On 19 Sep 2000 10:37:28 GMT, q9q5q@aol.com (Q9q5q) wrote:

>I am so freaking pissed right now. My month old VX2000 was stolen today out of
>my van. AAAAAAAAAAARGH! Not only did I lose the camera, but (most importantly)
>10 hours of raw interview footage I shot over this past weekend was also taken.
>
>
>My question is: What are the odds of my camera being recovered??? Will the
>camera's serial number be put into a database that will make it impossible for
>the thieves to get authorized service on it without exposing their treachery?
>Will the serial numbers do me ANY good? Insurance should cover my camera, but
>that's hardly the point---I want these guys caught!
>
>Ebay and other such venues make crimes like this so much more attactive than in
>the past. I mean, I love eBay, but if these guys sell my camera to some
>unsuspecting eBay-er, they might be out a camera and their money (providing
>that the serial numbers do some actual good!).
>
>Thanks for letting me vent...

Posting the serial number in the rec.video NG's
(especially rec.video.marketplace) may be a good start...
I would also contact Sony service centers. Also watch
Ebay auctions of VX-2000s for the next few months, and
request the serial number from each seller (make up an
excuse about sound problems with certain mfgr. runs, if
necessary...;-).