Advice on whether to report a theft from a Main Dealer site.

[hotchy]

Got to say I knew for a fact I dropped my puddle duck 50p down the back of my seat. Thought I'll grab it later. Car was hovered out so either hovered up or pinched. In defence of the valet guy, he replaced my destroyed front mats for free so no complaints. Still not managed to find another duck yet got every other one lol

Which brings me to what he will say anyway.

"Probably in the hoover boss want me to rip the bag open? I'll need to empty the crap all over though"

"Nah dont bother"

Edited by hotchy on Friday 21st February 07:15

Edited by hotchy on Friday 21st February 07:15

[Jamescrs]

You have raised it with the dealership, fair enough. I don't think its worth reporting to the Police personally and highly suspect it will be closed off at the point of reporting anyway.

[singlecoil]

Escy said:

I agree but life is too short to concern yourself over £3.

Purely as a matter of interest, what is the sum at which you would concern yourself? We've established that in your case £3 is insufficient. £30? £300?

[vaud]

Jamescrs said:

You have raised it with the dealership, fair enough. I don't think its worth reporting to the Police personally and highly suspect it will be closed off at the point of reporting anyway.

I'd report to the police but online to minimise the resources. It would probably be closed out / NFA, but the stats on crime are useful to the police and future funding.

[epom]

Digby said:

McGee_22 said:

Thank you to the posters who like me see the principle of the theft; I think I'll hold off and see if the head honcho gets in touch then think again about it.

For information, the Service Manager was almost immediately talking about rigging a car with cameras so perhaps it is the case that others have reported thefts and he realises it's time to do something as it's perhaps getting out of hand.

As to someone getting sacked, I doubt anyone will or could get caught unless they were caught by someone over their shoulder or by a camera set-up.

It does seem some posters are perfectly happy with petty crime, perhaps even with bigger thefts too...

I would be pissed if they took a dead air freshener.

It has nothing to do with what they took and everything to do with the fact they took something.

Nail on head.

[McGee_22]

singlecoil said:

Escy said:

I agree but life is too short to concern yourself over £3.

Purely as a matter of interest, what is the sum at which you would concern yourself? We've established that in your case £3 is insufficient. £30? £300?

Good question.

Escy?

[Torquey]

McGee_22 said:

Thank you to the posters who like me see the principle of the theft; I think I'll hold off and see if the head honcho gets in touch then think again about it.

For information, the Service Manager was almost immediately talking about rigging a car with cameras so perhaps it is the case that others have reported thefts and he realises it's time to do something as it's perhaps getting out of hand.

As to someone getting sacked, I doubt anyone will or could get caught unless they were caught by someone over their shoulder or by a camera set-up.

It does seem some posters are perfectly happy with petty crime, perhaps even with bigger thefts too...

I'm absolutely with you on this.

It does seem many PH-ers either have money to burn or happy with theft. There's endless threads of people getting overcharged for services, unfair parking tickets or being invoiced for incomplete diagnostic work. The general response here is "just pay up and move on".

I agree with your point about reporting it. The police are probably not best but it should be reported somewhere (I'm not sure where - other than the garage) just in case other customers are experiencing the same. You're probably not going to miss £5 but if someone is taking home another £X00 from theft then that's something that should be challenged.

[KAgantua]

wow

[Escy]

McGee_22 said:

singlecoil said:

Escy said:

I agree but life is too short to concern yourself over £3.

Purely as a matter of interest, what is the sum at which you would concern yourself? We've established that in your case £3 is insufficient. £30? £300?

Good question.

Escy?

I'd never leave an amount of money in my car when taking it to a garage that I cared about so I'd not ever find myself in this situation.

[Howard-]

Escy said:

I'd never leave an amount of money in my car when taking it to a garage that I cared about so I'd not ever find myself in this situation.

So by that logic, if someone left some money in their car, it's okay for a dealership worker to steal it? If so, as requested above, please confirm the threshold where it becomes not okay?

[PAULJ5555]

All crime should get reported even if you dont think anything will happen, by not reporting it the governement figures show less, so as far as they think the UK has less crime. No need for extra police then with less crime.

[singlecoil]

Escy said:

McGee_22 said:

singlecoil said:

Escy said:

I agree but life is too short to concern yourself over £3.

Purely as a matter of interest, what is the sum at which you would concern yourself? We've established that in your case £3 is insufficient. £30? £300?

Good question.

Escy?

I'd never leave an amount of money in my car when taking it to a garage that I cared about so I'd not ever find myself in this situation.

Question dodged.

[anonymous-user]

Pistonheads has got this low, that we have people siding with the thief and blaming the OP for leaving money in the car.

Crazy

[Digby]

Escy said:

I'd never leave an amount of money in my car when taking it to a garage that I cared about so I'd not ever find myself in this situation.

That's ok, they could maybe have your warning triangle and puncture repair kit. How about a few fuses and bulbs or a couple of dashboard buttons they may have broken in their own car? Perhaps a boot badge or a phone charger.

I assume they would all be ok?

[Mandalore]

epom said:

Digby said:

McGee_22 said:

Thank you to the posters who like me see the principle of the theft; I think I'll hold off and see if the head honcho gets in touch then think again about it.

For information, the Service Manager was almost immediately talking about rigging a car with cameras so perhaps it is the case that others have reported thefts and he realises it's time to do something as it's perhaps getting out of hand.

As to someone getting sacked, I doubt anyone will or could get caught unless they were caught by someone over their shoulder or by a camera set-up.

It does seem some posters are perfectly happy with petty crime, perhaps even with bigger thefts too...

I would be pissed if they took a dead air freshener.

It has nothing to do with what they took and everything to do with the fact they took something.

Nail on head.

I think people are being a little unkind to the Op, suggesting he is overthinking the situation over £3/5.

Its his £3/5, not yours.

Worst case, is that they never prove who did it, but the thief will think twice about dipping his hand in the future.


I never leave money in my cars, when it goes anywhere for work or valeting.

[Escy]

singlecoil said:

Question dodged.

Sorry about that. What I'd definitely not do is If I thought there might be a person in a garage who has light fingers would be to purposely leave more money in the car so I could prove my suspicion so then I can have something to get all angry and worked up about. I try to avoid drama rather than look for it.

[Escy]

Digby said:

That's ok, they could maybe have your warning triangle and puncture repair kit. How about a few fuses and bulbs or a couple of dashboard buttons they may have broken in their own car? Perhaps a boot badge or a phone charger.

I assume they would all be ok?

I missed the bit where this happened, I thought we are talking about a couple of quid, planted with the expectation it was going to get stolen.

I also didn't say it's OK, just that I wouldn't waste my time fretting over it.

Edited by Escy on Friday 21st February 13:14

[singlecoil]

Escy said:

singlecoil said:

Question dodged.

Sorry about that. What I'd definitely not do is If I thought there might be a person in a garage who has light fingers would be to purposely leave more money in the car so I could prove my suspicion so then I can have something to get all angry and worked up about. I try to avoid drama rather than look for it.

Thanks for the further answer, but it still didn't answer the question. It's entirely up to you if you answer it or not, just noting that you haven't yet.

[berlintaxi]

McGee_22 said:

We're fortunate that £3 is nether here nor there to us at this time but someone is perhaps stealing anywhere between maybe a few hundred or close to a thousand pounds a month from customers cars.

Only if people are stupid enough to leave cash in their cars.

[Muzzer79]

singlecoil said:

Escy said:

I agree but life is too short to concern yourself over £3.

Purely as a matter of interest, what is the sum at which you would concern yourself? We've established that in your case £3 is insufficient. £30? £300?

If my £3 mattered that much to me, I'd declare the amount of money I'd left in the car when I dropped it off at the dealer.

Every time I go there, they ask me to confirm any valuables that are in the car.

If they took something I hadn't declared as valuable, I wouldn't go to Police, etc.
I'd have a word with the Service Manager, explain what had happened, but with the fact I have no concrete evidence, and simply not use that dealer again.