I HATE Thieves!

[tnhomestead]

Some lowlife broke into the new house on Thanksgiving and stole all my leather tools as well as my power tools/hand tools. Wish I had been there, but maybe I will get lucky and they will come back while I am there! Well at I have a few tools left, my maul, couple swivel knives(not the best, but neither am i LOL), and some leather -- Wish I could find that sucker!

[YinTx]

That truly sucks.  You have my sympathy.

 

[JerseyFirefighter]

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. It drives me nuts that people feel that entering other peoples residence and taking what isnt theirs is somehow justifiable. I'd like to be there right with you the next time to help teach them a lesson. 

[CaptQuirk]

That is not your average thief, as most would have passed up the leather tools. You also have my sympathy, Thieves should be castrated, then shot.

[tnhomestead]

Not sure if they knew what they were stealing -- they left batteries, solar panels, lathes and inverter and a charge controller. Not to mention they didnt touch a couple 4 wheelers and a boat. 

Appreciate the sympathy, been a bad month so far!

[TinkerTailor]

Talk to all the pawn shops and keep your eyes out. Leather tools are not as easy a sell as cordless drills. They are pretty uncommon and identifiable. They may just turn up.

[MADMAX22]

If you file a police report the pawn shops are "suppose" to enter the products they get into a data base that will pop up with the police if the item matches the description of the stolen items. Supposedly. 

While back I had a rental powered drain cleaner stolen. Ended up costing me $1500 and a bunch of time wasted. Still find it hard to believe someone stole a crap covered drain cleaner that I had used that day to clean out the sewer pipes under my house. 

[tnhomestead]

I live in a very small county, reported it and gave the investigator a pretty good list but i am sure I have missed a few things.Need to run around to the Mennonite and Amish leather guys around, talk to them. I am known in that community so hopefully if they get offered any i will find out. Posting it on Facebook as well, who knows -- I dont expect to get anything back but I can dream, right? LOL

[Thor]

1 hour ago, TinkerTailor said:

Talk to all the pawn shops and keep your eyes out. Leather tools are not as easy a sell as cordless drills. They are pretty uncommon and identifiable. They may just turn up.

Exactly and keep an eye on eBay. Chances are it's someone who "knows" you if they only took your tools.

[bikermutt07]

I hate thieves. They are even lower than liars.

While back I had a rental powered drain cleaner stolen. Ended up costing me $1500 and a bunch of time wasted. Still find it hard to believe someone stole a crap covered drain cleaner that I had used that day to clean out the sewer pipes under my house. 

I once borrowed a nice snake from my plumber buddy to clean out my mother in laws drain. When I finished I walked in cleaned up my hands and walked back outside. A guy had pulled up and was already getting out of his truck by the time I was coming back outside. He looked at me and asked if this was the house having the garage sale (on a Tuesday afternoon?) I gave him a hard look and said Nope. There ain't nothing for sale around here. It made me sick to my stomach to think of my friend letting me borrow such an expensive piece of equipment, and it possibly getting stolen.