An expensive pleasure that has made people envious. At least eight luxury vibrators, some of which are 24-carat gold-plated, have been stolen from Andalusian sex-toy wholesaler Dreamlove, for loot worth tens of thousands of euros, the company announced on Friday.
The three thugs, who grabbed high-end items including a gold-plated version that starts at 15,000 euros – the cost increasing with size and functionality – seemed to know exactly what they were looking for, explained Idiared Aponte, the commercial director of the brand based in Seville, in the south of the country.
The thieves, who broke into the premises just before midnight on Wednesday, “searched until they reached the secure area where the gold dildos and a large sum of cash were,” she said. Eight sex toys were stolen, six gold-plated and two in stainless steel, costing “between 3,500 and 7,000 euros”.
“Not very easy for thieves to resell them”
“As these are luxury sex toys and rare on the market, I don’t think it will be very easy for thieves to resell them,” said Idiared Aponte. The criminals also took 25,000 euros in cash, hidden in a safe inside the warehouse, located in an industrial park 10 km east of Seville.
Surveillance footage shows three people in masks and dressed in black forcing their way into the property with a hammer and an ax after turning off the lights. On its website, Dreamlove, which was founded in 2007, describes itself as a “pleasure product powerhouse” with more than 20,000 items in stock, ranging from sex toys to lingerie.