Bell Forest Products Robbed at SBE

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For decades now the source of much of the finest materials available for us to build the cues you all enjoy so much has been Boone and Eric at Bell Forest Products in Michigan. They unfortunately were the victims of a robbery last week at the SBE and lost a considerable amount of money. Please consider making a donation to the site link below to help make them whole again. Without dedicated merchants like them the pool world would be a much sadder place. Your contribution of any size will be greatly appreciated.

https://givesendgo.com/Bellforestproducts
 
jkblbsl said:
For decades now the source of much of the finest materials available for us to build the cues you all enjoy so much has been Boone and Eric at Bell Forest Products in Michigan. They unfortunately were the victims of a robbery last week at the SBE and lost a considerable amount of money. Please consider making a donation to the site link below to help make them whole again. Without dedicated merchants like them the pool world would be a much sadder place. Your contribution of any size will be greatly appreciated.

https://givesendgo.com/Bellforestproducts
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Boone and Eric are very nice people to deal with. It is sad that some low life decided to rob hard working honest people.
 
They were robbed of $30K worth of materials? Any details of how this happened/could happen? How many turning squares (regardless of species) would that have to be?

Wow.
 
Wonder if insurance (business or personal) covers x amount? Robbery or burglary? Regardless this is horrible news. I bought a few dowels from Bell for canes. Great people/vendor to deal with.
 
Miller said:
They were robbed of $30K worth of materials? Any details of how this happened/could happen? How many turning squares (regardless of species) would that have to be?

Wow.
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If on average of $50 a piece it would be 600 pieces. That's a truck load. Even at $100 its 300 pcs. Don't know how that got missed.
It does suck for them but they should have insurance. Thieves suck!
 
That's really unfortunate, they're great people to do business with. Hopefully the thieves get what they deserve!
 
jkblbsl said:
For decades now the source of much of the finest materials available for us to build the cues you all enjoy so much has been Boone and Eric at Bell Forest Products in Michigan. They unfortunately were the victims of a robbery last week at the SBE and lost a considerable amount of money. Please consider making a donation to the site link below to help make them whole again. Without dedicated merchants like them the pool world would be a much sadder place. Your contribution of any size will be greatly appreciated.

https://givesendgo.com/Bellforestproducts
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How about re posting this on the main forum and see if it can pick back up some traction?
 
Hard Knock Cues said:
If on average of $50 a piece it would be 600 pieces. That's a truck load. Even at $100 its 300 pcs. Don't know how that got missed.
It does suck for them but they should have insurance. Thieves suck!
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They brought some high end woods too. One maker alone bought some 5K, I heard.
They got me for a few hundred. I'm just a little guy.
Sorry to hear this about BF. But, why the heck do you keep 30K in the truck unguarded ?
 
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JoeyInCali said:
They brought some high end woods too. One maker alone bought some 5K, I heard.
They got me for a few hundred. I'm just a little guy.
Sorry to hear this about BF. But, why the heck do you keep 30K in the truch unguarded ?
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A lot of things are odd here. The thief chose the right mark. First scouting them, then hitting them when there was that much cash in the rig. Many coincidences. The thief definitely has more intimate knowledge than a random person.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
A lot of things are odd here. The thief chose the right mark. First scouting them, then hitting them when there was that much cash in the rig. Many coincidences. The thief definitely has more intimate knowledge than a random person.
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It wasn't me . Haha!
Just like everyone else, I have a suspicion . Definitely not a solo job.
Too bad the cops can't subphoena phone messages .
 
Hard Knock Cues said:
If on average of $50 a piece it would be 600 pieces. That's a truck load. Even at $100 its 300 pcs. Don't know how that got missed.
It does suck for them but they should have insurance. Thieves suck!
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Maybe an overnight robbery ? I would be amazed if this heist took place during show hours.

And I agree, thieves suck !

Dave
 
cueman said:
This was bad advice to give you. I went and posted it in the main forum and got what seemed like 80 to 90% negative posts.
Here it seems people think thieves are the bad guys. Over there they think the victims are the bad guys.
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I hope the thieves get caught and prosecuted. I do feel really bad for them but this ain't Mayberry, you have to protect yourself. I don't know these people, but I feel bad for them.

The victims aren't the bad guys and I don't want to ignite the negative here, but it feels disingenuous to act like the majority who didn't donate or commented on how dumb of a move it was did it out of some hatred for BF or some comradery with the thieves.
 
boogieman said:
I hope the thieves get caught and prosecuted. I do feel really bad for them but this ain't Mayberry, you have to protect yourself. I don't know these people, but I feel bad for them.

The victims aren't the bad guys and I don't want to ignite the negative here, but it feels disingenuous to act like the majority who didn't donate or commented on how dumb of a move it was did it out of some hatred for BF or some comradery with the thieves.
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All they wanted to do was run Bell Forest down for being stupid. Go read the thread. It is classless to jump in on someone's fundraiser thread making negative comments. It was just about as bad as trying to post something political in NPR.
 
cueman said:
All they wanted to do was run Bell Forest down for being stupid. Go read the thread. It is classless to jump in on someone's fundraiser thread making negative comments. It was just about as bad as trying to post something political in NPR.
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Saying a victim is at fault is so wrong.
 
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cueman said:
All they wanted to do was run Bell Forest down for being stupid. Go read the thread. It is classless to jump in on someone's fundraiser thread making negative comments. It was just about as bad as trying to post something political in NPR.
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Those haters are one and the same.

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
 
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