4 Slots stolen in Nor cal

[brokenticker]

Went to my storage today and found padlock cut off and door lock drilled out ,  Missing was 2 bally double jackpots with progressives ,16 inch tops black cabinets No DBVs or Boards, 1 IGT vision with no boards/top display had Mata Hari belly round top gray cabinet with gold double row switches, And a  3 reel bally Alpha Gold cabinet/door no DBV had bad power supply Ser #S080810236, and a small tool box , Public Storage/ Police reviewing cameras , Lucky they left 25+ machine and I have Insurance on locker,So could have been worse , Storage was located in Oakley Ca  1.5 hrs from San Francisco/ 1.5 from Sacramento, If anybody geta call or contacted to fix or buy parts for these and are local Please contact Me or the Oakley Police  Case # 14-8865, Thanks 

[jagroups]

That's horrible. I'm so sorry to hear. Guess I'm not the only one who rented storage for slots and accessories 
I hope they pop up somewhere, and you get them back in your possession.

[Jasonmichael]

Sorry to hear about this Pete - good luck catching the SOBs!

[jay]

Did you watch Storage Wars Marathon on the weekend .... I think Hester might have them ?
So how do they calculate current valuation on those machines for insurance purposes ...?
$15K a machine is replacement value these days from Bally or IGT ?
If they use depreciation per year from the time they were new goes the other way and they are like $12 now 30% depreciation on business machines brings the value down to near zero in 5 years.
Vegas Retail price in one of those used stores ?
Average Ebay price ?
 
Let us know how it works out ....
 

[DJC]

Sorry that happened to you.  I would always give to someone than to have them steal from me.  Hope they get caught.

[buybestslots]

most likely you'll find out  someone from storage place was in on it , either way it sucks , we had storage units in vegas in 80,s  lived in nj at time always worried that it would be empty when we got there  one time

[Wholesale Slot Parts]

Really sorry to hear this.  If I get any calls looking for parts for these or trying to sell the machines to me I will let you know ASAP.  Thanks for giving us the heads up.  I hope you get your belongings back. 

[bigslope]

Man that really sucks.
I hope you profit or break even with your insurance.
Either way its a horrible feeling that some lowlife has been stealing from your property.

[brokenticker]

Just  to let you all know, Just got a check from Storage Co insurance, They gave me $150.00 per machine and $200.00 for misc stuff missing, So im not out that much, luckily I had receipt for machines or they wouldn't have paid ,pete

[buybestslots]

that's great at least your rates should not go up

[brokenticker]

Found 2 of my slots that were stolen 3 years ago , Loser posted them on offer up,for $400 both, contacted them that i was interested, Called martenez police set up meet in walmart parking lot , Thank fully i had purchase receipt with serial #s  and guy and his wife were both arrested for stolen property and warrents , both were tweekers, had  other stolen property in truck,See pic of machines in there truck,

[buybestslots]

wow that is great rare when it happens

[Jasonmichael]

Awesome!!  Nice work Pete!!

[jay]

So do the cops now have the machines as evidence ?

[brokenticker]

nope they took pictures and let me take them , and inpounded there truck

[jay]

Do you think the other two are at his home or perhaps there is a record of who he sold them to ?
Craigslist would have a record of communications to/from the seller.

[Azslot]

We got machines stolen out of a storage unit late December 2015. Recovered  2 last July. 2016. You guessed it Offer Up. Guy said he bought them at a local flea market, no charges made by the police, had serials and the guy let us remove them from his property. I check CL and offer Up occasionally the rest may turn up someday. We carry a list of our missing machines with us in our tool box, never know when a service call might turn into another recovery.