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The bastards stole everything...

#61
Michael Jewels said:
Fralim01 has accepted the offer of my Yamaha bass. :)

I'll be sending it to him as soon as I can get it packed, but I need a little help.

I've shipped a few guitars and basses in the past, but I always had empty bass boxes hanging around, now I don't.

So, does anyone know where I can get a box big enough to pack a bass in?

Is there a shipping company that I can bring the bass to, and they'll pack it?

Any help appreciated.

Mike ;)
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Have any UPS Stores by you? If so, then you can give them the bass and they will pack it and ship it for you.
 
#62
fralim01 said:
Thanks everyone for you comments and concerns. I appreciate the encouragement from everyone. Everyone, please heed the good advice from people about documentation. I only had the serial from my Sadowsky - everything else is most definately going to be lost. We just moved (to a nicer neighborhood, no really worries when we moved) and didnt get tenant insurance yet. This means that we are likely very screwed. More advice for renters - get insurance right away. If it can happen in this building, in this neighborhood, it can happen anywhere.

Here is a picture of my baby - maybe gone forever....
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Thank you to everyone again, your comments really have affected me in a positive way!
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Just a quick thought- did you buy this new, or used? Would the party you bought this from still have records of the S/N? Might help a little, if it gets recovered. Plus you have this pic of you playing it, right? Just a thought.
 
#63
Bassic83 said:
Just a quick thought- did you buy this new, or used? Would the party you bought this from still have records of the S/N? Might help a little, if it gets recovered. Plus you have this pic of you playing it, right? Just a thought.
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For this bass (the Sadowsky) I do have record of the serial. The number is #2653. I have a pic of the serial number too.

The other basses and guitars, I do not have this info...:(
 
#68
Michael Jewels said:
Yeah, that was my first thought, although if I can find a shipping company that actually packs things up, that would be more convenient.

It's just that a bass in a case is an odd, big size.

Thanks, Brad. :)

Mike
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It's a size that many music stores deal with on a daily basses. I've gotten boxes sized specifically for bass guitars from local music stores several times over the years. They're just going to throw them out.

A box to fit a bass from anywhere else will be costly IME. A box from GC or whatever will be free;)
 
#69
Bassic83 said:
Cultural and linguistic barrier. English is not his native tongue- thanks for the apology, TK007. That helps. Could have been anyone that stole it- thieves are all disgusting to me, regardless of ethnic persuasion.
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"Cultural and linguistic barrier"?

Unless the Czech word for "thief" is "black person", I'm not buying it.


Awesome indeed.
 
#70
If something like this ever happened to me, I already know what I would do:

Take inventory, collect insurance, rebuild collection to more exacting specs.

Even with the attachments I have to my equipment, technically speaking they are just things which can be replaced.
 
#73
Brad Johnson said:
"Cultural and linguistic barrier"?

Unless the Czech word for "thief" is "black person", I'm not buying it.


Awesome indeed.
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The only thing I was thinking is that I saw his post in another thread that mentioned "dark men" and I'm wondering if it was supposed to be a poor translation of "evil men" or something to that effect.

Either that or he's just a racist.

bc
 
#75
Brad Johnson said:
"Cultural and linguistic barrier"?

Unless the Czech word for "thief" is "black person", I'm not buying it.


Awesome indeed.
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it's not unusual in some languages for the word "black" to denote a state of spiritual being or malefeasance, not the color of their skin. for instance, "blackquard" isn't talking about kobe bryant. i don't think it is appropriate to slam on someone who does not naturally speak our language for a misstep, especially not by using a socially derrogatory term (the "borat" defense? you mean that guy who is a native english speaker performing in the social equivalent of "blackface" and making fun of foreigners? talk about pot-kettle-black there. no pun intended.)

then again it seems that this individual has a history already of posting questionable things. so maybe not.
 
#80
john turner said:
it's not unusual in some languages for the word "black" to denote a state of spiritual being or malefeasance, not the color of their skin. for instance, "blackquard" isn't talking about kobe bryant. i don't think it is appropriate to slam on someone who does not naturally speak our language for a misstep, especially not by using a socially derrogatory term (the "borat" defense? you mean that guy who is a native english speaker performing in the social equivalent of "blackface" and making fun of foreigners? talk about pot-kettle-black there. no pun intended.)

then again it seems that this individual has a history already of posting questionable things. so maybe not.
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So why say I'm slamming him? This is me "slamming" him:

""Cultural and linguistic barrier"?

Unless the Czech word for "thief" is "black person", I'm not buying it.


Awesome indeed".

Granted I could've go on and cited what I've read elsewhere but I didn't. Those other posts plus this are what fueled my skepticism. I can see where you'd assume I'm slamming on him for a single incident.

I also posted later on that maybe the translation program he might be using has issues.

And the CHARACTER Borat isn't a native English speaker. And I thought he was making fun of the people he met in the US.

Edit: Here ya go... apparently he's been banned. Here are some posts that survived:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/report.php?p=4362158
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/report.php?p=4361162
This one was edited but quoted: Originally Posted by TK007 bass
"Homeless are a black people who rape, steal, kill. We move all color people and problem solve
why no one do soon?"
 

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