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Somebody Needed An 'a'


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One of our customers is a very popular martial arts studio. Their hours are 4-9PM during the week and 9A-1P on Saturday. Yesterday, I went to service their channel letters. "Martial Arts" was out. I started pulling faces, and all the tubes were energized, until I got to one of the "A's" when I noticed there was only one screw holding the face in and the rest were on top of the letter. I pulled the face and, lo and behold, I located the problem. Somebody needed an "A". The tube was missing and the GTO wires were cut about 2" from the back of the letter. The thief didn't even have the courtesy to jump out the letter. He must've been in a hurry.

I think I know who did it. He and his brother have been preying on innocents and ignorants in the Cincinnati area for years. They're brazen and will commit their nefarious deeds in broad daylight. At least one of them has spent time in the hoosegow for taking several thou in a down payment, not to be seen again until the law caught up with him. For legal reasons, I can't divulge their name, but they do share the same last name with an internet peddler some may have heard of, who sells dubious quality neon 'gear'.

Theft of property is not their usual MO. They usually go after customers who will give them a deposit for service work that will never be performed. But, I believe they're desperate. I don't think there's a bender in town that will do work for them, and this time they needed an "A".

Are there any **** Brothers in your town?

joemomma

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I can't divulge their name, but they do share the same last name with an internet peddler some may have heard of, who sells dubious quality neon 'gear'.

Hmmm... now I wonder who that could be? :scratchhead::shocked:

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We had something like that - we put up a sign in a strip mall, and a month later they called, said the sign was out. Our service guy went up in the attic - the store next door had fly-by-night signs put a sign up, and those rat b****** stole all our transformers! They didn't even take our stickers off... just moved them over in the attic.

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We had something like that - we put up a sign in a strip mall, and a month later they called, said the sign was out. Our service guy went up in the attic - the store next door had fly-by-night signs put a sign up, and those rat b****** stole all our transformers! They didn't even take our stickers off... just moved them over in the attic.

A select few of us on this site call people like that 'Jack Flash'... It's an inside joke. You would have to be involved head-first in the neon end of things to understand...... :shocked: <------ 'Jack Flash' (aka: Mr High Voltage). Never mind. I've been celebrating a big sale that I got today, mostly these with my lovely wife :martini1: :fnd (1): :martini1: :fnd (1): :martini1: :fnd (1)::drool::eyebrow:

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