Practice spaces/theft

[Bellringer]

With the price of practice spaces in the city, most people I know end up sharing a space with another band or 2. I've been through this before and managed to "lose" a strat, Mu-tron, mics, rackgear, and who knows how many random cables and stands. I've been through trying to organize having people pay their share of insurance, trying to be picky about who I share space with,and taking home my irreplacable items but things seem to walk away.

So what kinds of experiences have you had with practice spaces?theft?
Any good ideas you've come up with to stop gear theft?
Any good methods of extracting information from thieves by torture????(kidding.
maybe!)

[lukedavo]

I have no patience with thieves. My basic principal is only invite people who you KNOW are trustworthy. Its not worth the risk to save a few bucks, and end up losing 10 times that, you know. OH yeah good tip, if you have a sneeking suspicion of who is stealing your stuff, ask them if they have seen it, a swallow or scratching above the cheekbone, they're lying! Do not accuse anyone, but come as close as you can without naming names. It has worked for me.