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can it get any worse - disco broken into!

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KingWolf:
Well thankfully the Transfer box went on the way home after I'd picked up said eBay purchase so that was a positive thing...lol

As for claiming on your insurance I'd think very carefully before doing so. It used to be that if you made a claim you NCB would drop by 30% if not protected. So it would take you another 3 years to get back to where you are now..!!!! obviously this all depends on how much NCB you currently have.

Hope that makes sence...  :shock:

Mark.

CaptainColourful:
As KW says, it depends on how much NCB you already have.
If you are on full NCB, maybe you have protected NCB so it wouldn't reduce next year ?

Another thing to think about is how much you have to pay out yourself on any claim. You may have to fork out the first £100- 250 anyway so it's probably not worth claiming this time. Insurance companies never like to pay out and may even contest the fact that you left your stuff on show. I guess the CB aerial was on show too, so was a clue to the thieving gits to investigate further.

  I am sorry that you have been an innocent victim of the lowlife scum that is so prevalent in today's society. 

Come the revolution, ( it's on the way )  they will all be against the wall !   

On a brighter note, there are a few bargains on the TOMTOM website for refurbished units with up to date maps and 12 months warranty included, so that may be worth a look.

Range Rover Blues:
UNless they start chopping their theiving hands off we will never be able to have anything nice.  My advice is if it's parked on your property then get a CCTV, most thefts are opportunistic and on the spur of the moment they won't take the chance.  If most of the time your truck is emptied of stuff work nicking then someone must have thought it was christmas when they found all that lot in there.

Real sorry to hear it though.  Just picked up a Garmin for £85 brand new in Halfrauds and they do a cheaper on at £65.  WHy would anyone buy a nicked Sat Nav when they are that cheap :?

CaptainColourful:


--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on April 17, 2009, 00:36:59 --- Just picked up a Garmin for £85 brand new in Halfrauds and they do a cheaper on at £65.  WHy would anyone buy a nicked Sat Nav when they are that cheap :?

--- End quote ---

It's sold in a pub for a quick £10 to feed their drug/drink habit.
I had one nicked from my truck's cab whilst I was working at the back.They only took the unit itself, they left the holder and charging cable (the idiots could have got another fiver for those)  The noise of the diesel forktruck that was loading me drowned out the sound of breaking glass. They nicked my satnav and 2 mobile phones.That was the very first (and last) time I left it on show. A quick reverse into a firm's gateway to load just one pallet... 3 mins max. They must've seen it glowing in the dark as I approached the firm..

 I did get paid out on my household insurance though after explaining in words of one syllable that I had not left the vehicle unattended and that if I had seen them and tried to stop them I would have probably been phoning the insurance company from a hospital bed. 

Range Rover Blues:
Then you have to blame the ****heads that buy a sat nav for £10 from "a bloke in a pub", if no-one bought dodgy gear no-one would nick it.

A few years ago a mate who was a DJ at the time had his house broken into, his TV, hi-fi and all his PA, decks etc went and they nicked his car to shift it all.

About a week later the car was found with all his DJ gear back in it (it had been seen empty at the same location).  He reckons whoever nicked it thought they'd be able to make a fortune but no-one they tried to sell it to would touch it, knowing full-well that it was someone else's livelyhood that had been nicked.

If only "the man in the street" had the same scruples there would be no market for a nicked satnav.

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