Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

That sucks- fucking Oakland crackheads...

Anyway- my advice to you is to get renters insurance, and then when  
something happens again inflate your claim incredibly.
Insurance is a crooked scheme in the first place, so have no regrets  
about taking an insurance company for everything you can :)

And I'm in the bay area- I'll keep my eyes out-

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"Jupiter accepts your offer..."
AIM:IMFDUP



On Aug 1, 2006, at 1:56 PM, mhschmieder wrote:

> My E-Mu XL-7 Command Station was also stolen from my North Oakland CA
> apartment the day before I was scheduled to start moving to North
> Concord CA. I did not notice until last night because it was smaller
> and yet not small enough to be in a moving box. This brings my total
> loss up to $4000, plus the inconsequential stolen CD's and the
> disturbing theft of tax records.
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> I know who did it (for lots of reasons, including other crimes with
> witnesses that same week), as it was a neighbour who had developed
> huge crack debts (had I known this, I would have moved sooner!), but
> as that is all circumstantial the police could not intervene. There
> were no outward signs that I was about to move so it was an inside  
> job.
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> This posting is unlikely to prevent the synth's sale as stolen
> equipment, so unfortunately will likely only have the effect of
> causing heartbreak to whoever bought it or buys it in the future. I
> apologise for that. For better or for worse though, the law does not
> protect unwitting buyers of stolen equipment. I personally would agree
> to reach a settlement with such a person though.
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> The synth was stored in a black vinyl bag from Gator, with the Gator
> logo on the bag. My recollection is that it was 23" wide by 15" high
> and 5" deep. Its manual is still in my possession (it was stored
> separately). At the time of the robbery, it very likely had a black
> velcrow cable tie from Leo's Pro Audio in Oakland CA, for the power
> cable. Either the 1/2" wide unmarked tie, or the 1" wide with Leo's  
> logo.
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> I have contacted the eBay seller of the XL-7, in hopes that he has S/N
> records (my S/N records were stolen as they were part of my tax
> records). Hopefully I will find the S/N inside the cover to the manual
> (which at this point in time is packed in one of many boxes -- all
> unlabeled so as to not advertise to the thief should he have returned
> during the move).
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> In the meantime, though I didn't dare list these details on Craigslist
> as it gets a huge audience of would-be thieves rather than the focused
> audience of this forum (yes, we get the occasional nutcase in the
> unregistered part of the forum, but I doubt that hundreds of thieves
> are monitoring this site each day as with Craigslist), the best
> identifying feature in lieu of a serial number (or if the S/N gets
> scratched out later) is that I had the actual XL ROM removed pre-sale
> and replaced with four ROM's of my choice: Techno Synth Construction
> Yard; World Expedition; Proteus123; and Ensoniq Project. The thief
> would have no way of knowing and would probably be selling it as a
> single-ROM vanilla XL-7.
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> This item was not insured. I learned several years ago that renter's
> insurance does not cover musical equipment, so dropped it (I found
> this out the hard way during a robbery at that time). Luxury insurance
> is too expensive compared to the devluation rate of the equipment. I
> was going to look into those newer musician-specific insurance
> policies RIGHT after moving. Murphy's Law?
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> I have just joined this forum for the posting of the theft and am too
> busy with the move and the followup police reports to track the forum
> at the moment, so sending a private email is preferable (should you
> come upon any useful information). If this synth is returned to me, I
> will become a participatory member, so I hope no one would consider it
> inappropriate for me to post this here, but I figure a likely buyer
> may wind up here eventually.
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