As it seems our bad luck has been posted to the world, I would like to chime in on response for all those that have supported us and have called or given support over the theft. The theft itself was done overnight sometime between 7pm and 7am Thursday into Friday morning of the 10th of July. This is the time when security was on sight (camera’s as well) after our setup and before the show event started on Friday. Cameras are at the show event and the authorities are reviewing the film and trying to get better pictures out of the film available to try to identify those that were around out tent between those hours. The theft represented about $8K of our product and looked to be somebody with a B-body.
I guess it is normal for today for some low class people to take shots at us when we are down – and that person that made such a statement about to report a false claim to collect insurance is more likely a thief himself as who thinks that way? NO – we are not wanting to deal with the authorities of all places Carlisle, PA based on the fiasco we had to deal with in 2008 – so we can put a claim in to collect insurance – that’s taking a cheap shot attempt. Our deductible is higher than that anyway so we did not even bother with a claim frankly.
Yet another cheap shot that just is not true at all - NO – we never take any money up front at shows if you are not walking out with it OR OVER THE PHONE if the parts are not shipping out that day. We bill the day of shipping – always have and always will. The person that made that comment must be thinking of Year One as they do that all the time and not sure how they get away with it frankly. Year One should have learned from the Paddock – remember them – they went bankrupt based on pre-billing of backorders and then when economy crashed in 2009/ 2010 many customers canceled the backorders – they spent the money already and could not refund – causing Paddock to file Chapter 7 status. Nobody in ANY industry should be billing you up front for parts not in stock and not shipping the next day.
We thank you again all those that called and even placed an order at the show to help us recover that loss from the show event. We have put new measures in place now that would surprise the next person who would attempt such a theft in our tent when our side curtains are up.
Dave Layson
