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Goods stolen in Sally Gap, Wicklow

  • 16-03-2014 10:07am
    #1
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭


    Hi guys
    Please help us to find some of our stolen belongings. Everything was stolen on the 13 of March from the car at Luggala Sally Gap, county Wicklow. If somebody found or will find some bags or personal belongings or even toys somewhere in that area please contact me.
    Here is the list of items been stolen:
    • 1 Lowepro backpack
    • 1 Swiss backpack
    • Mobile phone Samsung Galaxy s4
    • Mobile phone HTC Desire S
    • Memory cards (SD and CF) with memory card holder
    • Satnav Garmin Nuvi
    • Flash Canon 580EX2
    • Flash Yongnuo
    • Seconic Light meter
    • Wireless triggers
    • 2 Wallets with documents belonging to Mr Rac.... and Mrs Rac..... (Lithuanian driving licences, Lithuanian ID cards, UK social insurance cards, bank cards, a lot of discount cards)
    • Lens Canon 50mm 1.4
    • Lens Canon 85mm 1.8
    • Lens Canon 100-400
    • Various batteries
    • Lens Filters
    • 2 Skoda Octavia keys
    • Silver Canon film camera
    • Films
    • Lens cleaning kits
    If somebody in that area will find anything starting from photographer’s business cards to some memory cards or bags, or even some toys please do contact me. Some of the equipment is very specific and photographers don’t sell them very often as if they have that item means they bought it because they needed it. So I would also like to ask people if somebody will see somewhere online any of items listed above for sale please do send me a link to that ad. I do have serial numbers on hand so I could compare them. Also one of the bags was full of baby's stuff - nappies, toys, some clothes and some keys. So that bag should be thrown away.
    I would really appreciate any information on this accident

    Thank you again for anybody’s help
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  • #2
    sillyoulfool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭sillyoulfool


    Hi OP really sorry to hear you were robbed.
    Hope you get your stuff back.


  • #3
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    any chance you have a tracker set up on the phone? Like the apple 'find my phone'



    Hope you get your stuff back OP.

    And those pricks get caught!


  • #4
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    any chance you have a tracker set up on the phone? Like the apple 'find my phone'



    Hope you get your stuff back OP.

    And those pricks get caught!
    Yes I do, but they turned off all phones straight away... so we just contacted our phone provider to blacklist them...


  • #5
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    crao. No chance when the phone is switched back on, it could be tracked? Even if its chipped?

    I take it you did report it to the Gardai?

    No harm to take a look at some car boot sales in the nearby area, some of it could pop up there.


  • #6
    iForgetMyPW
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭iForgetMyPW


    Could a mod please sticky this thread for OP so it does't get lost.


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  • #7
    numorouno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭numorouno


    Why did you leave so much valuable stuff in your car in the first place? !!?


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sorry to hear that OP, hope you get your stuff back.


  • #9
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    jayzus, some degenerate scumbag struck gold there. Very sorry op, insured?


  • #10
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    arcius wrote: »
    Hi guys
    Please help us to find some of our stolen belongings. Everything was stolen on the 13 of March from the car at Luggala Sally Gap, county Wicklow. If somebody found or will find some bags or personal belongings or even toys somewhere in that area please contact me.
    Here is the list of items been stolen:
    • 1 Lowepro backpack
    • 1 Swiss backpack
    • Mobile phone Samsung Galaxy s4
    • Mobile phone HTC Desire S
    So that bag should be thrown away.
    I would really appreciate any information on this accident

    Thank you again for anybody’s help

    Sorry your stuff was robbed. Hope you get it back. Someone will also be along shortly to inform you that the thieves were idiots, mainly as they didn't steal an Apple iPhone...


  • #11
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    If you have fully comprehensive car insurance, it may cover contents OP.


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  • #12
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    numorouno wrote: »
    Why did you leave so much valuable stuff in your car in the first place? !!?

    Um.


    Just a haunch, but with the various Id cards, photo equipment, and backpacks, I'd say they were tourists enroute to or from another place to stay.

    Pretty crazy thing to happen to you OP, I hope you get your stuff back and the lowlifes that took it get their karma.


  • #13
    Reedsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭Reedsie


    Sorry to hear OP.

    You might be aware but here is the link for locating an Android based phone. It will show the last location it was tracked to:

    https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

    The same link also allows you to lock and erase a phone (after a very simple set up). Well worth setting up.



    Perhaps no use to you at this stage.
    Hope you get a bit of luck with this.


  • #14
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,997 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Paddy_R wrote: »
    Sorry to hear OP.

    You might be aware but here is the link for locating an Android based phone. It will show the last location it was tracked to:

    https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

    The same link also allows you to lock and erase a phone (after a very simple set up). Well worth setting up.



    Perhaps no use to you at this stage.
    Hope you get a bit of luck with this.


    Any decent thief pulls the battery/shuts down the phone. No tracking then.


  • #15
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    Thank you everyone for your answers. Our bags were not in the place where you can see them from outside. They were in the boot. Bustards smashed front passengers side fly window, opened door, got on the back seat, and from there got access to the boot. We were driving to the airport and on the way we visited few places. My brother and his family visited me for for my birthday and my sons first birthday. Talking about phones we already blacklisted them. The biggest pain now is Skoda keys. My brother had both sets of them in case he lost one. The car is parked in UK airport. no spare keys left. Contacted around 20 different companies in UK and nobody can open that car and/ or start it as it is new and has some fancy stupid alarm system. Then contacted Skoda UK and they said there are huge delays in making keys as factory in Czech republic was moved to another place. They said last time they ordered keys in november and got just few weeks ago, so means waiting list is around 5-6 months. Just shocking... Now talking about Garda. I do understand it is a bad time for them, but... I contacted garda and they said they will come shortly. In around half an hour I contacted them again and they said they've no spare car and asked us to come to garda station. In the garda station they took fingerprints. Now funny thing. They said it might be months before they check fingerprints in the database as samples needs to be sent to the head office and they deal with requests from all over Ireland. Can you imagine that??? Few months... Gardai were nice, very nice, I can not complain... But from talking to them I understood that even if they catch those bastards the chances that we will get some of our belongings back are very tight... They also said similar accidents happens often in that area. Same I was told by local people, cyclists I met on the road, as well other people online. But if that happens often why there are no cameras... Or just simple warning signs???? It would be less expensive to put some signs than to investigate each accident... Now insurance... I do have comprehensive car insurance, but it covers up to 400 euros for personal belongings... Also I called insurance company while garda were investigating my car. to be honest I had the worst experience while talking to women. I am foreigner and when I was talking it was very hard to put words together as we were all shocked. The lady started ask me questions. I tried to be honest:>>>> ..............when did that happened... >around 2 hours ago... >no I am asking you the exact time.... >maybe 13.30.... >ok, so did the accident happened at 13.30 or you left the car at 13.30, or you came back at 13.30... >I'd say we came back at 13.45 and found the car robbed... >Ok, but earlier you said the accident happened half an hour ago, now you say 13.30 which is two hours ago.... >Sorry Probably I didn't understand your question.... >where did that happened.... >between sally gap and roundwood....>no I am asking you in the car park or on the side of the road, or public car park or where... >I don't know how you would call that car park. probably public... >Ok, what was stolen... >canon lens 100-400... >So canon camera...> no, canon lens for camera... >canon camera and lens? > no, just the lense> ok how much was that... >around 1900 euros... >where did you buy it?.... >from UK.... >When did you buy it?... >Don't remember exactly, but around six months ago... >how often you fly to UK?... >not often, maybe once or twice a year... >So you don't fly often to uk, but you don't remember when did you buy your lens in UK?...................<<<<<< Because my bill pay phone was stolen I used top up phone and at this stage I finished my credits... What was that a Gestapo? I bought that lens online from uk. I really didn't remember when was that. I bought a lot of stuff online from uk and all over the world. Should I have receipts on me when driving around in case something happens and I had all the answers required?? I am so shocked... looks like I smashed my car's window and now trying to get some money of them. I paid full comprehensive car insurance for four years to that company, or even more at this stage, never claimed anything and they didn't call me back to ask if I am ok and why I did hang up the phone... I came back home in the evening and rang them second time. Nice lady explained she will take few details and somebody will ring me back in the morning (friday) as it is now out of working hours. Nobody never called me back. So yesterday I called again and lady said she is only registering accidents and someone will contact me again on tuesday morning. I asked her how it will effect my policy and no claim bonuses in my case as I need somebody to replace my window. But she said she don't know. Only the main office can discuss this to me and because of the long weekend they will call me back on tuesday. So now I am waiting for Tuesday with a flywindow taped..


  • #16
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    numorouno wrote: »
    Why did you leave so much valuable stuff in your car in the first place? !!?
    Way to kick a chap when he's down.

    That said, there are many areas around Dublin I'd be very wary of leaving my car unattended and I'd certainly leave nothing of value in it. I've even gone so far as to leave my parcel shelf on the back seat and my glovebox open so any passing scum can see the car is empty of anything of value when I found myself in such places. The Sally Gap is one such place. The scum know the people are likely to be gone for a long time with hiking, biking that sort of thing, so they have all the time in the world and little chance of being caught. The Glendalough car park is another well dodgy place for this. Howth head, the Phoenix park of a summers evening, night time open air cinema car parks at shopping centres are others.

    I hope you have some luck in getting your stuff back arcius. You may have some luck with the more unusual items that would be hard for the scum to flog off. Keep an eye on buy and sell/ebay/adverts.ie. Set up a search that alerts you if something matches any of your stolen stuff.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #17
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    The problem with insurance companies is their outsourcing to India for their claims. I deal with them daily and it is so obvious their English is sub-par.


  • #18
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    You could have used that post to protect your stuff. Nothing would get through that wall of text.


  • #19
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    You could have used that post to protect your stuff. Nothing would get through that wall of text.
    Well said. Thank you for support


  • #20
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Sadly this is becoming more common in Wicklow recently. Not the first or even the second break in I've heard tell of. Tend to avoid the popular isolated spots along the Sally Gap now.


  • #21
    conorhal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,004 ✭✭✭conorhal


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    Sadly this is becoming more common in Wicklow recently. Not the first or even the second break in I've heard tell of. Tend to avoid the popular isolated spots along the Sally Gap now.

    There has been a mini crime wave with particular gangs targeting carparks in tourist beauty spots in the past two years or so. They know full well that there will likey be a haul of goodies that are easy picking in an area that has no security or policing. People really should be warned not to leave anything of value in their cars around the picknick and beauty spot areas in the Dublin mountians. I can't imagine why there aren't signs all over the area, but then I suppose it's ofputting to the tourists.


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  • #22
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    arcius wrote: »
    Well said. Thank you for support

    I'm guessing there's a dozen people whose houses were burgularised yesterday, a hundred people whose cars were broken into and a few dozen who got mugged. You need extra fussing over why, again? No-one died, you lost some stuff, you need to fill some forms. There you go.


  • #23
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    im sure your gear will be up for sale on certain websites shortly

    keep an eye on them


  • #24
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    I'm guessing there's a dozen people whose houses were burgularised yesterday, a hundred people whose cars were broken into and a few dozen who got mugged. You need extra fussing over why, again? No-one died, you lost some stuff, you need to fill some forms. There you go.
    Is that means I can not ask somebody's help? I just wanted to ask if somebody finds something to let me know. If you don't want - you don't do. Just ignore this post.


  • #25
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    I'm guessing there's a dozen people whose houses were burgularised yesterday, a hundred people whose cars were broken into and a few dozen who got mugged. You need extra fussing over why, again? No-one died, you lost some stuff, you need to fill some forms. There you go.

    Go away and look for thanks somewhere else. The guy/girl is just trying to get help in tracking down their belongings.


  • #26
    knird evol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭knird evol


    Nothing like this ever happened to Bear Grylls.


  • #27
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    Sadly this is becoming more common in Wicklow recently. Not the first or even the second break in I've heard tell of. Tend to avoid the popular isolated spots along the Sally Gap now.
    I don't doubt it's increasing, but it's been fairly well known as a dodgy area for a while now M. A mate of mine who's a cop warned me of the Gap and Glendalough nearly ten years ago. I can date the advice mainly cos I was seeing this woman at the time whose idea of "fun" was weekend walks all over Wicklow regardless of the weather.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #28
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    Wicklow gap was always dodgy, lads cruising looking for parked up tourists cars to rob from. I just don't see what the op hopes to achieve. They have insurance, they need to claim on that, they have diddly chance of getting their stuff back and who on AH is going to swoop in and sort their keys? I'll give it a few "ahh, shure god love ye's" if it makes ye feel better. Jasus, it's getting like the Joe Duffy show. That and the "Lost and found" section.


  • #29
    Masala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,501 ✭✭✭Masala


    Really sorry to read about your experience OP - bad impression of the Irish welcome.

    Am just throwing in my 2 cents - but I think that Hire Companies should NOT display their corporate names on Hire Cars as thieve now know how to single out tourist rental cars. The '1' on the rear window is Hertz, Avis use Avis or 'We try Harder' and Budget / Dooley / Sixt etc. all show their names prominently on the windows. This is saying 'I AM A TOURIST - ROB ME'

    When I have friends over using Car Hire for their visit - I take off the sticker while they are here and bend over the Insurance Disk to hide the owner name.

    When they going back to airport - I restore them all back again.

    Also - the idea of removing the back parcel shelf is a good idea....


  • #30
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Well I didn't know it was as bad in the past. It's stretching into other areas. Up in the Cuilcagh Uplands in Sligo/Fermanagh it's supposedly getting worse now.

    Mountaineering Ireland did produce this little sticker saying "No Valuables; No point" that was stuck to the drivers window when people were away hiking. I've heard the story of some fellow having his car broke into with the said sticker on the window with another note from whoever broke into the car saying "just checking".

    Face it, it's an easy crime! No CCTV and it's very isolated and the Sally Gap is fairly close to Dublin to make it a target.


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  • #31
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Wicklow gap was always dodgy, lads cruising looking for parked up tourists cars to rob from. I just don't see what the op hopes to achieve. They have insurance, they need to claim on that, they have diddly chance of getting their stuff back and who on AH is going to swoop in and sort their keys? I'll give it a few "ahh, shure god love ye's" if it makes ye feel better. Jasus, it's getting like the Joe Duffy show. That and the "Lost and found" section.

    I know you have a need to act like a dick, but you could fight that need. It's a general thing people with photography gear do if it gets robbed, there aren't that many photographers out there who would have that many lens' go up for sale at once, so if someone was offered them they'd know something was up. You post about it on the internet and the people who are serious about photography will spot if it's the robbed persons stuff.


  • #32
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Gutted for you OP, I had a load of camera great stolen once, along with a laptop, dj controller and some other stuff. I was gutted but it was the photos I was most upset about losing. I enver thought to post on boards so fingers crossed yuo get them back!


  • #33
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    conorhal wrote: »
    There has been a mini crime wave with particular gangs targeting carparks in tourist beauty spots in the past two years or so. They know full well that there will likey be a haul of goodies that are easy picking in an area that has no security or policing. People really should be warned not to leave anything of value in their cars around the picknick and beauty spot areas in the Dublin mountians. I can't imagine why there aren't signs all over the area, but then I suppose it's ofputting to the tourists.

    there are signs , people chose to ignore them


  • #34
    fatbhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭fatbhoy


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Wicklow gap was always dodgy, lads cruising looking for parked up tourists cars to rob from. I just don't see what the op hopes to achieve. They have insurance, they need to claim on that, they have diddly chance of getting their stuff back and who on AH is going to swoop in and sort their keys? I'll give it a few "ahh, shure god love ye's" if it makes ye feel better. Jasus, it's getting like the Joe Duffy show. That and the "Lost and found" section.

    What do you hope to achieve here? Why don't you just p1ss off and pollute some other thread with your assholery


  • #35
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    Just to make clear it wasn't a rented car. It was my personal car. My brother came here from UK and his car is over there without keys now. What I am asking about if somebody finds something from the list or anything suspicious just let me know. We do scan all adverts sites. Hope to get something. Plus they got a lot of items not valuable to them but valuable to us such as documents or keys. To get documents now gonna cost a lot money and time. They probably thrown them away. This is my main focus at the moment. to find anything. It should be thrown away somewhere. But the area is big. I know here are a lot of mountain bike clubs or mountain walkers and so on. That is why I posted here.


  • #36
    tallus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,324 ✭✭✭tallus


    My father walks in that area about four days per week I'll ask him to keep an eye out.
    Terrible to have your stuff stolen like that. I hope the scum get what they Have coming to them.


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  • #37
    Angry_Mammarys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭Angry_Mammarys


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    I'm guessing there's a dozen people whose houses were burgularised yesterday, a hundred people whose cars were broken into and a few dozen who got mugged. You need extra fussing over why, again? No-one died, you lost some stuff, you need to fill some forms. There you go.

    Ah, I see you are of ''THAT'' mentality, the '' After hours is a wild place!anything goes here!! let's put anyone and everyone down because it's the internet and they can't see us''
    it's sad when someone can't ask for help for fear of people like you.


  • #38
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    Angry_Mammarys wrote: »
    Ah, I see you are of ''THAT'' mentality, the '' After hours is a wild place!anything goes here!! let's put anyone and everyone down because it's the internet and they can't see us''
    it's sad when someone can't ask for help for fear of people like you.

    So lets see how many bits of gear get recovered due to a thread in AH. Or, lets bang up a sticky - "Stuff that got robbed today". Should be pretty jammed within a week. And all the lovlies going "Ohh, sorry for your loss OP, that's devastating, mwah". His camera got nicked, he didn't lose a kidney ffs.

    If you parked your car with gear to that value in the boot in any place on earth, you'd be lucky to find the blocks they used to put it up on when you got back. Someone else would've nicked them. I've come back to the car several times to find some gee-bag has put in a window and done a runner with whatever was inside. I don't get why this time is special or worthy of a load of hand-wringing. No doubt the Gardai are out in the chopper and CSI are still running prints through pulse..

    And for the "You're being a dick" brigade, what are ye gonna do? Start combing the bracken for clues? Found a support group??
    Sounds like the OP had their entire worldly goods in the boot anyway, the only thing not robbed was their virginity. Who leaves their phone in the boot??


    "So, Mr OP, what was taken from the boot?"


    "Err, the telly, the cat, my collection of Roman coins, a Picasso, several Vermeers, some platinum, my entire collection of Ronan Keating CD's......"


  • #39
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    They're in sally's gap


  • #40
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Stavros Murphy, your posts are of absolutely no help in this thread and are bordering on trolling. You don't care about the OP's problem; we get it. Just don't post in this thread again.


  • #41
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,767 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Hi OP sorry you lost your stuff. Try adverts.ie, gumtree.ie and donedeal.ie - these sites used frequently to off load stolen gear. The photographic equipment is so specific it might show up.


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  • #42
    Crann na Beatha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


    This post has been deleted.


  • #43
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    We do scan the websites we know. In Ireland and UK as well. My car has a front facing camera. By its manual it supposed to record for up to 15 minutes after stopping the engine. So hopefully the camera worked without interruptions and cached that M...F.... face (if he passed on the front). Gardai took the memory card to investigate. Thank you again guys for your messages. And if some of you know anybody who might walk over there or cycle ask them do not pass by something suspicious. I also share my message on facebook so hopefully somebody will contact me soon. Thank you again. I will update on this.


  • #44
    Brinimartini
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭Brinimartini


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    If you have fully comprehensive car insurance, it may cover contents OP.

    Thats interesting.I too had my car robbed in the Dublin mountains a few years back and lost my beloved Carl Zeiss Jena binoculars.


  • #45
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    So lets see how many bits of gear get recovered due to a thread in AH. Or, lets bang up a sticky - "Stuff that got robbed today". Should be pretty jammed within a week. And all the lovlies going "Ohh, sorry for your loss OP, that's devastating, mwah". His camera got nicked, he didn't lose a kidney ffs.

    If you parked your car with gear to that value in the boot in any place on earth, you'd be lucky to find the blocks they used to put it up on when you got back. Someone else would've nicked them. I've come back to the car several times to find some gee-bag has put in a window and done a runner with whatever was inside. I don't get why this time is special or worthy of a load of hand-wringing. No doubt the Gardai are out in the chopper and CSI are still running prints through pulse..

    And for the "You're being a dick" brigade, what are ye gonna do? Start combing the bracken for clues? Found a support group??
    Sounds like the OP had their entire worldly goods in the boot anyway, the only thing not robbed was their virginity. Who leaves their phone in the boot??


    "So, Mr OP, what was taken from the boot?"


    "Err, the telly, the cat, my collection of Roman coins, a Picasso, several Vermeers, some platinum, my entire collection of Ronan Keating CD's......"

    On the way to the airport when you stop to piss or for a bit bigger, are you taking all your luggage with you in case someone break into your car's boot? What a stupid comments you make.


  • #46
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    OP I hope you find out who did this and get your stuff back.

    It might be a good idea to buy a portable camera or use a camera in the car for the future when parking up in desolate areas


  • #47
    con___manx1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭con___manx1


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    I'm guessing there's a dozen people whose houses were burgularised yesterday, a hundred people whose cars were broken into and a few dozen who got mugged. You need extra fussing over why, again? No-one died, you lost some stuff, you need to fill some forms. There you go.
    How sympathetic of u. Have u ever heard of the word empathy? If you ever get robbed in sure you would like some help to find your belongings. His kids toys were even robed. I have been robed myself and I can tell u it's not a nice experience. Insurance can't replace everything.i am going too look in a local market next weekend for the op s belongings. It's no problem I will be there anyway. Only for his post I would be oblivious to this crime.


  • #48
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    con___manx1 wrote: »
    How sympathetic of u. Have u ever heard of the word empathy? If you ever get robbed in sure you would like some help to find your belongings. His kids toys were even robed. I have been robed myself and I can tell u it's not a nice experience. Insurance can't replace everything.i am going too look in a local market next weekend for the op s belongings. It's no problem I will be there anyway. Only for his post I would be oblivious to this crime.
    Thank you for that


  • #49
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    dgt wrote: »
    OP I hope you find out who did this and get your stuff back.

    It might be a good idea to buy a portable camera or use a camera in the car for the future when parking up in desolate areas
    They steal dashcams as well, but my one is a dashcam-mirror so they didn't realize. So now waiting for garda call if they found something on the footage or my card in the post box if they didn't


  • #50
    blackbird99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭blackbird99


    it might be worth your while posting in the photography forum,
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=27
    the lads and lassies over there might spot some of your gear being more familiar with cameras etc,
    best of luck, hope things work out.


  • #51
    arcius
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭arcius


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    any chance you have a tracker set up on the phone? Like the apple 'find my phone'



    Hope you get your stuff back OP.

    And those pricks get caught!
    The phone was switched off straight away. We just blacklisted it... hopefully some walkers will find something trown out somewhere...


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