Another 'Catch the Car Jumpers' style event...
Discussion
Not really as interesting as global event that occured in september! But I'm now on my own mini mission, spurred on by what can be done by people when you put your mind to it!!
Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched
(no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....
It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched
(no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
Edited by ptp170 on Saturday 20th October 21:47
ptp170 said:
Not really as interesting as global event that occured in september! But I'm now on my own mini mission, spurred on by what can be done by people when you put your mind to it!!
Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched (no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....
It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
Is "Pikey" not a rascist term?Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched
(no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
hueandcry71 said:
ptp170 said:
Not really as interesting as global event that occured in september! But I'm now on my own mini mission, spurred on by what can be done by people when you put your mind to it!!
Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched (no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....
It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
Is "Pikey" not a rascist term?Basically my garage was broken into on the 9th of this month and my bike plus a couple of tools were pinched
(no damage to the Elise though) .....Oddly, they left behind another new bike in it's place and I've been on a bit of a mission ever since!! Things got interesting as of this afternoon as I found my bike for sale on ebay....It seems that if you are a victim of crime in the UK then the only realistic thing to do is be proactive....it's amazing what you can find out!!
I have created another group on the dreaded Facebook to keep my friends and family posted on advances!
If you're bored or fancy (hopefully) seeing me stick a thorn in the side of pikey thieving gits then you can request to join the group and I'll accept you!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5551832579
Chris
(I'm on the hunt for Esprits 'SELOC Deputy' piccy !)
pikey
From the English "turnpike", the place where itinerent travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.
Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and "culture" of "the travelling community", and whose main sources of income are as follows:
Stealing cars, flogging roses in pubs for "childrens' charities", nicking lead off roofs, burgling garden sheds, blagging entry to old peoples house to rob them, doing dodgy tarmac jobs ("we've got some black stuff left over from a job up the road"
, sometimes with mint imperials used as a substitute for white chippings, or, reportedly, using snow to lay slabs on when the sand ran out, stealing your bo
ocks if they weren't in a bag and anything else that's not nailed down and anything that is nailed down but will fit in the back of an untaxed Transit when nobody's looking.
Characterised by lurchers on a string, a unintelligible language that "isn't English, it isn't Irish, it's just Pikey" (source: Film: Snatch), a penchant for harecoursing, ketamine, lighter fuel, fighting in pubs and shopping at Lidl.
From the English "turnpike", the place where itinerent travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.
Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and "culture" of "the travelling community", and whose main sources of income are as follows:
Stealing cars, flogging roses in pubs for "childrens' charities", nicking lead off roofs, burgling garden sheds, blagging entry to old peoples house to rob them, doing dodgy tarmac jobs ("we've got some black stuff left over from a job up the road"
, sometimes with mint imperials used as a substitute for white chippings, or, reportedly, using snow to lay slabs on when the sand ran out, stealing your boocks if they weren't in a bag and anything else that's not nailed down and anything that is nailed down but will fit in the back of an untaxed Transit when nobody's looking.Characterised by lurchers on a string, a unintelligible language that "isn't English, it isn't Irish, it's just Pikey" (source: Film: Snatch), a penchant for harecoursing, ketamine, lighter fuel, fighting in pubs and shopping at Lidl.
miro said:
pikey
From the English "turnpike", the place where itinerent travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.
Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and "culture" of "the travelling community", and whose main sources of income are as follows:
Stealing cars, flogging roses in pubs for "childrens' charities", nicking lead off roofs, burgling garden sheds, blagging entry to old peoples house to rob them, doing dodgy tarmac jobs ("we've got some black stuff left over from a job up the road", sometimes with mint imperials used as a substitute for white chippings, or, reportedly, using snow to lay slabs on when the sand ran out, stealing your boocks if they weren't in a bag and anything else that's not nailed down and anything that is nailed down but will fit in the back of an untaxed Transit when nobody's looking.
Characterised by lurchers on a string, a unintelligible language that "isn't English, it isn't Irish, it's just Pikey" (source: Film: Snatch), a penchant for harecoursing, ketamine, lighter fuel, fighting in pubs and shopping at Lidl.
Pikey is about right then....From the English "turnpike", the place where itinerent travellers and thieves would camp near a settlement.
Pikey is not a racial group, the term is used to describe anyone who lives in a caravan or shares the same values and "culture" of "the travelling community", and whose main sources of income are as follows:
Stealing cars, flogging roses in pubs for "childrens' charities", nicking lead off roofs, burgling garden sheds, blagging entry to old peoples house to rob them, doing dodgy tarmac jobs ("we've got some black stuff left over from a job up the road"
, sometimes with mint imperials used as a substitute for white chippings, or, reportedly, using snow to lay slabs on when the sand ran out, stealing your boocks if they weren't in a bag and anything else that's not nailed down and anything that is nailed down but will fit in the back of an untaxed Transit when nobody's looking.Characterised by lurchers on a string, a unintelligible language that "isn't English, it isn't Irish, it's just Pikey" (source: Film: Snatch), a penchant for harecoursing, ketamine, lighter fuel, fighting in pubs and shopping at Lidl.
crackthatoff said:
I'm noel a on facebook, just requested ! good luck mate I hate thieving arseholes !
if the police dont come up with the goods I'm sure we can arrange a couple of people to come and pick it up with you (for moral support obviously !)any one got a spare sock for my 8 ball lol !
Thanks for that!! I'll keep you in mind for a good kneecapping!if the police dont come up with the goods I'm sure we can arrange a couple of people to come and pick it up with you (for moral support obviously !)any one got a spare sock for my 8 ball lol !
The next 2 hrs are going to be interesting as I'm going to be the winning bidder on my own bike and then i get to find out the name and address of the thieving little tosspot.
ptp170 said:
crackthatoff said:
I'm noel a on facebook, just requested ! good luck mate I hate thieving arseholes !
if the police dont come up with the goods I'm sure we can arrange a couple of people to come and pick it up with you (for moral support obviously !)any one got a spare sock for my 8 ball lol !
Thanks for that!! I'll keep you in mind for a good kneecapping!if the police dont come up with the goods I'm sure we can arrange a couple of people to come and pick it up with you (for moral support obviously !)any one got a spare sock for my 8 ball lol !
The next 2 hrs are going to be interesting as I'm going to be the winning bidder on my own bike and then i get to find out the name and address of the thieving little tosspot.
Cheers for that!! 
The police said that they'd act immediately upon me supplying a name and address....they seemed pretty enthusiastic about kicking some scum posterior!
It would seem that the police want to be able to fight ‘petty’ crimes like this, but are blocked my red tape and paperwork etc. I hope they appreciate the way that I'm fast tracking this for them!! Given the rest of the items that are for sale by this seller (laptops, video cameras, wireless router, MY BIKE) it just screams stolen goods to me so it would be a nice result for the police too.
The police said that they'd act immediately upon me supplying a name and address....they seemed pretty enthusiastic about kicking some scum posterior!
It would seem that the police want to be able to fight ‘petty’ crimes like this, but are blocked my red tape and paperwork etc. I hope they appreciate the way that I'm fast tracking this for them!! Given the rest of the items that are for sale by this seller (laptops, video cameras, wireless router, MY BIKE) it just screams stolen goods to me so it would be a nice result for the police too.
sramdeen said:
Kick him in the nuts from me. My £1000+ SPecialized was stolen a few weeks ago a dn I'm looking on ebay every day!
Fingers crossed for you! Keep us updated.
S
My bike was relatively 'cheap' compared to yours...it was more the principal that somebody stole from me and I won't let that sort of thing slide....my friends nickname me 'The Grudge' as I have a tendancy to not let things go if I've been 'wronged' in anyway...Fingers crossed for you! Keep us updated.
S
'Popped' round to the knobs house tonight and took a picture, he lives in a lovely block of flats in the middle of a right shit hole of an area. Police should also be 'popping' around tommorow (fingers crossed), I've got an inside man on the force and I'm going to find out when they're making the visit as I want to be subtly parked up on the side of the road and watch his face as he's dragged out in cuffs
Just a suggestion, but it was mentioned to me that quite a few bikes get palmed off at bike shops that sell used items.... I went round all mine with a preprinted card of the bikes details and asked them to keep an eye out for it!
Requested to join (George Maddever), although it looks as if you've already done all the required sleuthing.
Did you have the bike's serial number recorded?
What's the betting the pikey scum claims they bought it off some bloke down the pub? Having said that, if they're found with the rest of your stuff, then that's pretty damning.
Did you have the bike's serial number recorded?
What's the betting the pikey scum claims they bought it off some bloke down the pub? Having said that, if they're found with the rest of your stuff, then that's pretty damning.
- Edit* I see on your facebook, you've already stated all the required info... should be enough to nail his ass to the wall... even if the coppers can't do him for theft, only "receiving stolen goods" at least you will get your bike back
Edited by Esprit on Sunday 21st October 04:06
I've had a few break-ins/stuff nicked in the past and fair play to the BiB they have twice caught the culprits...
1) Stolen tax disc out of my soft-top - local pub landlord displayed in his car when he was stopped on M5. Claimed to have bought it off a punter in the pub. Police having none of it ... he was fined £1,500 - so beware!!
2) Stolen TV/Video - house alarm went off and neighbour got Fiesta registration. Police were waiting at his house 20 minutes later with two TV's and 2 video's on his car back seat .... he claimed to have purchased in the pub !!! 120 hours community service !!
GLAD ITS GOING WELL CHRIS
George - sorry not to be in touch re your new acquisition (I've been driving a PT Cruiser in the States !! ~ trust you are enjoying it. Sounds like good news re the aqua Elise.
111KAB
1) Stolen tax disc out of my soft-top - local pub landlord displayed in his car when he was stopped on M5. Claimed to have bought it off a punter in the pub. Police having none of it ... he was fined £1,500 - so beware!!
2) Stolen TV/Video - house alarm went off and neighbour got Fiesta registration. Police were waiting at his house 20 minutes later with two TV's and 2 video's on his car back seat .... he claimed to have purchased in the pub !!! 120 hours community service !!
GLAD ITS GOING WELL CHRIS
George - sorry not to be in touch re your new acquisition (I've been driving a PT Cruiser in the States !! ~ trust you are enjoying it. Sounds like good news re the aqua Elise.
111KAB
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