We were broken into this morning

[Fluids]

Got a phone call from the police around 8am this morning. Someone had reported that the front door to our business had been smashed in and a person was seen running from the premises, getting into a white holden commodore .... the nice person even got the cars rego number ! :)

Raced out to the shop ... nothing missing, all machinery where it should be, all desk drawers, filing cabinets and shelves had been riffeled, and about $30-40 of loose change taken from the till (always left open or they destroy the till to open it). Looking for a quick cash & grab.

Forensics came, got fingerprints ... and now the police just need to track down the car ... hopefully not stolen.

Dumb ****s ... $30-40 of pocket change ?? :angel:

So small change & a door glass ... we got off lightly.

.... now home for some breakfast.

[Sprint]

at least thats all they took, and they didnt try damaging anything, but you're right..... all that for so little in cash.....

[V8Ian]

Trouble is even if they get caught the punisment is no deterent. Send them to Tasmania for seven years I say. Hope it works out well for you Kev.

[incisor]

hope all works out in the end...

[d3syd]

Trouble is even if they get caught the punisment is no deterent. Send them to Tasmania for seven years I say. Hope it works out well for you Kev.

No wonder there are more break-ins here lately.....:(

[rick130]

Pain in the bum Kev having to board up the front door or get the glaziers out today.

[wardy1]

Trouble is even if they get caught the punisment is no deterent. Send them to Tasmania for seven years I say. Hope it works out well for you Kev.
Send ME to Tassie for a few years..... with my disco please:D

Sorry you had to go through all that mate but as others have said, at least the arsehole didn't trash the whole place.

[Fluids]

Thanks everyone. I headed out there this morning expecting to find all the Honda machines gone ... not a good thing this close to Xmas. Luckily it was quick cash they wanted. Not one item of floor stock missing

All cleaned up, glass replaced, and back to normal tommorrow morning.

This sort of thing is rampant up here over December/January with both business and home premises ... and car break ins, due to the massive influx of tourists for Xmas and the school holiday period (25,000 permanent residents and it swells to 120,000+ over the Xmas/January holiday period).

Yes Ian, even if they do catch them, the punishment is no incentive to stop. They probably do many of these and only ever get caught occaisionaly ... and if they are minors ... :angel:

Our second store was broken into about 1.5yrs ago ... smashed the front window and grabbed 2x Jonsered chainsaws & a Honda linetrimmer & blower ... the glass cost more than the stolen stock. That store is inside a secure locked up complex ... it doesn't stop them. This mornings break-in was at 6.40am ... in a business complex that has plenty of traffic and live in business premises ... not like it's a quiet back street.

4x break-ins across 2x stores in 32years ... the losses & glass replacement are WAY less than the insurance paid. Makes you wonder sometimes ....

[Fluids]

Rick ... glazier 4 doors up the street !

How convenient :)

[blitz]

Trouble is even if they get caught the punisment is no deterent. Send them to Tasmania for seven years I say. Hope it works out well for you Kev.

geez I'd break his window just to get sent to tasmania - nar send em back to pommyland see how they like it there

[isuzutoo-eh]

Lucky you got away lightly! Hope they don't come back...

In Parramatta there was a glazier that had a deal with the local scum going, the glazier would come around and stick their advertising sticker on a shop front pane. Within a week that piece of glass would be smashed. The glazier was smart enough to not pick the toughened glass panes that a druggy with a rock couldn't smash.

[wrinklearthur]

Trouble is even if they get caught the punisment is no deterent. Send them to Tasmania for seven years I say. Hope it works out well for you Kev.

Ah! is Tasmania is back on the map? 'Norfolk Island for life' had a more sobering
note to the sentence. :angrylock:

Kev, I hope that is the last of the grief for you, but if you don't follow the report up, the police tend to do more important other things.

[Fluids]

Thanks Mark. Thankfully our glazier is on the up & up.

... and btw ... maybe if you trade in the 2 non working land rovers, the dunny-door and the pushbike you could buy a cheap, reliable, working tdi D1 ?

Just a thought ... :p

[Dazza67]

Sorry to hear Kev, do you video footage ?? there is a new local site that you can upload the footage to the web that was advertised by ACA.

If you do have some you also do what Oli-Dogg did and his wife canvased the area with a photo and then he dropped a dvd in the guys letterbox with a note telling him to return the stuff.

A week or so later then dropped another copy off to the local cops with his address.

It worked quite well for him;)

Dazza

[Fluids]

Thanks Arthur ... waiting on the report no' ... but the police have an eye witness, time, the car details & rego ... if they can't get their act together with that what more can be done ? They seemed pretty positive.

Dazza ... great idea! ... but no video :(
... a couple of handfulls of change ... not worried about that ... would be nice if they paid for the door glass ... I can dream :)

[LWB123]

Got a phone call from the police around 8am this morning. Someone had reported that the front door to our business had been smashed in and a person was seen running from the premises, getting into a white holden commodore .... the nice person even got the cars rego number ! :)

Raced out to the shop ... nothing missing, all machinery where it should be, all desk drawers, filing cabinets and shelves had been riffeled, and about $30-40 of loose change taken from the till (always left open or they destroy the till to open it). Looking for a quick cash & grab.

Forensics came, got fingerprints ... and now the police just need to track down the car ... hopefully not stolen.

Dumb ****s ... $30-40 of pocket change ?? :angel:

So small change & a door glass ... we got off lightly.

.... now home for some breakfast.
I hate to say it, but going home to breakfast will probably be your best option. Despite the 'hang em high' sentiment that the post will likely incite, there is not much that you or I can do about it other than install stronger locks or get bigger dogs.

My home was broken into some years back when we were travelling in the UK and luckily despite some damage to a window and near miss at having my wagon stolen (fortuitously the battery was flat) it wasn't trashed, defecated in or much stolen. The police think they were disturbed because a lot of stuff was piled up near the window and the deadlocks kept the bigger stuff inside. On another occasion some things were stolen from my car which my wife had left unlocked in the carport (bless her soul).

In both cases, the police finally apprehended the thieves and I did get some of the missing stuff back months later. I had asked both the case officers and public prosecutors what the odds were of restitution for the rest, but the response was not particularly encouraging. In effect, the defence and judge would likely take the view that I am rich, the thieves are poor victims of circumstances, and you have insurance no doubt. You could pursue it at your cost, but the likelihood of succeeding would be scant. Indeed, both sets of thieve were either juveniles or unemployed folk and placed on good behaviour bonds - notwitstanding the housebreakers having added our home to 40 odd others in the preceding weeks.

So, I share you angst for sure. It pees you off at the time, but there isn't a lot that seems to be able to be done to curb it.

Cheers,

[Fluids]

Yes ... suck it up and move forward.

Already have ...