I got robbed

Puddleduck

Hi all,

Putting this in AH so more people will see it. My house got robbed today. Just a warning for people around the Celbridge area that breakins are happening.

And if anyone sees a compaq laptop, a sony plasma tv, camcorders etc for sale they should call the police

Latchy

My sisters house on northside of Dublin was broken into several weeks ago .Plasma television taken and a large sum of money .

Puddleduck

Puddleduck wrote: »

Hi all,

Putting this in AH so more people will see it. My house got robbed today. Just a warning for people around the Celbridge area that breakins are happening.

And if anyone sees a compaq laptop, a sony plasma tv, camcorders etc for sale they should call the police

I saw all those things in Currys.

/calls cops

AckwelFoley

sorry for that.

I hope some day my house is robbed, when im there.

Ive a Rifle, a shotgun and a half tub of vasaline in my bedroom.

AdrianII

were the goods insured mate. did you have an alarm

sorry to hear about the break in -- too many thugs around these days

Puddleduck

Weve two dogs, but I was out walking the one that can see!!! Yea, were insured, thankfully

Dont think were supposed to have a plasma, this is the second one that something has happened to

daisy123

latchyco wrote: »

My sisters house on northside of Dublin was broken into several weeks ago .Plasma television taken and a large sum of money .

The northside of Dublin is a pretty large place.

kmart6

That sucks,sorry to hear!

Doctor DooM

Someone tried to pinch a friend of mines micra up around Temple Manor recently.

Gits

Latchy

daisy123 wrote: »

The northside of Dublin is a pretty large place.

Opps, Drumcondra to be precise

javaboy

How long before someone mentions the word of the day?

Puddleduck

So pissed off, had alot of sentimental stuff on the laptop, and the camcorder had a video of my sisters wedding in it

Victor

These are mere things. They can be replaced.

javaboy

javaboy wrote: »

How long before someone mentions the word of the day?

Discombobulate?

Steve

snyper wrote: »

sorry for that.

I hope some day my house is robbed, when im there.

Ive a Rifle, a shotgun and a half tub of vasaline in my bedroom.

Have ya got a gimp as well?



sorry to hear that OP.

kmart6

javaboy wrote: »

How long before someone mentions the word of the day?

Shut it javaboy!!!!

Cool_CM

javaboy wrote: »

How long before someone mentions the word of the day?

"Naggers"?

Ciaran500

How did they get in?

Zzippy

snyper wrote: »

sorry for that.

I hope some day my house is robbed, when im there.

Ive a Rifle, a shotgun and a half tub of vasaline in my bedroom.

Vaseline! What's this, be kind to burglars day? :rolleyes:

Bring out the gimp FTW....

Puddleduck

Ciaran500 wrote: »

How did they get in?

Hopped the gate, opened it, burst open a window with a crowbar from the shed and then opened the back door

jester77

Man, that's awful.

Takes some nerve to walk out of a house with a Plasma TV, it's not like they are small.

TequilaMockingBird

Sorry to hear that Puddleduck. It must be horrible.

Steve

Zzippy wrote: »

Vaseline! What's this, be kind to burglars day?..

Grit your teeth, I'm comin' in dry.....:D

LadyE

Sorry to hear that OP fecking scumbags should be shot.

AckwelFoley

stevec wrote: »

Grit your teeth, I'm comin' in dry.....:D

Ciaran500

Puddleduck wrote: »

Hopped the gate, opened it, burst open a window with a crowbar from the shed and then opened the back door

Pried open the window or broke them? What type of units where they?

Puddleduck

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Pried open the window or broke them? What type of units where they?

They were the white pvc ones that have the deadlocks on it. Tyhe broke the window open with a crowbar, well need a new one

WomanInWhite

My house got burgled Saturday before last.

I knew it was coming. In the twelve or so weeks running up to the break in, my front dorbell would ring, I would open it and some youngfella would be there and say something like "eh, is Damo coming out, ah, actually wrong house, sorry bout that" - and go off.

I realised that it was happening after my elderly parents would leave the house and go off in the car and knew that they were watching and checking if anyone was in once they saw them leave. There is almost always people in as I have a large family.

However on the occasion of my mother's birthday we all went for dinner. And they took advantage of the opportunity. The house was ransacked.

I am so angry as I feel that it was unavoidable, short of never leaving the house there was now way of preventing it, they crowbarred open a back window.

OP, I'm sorry to hear about the robbery, it is so horrible to think of these scumbags in your house.

Latchy

In my sisters case she was out shopping while hubby was at work .Empty house with a back entry makes it so much easier and the window was forced .The items will be replaced by insurence but it's the intrusion by strangers on your property and into your home, looking through your belongings that is horrible.

WomanInWhite

Oh, and AIB called a couple of days after - they had nicked a credit card statement and attempted to set up a paypal account and buy a notebook from apple.ie. Attempted to spend a couple of grand.

Puddleduck

Thats just it, like they messed up my bed and went throught my knicker drawer. Whats worse is that the police said not to touch anything till after theyve taken prints, but they wont be here till tomorrow. We cant get into any of the beds.

Whereabouts are you WomaninWhite

jester77

Puddleduck wrote: »

Thats just it, like they messed up my bed and went throught my knicker drawer. Whats worse is that the police said not to touch anything till after theyve taken prints, but they wont be here till tomorrow. We cant get into any of the beds.

Whereabouts are you WomaninWhite

I've been through that, they come take the prints and the only contact I had from them again was a letter with a leaflet for some support group, forget which one it was.

Notorious

WomanInWhite wrote: »

Oh, and AIB called a couple of days after - they had nicked a credit card statement and attempted to set up a paypal account and buy a notebook from apple.ie. Attempted to spend a couple of grand.

The cheek! Did they rob a lot from the house? I'm sick of hearing about scum like that. My neighbours were robbed during the night fairly recently. Everyone was home, all fast asleep in their beds. Two guys smashed a window (somehow nobody heard the break in), got inside and ransacked the place. They took a laptop, tvs etc. Then one of them snook into the main bedroom, where two people were sleeping, and grabbed wallets and a set of car keys. The lady of the house woke to hear her car engine starting...

WomanInWhite

I'm in Booterstown.

The gardai told us to move anything that was on the beds so we could sleep in them alright, the fingerprinting guy came the next morning. He said all he could take prints from were shiny or smooth things, polished furniture, photos etc.

I actually felt relieved after it happened, I couldn't sleep for weeks as I was afraid they would break in when we were in bed. The last guy to call to the door was obviously out of his mind on drugs. Afterwards I thought, well thats it over and done with now, I can rest easy. Wierd situation.

TomCo

Tbh, I think you should be allowed shoot them.

They're complete and utter scum, the second they commit to entering your home to rob and violate it they should lose their protection under law.

WomanInWhite

Notorious wrote: »

The cheek! Did they rob a lot from the house? I'm sick of hearing about scum like that. My neighbours were robbed during the night fairly recently. Everyone was home, all fast asleep in their beds. Two guys smashed a window (somehow nobody heard the break in), got inside and ransacked the place. They took a laptop, tvs etc. Then one of them snook into the main bedroom, where two people were sleeping, and grabbed wallets and a set of car keys. The lady of the house woke to hear her car engine starting...

I'd say they were pretty dissapointed when they got inside, we dont have much thats worth anything except for stuff in my brother's studio, he's a musician, but the gear is so heavy that they couldn't have gotten it out of the house. They didn't take his guitars surprisingly and they are worth alot.

I think they were really looking for cash. They found 100 yo-yo's.

WomanInWhite

TomCo wrote: »

Tbh, I think you should be allowed shoot them.

They're complete and utter scum, the second they commit to entering your home to rob and violate it they should lose their protection under law.

I agree, I'm considering getting a baseball bat and keeping it under my pillow. I know its really bad but I am so angry about it that I would use it if they scared my poor old parents. My Dad is really shaken and nervous because or it. I could kill them.

Puddleduck

Baseball bats and knives dont make a difference if your not in

Vegeta

javaboy wrote: »

How long before someone mentions the word of the day?

roma gypsies or racist

do I win, where's my prize

Notorious

WomanInWhite wrote: »

I'm considering getting a baseball bat and keeping it under my pillow... I could kill them.

Rock on!

WomanInWhite

Puddleduck wrote: »

Baseball bats and knives dont make a difference if your not in

I know, but if they came back when we were in bed........ people suggeted that they might have been checking the place out and would come back for what they left behind at a later date. I guess that made me kinda paranoid.:(

TomCo

Puddleduck wrote: »

Baseball bats and knives dont make a difference if your not in

And this is why we need automated sentry guns, forgetting the alarm code takes on a whole new significance.

Puddleduck

WomanInWhite wrote: »

I know, but if they came back when we were in bed........ people suggeted that they might have been checking the place out and would come back for what they left behind at a later date. I guess that made me kinda paranoid.:(

Yeh, Im kinda paranoid, there was alot of stuff here they could have taken that they didnt, like Im wondering if they are going to come back.

Were obviously upping the security anyway

WomanInWhite

Puddleduck wrote: »

Yeh, Im kinda paranoid, there was alot of stuff here they could have taken that they didnt, like Im wondering if they are going to come back.

Were obviously upping the security anyway

the Guards said no, they wouldn't come back, that there was stuff they didn't take because all they want is cash for drugs and dont have the mental capacity to be going and selling stolen gear. Though they were intelligent enough to be biddin for stuff on ebay and wanted a nice laptop, not my crappy old Dell one which was on my desk...... I think its very fishy.....

Clare Bear

Sorry to hear that Puddleduck Friend of mine's house got broken in to in Maynooth today, been hearing a lot more of it in the area lately. Must be a horrible feeling, try not to be too paranoid about them coming back.

Thrill

Sorry to hear about the break-ins. It cant be nice knowing someone had the run of your house while you were out. B*stards.

I've got a dog who barks his head off when he hears the front gate opening. Some people don't bother to go as far as the front door, they just turn around and leave. He's a great deterrent. I reckon any thief would think long and hard before breaking into my house.

Better than any baseball bat.

Puddleduck

WomanInWhite wrote: »

the Guards said no, they wouldn't come back, that there was stuff they didn't take because all they want is cash for drugs and dont have the mental capacity to be going and selling stolen gear. Though they were intelligent enough to be biddin for stuff on ebay and wanted a nice laptop, not my crappy old Dell one which was on my desk...... I think its very fishy.....

What do you mean? Like that they were casing the place first?

And we have a dog that barks his head off, it didnt stop them. Think he got a belt off one of the scumbags, hes not himself.

WomanInWhite

Puddleduck wrote: »

What do you mean? Like that they were casing the place first?

And we have a dog that barks his head off, it didnt stop them. Think he got a belt off one of the scumbags, hes not himself.

Sorry, I mean that they used my credit card details online to purchase goods on ebay and other sites including apple.ie. I think that it is possible they were casing the joint. But again I could be being paranoid and scared.

Thrill

Puddleduck wrote: »

And we have a dog that barks his head off, it didnt stop them. Think he got a belt off one of the scumbags, hes not himself.

Feck, my sense of security just nose-dived. I think I'll go buy that baseball bat I've always wanted.

Puddleduck

Thrill wrote: »

Feck, my sense of security just nose-dived. I think I'll go buy that baseball bat I've always wanted.

Like they can also throw poisioned meat over the wall.

Just get an alarm and make sure things are locked

2Scoops

WomanInWhite wrote: »

the Guards said no, they wouldn't come back, that there was stuff they didn't take because all they want is cash for drugs

My old house robbed twice within 2 months by the same guy. Caught later with stuff from both robberies in his place.