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 Post subject: Music Ground has good lawyers
PostPosted: March 5th, 2012, 8:21 pm 
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Really, these guys should have done serious time ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107289/Posh-music-shop-owners-hob-nobbed-celebrity-clients-convicted-1million-stolen-guitar-plot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


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 Post subject: Re: Music Ground has good lawyers
PostPosted: March 5th, 2012, 9:05 pm 
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Sounds like all he's gotten so far is a slap on the wrist -

... "He was given a six-month sentence suspended for 18 months, 200 hours of unpaid work and told to pay £2,500 in court costs."

Although the article at the end also mentioned this-

... "Following their sentence the pair now face and investigation under the Proceeds of Crime Act."

In the meantime, the original owner from Italy has likely lost most of his collection for ever.... sad....

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PostPosted: March 6th, 2012, 6:04 am 
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I need an English-to-English translator...
Harvey Nichols Card? among other things

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PostPosted: March 6th, 2012, 7:51 am 
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LefThanDed wrote:
I need an English-to-English translator...
Harvey Nichols Card? among other things

no problem. Try this: Money changes everything


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PostPosted: March 6th, 2012, 9:49 am 
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Grrrr! I can't believe I did business with them once. I am so naive....


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PostPosted: March 11th, 2012, 10:51 am 
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I just got through a long online forum battle with Mr. Harrison, Junior. He has the famous "Presentation Bass" that was presented to Paul McCartney in 1964, but Paul never took possession of it. Many years later, it fell into Justin's hands, and he's been trying to sell it as "Paul's Bass" for nearly twenty years. He wants six figures for a bass Paul saw one day.

Even though the Harrisons have been convicted of dealing in stolen guitars, people still sing the praises of Music Ground. I was at their series of shops on Denmark Street in London a month or so ago. Nothing there that wowed me. And the typical snooty staff that don't acknowledge you.

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PostPosted: March 12th, 2012, 7:35 am 
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LefThanDed wrote:
I need an English-to-English translator...
Harvey Nichols Card? among other things


It's a credit card that can be used in one of London's most exclusive/expensive dept stores: across the street from Harrod's in Knightsbridge. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong btw


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