Chances are they won't come forward and say excuse me, i stole your stereo here it is because i feel guilty...

I can envision several reasonable scenarios for recovery of a stolen empeg.

1) The unit is recovered by the police who plug it in, and find out who it belongs to.

2) The thief realizes it is useless, tosses in the bushes. Someone finds it, plugs it in, and...

3) The thief sells it to a third party who calls the previous owner to find out how to work the damn thing.

4) The thief realizes it is useless, calls the owner to collect the reward for recovery ("...I found it in the bushes...."

Even if none of the above scenarios are highly probable, the odds are still better than having no identification on the unit at all.

tanstaafl.

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