I've been burgled

[Halb]

Gutted. Having work done to the house due to flood damage, so no-one has been living there. Went round last night to check up/get mail and found that I have been burgled.
Happened on Wednesday night from what I can gather from some noises that neighbours heard, but didn't connect the noise with my place.
At heart I am a collector (hoarder) and the thieving scrotes have had away with some of my beloved collections.
My Myth & Magic Tolkien figurines from the 90s, boxed
My life's collection of comics from the 80s-90s.
Tolkien collectable calendars from the 80s
Discworld collectible calenders from the 90s/00s
My granddad's Sega one penny one armed bandit
James Bond car collection set, that I had been collecting since 2007
Many Star Wars micro machines boxed, Millennium Falcon and die cast ones from the 90s
Star Wars monop0ly and Thud board games.
ANd video collectors editions, one of which was Jungle Book, with an animation cell.
And I think some cuddly toys

come on here to have a cry.

[Halb]

Thanks for the advice fellas, this is a little like therapy and I just wanna get it out, chat about it and then move on, I am not contents insured (my fault I know, I thought it had been taken care of after my flood damage) the financial loss is one I'll take it's the scrote trampling over my stuff and taking stuff that has been collected over 30 years, mostly from the 90s, some of it gotten me as presents that is the real kicker.

The loft is an idea I'll use in future, usually my stuff is packed away, but with the flood damage, we cleared the house, and put what we thought was less valuable stuff in the conservatory (coin collection and other goodies at parents etc). I don't own much in the way of hi tech gizmos, we have one big screen telly but that was at my mates. I might seem like a strange collection but I am/was a big Tolkien/comic buff and so my collection spanned from 80/90s (school/teenage years).
The bond cars are over £1000k on retail value. They are still on sale in the newsagents, we're up to 108 now, I think I'll stop.

I am checking e bay (and gumtree) for the cars and Tolkien figures (one new I just saw is 250 euros on the official myth and magic website, but I wouldn't see anybody getting anywhere near on ebay).
I just came on here to whine/let off steam really, try and recollect what else they took, when I realised they took my granddads bandit I couldn't sleep.
The wife/geek comments are amusing fellas, I guessed there would be some of that, but fkkit I've been a closet geek for decades so am used to it

Makes me think though, why collect anything? Why bother, someone comes in and takes the lot, he won't get decent value for it, it'll just be sold for buttons or thrown away once he realises he won't get much for it (I have a collection of magazines, he took half them too). Starting to think best not to buy anything nice and live in a cell.

Edited by Halb on Saturday 13th August 16:17

[Halb]

Let's say some of my stuff has popped up recently.
What is the best way to go about getting it back?

[Halb]

JulianHJ said:

Depends on how you know it's popped up, and whether you can prove it's your stuff. Would you be prepared to elaborate?

Someone is selling items via social media, items that match some of the items listed above.
These items should be on the police report from back then. Percentage wise it must be close to 90%, but I couldn't say for 100% without actually having them in my hands.

[Halb]

Du1point8 said:

did you record the barcode or other number and pass to the police or you going off the looks of it?
If the latter, then forget about it.
Did you get a payout for the goods? If so, then even if you get them back they are not yours.

No barcodes. It's the description, these items aren't common and to be grouped together is rather unusual.
I was never paid anything, they weren't covered.

[Halb]

Sarnie said:

Police?

Popped up where?

A social media for sale group.

[Halb]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

4 years later, is it still important to you?

Sometimes stty things happen and force/persuade/encourage you to move on. I don't know or care how old you are, but collections rarely mean as much to the rest of the planet as they do to the collector (that's not to suggest they're unimportant) but might you have moved on? Grown-up perhaps?

Is it worth the time or angst?

I had gotten over it.
But some of this stuff was bought for me, by family. When I realised that this stuff was mine (pretty much) it all came back to me, like it was yesterday. I've calmed down now, but still....
My brother says I should offer cash for it back.

[Halb]

Mr GrimNasty said:

The police probably seized it all from some criminal's house, and auctioned it all off! Maybe.

I've found the individuals ebay page, poor rating, closed the account a few months ago after failing to post stuff out after getting paid.

[Halb]

PurpleTurtle said:

Your stuff then crops up for sale after the heat has cooled off. Hmmm ..... they probably have a lock-up/self store full of other people's stuff acquired on five finger discount whilst trusted with the keys, the light fingered bds!

Well I told the police. Apparently the original investigator needs to complete it, and he's on annual leave, he'll be back next Monday.