Scum of the earth

[david123]

Some poor carpenter in Devon had is tools stolen from the back of is van last night, it was on the local news this morning. Apparently he couldn't get insurance to cover him. You could say he should have taken them indoors every night. I don't know the circumstances so can't comment , but these guys are the dregs of the earth.
It seems his Christmas is ruined, As He cannot afford to replace them.

 

[MattRoberts]

Such a shame. Start a gofundme for him

 

[transatlantic]

It's basically taking away his job, and his ability to look after his family. Absolute scum!

but yes - it's a very common thing now, and I am surprised he didn't take in his tools. But as you say, we can't comment unless we know the full details

 

[bugbear]

Thieves are scum, wether the victim is a carpenter or not.

"loveable rogues with hearts of gold" only exist in fiction.

BugBear

 

[NazNomad]

I hope you've all signed the petition?

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp ... s-vehicles

 

[skipdiver]

The saddest part is that they will sell them for a fraction of their worth.

 

[MrTeroo]

Same thing happened to my stepson last Sunday night.

Anyone know if deadlocks added to van doors are a deterrent?

 

[david123]

I hope you've all signed the petition?

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp ... s-vehicles

Just signed, also heard people have been offering to help, which is heartening.

 

[CHJ]

The saddest part is that they will sell them for a fraction of their worth.

And the "Tradsman" down the Pub who acquires them cheap or the 'Car Boot Stall Holder" moving them on won't give a fig.

Every supply chain needs a market to make it worthwhile.

 

[HappyHacker]

I have signed. Most of my valuable tools are marked with my postcode. I mark the metal or a few places if it plastic such as batteries with a Dremel. It may help catch the scum or help get the tools returned.

Theft does not always happen overnight, there have been a few cases locally of vans being broken into while the owner was working in customer premises or even while in the wholesalers.

It's to easy to get rid of tools via web sites and down the pub.

 

[graduate_owner]

I agree there will always be someone willing to buy cheap down the pub etc, but we can do our bit by not being tempted to buy if tools are offered to us. We can at least try to limit the number of customers available to these ' gentlemen'

K

 

[Bm101]

Doing a loft extension at mine currently. Monday. Mrs wakes me up at midnight (which takes some doing). There's someone on the scaffold! I'm a bit bleary. F*** Me. I wake up a bit sharpo. Pull me gear on, stuff a hammer down the back of my strides and grab the oar by the front door my boy and me found by the river. Don't ask why I grabbed an oar, it was to hand. I get outside and this fellas up there and he's tapping away on his mobile. As you do.
I ask the fella to come down. (read that how you will) He comes down. WTF are you doing? Straight face now he looks at me. Just went up there to look at the view. I'm raging here you got to understand. My kids are in the house. Sorry sorry hes going as I'm in his face.
Nah.
The mist comes. No more words. I grab him by the throat, he stumbles back over some gear and I still have the paddle in my hand. Should have dropped it and got hold him with two hands but I've only been up 5 minutes from my bed. He's off on his bike that I hadn't seen. I have enough time to run and swing the oar with enough force to break the oar. How he never come off that bike I don't know. He looks back in panic. I'm stood in the road like a psycho roaring 'come back and I'll kill ya'. And I meant it. I would have. Police phone back, give them details. Yada Yada.
F*** This. I get in my van and go looking for him. Nothing of course.
On my way back I meet the police van. Have a chat. Nice guys and understanding. Ignored the oar on the passenger seat. And I ignored them ignoring it. They knew what was up.
With a day to reflect I'm glad really. Could have gone worse. This fella is not coming back to my house unless he's a nutcase. He knows I'm waiting and he knows I'm willing. On the other hand if I had got hold of him, I know I would not have stopped. My blood was up. I could be down the local station today facing charges of aggravated assault gbh etc. How does that work? Madness. Don't try to break into my house and I won't have to get out of bed at 12 to defend it.
On the other hand there is a part of me, the dark part but there nonetheless that aches that I didn't seriously damage this fella. Put him on his back for months. Thieving scrote. Makes my fingers curl even now.
Life. It's a fine line.

 

[Bm101]

I'll be posting a thread about paddle repairs soon lol.
Al's well that end well.

The Trusty Paddle.

 

[Mark A]

BM - If your wife hadn't of heard him it could have been a very different story. Good you confronted the turnip; as you say, he will be nuts to come back again.

True what you said about wishing to hurt him. I was robbed four or five years ago and for a long time regretted relinquishing my crappy old bike. If it were to happen again tomorrow I'm not so sure I would give it up so easily.

 

[Bm101]

Thing is Mark you go from defending your property to aggravated assault etc very quickly. What i'd do next time with hindsight is strip a plug off an extension cable, tape it on the scaff and wait till he started to climb down the ladder then flip the switch. That way it's an accident that he fell 15 metres onto the side of the skip. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and 20/20.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

My friend employed a heavy plant fitter once in while, and one day the chap said he couldn't do a job because his van had been broken into. He didn't have any contact with him for several weeks and when he saw him again he asked how things had gone. He said he had no problem with the insurance as the van was well up spec. security wise, and he'd put in a claim for £15,000 as he thought he'd lost about £13,000 and wanted to make sure he'd covered everything. They paid and he was happy, he thought he'd made a little. He saw him again a few months later and he told him he reckoned he had ended up about £5,000 out of pocket - he didn't realise things were missing until he actually came to use them, they were specialised tools that were rarely used. Of course it was a bit of a double whammy then as he not only had to replace the stuff, he had to down tools and sort it out in the middle of a working day.
My two b.i.ls used to go to car boots and markets in London and they said I wouldn't believe the amount of top notch stuff on sale that was very obviously stolen.

 

[RogerS]

....the dark part but there nonetheless that aches that I didn't seriously damage this fella. Put him on his back for months. Thieving scrote. ....

Good on yer...hope he hurts.

 

[n0legs]

Doing a loft extension at mine currently. Monday. Mrs wakes me up at midnight (which takes some doing). There's someone on the scaffold! I'm a bit bleary. F*** Me. I wake up a bit sharpo. Pull me gear on, stuff a hammer down the back of my strides and grab the oar by the front door my boy and me found by the river. Don't ask why I grabbed an oar, it was to hand. I get outside and this fellas up there and he's tapping away on his mobile. As you do.
I ask the fella to come down. (read that how you will) He comes down. WTF are you doing? Straight face now he looks at me. Just went up there to look at the view. I'm raging here you got to understand. My kids are in the house. Sorry sorry hes going as I'm in his face.
Nah.
The mist comes. No more words. I grab him by the throat, he stumbles back over some gear and I still have the paddle in my hand. Should have dropped it and got hold him with two hands but I've only been up 5 minutes from my bed. He's off on his bike that I hadn't seen. I have enough time to run and swing the oar with enough force to break the oar. How he never come off that bike I don't know. He looks back in panic. I'm stood in the road like a psycho roaring 'come back and I'll kill ya'. And I meant it. I would have. Police phone back, give them details. Yada Yada.
F*** This. I get in my van and go looking for him. Nothing of course.
On my way back I meet the police van. Have a chat. Nice guys and understanding. Ignored the oar on the passenger seat. And I ignored them ignoring it. They knew what was up.
With a day to reflect I'm glad really. Could have gone worse. This fella is not coming back to my house unless he's a nutcase. He knows I'm waiting and he knows I'm willing. On the other hand if I had got hold of him, I know I would not have stopped. My blood was up. I could be down the local station today facing charges of aggravated assault gbh etc. How does that work? Madness. Don't try to break into my house and I won't have to get out of bed at 12 to defend it.
On the other hand there is a part of me, the dark part but there nonetheless that aches that I didn't seriously damage this fella. Put him on his back for months. Thieving scrote. Makes my fingers curl even now.
Life. It's a fine line.

Good work my friend =D>
I caught someone in my house once. He didn't leave the same as he came in.

 

[NazNomad]

A bit like the oar that I used to deter some scumbags who were attempting fly-grazing on my land... Well, I say 'oar', mine was a lot shorter and had Elwell stamped on it.

That was a cold day in the cells, but would I do it again?

Hell yes.

 

[david123]

They should be named, shamed and branded.