[darren clarke]

if someone one knocked on your door and said i got a slx pole for £40  or a full system for £200,  knowing that it was probably nicked, would you buy it and then lock it up better

you can just answer rather than leave a thread.

this is to do with all the thefts as some one has to be buying it

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

Not only is it morally wrong but if the police caught up with you they can seize the property and return it to it's rightful owner, meaning that the buyer is out of pocket and the thief now has your cash.  You could even get charged with handling stolen goods.  A much better way of dealing with it would be to call the police when the person knocks on your door, then you have one less thief on the street.

Simon.

[Richard Neal]

Its like a builder buying stolen tools or a sparky, plasterer..... tradesmen look out for each other, the rest are called scum for a reason, id phone the old bill and be tempted to break a nose as well.

[david watts]

my dad was robbed 4 times all snap on tools so i would be a snitch unlike allan brazil
on the radio today he said he wouldnt grass on someone;
if you been robed you know how it feels chop there hands off

[andyM]

No I wouldn't touch nicked gear. Its a moral issue, and you are encouraging it to go on if you are lining the pockets of the thieves.

[Richard Neal]

Having your tv nicked is bad enough but theyre nicking someones livelihood!! kick them in the nuts and phone the old bill say it was self defence.

[scottt24]

throw em in the back of the van and chop thier sticky little fingers off

[Richard Neal]

throw em in the back of the van and chop thier sticky little fingers off

That could work

[Moderator David@stives]

Darren

If you have been offered something I would be interested to know.

[david watts]

like i said snap on tools in 83 -90 cost a packet a screwdriver was 15 notes and in my dads workshop
evry thing was snapon all gone. if i knew it was stolen tell somebody

[mark mann]

id say no thanks mate im sorted dead calm - then clock him leave take his reg - call police and ring a few wc in my surrounding area to see if anyones missing any - and of course give them the description who was trying to flog it inc the reg if i had it

like someone said its livleyhood - whilst im insured i dont want to pay the excess or the increased premium or the hassle or the inevitable time without a system (tho im covered for that too, but when i read the small print i have to collect replacement vehicle and its in wales hours away) so id be keen the thief would be caught knowing what it means to the victim.

[the bfg]

what if someone came knocking selling say top brand cloths with the tags on and the alarm bells ringing at Debenhams and m&s   would you still say no ?

or if some came selling fAgs and booze after Sainsburys or tescos were broken into ?

or what if you found a £20 note in the street ?  would you go down the police station and hand it in ?

or if you went to draw out £20 at a cash machine and it gave you £200 by mistake ?



the reason I ask this is because taking the moral high ground when it suites you is one thing but when it doesn't affect you people soon change their morals,

I worked at Sony for nearly 19 years and the amount of times people with so called high morals asked me if I could get any nicked gear was unbelieveable.  including a very high ranking bloke in the RAF  who asked me on more than one occasion if I could get him any stuff via the back door as he put it.

[roundbuilder]

yea what goes around comes around. I bought a trek mountain bike cheap from a bloke in a bookies which was obviously stolen as he was tiny and frame was big. Anyway cut a long story short some scumbag stole it out my garrage few months later so from that id never buy stolen goods again as bellieve it was karma biting me on the bum.

[Dean Taberner]

Darren

If you have been offered something I would be interested to know.

And me

[prestige cleaners]

i actually had a "windy" ring me up a couple of yrs ago trying to flog a van and equipment, sounded very dodgy, wouldnt give me his name or company name, i pretended to be interested so i could try and trace the real owners, but he wasnt having any of it. maybe i should have arranged a meet? did feel a bit bad afterwards, 

i got the feeling he was leaving/getting sacked and wanted to rip off his employers? or he did actually nick it off the street, i will never know 

[LWC]

Darren

If you have been offered something I would be interested to know.

And me

Yeh and how much? Thanks?

[darren clarke]

dave, i haevnt been offered any thing, its just with all the stuff getting pinched someone must be buying it, or is it all newbie just buying the stuff

or are they just nicking it and leaving it in there shed,  i use to kow builders taht where always been offered stolen gear and they would buy it then mark it as theres

[DaveG]

How come the results of this poll (so far) says 12% "yes its a bargain" but everyone is saying they wouldnt touch stolen gear? :

Me? I would never buy anything thats been stolen of a working man

[mci services]

How come the results of this poll (so far) says 12% "yes its a bargain" but everyone is saying they wouldnt touch stolen gear? :

Me? I would never buy anything thats been stolen of a working man

Would you buy it if it had been nicked from Mitie or Initial? 

[DaveG]

How come the results of this poll (so far) says 12% "yes its a bargain" but everyone is saying they wouldnt touch stolen gear? :

Me? I would never buy anything thats been stolen of a working man

Would you buy it if it had been nicked from Mitie or Initial? 

No chance