eBay... stolen?

Posted by: Yonzie

eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:08

OK, so I decided I should get a mk2...
Found a cheap one on eBay, problem is the seller is a new eBay user, has zero feedback, and it smells stolen (no dock)... No information on unit serial, drive size, etc, but I have mailed the seller asking for that information.

Presuming he tells me the serial, where can I find a registry of known stolen units?

eBay page here
Posted by: tfabris

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:13

Presuming he tells me the serial, where can I find a registry of known stolen units?
Once you get the serial number, contact Rob Voisey ("Rob") via a private message on this BBS.

I would also be very leery of buying a sled-less unit, regardless of whether it was stolen or not. Without the sled, it's not very useful. And it's very hard to get replacement sleds.
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:20

The photos show a box, so the chances are it wasn't stolen.

Have you asked about the sled? It could just be that his car was stolen. Thats happened before.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:23

The photos show a box, so the chances are it wasn't stolen.
Not a very clear picture of the whole outside of the box, though...

Have you asked about the sled? It could just be that his car was stolen. Thats happened before.
If so, the person in question might have been asking for a sled here on this very BBS, so look around and see if you can match up anything.
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:25

Once you get the serial number, contact Rob Voisey ("Rob") via a private message on this BBS.

I would also be very leery of buying a sled-less unit, regardless of whether it was stolen or not. Without the sled, it's not very useful. And it's very hard to get replacement sleds.
Thanks a bunch

Well... Worst case scenario and it's totally impossible to source a sled from somewhere, I should be able to hack one together myself. Considering what I'm planning to do to my dash (won't tell other than it incorporates 3-4 1din units, screen, heater controls and lots of motorization), making a sled from scratch should be a piece of cake.
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 14:31

The photos show a box, so the chances are it wasn't stolen.
They could be lifted from somewhere else...
If so, the person in question might have been asking for a sled here on this very BBS, so look around and see if you can match up anything.
Been there, done that, no dice.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 15:04

making a sled from scratch should be a piece of cake.
 The difficult part isn't the sled, it's the docking connector and pins, which are hard to source. You might also get lucky and be able to buy one from Rob S. when he's able to re-open the support queue. Not sure about that.
Posted by: cushman

Re: eBay... stolen? - 09/01/2004 15:24

I had no problems getting my docking connector and pins from Digi-Key. I got the information from this post. Maybe that information could go into the FAQ?
Posted by: _hardcore_

Re: eBay... stolen? - 10/01/2004 17:55

They could be lifted from somewhere else...


I gather that you are the winning bidder - The name "Japaneren" looks suspiciously Danish to me :-)

If it were you, and the unit is not stolen - congratulations on your purchase, not many Danish Empeg owners around.

\\Kaare
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 10/01/2004 21:34

Yup, I am. No, it doesn't sound danish, it sounds japanese ;-)

Thanks. I expect I was the second dane with an Empeg, and I hope I'll be the first with 2 ;-) Now I just need a 3rd to complete my collection ;-)

You're only the second danish owner that I know of - not counting the 4 on the registry.

On another subject, the guy actually emailed me today telling me he'd ship the unit ASAP after recieving the money - totally ignoring my earlier request for information... Oh well... maybe the mail through eBay somehow got lost in a spam filter or something...
At least his mail got caught in *my* spam filter:
X-SBRule: Free Email site
X-SBClass: Blocked
Posted by: _hardcore_

Re: eBay... stolen? - 11/01/2004 07:53

Thanks. I expect I was the second dane with an Empeg, and I hope I'll be the first with 2 ;-) Now I just need a 3rd to complete my collection ;-)


Sorry, beat you to it. I'm the proud owner of two Empegs, both MK2 units.

You're only the second danish owner that I know of - not counting the 4 on the registry.


A couple years back, someone from Jutland in the Aarhus area was active here. Don't know what happend to him though, perhaps he lost interest, or perhaps he is just enjoying his Empeg without feeling the need to participate here.

On another subject, the guy actually emailed me today telling me he'd ship the unit ASAP after recieving the money - totally ignoring my earlier request for information... Oh well... maybe the mail through eBay somehow got lost in a spam filter or something...
At least his mail got caught in *my* spam filter:
X-SBRule: Free Email site
X-SBClass: Blocked

Best of luck. Let us know when you receive your sound machine.

\\Kaare
Posted by: boxer

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 07:35

so look around and see if you can match anything up
this looks a bit too coincidental not to mention.
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 08:04

The auction was just about over when that guy posted.
The guy I'm buying from apparently lost it while moving.

BTW, it's a Blue (just what I wanted), 12GB with the serial #010101240...
Would that be unit #101240 or unit #1240?
mk2 or mk2a?

Just waiting for rob now..... *impatient as hell*
Posted by: CrackersMcCheese

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 08:58

Only about 4000 were made, so it can't be 101240. I think its a Mk2 - with 2x6GB drives?

Don't think they made Mk2a's in 12GB. I could be very very very wrong though!
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 09:00

If I remember correctly, the first four digits were month / year of production, the last four digits were the unit count. So I would say unit #1240 manufactured January 2001.

Edit: Oh, looking at the photos in that auction, it is likely a Mark2A. The manual and box are the earlier empeg style, with the label branding it as Rio. But the cover plate of the player is Rio (no label) - that would be a Mark2A unless the cover plate was switched.
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 11:34

Oh, looking at the photos in that auction, it is likely a Mark2A. The manual and box are the earlier empeg style, with the label branding it as Rio. But the cover plate of the player is Rio (no label) - that would be a Mark2A unless the cover plate was switched.
Right... should have caught that.
Good thing too... Possibility of Japanese support... *drool*.

Guess I should get my desktop box to understand it as well......
Posted by: tfabris

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 11:36

So I would say unit #1240 manufactured January 2001.
 Nope. There's not enough digits in that serial number. There's no such thing as a month number of zero, so it can't be the leading-zeroes problem.

Be very suspicious of that player. If you actually won the auction, check the serial number in the firmware's "about" menu when you get it.

Edit: Oh wait. The serial wasn't 101240, it was 10101240. I was looking at the reply, not the original message.
Posted by: Yonzie

Re: eBay... stolen? - 12/01/2004 11:49

Damn... was worried there for a moment ;-)