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Stolen SoundLabs - just in case...

Here's one for the "I hate it what that happens" file:

This morning my car, u-haul trailer, and a pair of SoundLab M-1PX loudspeakers were stolen from a hotel parking lot in Barstow, California. I'm hoping that they show up for sale somewhere (ah - the speakers, not the car & trailer - gotta keep my priorities straight here!). The serial number is M1PX002, the side rails are rosewood, and the backplates have the "hotrod" upgrade identifiable by the large blue Jensen capacitors. They have the shallower 45 degree panels characteristic of th PX series. There aren't very many M-1PX's in circulation.

If you happen to come across these speakers for sale somewhere, contact officer Dante' Caliboso of the Barstow Police Department, case number 07-4135 and 07-4136 (they list the automobile and trailer separately, and the backplates were in the car). Their phone number is 760-255-5111, and my cell phone is 504-251-2311.

Oh by the way, I also found out that U-Haul's "insurance" doesn't cover theft.

Thanks,

Duke
dealer/manufacturer
audiokinesis

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audiokinesis OP
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Thank you all for your words of encouragement and your excellent suggestions. I will be watching Craiglist and Ebay and putting on my disguise and posing as a customer if they show up.

The cops drove me around Barstow truck stops and other secluded areas close to roads, but we found nothing. They were hoping to find the trailer, as the target was probably the car (Honda CRV).

I don't know what my insurance coverage is at this point - I'll make some phone calls on Monday, but then I'll have to get on the bus and start heading home.

The hotel was a nice one (by my standards at least!) - a Red Roof Inn - and the people who worked there said they'd never had a car stolen out of the parking lot before, though they did have a motorcycle stolen once and a few cars broken into over the years.

Again, thank you one and all.

Duke
audiokinesis OP
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I just got a call from the Barstow Police Department that they found my car with the trailer still attached and locked shut. It sounds like all the big pieces are there and okay, except for damage to the ignition system. It was still in Barstow, off a road out in the desert a little ways, behind a building.

To give a little more information in response to some of your posts, the trailer was totally enclosed and locked shut, and the backplates were in my car but not visible without moving stuff around.

Now I don't know how much of a role the good wishes and prayers and concern of all of you my friends played, but the police officer said that I was extremely lucky - that victims of this sort of crime don't get their stuff back like I'm going to. The connection between your good energy on my behalf and this incredibly unlikely outcome may be more than coincidental.

So thank you all very much!

Duke
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