Stolen Guitars - any help appreciated

Dog shmog. As a former UPS guy I can tell you... even the biggest, most viscous dog will eat out of your hand if you feed him Beggin' Strips for a day or two. A dog is an impediment only to the smash and grab.

Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

poopshovel wrote: Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

Stanley -paul

OK, it's a little late to do much good, but I suggest an alarm system. Contacts on the exterior doors, windows if you can. We have a dog too, so interior motions are a no-no. I put contacts on the bedroom interior doors. This arrangement works very well. Loud ass sirens, inside and out. We have central monitoring, but most "Normal" people don't really need it. Gun collectors, jewelry folks, yes. A DSC or Ademco wireless system will help you avoid a rerun. Be aware, quite often the bad guys will come back after awhile, after they think you have replaced the stolen stuff. Good luck, hope you don't need it.

One other thing..... how computer savvy were you? I don't suppose you'd have access to stored IP's/machine names, would you? I'm not mactarded so I have no idea if this would even work on an Apple but-

If you have a machine name, you might be able to ping it. If it's awake, it'll tell you, and if it's bouncing off an IP, that can get you an approximate location. I doubt very much something like that would turn up on CL, more likely sold/given to someone else as payment without ever touching "public" hands. I know I can call my home laptop while i'm at work, and remote in. Granted that's a static IP.... but depending, you might could track it that way. Ask the mac boards how one would do it.... almost guaranteed the machine will be up and running sooner or later.

DILYSI Dave wrote:

poopshovel wrote: Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

Stanley -paul

Wow. I was just ranting about old people and their inability to use the int4rw3bz this morning.

DILYSI Dave wrote:

poopshovel wrote: Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

Stanley -paul

Ah, but I'd call it "Les Paul shaped." Touché.

les stanley -paul?

alex wrote:

DILYSI Dave wrote:

poopshovel wrote: Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

Stanley -paul

Ah, but I'd call it "Les Paul shaped." Touché. les stanley -paul?

I think he's referring to Starchild.

modernbeat wrote:

alex wrote:

DILYSI Dave wrote:

poopshovel wrote: Errggghhh. Searches would be a lot easier if it weren't for those damned Paul Stanley signature models.

Stanley -paul

Ah, but I'd call it "Les Paul shaped." Touché. les stanley -paul?

I think he's referring to Starchild.

ed zachary.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dog shmog. As a former UPS guy I can tell you... even the biggest, most viscous dog will eat out of your hand if you feed him Beggin' Strips for a day or two. A dog is an impediment only to the smash and grab.

I would not bet on that. Most folks have viscous-looking dogs that are really family pets and will fold for a Beggin Strip pretty easily. A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

So sorry to hear about the break in though, that really sucks. What a violation. I hope the guitars show up somewhere and you can get them back.

pinchvalve wrote: I would not bet on that. Most folks have viscous-looking dogs that are really family pets and will fold for a Beggin Strip pretty easily. A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away. So sorry to hear about the break in though, that really sucks. What a violation. I hope the guitars show up somewhere and you can get them back.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

But yeah, sorry to hear about the break in. My son's grandpa's house was broken into while we were consolidating his stuff/prepping to sell the house, twice. Awful feeling. Hope you are able to find your stuff and that karma bites the thieving b@stards.

xfactoraeg wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

i would be a terrible guard dog.

AngryCorvair wrote:

xfactoraeg wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

i would be a terrible guard dog.

You turn into a pile of mush when people throw sausages at you?

mndsm wrote:

AngryCorvair wrote:

xfactoraeg wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

i would be a terrible guard dog.

You turn into a pile of mush when people throw sausages at you?

On the contrary, angry turns into a pile of sexy when people throw sausages at him.

So, now we know where you got you name. Poop-shove-l. Got it. I mean, how else would you have known that?

Pawn shops are only one way to get rid of stuff on the open market. My parents had some stuff stolen that turned up at a garage sale in a decent neighborhood. Probably not the norm, but that's how they got their tv back.

poopshovel wrote:

mndsm wrote:

AngryCorvair wrote:

xfactoraeg wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

i would be a terrible guard dog.

You turn into a pile of mush when people throw sausages at you?

On the contrary, angry turns into a pile of sexy when people throw sausages at him.

So wrong on many levels.

xfactoraeg wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

mndsm wrote:

AngryCorvair wrote:

xfactoraeg wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away.

Sounds like Chuck Norris in canine form.

i would be a terrible guard dog.

You turn into a pile of mush when people throw sausages at you?

On the contrary, angry turns into a pile of sexy when people throw sausages at him.

So wrong on many levels.

This thread is turning into a total sausage fest.

pinchvalve wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Dog shmog. As a former UPS guy I can tell you... even the biggest, most viscous dog will eat out of your hand if you feed him Beggin' Strips for a day or two. A dog is an impediment only to the smash and grab.

I would not bet on that. Most folks have viscous-looking dogs that are really family pets and will fold for a Beggin Strip pretty easily. A true guard dog however is trained not to accept food from anyone (to avoid problems with poison or sleeping aids) and you will not hear it coming until it is too late. If you throw a dog a sausage and it ignores it and doesn't break eye contact with you and doesn't bark, keep far, far away. So sorry to hear about the break in though, that really sucks. What a violation. I hope the guitars show up somewhere and you can get them back.

Did you see the Mythbusters episode where they tested this? They had trained guard dogs and the dogs ignored Adam when a steak was thrown in and Adam was able to walk in and take what he wanted.

I don't know. I've been to a couple of junkyards when their dogs were put on duty. It was a shame to see 2 otherwise wonderful dogs used in such a manner. When they were put on duty, it's like you changed dogs completely.

Then again, my mom "broke" a junkyard dog once. The dog stopped going on guard for the yard owner. My mom had to put the dog on duty every night, and relieve it in the morning. They eventually replaced that dog, with my mom taking the dog home as a pet. That's the story she told, anyway.

All I can say is that dogs are used in that capacity for a reason. You CAN make dogs relentless. It's usually not via "approved" training methods, however.

Think I should post a CL ad similar to (the original intention of) this thread (omitting the sausage content)?

Or would I be cluing in the guy looking to move it, and encourage him to get it further out of town? Could go either way.

Thoughts?

How about:

Old Guitars Wanted: Collector seeks old guitars and stringed instruments for restaurant display. Banjoes, ukes, electric and acoustic. Especially interested in solid bodied electrics. Functional or not. Top dollar paid.

Just a thought...

Wish you luck, mate.

Good thinking. I'll see what that brings up.

SVreX wrote: How about:

Old Guitars Wanted: Collector seeks old guitars and stringed instruments for restaurant display. Banjoes, ukes, electric and acoustic. Especially interested in solid bodied electrics. Functional or not. Top dollar paid.

Just a thought... Wish you luck, mate.

Throw some other stuff in there so as to not turn it into a list of your lost items, other Pub stuff don't cha know...

It would be ironic if they replied on your Macbook. Happy trawling.

Yeah, the dog is an indication of a person pretty familiar with the whole thing. Also, what about these foot prints in the snow? Did they go just to the one window with the bad sash? Or did the prints go around the whole house like they checked all entrances? Were there signs of a vehicle outside the gate? You mention facebook. Was this party talked about on your facebook page? Did one of your "friends" read that and hit you? What was not taken? That is, if other things of value were left and the guitars went, that would indicate a guitar person. The guitars and the mac books went, OK, who knows guitars, is "friended," knows the dog, was not at the party or was at the party but left for a half hour/hour/long enough to get there and back? Just tossing out ideas.