Been broken in to!!

martO · 12-01-2008, 11:55 AM

Hey guys

Its one of those things that you dread and then it finally happens to you. Yesterday between 9am and 6am someone broke into our house and had a field day. They stole 3 digital cameras, a digital video camcorder, 2 laptops, an xbox 360 + games and even ripped the projector from its roof mount!! Its clear the little f@#kers were on foot as they only took what they could carry. It appears they stole my 2 backpacks as well, possibly to take the stuff with them and some clothes, either to put on top of the stuff in the backpacks or to just steal it.

My room was absolutely trashed, the others not really, as I guess I'm closest to their age so they thought I may have things of value to them. Who knows, all I know is I hope karma gets them good!

The thing that irks me the most is not the items stolen, as they are replaceable (except photos and things on the laptops) and we are insured, but the fact that I had some worthless scum going through our house!

Please, I urge you to LOCK YOUR DOORS and windows, and make sure they are d***head proof. We can't let the scum of our society get away with this. If you see any of the said items for sale, please call the police. Robbery took place in logan near brisbane.

Now to do the clean up and see what else is gone!

Cheers martO :jab:

EviLkarL · 12-01-2008, 12:15 PM

Scum. If you find out who they are bud, drop me a message, i'd be glad to assist you in teaching them a lesson. Its really hard to steel stuff with broken bones.

GS608 · 12-01-2008, 12:18 PM

i'll keep a look out down here on the gold coast for anything like that for sale, hope you get the little f**kers.

irlewy86 · 12-01-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EviLkarL

Scum. If you find out who they are bud, drop me a message, i'd be glad to assist you in teaching them a lesson. Its really hard to steel stuff with broken bones.

nahh a good kneecapping slows the maggots down.

bcr2734 · 12-01-2008, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by irlewy86

nahh a good kneecapping slows the maggots down.

DEAD RIGHT

dandandandan · 12-01-2008, 12:49 PM

Must be the worst feeling.
Hope everything you've lost is replaced mate, more importantly the info and pictures and etc.

Pedro · 12-01-2008, 12:54 PM

I've been done 3 times over the years. Deadlocks don't stop them ... they just smash a window. You're right about the back-packs, they use them to carry the goods as they don't look suspicious.

In all 3 cases the attending police said that dogs are the best deterrent.

jason71 · 12-01-2008, 01:04 PM

Bad news, I hope the police find the lowlifes.

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In all 3 cases the attending police said that dogs are the best deterrent.

Have to agree, we were without a dog for about six months and had the house
broken into for the first and only time in that period!

At my mothers place they broke in while she was asleep stole her purse and
keys then took the car from in the garage!

opto · 12-01-2008, 02:17 PM

Get Better security, dog. security system, good quality, monitoring, bigger fences, if you wanna keep stuff make it hard for the morons so they go somewhere easier.

Put up a sign "This house is protected by a SHOTGUN 4 days of the week, Guess which 4 days !"

Think about how much it cost you and how much security would cost you.

asusdragon · 12-01-2008, 02:32 PM

i glad this hasnt happened to me yet, but yeah i can only quess what your feeling it not so much off that stuff got stolen as most is replaceable but that some stanger was in your house.
i think the best three deturance is a alarm system, ours isnt even hooked up but hopefully they see that and go away, we have secuirty roller shutters on the front windows and main bedroom and third we have a dog they will growl at anything coming up the drive way as she can see the road though the driveway gates.
when i was getting the insurance on the house they ask what we had and i said a dog, the person i was talking to said that is one of the best deturances but unfortualty doesnt bring you premuin down

xquizd · 12-01-2008, 02:34 PM

F*CKN MORONS, GET A JOB!!!

PS. the knee capping sounds good! :jab:

Kil4Collingwood · 12-01-2008, 03:23 PM

Have to agree with getting a big dog I live in an area where this kind of thing happens ALOT a fair few houses have been broken into in my street, the only ones that haven't are those of us with big fences right around the property (so the dog can "patrol" front and back) and of course a big dog.

MrEL · 12-01-2008, 03:42 PM

My Doberman cross is a pretty good deterant. He scared the crap out of me one night when I was stumbling up the driveway blind.
One he worked out it was me but he let me share his bed with him.

pertuan · 12-01-2008, 03:52 PM

I feel for ya mate. I got broken into when I was asleep. They cleaned out my lounge of all my electronics gadgets (iPod, PSP, dvds, Digicam.. etc.) These scum need a lesson taught to them. I pray it doesn't happen to anyone but now if it happens to me again, I hope the scumbags have a metal plate in their skull cause my Maglite will find their head.

A guy at work bought a stolen laptop off his "mate" and I damn near called the cops on him. Its idiots like this that provides a market for stolen goods. I said to him that I pray karma gets him and he gets rolled for knowingly buying stolen goods.

xquizd · 12-01-2008, 03:53 PM

What about that buIIsh1t law where the a55hoIe crim gets injured by the owners pet & they then sue the owner for damages, what kinda crap is that if don't want your a55 bitten off stay the hell out it's simple!!!

bdave351 · 12-01-2008, 04:06 PM

Thats a violated feeling, sorry mate.

One thing - its worth noting serial numbers on your expensive stuff so it can be traced via reports when stuff is recovered. (ie cops find a garage full of laptops)
Often recovered stuff cant be identified even when the cops catch people with it at a later date as there is no idea where it came from.

kyro_02 · 12-01-2008, 04:11 PM

we have a pomeranian x between somethin(lol) and he barks when someone pulls up at the driveway, or walks to the door(that he doesn't know) and he can't even see 'em. also good to have him as 99% of the time we don't even hear a thing!

rodderz · 12-01-2008, 04:11 PM

Check the local pawn shops, Cash Converter's etc...they will be offloading them asap to get the money, and on a lot of occasions are somewhere local

**fordomatic** · 12-01-2008, 04:16 PM

90% of the time it is someone who knows you. My house got done over a year back and it was an aquantance that knew i had good stuff.

The worst feeling was that someone had been in my house not that stuff was stolen

Kil4Collingwood · 12-01-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kyro_02

we have a pomeranian x between somethin(lol) and he barks when someone pulls up at the driveway, or walks to the door(that he doesn't know) and he can't even see 'em. also good to have him as 99% of the time we don't even hear a thing!

Yeah I also have 2 Jack Russells as well as my doberman x they are "inside dogs" and bark their little ***** off at anything they hear outside

martO · 12-01-2008, 05:08 PM

Thanks for the comments guys. Had the finger print guy here just before, so now we can start cleaning it up. So far it looks like they haven't taken any clothes as I first thought and only 1 backpack. We've been finding receipts for a few items that are gone so that will hopefully make the insurance job easier.

Doesn't appear to be much of a lead so far. Damn those little bastards..

Also clearly we will be updating our security, the cops say its not often they strike twice but we aren't risking it!

xquizd: Yes the whole if they break in and get hurt your the one to blame thing is damn ridiculous. I want to set traps just to seriously hurt these bastards but theres no point. The justice system protects the criminals.

My anger levels are slowly coming down but I am still quite frustrated.

Cheers martO

Paxton · 12-01-2008, 05:47 PM

I can't say I know the feeling mate, but bad luck anyway. If all they have taken that is priceless is a handful of pictures, consider yourself lucky. What time won't replace, Insurance will do a good job of replacing. Might be a good time of looking at updating your policy.

My Dog (Kelpie X Cattle Dog) has saved my house a couple of times. The most recent one had a bloke jumping fences, and landed in my yard with an angry Dog. He got driven from the back fence to the side gate (~60 metres) before I got up to tell the Dog to shut up. When the Dog saw me, she sat, stopped barking, and looked for praise. With a Cricket bat in my hand, I calmly told the intruder to leave my backyard, or I would unleash the Dog again - over the gate he went. Haven't seen him since.

Ralliart · 12-01-2008, 05:51 PM

sorry to hear mate, my family have got robed 2 times

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: , so it didn't happen a 3rd time, we installed house security

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revcore · 12-01-2008, 05:51 PM

I hope you catch the thieving swines and cave their heads in, And if you do, Be sure to give them a few punches from me too.

GTpilot · 12-01-2008, 06:06 PM

Sorry to hear about that. Not good.

We had our xmas reef stolen from our front door during december. it was tied on with 3 200mm cable ties to the security door. feels bad enough someone was on our front porch removing it, let alone being inside going through our stuff.

If you catch them, don't knee cap them, just remove their thumbs.

fangq · 12-01-2008, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by martO

Hey guys

Its one of those things that you dread and then it finally happens to you. Yesterday between 9am and 6am someone broke into our house and had a field day. They stole 3 digital cameras, a digital video camcorder, 2 laptops, an xbox 360 + games and even ripped the projector from its roof mount!! Its clear the little f@#kers were on foot as they only took what they could carry. It appears they stole my 2 backpacks as well, possibly to take the stuff with them and some clothes, either to put on top of the stuff in the backpacks or to just steal it.

My room was absolutely trashed, the others not really, as I guess I'm closest to their age so they thought I may have things of value to them. Who knows, all I know is I hope karma gets them good!

The thing that irks me the most is not the items stolen, as they are replaceable (except photos and things on the laptops) and we are insured, but the fact that I had some worthless scum going through our house!

Please, I urge you to LOCK YOUR DOORS and windows, and make sure they are d***head proof. We can't let the scum of our society get away with this. If you see any of the said items for sale, please call the police. Robbery took place in logan near brisbane.

Now to do the clean up and see what else is gone!

Cheers martO :jab:

If you think that they were on foot, and you are close to a train station, see if they show up on CCD camera.

just a thought
Steve

Hunter · 12-01-2008, 06:18 PM

What suburb was it in if you don't mind me asking? I just hope its not near me. I'm constantly concerned that some bastards are going to break in because we can't put up a fence due to it being a rental and because we don't have a fence we can't have a dog :(.

old_mate · 12-01-2008, 07:07 PM

bloke 2 doors down got done over 6 days ago, same thing, kids came in just after he left for work and took the Playstation and games, Plasma TV, basically anything they could carry. Cops reckon its school kids on holidays, there is a few groups of them going around brisbane (im in regents park)

Jessej · 12-01-2008, 07:12 PM

Bad news, sorry to hear it! I felt violated when some junkies smashed the window to get into my old car.

My mother-in-laws (where we currently reside) has bars on every window and also for the back sliding door. That and a nice mean looking mastiff/Bull bread dog or two could help deter would be thieves. Right now we only have three small Chihuahua cross dogs and a collie cross so we are almost there!

SirJuggsalot · 12-01-2008, 07:29 PM

Yeah we got broken into a few months back when we lived in Lidcombe, Sydney. We lived in a 'secured aparetment complex' on the 1st floor.

Worst feeling ever, and you will come home paranoid for months to come, thinking that you have been done over again.

If you want some advice, I know its dishonest, but it doesnt hurt to be a little creative with your insurance claims if you know what I mean.