Tis the Season .. .. Van got ripped off!

[GUNNING]

Went to the truck today and everything I needed was missing.
Meter
Battery Drill
Battery Saw Saw
14/2 Building wire
12/2 Building wire
Battery Circular saw
Battery Chargers
Battery Dust Buster

Hand tools sill there
most of them

Light bulb went off....

Ive Been Ripped OFF!

Takes me a while, sometime between Wed and today. Never happened before.

Happy Thanksgiving.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Dennis Alwon]

It sucks. My truck has never broken into but I had the wiring in a large home torn out to about 85%. Even though I got reimbursed and paid to wire it again I felt totally violated. When I lived in NYC this was a common occurrence.

In one part of NYC where my dad did some work he would have a helper sit in the truck so it didn't get ripped off. I think it happened every time he went there and then he said no more unless they pay for a guy to sit in the truck.

 

[Real_Bostonian]

Been there - was once unloading my van in a rainstorm and moving things from the loading dock to the front of the store with my helper - locking it up between trips, then we started to go to work and then I remembered we needed one more thing and since the helper "had to make a phone call" I decided to get it myself.

It hadn't been 5 minutes from our last trip but when I opened the van something wasn't right - most of my tools were gone but not all - they had left in a hurry. I suspect my helper was calling in the plays from inside!

No broken glass or anything - I actually thought I must have left the van unlocked but they just took a screwdriver and cracked the plastic around the passenger's door handle (Ford) and just popped the door open - another reason I suspect the helper - why not the driver's door or the slider where the tool sitting close too?

Well I told the boss what I suspected and had a new helper the next day and he noticed the fine crack in nicer weather.

Hope your insurance cover it!

 

[drive1968]

I made the mistake of leaving my tools in the garage of the residence I was working at. The garage door got kicked in overnight and all my powertools, generator, compressor, etc..were stolen. It was a rough part of town and I should have known better. After that, I still kept them in the garage, but they were locked up with a Kryptonite cable lock. That was an expensive lesson. Being ripped off is still in the back of my mind and I even improved the security of my garage at home.

 

[sparky=t]

hope you still have a saw to cut off thier damn hands when they catch em, stealing a mans tools that he makes a living with is the lowest form of life around. If they worked at working as hard as they did stealing they would be o.k.!

 

[difowler44]

ripped off

ripped off

last year Christmas Eve they broke into my van (my helper uses), smashed the steering wheel trying to start it, busted out my head & tail lights, cut the electrical line to the trailer, and didn't steal anything. Last month I finally had the money to replace the van. Ready to get ripped off again for Christmas!

 

[bolthead]

I handle my Work Orders on a laptop. I left it unattended for about 1 min inside my customer store, with my tools on top of it. I returned and my tools were there but my laptop was gone. As I looked over the security video...the dirtbags were cleaning out my truck. 4 rolls of 12/2 MC, about 2500' of #12 thhn and my GOJO handi wipes! HANDI WIPES!!!! WHO STEALS HANDIWIPES? I try to tell myself that I hope they were stealing to feed thier family and that I hope they are able to do that. But, I am fairly sure that is not why they are doing it. Stinkin Thieves.