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30-09-2010, 06:30 PM
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Love My Pets
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 166
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Robbed!!!
Hi There
Well i woke up this morning to discover i had been robbed!
And the jerks decided Astro Gear was there target?? What the??.
But luckily nothing of large value EG cameras scopes and mounts were taken, but in a sense worse stuff than that was stolen because they took things that are difficult to replace like, Autoguider, Handcontroller for mount, dew controllers, cables, MY DEEP CYCLE BATTERY??? , focuser controllers and my Howie Glatter!!!! along with eyepieces and pretty much everything that is small and integral to my set-up besides the big stuff.
Take my DVD player and TV i don't care but not my Astro stuff, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
This stuff will be pointless to them and just plain worth nothing.
I hate these people
Shane Out
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30-09-2010, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 1,307
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Mate that sucks!!
Make sure you check with the local cash convertors and hock shops to see if anyone tries to cash them in; they'll be on CCTV.
Did you report to the cops?
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30-09-2010, 07:03 PM
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Currently Scopeless
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Moura Qld
Posts: 1,774
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Hope you are insured. And I hope they get the lowlifes......
Adrian
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30-09-2010, 07:04 PM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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Shane,
Far out, first Mike gets his car stolen, and, now your astro gear. : (
So sorry to hear about that. Scum of the earth!
H
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30-09-2010, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 793
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Really sorry to hear that Shane.
Do you think they knew what they were taking, or did they just target what looked valuable?
Hope they get their come-uppance!
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30-09-2010, 07:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: moonee beach
Posts: 2,179
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scum bags raise there ugly heads again!!!!!
sorry for your loose shane
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30-09-2010, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 8,278
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Sorry to hear that Shane
the worse thing is that they probably don't even know what they have stolen
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30-09-2010, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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No kidding, but I had a dream about that last night, someone stealing my gear, little bit by little bit.
Sorry to hear about your loss, but hopefully, being specialist gear, you may get it back.
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30-09-2010, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Para Hills, South Australia
Posts: 3,622
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Hi Shane,
That is awful, wondering if you can list the gear stolen on here and I will keep an eye out for any private sales mentioning your gear.
Pick up the Quokka as well
I hope you get your gear back.
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30-09-2010, 08:55 PM
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Love My Pets
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 166
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Thanks everyone,
All day i kept adding to the list of devastation and my heart sank just that little bit more as i kept trying to remember what i had in the three Pelican cases taken.
Here's the breakdown of my saddness to possibly look out for
Hyper Mallincam Plus- Biggest saddness of all
Starshoot autoguider
Howie Glatter 2'' barlowed Collimator and Tublug
all my eyepieces including "Bob" the big William Optics 28mm 82degree (too many to mention)
Kendrick Dew heater and two bands
Both moonlite and Skywatcher Focuser controllers
Binoviewers
All leads and cables
PC remote
Deep cycle battery
Synscan V3 controller rendering mount inert
Im sure i'll add to the list when my head clears.
Thanks again everyone for your kind thoughts it made me smile in an otherwise dreadful day.
Kind Regards
Shane
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30-09-2010, 09:14 PM
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Planet photographer
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Bundaberg
Posts: 8,819
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Geez...Sorry to hear this Shane! I guess it's all been said & I find it hard to add anything meaningful. Hope you get it back..
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30-09-2010, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,013
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Sorry to hear about your losses. I'll keep an eye and ear out but I hope you do get it all back.
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30-09-2010, 11:23 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 7,102
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sorry to hear that Shane, i can only imagine what you are feeling right now ouchhhh
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30-09-2010, 11:41 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hahndorf, South Australia
Posts: 4,373
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Nightmare Shane - hope it all works out for you.
The stuff you got knicked isn't the kind of gear that'll go down well at Cash Converters either! That said, thieves are ferkin' idiots - pure and simple so Cashie's might be the first stop for the cops!?
All the best mate - best wishes.
Doug
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30-09-2010, 11:53 PM
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Searching for Travolta...
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brisbane, Australia.
Posts: 3,700
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Gosh Shane, what a hassle! That's really terrible news, very sorry to hear that. I'm with you, take whatever but don't touch my astro gear and I wouldn't have half the stuff you have.
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01-10-2010, 12:16 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Warragul, Vic
Posts: 4,494
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I don't mean to add to your worries Shane, but ask your neighbors to keep an eye on the house for the next week or so - sometimes the theives will return during the day with a truck having already seen what's in the house.
I sometimes think about buying a couple of sacrificial pelican type cases and have them locked with a couple of bricks inside - then the robber couldn't carry too much good stuff away.
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01-10-2010, 12:21 AM
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Like to learn
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: melbourne
Posts: 4,835
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terrible news Shane. I Feel for you.
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01-10-2010, 12:50 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
Posts: 12,405
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Such a low act
I hope that you are able to recover your equipment Shane.
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01-10-2010, 03:14 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
Posts: 2,993
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Real sorry to hear this Shane. Unfortunately, some crims aren't stupid and realise that astro equipment is mighty expensive and will attempt to make a quick buck off it. Anyone who steals from innocent people, whom have never done anything to harm the culprit, is just not human I'm afraid. Just a sick, demented loser. That's what I can't stand about this, an innocent person victimised for no reason. If anyone stole from me, freaking look out..... I won't be nice....
Life will pay them back, don't you worry about that.
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01-10-2010, 07:27 AM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,079
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Gee Shane that sucks. Hope you put it behind you quickly and get back on your feet. It's devastating but not much you can do about it now. I assume your gear was insured. On a brighter note the cash converter tip is a good one. It's not the kind of gear that's easy to sell either. It's so specialised. Keep an eye out for second hand stuff in your local astro community buyers and online. The stuff is bound to come back around for sale if they want to flog it. Spread the word out to your mates about the gear and you might get some leads, then you'll find them and hammer them hard. Good luck with it all.
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