Permanent hire gear stolen who does what?

[David Luscombe]

Re: Permanent hire gear stolen who does what?

Just dont send that note to CX. No need to fuel the industries version of Who Weekly!!!

 

[Gene Hardage]

Re: Permanent hire gear stolen who does what?

Good for you Lisa, unbelievable that the stuff would be there four weeks after you informed the police about your suspicions.
Of course the police will claim that this is a result of their swift reaction :lol:

Just goes to show how hard it is to sell used PA gear - sometimes you can't give that stuff away.

There are several clubs that screw the subs down to the floor - hang the tops and padlock the amp rack in some kind of box screwed to the floor.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Re: Permanent hire gear stolen who does what?

What happens now is what should have been spelled out in the contract. It will really depend on the insurance policy if your gear is going to be covered. Most policies will NOT automatically cover another vendors gear that is left there. If he says that the gear is his to get the insurance money, that is insurance fraud, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that.

What happens now is you should immediately put together a contract for your services. It can be an open ended agreement that can be cancelled by either party at any time. Pubs are notorious for not wanting to sign agreements, so they have flexibility to change at will. Taking that into consideration in the contract eliminates that concern. The contract needs to specify liability for both you and them.

As far as the gear goes, without a contract, I'm not sure that you could force the venue to be liable. YOU should have insurance on your gear for that purpose. Make sure the policy actually covers what you plan to do. Leaving gear unattended is a different policy than if you are protecting the gear while it is in your possession.

Suck that this happened to you, but take it as a learning lesson and don't let it happen again!

Yeah I'd say it's pretty safe to assume that it can be covered under their insurance. 99% of the time, by entering a lease with someone, it is automatically covered under their insurance. Again it may not by however almost all insurance policies will cover it. I'd be very surprised if it didn't. As long as the pub isn't using a depthless insurance provide you should be fine.