I understand and feel your pain. Mine came about as close as one can get to being stolen without me actually losing it. My house was broken in to, my empeg on my computer desk while my car was in the shop. I came home to find my house a wreck, and my empeg on my bedroom floor. The thief picked it up.. unplugged it.. probably could not figure out what it was and dropped it. It is fine but it makes me sick that he held it in his hands and almost walked out with it.