A lesson learnt
Submitted by catchalittle on Thu, 2009-09-17 15:43
Took the boat over to Guildford today to get serviced and on the way home stopped at Hungry Jacks ducked in to get a burger,good burger by the way got home backed boat back in to the workshop unhitched and thought I would put the new life jackets in that I had bought from the dealership.Got in to the boat and straight away noticed something missing
My 3 month old Lowrance HDS 7 sounder and gps some mongrel had helped themselves to it when I was grabbing my burger talk about theft of oppertunity have advised the boys in blue but I doubt I will ever see that again.Plus considering I just upgraded the card as well.
If you hear of anyone selling a model as above cheap please let me know
All my gps spots that I have collected over the years are gone I knew I should have bought that nav planner for computer now I have to start from scratch.
My burger will have cost me over $2000
Another lession learnt never leave your boat unattended no matter where you are
My 3 month old Lowrance HDS 7 sounder and gps some mongrel had helped themselves to it when I was grabbing my burger talk about theft of oppertunity have advised the boys in blue but I doubt I will ever see that again.Plus considering I just upgraded the card as well.
If you hear of anyone selling a model as above cheap please let me know
All my gps spots that I have collected over the years are gone I knew I should have bought that nav planner for computer now I have to start from scratch.
My burger will have cost me over $2000
Another lession learnt never leave your boat unattended no matter where you are
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Nathan
wadetolley
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Sorry
Sorry to hear mate! Sending a ute load of bad karma there way
till
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Ouch, that is harsh. I
Ouch, that is harsh. I always fret over that when I park the boat up.
gregk
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not good
talk about the quick or dead not cool
kempy
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dam was it easy to get in ur
dam was it easy to get in ur boat?
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catchalittle
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Nope mate it is quite a tall
Nope mate it is quite a tall boat I generally need to use the ladder at the back to get up who ever it was used the mud guard and had grubby shoes as they left marks on the side of the hull
Nathan
jersey
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Yea, real bad
But if you had come out of the burger joint sooner and actually caught the little She its,given them a kick in the ars for what they were doing,you would be the one in the s+++t sorry to say,jersey
catchalittle
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Probably would have invited
Probably would have invited them for a one way fishing trip to the trench,no cops no court problem solved public service for the scum
Nathan
Ben Derecki
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ouch, but
you sure it came away from the place you had it serviced with the sounder in it mate?
could have gone before you even left there? just seems a bit open and obvious, and fast, for someone to knock it off at the burger bar??
Matt T
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Little Pricks
What area mate? Will keep an eye out as I'm watching ebay for a GPS myself.
catchalittle
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I stopped at the Midland
I stopped at the Midland store
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not much good without the
not much good without the tranducer and antennae
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fishy fingers
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Check their cameras
If you go into hungry jacks they may have cctv cameras on the area you parked they should be able to get footage...I know they (some fast food joints) have them inside not sure about outside though...worth a try.
catchalittle
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Thanks mate will go and see
Thanks mate will go and see them and ask
Nathan
roberta
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Sorry to hear that but
the scum bags have hit the club, contractors putting in new jetty had their 15hp motor taken off their little barge type dingy and in the undercroft they stole the big bug catcher light thingie we had ....... if they get caught they'll only get a slap on the wrist and back into stealing.
Hope Hungry Jacks have cctv for you to get the little darlings
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peter
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mongrels theyll get wots
mongrels theyll get wots coming to them in time was the burger worth it tho
fishings involved im already there
damo6230
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not good
hoping it comes back but I never leave my boat unattended.......
mind you just had my mountain bike stolen......
little kids......
Jody
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Painful
Some people are just sh*ts. Painful way to learn a lesson.
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Baron Custom
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I cant afford to trust
Still paying for the last time.... I never let the GT out of sight...... Hope you get it back we will keep our eye's open but it has prob gone to a drug dealer or hock shop.. Try the hock shops in and around midland.. The one in gillford has a bad rep.. Good Luck.. Darryl
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catchalittle
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Going to pull the HDS 5 out
Going to pull the HDS 5 out of the smaller boat and put that in for the moment till I source somwhere to buy another unit, pain in the bum as only fitted that on Sunday hopefully the unit is compatible with the hds7 transducer,have just ordered the nav planner over the net and going to ask a few of the boys at work for a few spots to get me started
Nathan
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sorry to hear that
sorry to hear that mate...little p&^%s. If the coppers are switched on they will source the CCTV. Visit the local hock shops and the quokka is a hot place to get rid of gear like that.
I am sure that all FW members will keep an eye out for you.....
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Decella
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Check the survellance camera's in the other shops around there.
especially if there is a servo there might get the rego
barneyboy
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Do you still have the box ect
as they have the serial number on them. You could let lowrance know what happened along with the serial number and give the cops the serial number as well incase it pops up somewhere. Sorry mate that must suck
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catchalittle
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Yep still have the box and
Yep still have the box and all the paperwork going down to the cop shop in the morning to do a full report.Even have a picture of the unit sitting on the dash of the boat,pity they didnt try and take the two way or the epirb as it would have taken them longer then they would have got pinged
Nathan
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Try emailing or ringing the
Try emailing or ringing the distributor telling them what happened and if anyone orders the aerial and transducer for the model you lost they can at least inform the cops and get them to suss it out, you might be able to track it down that way.
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im sure you will find the sum bag mate
the first place to check would be the quokka and cash converters
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will keep one eye and ear open
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southcity104
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Midland Gate
I left midland 7 years ago. Never looked back.
i write all important gps marks in a note book. Wether your gps dies or the unit is lost your marks are retrivable
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catchalittle
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unfortunately I didnt do
unfortunately I didnt do that but when I start going out when the weather clears up and suss some spots out going to back them up on the computer navitronics sell quite a good software program for this geez Im going to be in the site when the Mrs finds out
Nathan
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Bob's got his Bible
with all his spots here in Perth and Leeman, sure comes in handy when he was putting a new spot in and touched the wrong button, all gone, out came the bible and much %$#@!
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krabman
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karma
karma will prevail hopefully u get ur stuff back .
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sorry to hear ,shit of a
sorry to hear ,shit of a place around there for theft, thats one area i always lock up the truck. they must have been quick as that area is so busy
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sorry to hear mate. Hope
sorry to hear mate. Hope everything works out.
Rod P
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Your insurance should cover
Your insurance should cover it. With marine insurers like Nautilas or Club you don't have to prove forced entry for theft..
Matt T
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Good point Rod
Your insurance should cover it as a noted accessory, espicially if you can provide them with a photo of the item installed on the boat. Timely reminder to make sure you include cover for fishing gear and accessories on your insurance and take a few photos (of the gear on the boat) that you can send through to the insurance company in the event of a claim.
Highlander
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I wonder where can a mobile
I wonder where can a mobile electric fence can be bought from, to keep those opportunists off boats that are parked for a short period, plug fence into 240 volts and have a bucket of water handy, that will fix them. unlucky is all I can say.
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Man some people are real
Man some people are real farkin dogs aye , dun wory mate they will get whats coming ,
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That is pathetic
I hope they catch the Bogans and get your gear back. There are some reals pricks out there.
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Bad News
Bad news for you mate hopefuuly some one help out in finding the goods, maybe one day the tide will change on these mongrels, live used to be easy
catchalittle
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Well made the report today
Well made the report today and was told by the officer dont like yor chances of getting it back there has been a few reported cases of units being taken lately.plus to make it worse went in to the store and the one place where I parked the boat was just out of the cctv footage nice view of my car.
Insurance will cover it so have ordered a new unit and card and going to invite some mates around for a BBQ and hit them up for some spots.
Nathan
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feel your pain mate had my
feel your pain mate had my hilux broken into at my house lastsunday night took my gps ,sub,ipod and wallet learnt my lesson the hard way shouldnt have left it all in there
skintba
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thats crap
Ive had a fair amount of gear stolen since i moved to WA 7 yrs ago ( about 7k worth) over 2 separate inceidences 1 at woody point from the car and one from the garage of a house i was moving into, and i didnt manage to recover any of it nor was it insured so i can totally under stand what ur going through. if u text me on 0404001660 ill text u back at least a few new spots to add to the replacemnt gps to get u started again.
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text sent mate,will take you
text sent mate,will take you out fishing some time in trade
Thanks
Nathan
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Thieving Bastards
I recently had to take the dog to the vet in that area.
Putting him in the back of the car I put my wallet on the rear running board.
Had a Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 with two likely lads follow me to the lights and one gets out opens his bonnet. mmm I thought must be overheating...... Next thing he ducks down and then back up and closes the bonnet, lights turn green and as we moved forward the penny drops and I realise what's just happened.
(They got about $350 but the big issue was all my cards) I try to pull over but no where to go, they turn left and I try to follow but the bloody engel falls on the dog so I've got to stop and save it or I'm REALLY in the crap.
You can just see it now, "Hi honey got my wallet pinched"
her -"Oh well never mind"
me - "oh and I managed to crush the dog to death with the fridge in the back of the car".......
her - " click - chick"
I got their number plate they got away. many hours reporting and chasing it up.... they deny it... police can't do anything.
I've got the number plate Mr H- WN %$#^&* so next time I see them ;)
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catchalittle
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Shammy wasnt it rev's that
Shammy wasnt it rev's that you could ring with a licence plate number and they could check the details for you I think people who were buying cars did this to make sure the car was not stollen and was owed by the actual person selling it one way you could get their details and pay them a visit
Nathan
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you need
You need a friend in licencing, so you can track them down!