Premium Members Matteo Quagliano Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hi fellow ops, I'm writing this for a friend of mine who's not so good at writing in english. Marco Buzzetti, a great steadicam operator based in Italy. His equipment has been stolen some months ago (december 2010), after months of search obviously it has come out again on ebay. A complete master elite sled, arm and vest on sale for just 9000 euros. Since from the request a pro op should understand there's something strange in the deal and in fact there is. It's stolen equipment. You can easily recognize the sled because it's hardly customized and has got top stage and gimble yellow/gold, arm and vest are Master. What we're asking to the comunity it to stay away from bidding this equipment and if possible to help recollect it. Italian postal police said they can do few about it since the equipment is now located in Romania (as suggested in the ebay annouce). i'll attach a pic and the old ebay offer where you can see more photos. Thanks for the help and the support. My best to all of you. Matteo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Janice Arthur Posted July 20, 2011 Moderators Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Matteo; So sorry about the bad situation. Isn't there a place where you can ask questions of the seller? Why not put in a "question" that says; "This gear is stolen. Do not buy it." Or "Isn't this gear stolen? It matches Serial numbers of Stolen gear. . ." At least they'd never profit from their theft. Just an idea. Hope he got reimbursed. Ja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lawrence Karman Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Interpol? Contact EBay. Unscrupulous people try to sell stolen items all the time and they must have some mechanism to deal with it and cancel the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Stone Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Here's a link to a method of reporting stolen goods on eBay... http://www.ehow.com/how_5079005_report-stolen-items-ebay.html Here is an eBay page on what to do about stolen good on eBay... http://pages.ebay.ca/help/policies/stolen.html I wish your friend success in solving this Matteo. -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Stone Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I wonder if there is anything a Romanian Operator can do on your behalf. Are there Romanian Operators here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Stefano Ben Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hey Matteo! I had talk with Marco via phone some days ago for ask him a favour. Then, I found this very similar and particular rig on ebay. I wasn't sure it was his steadicam... anyway, something told me: "I must say to Buzz what I found!" So, I sent the ebay page via pm on his facebook profile. Hope all returns to the real owner!!! Best, Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Stefano Ben Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Here the All pics from my Facebook messange to Marco! Item Location: Craiova, Dolj, Romania Ebay account seller: hyster81 Hope the Rig it's still in the same place (Romania) because some people did offers. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Stefano Ben Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Others ebay pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Premium Members Stefano Ben Posted July 20, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 The Last One, too big size, so... 3 in 1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Matteo Quagliano Posted July 21, 2011 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Andrew thanks a lot for the help and the good liks you gave me. I'll turn them to Marco and see if I can help him with that. Thanks to all of you. I'm proud of being part of such a great community of beautiful people. P.s. Stefano let's keep in touch about that, I'm talking to Marco today. maqu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Richard Romero Posted July 23, 2011 Premium Members Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 I will be in Bucharest on the 13th- For 4 months on a job, Don't know how much help I can be, But let me know. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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