Break In

[ajdavies22]

So last night my van got broken into and they cleaned me out, to a replacement value of around £4800 plus hand tools!! Please keep an eye out for anyone selling general sparky daily tools and a fluke 1653B in the slough area. :-( Kick in the teeth only been out on my own for 6 months just as I start getting somewhere I've been kicked back down!!

 

[Octopus]

Any insurance? Was your van sign written?

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Downer dude.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Consolations maximum.

Watch out though as they may be watching for your replacements. Must have on the van now is a bolted down Van Vault and those extra secure tamper proof locks, or empty the van every night. And wire up the coil to the van door handles!

 

[Marvo]

It's worth doing some on-line investigating. We've had two forum members not so long ago that I know of who's stolen items were found advertised on the internet and they managed to get them recovered by the police. If I have time later I'll find the threads and post the links.

**Edit**
Here's one of the threads;
http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk.../92087-stolen-kewtech-kt64-s-n-8131422-a.html

 

[rapparee]

I was on slough gumtree there now, there was a mitre saw, stihl consaw and a set of steps for sale

 

[Geordie Spark]

So last night my van got broken into and they cleaned me out, to a replacement value of around £4800 plus hand tools!! Please keep an eye out for anyone selling general sparky daily tools and a fluke 1653B in the slough area. :-( Kick in the teeth only been out on my own for 6 months just as I start getting somewhere I've been kicked back down!!

Post the serial numbers on here .

That's how Ohmagain??? got his kit back.

 

[northstar]

Get around your local car boot sales in the morning fella.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Any new tools you acquire through the insurance, make sure you register them with the manufacturer if extra warranty applies ( I just got a new Makita SDS mains powered and got 3 year warranty),
but also keep receipts and note down serial numbers.

The police can advise on extra security measures too. I think there is a special marker you can get. Ensure you put signs up in the van stating that tools are security marked.

It totally sucks that you got worked over, but you have to take precautions now as they will know that you will get lovely new replacement tools soon, so you may be a special target.

CCTV overlooking the van? I just put a maplins 4 camera system over my whole house and garage, plug and play for sub £500 and that will email and text me if it goes off. Worth thinking about.

 

[GMES]

Marvo beat me to it, but Glennspark suffered the same thing then found them on ebay and manged to get them back.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Marvo beat me to it, but Glennspark suffered the same thing then found them on ebay and manged to get them back.

Thanks for that update.

I knew he had been robbed but not that he got his kit back.

 

[7029 dave]

I feel for you, scum bags.!!

 

[trev]

I just put a maplins 4 camera system over my whole house and garage, plug and play for sub £500 and that will email and text me if it goes off. Worth thinking about.

You don't want it to text you you daft git. You want it to ring the police!

 

[GMES]

Thanks for that update.

I knew he had been robbed but not that he got his kit back.

Sorry mate I thought it was common knowledge, yes he saw it for sale on ebay , then involved the correct authorities and got his testers back, I can't remember if he got all of it back.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Sorry mate I thought it was common knowledge, yes he saw it for sale on ebay , then involved the correct authorities and got his testers back, I can't remember if he got all of it back.

Well I would think his testers would be the most valuable to him which is some sort of success, but the big question is; did he catch up with the bad guys?? :boxing_smiley: