MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Just great.
Got home from work 30 mins ago to find some scrotes have been in. Can't see that anything's been nicked but I had fark all work nicking anyway 🙂
Bikes's are still in situ in the garage 😀
Awaiting local plod.
Quick, check the shower for a turd!!
Quick, lend anything you want replacing to a neighbour!
[quote=deadlydarcy said]Quick, check the shower for a turd!!
Checked.
Just the one I left there this morning.
Quick, lend anything you want replacing to a neighbour!
This.
And don't forget about the XBox your mate had leant you....
New toothbrushes before the Coop shuts. Just in case.
[quote=thegreatape said]New toothbrushes before the Coop shuts. Just in case.
That thought did cross my mind!
Have you wandered into an urban legend by mistake?
Is there anyone in the bath along with a load of ice?
Who knows Cougar, but it ain't worth the risk!
If your'e insured (I expect you are) Then they've taken loadsa stuff!
Check if youhad any spare keys and thyre missing, missing bank statements, address book, anything they can use for ID fraud.
How did they get in.
How did they get in.
Intruder window.
If your'e insured (I expect you are) Then they've taken loadsa stuff!
When it happened to me, the police said (after taking a list of missing items from me) 'in your state of mind, you may have forgotten some things - just give us a call if you remember anything else' and went on to say 'don't forget that you are covered with your insurance and that you need to get something back to make up for the fact that you have gone through this'.
Of course the insurance did [b]try[/b] to shaft me - started to make noises about the front door only having a 3 lever lock, not the 5 lever that was required as a term of my policy. This was despite the fact the burglar got in by prising open a back window...
Back doors smashed in? Nasty. Lucky you'd already crimped one off this morning 😉
Entry through rear UPVC door, the key cylinder is now on the carpet.
Must have been after cash/valuables.
Left £600 in trailfinders vouchers, 1st gen iPod touch, brand new Garmin 800, exposure joystick, chequebooks, old Cannon SLR, old phones and errrr, everything (except the stuff I can't find when I need it in 3 months time I guess).
Entry through rear UPVC door, the key cylinder is now on the carpet.
How'd they do that ? My bikes are in the conservatory...
Punched the whole barrel through in one go?
At least there is an obvious entry point, ins co can't claim you left it unlocked and try and wriggle out of coughing up, especially with your Ming vase and fallen Madonna with the big boobies going walkies.
Cops should be pissing by the window shortly 😀
Easiest and quietest way into a house, through upvc locks, the tools for cost under £60
Easiest and quietest way into a house, through upvc locks, the tools for cost under £60
So easy to do,ensure your cylinder is an anti bump,anti snap cylinder, and its not sticking out to far from the handle, it should be flush on the outside.
Lots of info on youtube, but then burglars know that so nothing new.
Are the £40 Yale euro Cylinders (anti-snap / bump / pick) locks resistant to the £60 tools?
AIUI (from watcing You-tube vids) the tools are just a posh lever to make lock snapping a 2 second job, so an anti-snap cyliner should work against them. Mind you I'm paranoid, so also installed a steel roller shutter door behind the workshop patio doors.
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Copper just been, very pleasant (apart from leaving muddy footprints on my carpet 🙄 )
Another job today just over a mile away, same characteristics reckons the PC.
Nicked items now at 1 - a Blackberry Playbook, good luck selling that! 🙂
[quote=flicker said]Punched the whole barrel through in one go?
Yup. Not sure if the door has been damaged or if it's just a matter of inserting a new barrel.
If there'd been any pants stolen by two burglars the police would be looking for a pair of nickers
Mind you I'm paranoid, so also installed a steel roller shutter door behind the workshop patio doors.
Good luck with that....
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You are wasted on here Jamie!
You are wasted on here Jamie!
True. I do need to drink less in the evenings.
LOL Jamie - how do you do that?
Hmm, I need some locks. The dogs will be sleeping in the conservatory tonight !
Look for "secure by design"
Punched the whole barrel through in one go?
Your real worry is that maybe it the guy played by Xavier Bardim in No Country for Old Men who blew lock cores out with the compressed air tool. 😯
Check your oven, some one I know was broken into and they shit on a baking tray and put it in the oven! Ready for the next time they pre heated it!
Scene of Crime officer on the way, it's all go!
Hive mind question: If items nicked are of such little value that an insurance claim is not worth it then should I notify the insurance company of the burglary or just not bother ?
Entry through rear UPVC door, the key cylinder is now on the carpet.
I'd make this guy the prime suspect
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should I notify the insurance company of the burglary or just not bother
If you call them and don't progress to a claim they will still mark it as a claim! Idiots. So eh no don't tell them.
Thought as much, ta.
ABS Avocet locks are meant to be the best (and you can get them all keyed alike) but not sure they will resist the brute force method of punching the whole thing through the door!
That's pretty rubbish for you. Do hope the perps get what they deserve.
[quote=spooky_b329 said]ABS Avocet locks are meant to be the best (and you can get them all keyed alike) but not sure they will resist the brute force method of punching the whole thing through the door!
Yeah, done some research and those locks look like they're going to take some heavy effort to defeat. Amazine how crappy the bog standard Eurolocks are 😯
I admire how calm and lighthearted you are being about this. You have perspective.
should I notify the insurance company of the burglary or just not bother
Small print will likely say that anything like that must be reported and failure to do so probably invalidates the insurance. So if there is a chance they could find out (e.g. if you've reported it to the cops) then I'd let them know.
Small print will likely say that anything like that must be reported and failure to do so probably invalidates the insurance. So if there is a chance they could find out (e.g. if you've reported it to the cops) then I'd let them know.
Yeah, this. It's of material significance to the risk - i.e. they could consider you at greater risk of being broken into, with a track record of being broken into, so you should tell them, as they might otherwise be able to invalidate your cover if you get broken into next year and they find out about the previous break-in.
They are expensive but I'm happy with them, you can also order additional locks that match your keys later...garage door lock, shed padlock, Yale/nightlatch locks etc. You can even choose the colour of the keys 🙂
[i]Do hope the perps get what they deserve.[/i]
cinnamon_girl, yesterday.
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Another job today just over a mile away, same characteristics reckons the PC.
Yep, there was another burglary at the local police station as well, they took all of the toilets seats.
The Police have said they are investigating but, at the moment, they have nothing to go on.
I heard the burglars also dug a big hole in the road
The police have sent two coppers round to look into it
Dez - gosh, that's from a few years ago! These days I'm rocking the bag lady look:
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Edited to add that, yes, I've been watching too many American detective series'. A box set in fact. 😳
Things must be bad then as all of the trampolines have also been stolen from the leisure centre. Police have sprung into action.
Next door neighbour has been a star and has secured the door. Turns out that the actual lock mechanism in the door is screwed also and so needs replacing.
Victim support just been on the blower also, offering cups of tea, friendly words and free UV pens + door alarms.
Not been this popular in ages 😉