van and tools stolen

[jonnyc]

a friend of mine who does occasional work for me has just had his long wheel base high transit stolen last night with all his tools inside.
hes mainly in to granite worktops and hence has lost kit related to that type of work.
loads of quality drill bits/pads/ diamond wheels / makita cordless angle grinder/ makita variable speed drill/makita jigsaw for templating/makita cordless drill/ ribbed yellow stabila levels.
if anyone has any good kit they dont use and might like to sell would love to hear.
equally if hear of any tools like this being sold on cheap as job lot, could be interesting.

 

[radim]

hope he will get his gear back.

 

[DHTiling]

Scum of the earth these thieving gits .... tell him to go to car boot sales etc and check ebay... you never know..

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i hate to hear of this sort of thing as it could happen to anyone of US ,and it just makes me feel sick when you think of all the money good quality tools cost,funny enough i want a makita cordless angle grinder, but there is no-way that i would touch knock -off ,as it creates a supple link for this scum........

 

[White Room]

This turns my stomach when I here about things like this, it's not just about the tools it's the guys living....

 

[Aston]

as i said previously, any thievings bad enough but stealing a mans tools that he uses to support his family is as low as it gets. really sorry to hear this jonny, hope things turn out ok for him.

 

[nybor62]

this really gets my goat , i would love to catch the thieving sods they would,nt pinch again hope ya pal gets his gear back

 

[Rookery]

It must take up a fair amount of time but its got to be worth checking Ebay every day or two. The bloke here got his bike back :-
Crewe man who tried to sell stolen bike on eBay behind bars - Cheshire Constabulary

 

[peteablard]

I saw a bloke get caught nicking someone's tools on site once, he got seven bells knocked out of him. Reckon he learnt a lesson though! Deffo worth checking car boots in the area though, you never know .

 

[Martino]

dont forget to check gumtree also!

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

this happened to me same van alarmed yale locks dead lock on steering wheel they must have just picked it up there are proffesionl gangs who speshalise in this kind of theft dont beat your self up its not your fault .the thing that hurts most is when you look for that tool you had for years and then rember you had it stolen. a man that takes your tools takes your living. death to them all buy a thousand cuts

 

[Protilers]

Best of luck!......

 

[Colour Republic]

Exactly that Ray!!!

I had a tool box stolen off a site many years ago now, the total value of tools inside probably didn't break £300 but it was invaluable to me as it was full of weird and wonderful tools that either A) they don't make anymore B) couldn't remember where I'd bought it or C) I didn't even know what they were called! So no chance of replacing them unless I lucked across them one day. It would have hurt less than if I'd lost a single high value tool of say £800

 

[John Benton]

What really gets me is the fact whenever something's stolen, whatever it may be, the scum always say 'insurance will pay for it', and don't get that it has a knock on effect.

Insurance don't pay for it!!! Customers pay higher premiums to cover the cost for the insurance company.

I had my car stolen 18 months ago and the problems that it caused us having to borrow others peoples cars, sorting insurance out, collecting stolen car, having it repaired etc, amounted to time off work=lost wages

Hope your mate gets his kit back and the thieving scum get what they deserve

 

[afright]

The trouble is you get to know your tools its not the same when you have to replace them,Ive had it happen to me,those scum are just parasite,s,

 

[TT Tiling]

sorry to hear this , makes me sick ,hope you find them ,then meet a friend called bat lots of times

 

[Alan M]

there was a job i was on a while back , one of the subbys started taking a few bits, nothing big but it was noticed but not proven. the owner of the tools watched for him one day adn caught them at it. he got a few of his mates on the site together. they galvobanded him to the ceiling until the next morning . they took everything out of his van that was any good. then called his boss and told him what had happen. the boss had to drive about 2 hours to unscrew him from the ceiling . neadless to say he never got work around again

 

[Tony73]

:lol::lol: nice one :lol: