Tiger Kidnapping

Christ Moosejam, thats some of the most stupid shít I've read on Boards in a while. Well done sir, just when I think I've seen it all, you go and set the bar that one bit higher.

Tiger Raids, or any other form of robbery, is absolutely nothing to worry about. Sure enough they're an absolutely horrible experience, particularly in the cases of Tiger Raids or other such personal raids (i.e the criminals approach 1/2 members of staff, rather than wandering in and holding the whole place up), but the victims just have to realise that
a: Your life and your families is the most important thing, the bank/business will not give two f*cks about the money as every cent of it is insured
b: You owe the company/business/employer absolutely nothing
c: Co-operate with the criminals and you'll be absolutely fine.

If I was held at gunpoint, or any member of my family were, I'd do absolutely everything the captors told me to do. Similarly, if the place I work in was held up, I'd help the gunmen/raiders in any way possible, direct them to every bit of cash so as to save my own skin and get the whole thing over and done with as quickly as possible.

And Moosejam thinks that would warrant me being arrested and charged with theft?!LOL, I hope your house is broken into and your whole family is held at gunpoint, then we'll see how brave you are and how willing you are to go against the peoples orders. Idiot.

MooseJam wrote:

Thanks for putting me right muletide, I don't know why everyone thinks im an idiot, it's the bank staff handing over the money without calling the guards that has them marked as soft targets, the guards should be informed as soon as possible and then the money and the gang can be tracked and if the family are found then they can move against the gang, maybe thats what happened in this case. If this is done then these gangs will be cought, it's actually very very easy to catch these people, just call the guards and follow the money. If they just hand over the money they are setting up the next family to be held hostage.

LOL.

So you'd happily put your own or your families life at risk to save your company a bit of (insured) cash?And you have to ask why people think you're an idiot?!LOL!

Its the Gardaís job to catch the criminals, your priority lies in protecting your own ass and your families.

Go for it though, you'll make the headlines for sure (if it ever happens), and it won't just be the users on Boards.ie calling you an idiot then.

MooseJam wrote:

If done properly there wouldn't be any extra risk involved for the family, the gang could just be observed discreetly and the guards could move in when the whereabouts of the family is discovered, they are professionals after all, why not give then some credit and trust. Why do you think its a good idea playing along with these gangs, maybe the gang that kidnaps your family will be a bunch of psychos and they'll be laughing at you playing along and getting the money cause they are just gonna kill everybody anyway, have you considered that possibility.

They're not going to kill your family unneccessarily. They're professional criminals, killing people without the need to just adds more to their records. If the Gardaí get involved and surround the house as you so stupidly suggested, they may use you and/or your family as proper hostages and start killing them if their demands aren't met, as they have to express their power/excert their control in the situation. Its an absolutely stupid and unnecessary risk. Playing along, doing what you're told and getting them what they want will ensure the safety of you and your family. It is the WISE DECISION TO MAKE IN THE SITUATION.

Its not my job to catch the criminals, its the Gardaí's, I'm certainly not going to f*ck around with people with guns to save a company that I owe absolutely nothing to a bit of hassle.

You have to be trolling (and quite poorly at that), theres no way someone could actually seriously come out with this crap.

Nermal wrote:

We all pay the cost of the insurance, so saying 'it's all insured anyway' is of no good. Hardly in society's interest to let vast sums end up in criminal hands either.

You're quite clueless too, aren't you? Bank branches are not allowed hold very substantial amounts of money, a bank raid will have little or no effect on YOUR insurance premiums.

MooseJam wrote:

how do you know that, who insures the banks ?

Because I'm very well aware of the limits a bank branch can hold. A persons house burning to the ground would have more of an effect (still little or none) on the overall price of insurance than a single bank raid.

MooseJam wrote:

didn't the ira steal 28 million sterling from a bank, whats that in euros

Yeah but thats because the security in that bank was borderline retarded. That wasn't just a bank branch either, it was the equivilant of AIB Bankcentre or even the central bank, so they'd more money than anywhere else stored in it.

Bank branches themselves are only authorized to hold a surprisingly small amount of cash.

MooseJam wrote:

hundreds of thousands isn't surprisingly small

No but its not a significant amount, as I said, a persons house burning to the ground would have more of an effect than a bank raid on insurance, though it a house burning down would have probably no effect whatsoever, perhaps on the house owners premium, but certainly not on other customers.
Are you just looking for an argument or something? Or are you just having problems keeping up with the pace of the thread?

InFront wrote:

You've been doing your homework rb_ie?!

Lol, not so much homework no..

MooseJam wrote:

perhaps one bank raid might not but lots of premises are robbed and lots of houses burn down and of course it effects your or my policy, if it didn't then the insurance companies would go out of business.

No, they don't. Not many places are robbed for substantial amounts, and not all that many houses burn down.