pawn, and Lucky Loan Pawn shop are just over the bridge,
walking distance from the #6 bus.
Contact the Portland shops on Monday afternoon...
with model number and your serial numbers...
Photos of you with your guitars helps settle arguments about ownership.
Ask if someone recently pawned an Ovation.
(they really aren't that common)
I hope that you have already called the Police.
And I hope that you recover your property quickly.
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Location: Ontario Canada | WOW all 3 are gems too! that sucks i hope you get them back....i,ll keep my eyes peeled out in Canada. |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hey, sligoman,
There is a local pawnshop just down the street from me here. I'll do like Thunderbolt. What he said.
Mike S.
Ottawa, ON. CANADA |
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Location: CT | The Mandolin Cafe classifieds has an option to list stolen instruments of all kinds at http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?add...
Couldn't hurt to post the notice there and sometimes they will post stolen instrument notices on their home page. Hope you have success getting them back. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Can you post stolen item alerts on Craigslist?
Just a thought.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'll be on the lookout here in Idaho, that's what good neighbor's are for! |
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Location: Texas | Damn! That is too bad. I have sent you a PM... 1. File a police report. Get to personally know the dectective that is assigned to your case. Now you have a lot of work ahead of you... Check Craigslist daily Check Ebay daily...good deals go quick... you say that burglars dont take the time to sell on ebay...RIGHT! Most burglars are in it for quick $ to buy drugs...they sell to middlemen. But smart middlemen know you are looking also because these guitars are not your run of the mill POS's. Because they are successful, they typically will dump outside your community. So, dont limit yourself to your city. Take a sheet with pictures, description and serial of each guitar to pawn shops. Get to know the owner, not his hired help. Good ol boy him so that he will take the time to get some video and ID if the bad guys come in. Music Stores, incl GC. Find the guy in there that buys used instruments. Few employees have clearance to buy used instruments.
Facebook...most communities have a BUY SELL TRADE...dont limit yourself to local. Good luck...the more folks you can get involved with this, the better, right out of the gate. Continue posting with musician associated social networking sites that have members locally and within 500 or so miles of your community. PICTURES! People remember pictures better than names, descriptions. |
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Location: New Hartford CT | sligoman - 2016-12-10 4:27 PM Office broken into last night while power was out. N-769 (Blacktop); '87C #641; 2001C (one holer). May have numbers somewhere. Wanted to put up an alert. John The OFC helped me recover 2 stolen Ovations back in 2011; you've done well to post the theft here. My blood boils just thinking about your guitars being stolen! This is a community that may be able to help. The inormation you have provided is a place to start. We will keep our eyes peeled. In my case the thieves listed one of the guitars on craigslist. An OFC'er called me and alerted me to the listing. From there I was eventually able to recover them but it was a long process. DO NOT count on law enforcement to handle this. Run your own investigation; the police just have bigger fish to fry. Craigslist, ebay and speading the word on the internet are where you need to focus on. Good luck. |
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Location: CT | One other site that might be worth checking is this one:
http://www.searchtempest.com
It potentially searches all Craig's lists within a geographic distance that you select based on the item description. You might want to just list "Ovation Guitar" in order to cast a wider net as the thieves may not be sophisticated to list specific models. It will also bring up EBay listings and you can tweak the search based on how you want results to be presented. |
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Location: Texas | George, I am not sure it is bigger fish. Hard times, high unemployment, a growing substance abuse population have all contributed to a theft epidemic that is bigger than local LE resources can address. But, you are right in that "DO NOT count on law enforcement to handle this." That could lead to lost time, that is critical. In the last 2-3 weeks, we had a rash (20-30) of burg MV happen. We were able to id and arrest all 6 that were involved. Sadly, the # of victims that will receive their property back will be in the single digits. That is how quick they reduce stolen goods for cash or drugs. Bigger communities, though, are just overwhelmed with the #’s…and they just hope they can catch one, that will domino to other related cases. A good search engine, that I use, for Craigslist is http://www.adhuntr.com/ and there are a couple others. Here is one that offers search parameters http://www.zoomthelist.com/
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Location: Portland, OR | Thanks for the input. The 87C is #641 and the N769 (black) is #453108. Still looking for the redwood No. Thanks again! John |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I am so very sorry Sligoman!!
I hope that you will be able to recover them all, and like the others, will keep an eye out for them for you!! |
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Location: Portland, OR | Found the original listing on the '01C (FR). It was listed as: RARE CENTER SOUNDHOLE #394 |
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Location: Portland, OR | Found the N769 sold on ebay on 12/11, 2 days after stolen. Here's the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ovation-Custom-Legend-1992-Acoustic-Electri...
If anyone here saw this please know that it is stolen. Thanks. John |
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Location: Canada | That is just nasty. Can eBay do anything about that like recover the payment and intercept the shipping and release the information of the seller to police? |
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Location: Denmark | Tell ebay that the guitar was stolen. |
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Location: Colorado | As tpa suggested, tell ebay immediately. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Tell eBay and the Portland Police.
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Location: Portland, OR | I have done both. I have informed the seller as well. Maybe not so smart but I wanted to prevent the redwood and the 87C from being sold too. We'll see what happens. Thanks for your thoughts. John |
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Location: Ontario Canada | i just messaged the seller from the completed listing and said "3 were stolen where are the other 2? " |
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3 Stolen in Portland
