STOLEN: Sabco Brew Magic - Chicago.

[TallDan]

Did you see this?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1393178270784118

I posted a link to this thread to the BABBLE mailing list and someone found that.

Doesn't seem like some one trying to unload stolen goods, but IA isn't that far and the timing is right...

 

[iX_Xi]

Thanks for the kind offer of Fund Raising. I have insurance so I should be covered there, it's just a lot of red tape and a long process. I've been brewing at the CHAOS Clubhouse most recently. It's actually been a quicker brew day for me. I was just prepping/cleaning this equipment for its 1st use of the year about a week before this happened. As for the Iowa post, thanks for looking out (that's what I need most, an extra few sets of eyes and ears out there). I don't think that's the system, she's trying to unload way more equipment than I had taken. However, at some point I need to find a replacement and I need to show the insurance company replacement comps.

 

[burnsie8791]

We could at least have a fund raiser to buy you a very large dog or fire breathing guard dragon.

 

[Caboose]

Dang man, I hate that for you and your neighbors. I hope something turns up. I hate thief's. 7 years ago I had my mowing equipment stolen along with the trailer while I was at work (it was hooked up to my truck outside, with a lock). Nothing ever came from it and it still kills me to this day.

Best of luck!

 

[MX1]

any update

 

[iX_Xi]

Nothing yet...

 

[universalfrost]

if they are brewing on this, lets hope that every batch they brew gets infected.... lol

keep your head up and hopefully they catch these idiots and recover your rig.

 

[iX_Xi]

Thanks! I appreciate all the extra eyes out there looking for things that pop up in their local classifieds or on other online sites that I have missed. I let Sabco know today that the unit was stolen. They will update their database.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Bump. Saw it moving down the page and this should be up top for attention.

 

[iX_Xi]

Thanks. If you're curious about a Sabco someone is offering you check in with Jim Sulier @ Sabco.
Jim Sulier (419) 531-KEGS (5347). [email protected]

Jim can run the serial # and let you know what version of software the controller has been update to.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Any word yet?

Man, I hope these mutha-fers get what they got coming to them. If you don't already have this set-up, get some motion activated lighting. Its another deterrent. Its a rather cheap investment. I think I'd get a security system too.

I live in an apartment, just off I-290 and Des Plaines Ave. ~9 miles from the downtown post office. I have signs on every window saying "We Call The Police!" Did it after somebody keyed my wife's car. I live next to a bar, there's always trouble next door when there's a full moon.

My wife and I like to hit Flea Markets and the Swap meet regularly, I'll keep my eye's open for you.

 

[iX_Xi]

Nope nothing yet. Locks changed, motion lights and 3 motion activated cameras now.

No even a followup call from the police...

 

[OMGWTFLOLBBQ]

Longshot, but I figured I’d try. -Jaik, Another Chicago Homebrewer
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/183270794159

 

[iX_Xi]

Thanks, I saw that one. He’s got a lot more equipment for sale than what was taken from me. Could be an option for a replacement. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Willee]

Hope we hear some good news about this.
Hard to believe they would take something that so few would be interested in buying but I guess if crooks had any brains they would not be crooks. I would not be surprised if someone you know is somehow mixed up this.

 

[LittleRiver]

... idiots steal stuff just for the scrap value.

I had a whole pallet of 8' aluminum theatrical lighting trusses stolen. I went to the scrap yard and there they were.

I went to the office to talk to the manager, and he said "that guy coming up to the window [to get paid] is the one who brought them in." I discreetly took pictures of him getting paid for the stolen goods, took pictures of his truck and license plate, and even got a picture of a little custom connector I had designed (only one like it in the world) that was still sitting in the bed of his truck.

The cops picked him up later that day. On his day in court I was summoned, but I didn't have to do anything because the case was so ironclad. I enjoyed seeing him be sentenced to jail.

 

[iX_Xi]

We have photos of the crooks from a cam in another garage. They broke into 5 garages that night. It’s no one I know / recognize and they took gardening tools as well.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I have 30 miles of corn fields on the west, 100 miles on the north, 50 miles on the south and 100 miles to the east.

I COULD say: It would take an archeologist (who hasn't yet been born at the time of this writing) to find the bodies. But, I WOULDN'T want to give anyone the wrong impression. So, I won't.

 

[GoeHaarden]

Everytime this thread pops up, I hope to open it up and see they caught these idiots!! Maybe they caught some buckshot somewhere...

 

[iX_Xi]

Keep the faith - I will update when the cops get these guys.