Van Broken into.

billy10 · Feb 17, 2013

First post here,not the best of introductions and not the best start to a sunday but vans been broken into last night and all they've taken were 2 wall chasers,a Hilti DC SE20 and Makita SG1250 so obviously someones been keeping an eye on the contents of the van.Basically just want to put it out there and if anyone hears of either of these being sold or anyone with newly acquired second hand ones in the london area,any help or leads to getting them back would be much appreciated and a reward coming their way.obviously the police aren't interested and nobody saw or heard anything,usual nonsense.

danzor · Feb 17, 2013

What part of London

billy10 · Feb 17, 2013

south east london/kent area

Megavolt · Feb 17, 2013

Hope you manage to get your stuff back and that the dirty scum have a painful death

72-van · Feb 17, 2013

Why not keep an eye on ebay for the next wee while in case they appear , then ask to have a look and Pay the man .

UNG · Feb 17, 2013

billy10 said:
obviously the police aren't interested and nobody saw or heard anything,usual nonsense.

Sorry to hear of this but you need to go to the police and insist on a crime reference number you will find that the police are not interested because having a crime on the books screws their stats up why do you think reported crime is going down no CRN = no crime reported. Also if the police stop a vehicle that is carrying unreported stolen goods and there is no record on the police computer the goods may appear as legit and the scum are let on their way. Had many arguments with the police over this lack of interest in taking details and now always insist even if it means speaking to a senior officer or making a formal complaint.

May be worth checking all the auction sites to see if your items turn up

billy10 · Feb 17, 2013

The police have been around and basically said that theres nothing they can do unless they find the people with the chasers,which lets be honest,isn't going to happen.the fingerprint team refused to even bother coming out,it is a joke.they said just check the usual things,auction sites,asking around etc i will be keeping a lookout but not holding out hope,i genuinely hope the people who stole it die,could get a job of their own but instead its easier to rob vans and make the likes of us pay.

kingeri · Feb 17, 2013

And a reminder to everyone to keep a record of all the serial numbers from your gear.

UNG · Feb 17, 2013

billy10 said:
The police have been around and basically said that theres nothing they can do unless they find the people with the chasers,which lets be honest,isn't going to happen.the fingerprint team refused to even bother coming out,it is a joke.they said just check the usual things,auction sites,asking around etc i will be keeping a lookout but not holding out hope,i genuinely hope the people who stole it die,could get a job of their own but instead its easier to rob vans and make the likes of us pay.

But did you get a Crime Reference Number if you didn't your crime does not exist in the police system or their statistics if they happened to pull these thieves there is no record in the police system if there is no CRN that the goods in the thieves possession are possibly stolen so no arrests

Poshspark · Feb 17, 2013

Good point Kingeri. My van got broken into when i was working in Hackney 3 months ago I had a note of all the serial numbers on my phone. The police turned up with in 20 minutes and were very helpful. Check out gum tree.

ste77 · Feb 17, 2013

scum of the earth, not only do they take your tools but it stops you from doing jobs where you require them. police arent interested cos they know youll have some sort of insurance so cant be arsed doing the paperwork.

billy10 · Feb 17, 2013

Yeah they have to contact me with the crime refernce number apparently,i had a job number raised so it was logged on their computers,they took a statement and i assume will process that and raise a CRN at the same time.i wish i had a record of the serial numbers,even still they would need to physically find them,which,from the impression i got from them,doesn't happen often.looking like its going to have to go down as a lesson learnt.

Robotstar5 · Feb 17, 2013

If you phoned it in there will be a log/record, phone or visit your local nick giving the time/date you called and they will be able to give you the reference number.

rattlehead85 · Feb 17, 2013

Check E-Bay just to confirm it aint yours but there is a hilti chaser on their....Essex area just recently posted up.

ste77 · Feb 17, 2013

rattlehead85 said:
Check E-Bay just to confirm it aint yours but there is a hilti chaser on their....Essex area just recently posted up.

Just had a look at that one, he says DISCS MAY NEED REPLACING, surely if its his, and he was last to use it he would know either way??

billy10 · Feb 17, 2013

Thanks for keeping an eye out guys but maybe the most ironic thing is the blades on my hilti chaser were literally brand spanking new bought on thursday and unused with a brand new pin wrench aswell for it which i got on tuesday,usually take both of the chasers out of the van but as it always goes,i didnt this time.you couldnt script luck like this

rattlehead85 · Feb 17, 2013

Yeah wouldn't he just!!!
It is Essex and the poor fellow had his knicked in Kent area so probably not but at least it is worth checking.

jase · Feb 17, 2013

I got done a couple of weeks ago, worst thing is there was no forced entry so im presumming i either forgot to lock it, pressed the wrong button on the fob or pressed the button but it didnt transmit like they do sometimes. They just went straight for any cases, took all my cordless gear including cordless erbauer SDS, and my bosch multicutter, they also took a small makita flightcase obviously as it looked like a drill case, but it just had a load of holesaws in it, they also took my brand new DAB site radio, which id only used twice, suffice to say im double checking if the van is locked and bringing gear inside everynight now.

dcelectrical · Feb 17, 2013

jase - have a look under your drivers door handle there is a way of opening lots of vans, they basically punch a screwdriver in there and bingo the doors open, they broke into mine in the b and q car park in cricklewood in the middle of the day,

jase · Feb 17, 2013

really, thats worth knowing, i didnt make an isnurance claim because i didnt think i would be able to prove the van was locked, and i didnt want my premium to go up for nothing, cheers

dcelectrical · Feb 17, 2013

they are only after the power tools, when the went into mine they didn't knick a thing, they did my brothers van who was parked next to me, also a fiat doblo and the popped the window behind the drivers seat as they couldnt get thru the back doors and they knicked a dewalt bag, sadly for my brother it had his hand tools in, a power tool you can replace but that hit him hard.

rattlehead85 · Feb 17, 2013

dcelectrical said:
jase - have a look under your drivers door handle there is a way of opening lots of vans, they basically punch a screwdriver in there and bingo the doors open, they broke into mine in the b and q car park in cricklewood in the middle of the day,

Mine got done there last year. Went in for literally 2 mins to get a stanley knife. Came back to find the back door lock popped and all my test gear gone!

amlu · Feb 17, 2013

have a look in local crack converters type shops, loads of tools there

grantr37 · Feb 19, 2013

I was looking at brand new straight from factory Dewalt and Makita Drill cases (replacement cases) in a local tool shop, rows and rows of them....£5 each....and was thinking of putting a couple of bricks in along with a GPS and then padlocking shut....they will take them away thinking nice new drills, remove the padlock and by that time their position will be known...