I would like to share a recent article with you form the Orange Amps website. Seems that Orange Amplifiers are so popular that someone felt they needed 141 of them.
From the orange Amps Website : Thieves broke into Orange HQ at Borehamwood on Saturday night (16th August) and stole. 141 Tiny Terror combos with a total retail value of £62,000. . So far, 121 Tiny Terror combos have been legitimately shipped into the UK and . 2 pieces to Hungary, no others have been shipped anywhere in Europe. If you are offered a Tiny Terror combo or hear of somebody else who is,. please contact info@omec.com to help us and the police with investigations.. .. There will be a £3000 reward for information which results in the successful. Conviction of the criminals who carried out this theft.
I would like to encourage everyone to be alert and if you have any information, please report it to info@omec.com . Orange Amplifiers is a company that gets a fair amount of mention in the GuitarGearHeads.com forum, and I believe it is our duty to help in any way we can. This is not about the reward, but rather about being supportive and doing the right thing for a company that is dedicated to building great products for us guitar players.
Here is a link to a complete list of Serial Numbers on the stolen amplifiers. http://www.orangeamps.com/news.asp?ID=34
Gary Allen
August 27, 2008 @ 10:48 am
That really bites. I hope the find at least someone involved. I’d hate to see nothing done about it.
I’ll keep my eye out on local sales, but something tells me they might never even make it to the USA.
September 4, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
I agree,
This had to be a professional job. It would be hard to keep these hidden if it was just a couple kids playing a prank. I know that in the black market they could probably be moved fairly easily, but I doubt we will see them here in the United States. That is why it is great that we are an International site and can get the work out to such a broad market. It does not hurt for us all to keep an eye out though. You just never know.
Gary