Not happy Brendan Mitchell-MIA

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Posting this as I am about up to here with conventional methods of communication. My EQ 6 went to Brendan Mitchell on the 18th June 2012 ( a tune up). I belatedly got acknowledgement that it had arrived and since then, apart from second hand gossip and possible "I am busy type" chinese whispers, I have heard zilch. No emails/texts/ phone calls to reply to my many requests for info.
I am posting this here as a plea to anyone who might know him in WA or run into him at work. Please, please get him to contact me and tell me what the bloody hell is going on. I think 8 months without contact is stretching the credibility some what.
If this causes embarrassment, tough toe nails. Just pick up the goddamn phone/ computer/ messenger pigeon.
Graz,

[asimov (John)]

I wouldn't be happy with this either.

[MrB (Simon)]

A couple of days of no communication because you're very busy is ok, but 8 months is simply not acceptable. It only takes a minute or two of someones time to send a text/email.
Hope you get your property back soon.

[2stroke (Jay)]

Last Activity: 01-07-2012 11:28 PM

Have you checked his website?
http://brendanmitchell.net/

have you tried births and deaths? thats pretty odd

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Fair enough ,,,
Got your ears on Brendan ?
Brian.

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Posting this as I am about up to here with conventional methods of communication. My EQ 6 went to Brendan Mitchell on the 18th June 2012 ( a tune up). I belatedly got acknowledgement that it had arrived and since then, apart from second hand gossip and possible "I am busy type" chinese whispers, I have heard zilch. No emails/texts/ phone calls to reply to my many requests for info.
I am posting this here as a plea to anyone who might know him in WA or run into him at work. Please, please get him to contact me and tell me what the bloody hell is going on. I think 8 months without contact is stretching the credibility some what.
If this causes embarrassment, tough toe nails. Just pick up the goddamn phone/ computer/ messenger pigeon.
Graz,

[TrevorW]

Wouldn't hold much hope with his website the last post appears to be June 2012

Try the student guide at UWA, I think that is where he was studying engineering the may have a contact number

Also try member "leinad" I think they are friends

[leinad (Dan)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Wouldn't hold much hope with his website the last post appears to be June 2012

Try the student guide at UWA, I think that is where he was studying engineering the may have a contact number

Also try member "leinad" I think they are friends

I doubt universities will give out student information without reasonable grounds.

I, and a number of others in Perth have not heard from or seen him since June last year. Disappeared from the radar, gone.
As far as I know(going by IIS) OICURMT is the only one that has touched base with him since.

Sorry, nothing I can do here. My concern's are with g.h

[TrevorW]

Sorry Dan I knew you knew him better than I

[Lee]

You're a patient man Graham - I would have been hopping up and down a lot before 8 months!

[ReaPerMan (Paul)]

Several of us who were friends with Brendan have not heard from him for the last 7-8 months. He has not returned any calls or texts sent to him. His mobile number is still active and the message bank message is his, His webpage has no new entries and his facebook page is inactive. We can only assume that he chooses not to answer. I like some others have loaned him some items of equipment and requests to return the items or answer his messages fall on deaf ears.

It may be time for a Wumpus hunt!

[TrevorW]

Before we crucify the man lets just make sure that something bad hasn't happened.

[LewisM]

Sorry, not going to pussy-foot around this one, you need to take action.

1. Contact a couple of the guys who live near him. Time to let people do some face to face explaining. At least you may be able to get answers about his whereabouts, well-being etc. If he is there, your "posse" should demand IMMEDIATE surrender of said mount to them, whilst they supervise. Failing that:

2. Contact the local police station closest to where he lives. They will take it seriously. They may have records of anything untoward that may have happened to him, or the like. If need be, yes, I would file a complaint of theft.

I have been in this situation before. Option 1 rectified it for me. My incident was in the USA - guy took my money for an item, and never shipped. I had 2 friends local enough to him drive and face to face him. He quickly coughed up the money to replace the item he DOUBLE SOLD.

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by LewisM

2. Contact the local police station closest to where he lives. They will take it seriously. They may have records of anything untoward that may have happened to him, or the like. If need be, yes, I would file a complaint of theft.

Sorry Lewis, that's ridiculous. I think the Police have far more pressing matters to deal with and I doubt that they would take this seriously.

The item was sent to him voluntarily and just because it has yet to be returned is probably not considered theft. The onus would probably be on the sender to prove that he had no intention of returning it to be considered as "gain by deception" or fraud. Furthermore, waiting 8 months before doing anything about it would suggest that isn't the case. Otherwise I could have the Police chase up things that I have lent and haven't had returned; boy, they would be busy. That is the risk we all take, from time to time.

A civil suit would be necessary to get the item returned. If BM is actually a business then Fair Trading would need to be contacted to raise a complaint and have it investigated. And if he isn't a registered business then that is, unfortunately, the risk one takes when sending items to others.

The fact that BM seems to have completely dropped off the radar suggests that something may have happened to him, e.g. he may have had an accident and is in hospital and may not be able to delegate the matter to someone else to handle. I know what that is like, I had a serious accident and was in hospital for over six months.

I sure hope Graham gets his mount back, but I also think he hasn't done himself any favours waiting eight months before doing anything about it. Although, I seem to think that this matter had been raised earlier than now anyway.

[LewisM]

Definitely agree that waiting 8 months is going to raise all sorts of problems in itself. The SECOND time he failed to make contact/return contact, I would be starting to take things up a notch. You are FAR too patient Graham!

Though Peter, do NOT under estimate what the Police may or may not consider "trivial". When we lived in Perth, the local constabulary certainly did not consider such things petty or not worthy of their attention, though we did live in Armidale at the time, which may explain things A word in their ear is sometimes all it takes to at least flag the attention. More than once and a complaint escalates.

At the very least, I think some of you Westies should arrange a meeting with Brendan and see whats the matter.

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Definitely agree that waiting 8 months is going to raise all sorts of problems in itself. The SECOND time he failed to make contact/return contact, I would be starting to take things up a notch. You are FAR too patient Graham!

Though Peter, do NOT under estimate what the Police may or may not consider "trivial". When we lived in Perth, the local constabulary certainly did not consider such things petty or not worthy of their attention, though we did live in Armidale at the time, which may explain things word in their ear is sometimes all it takes to at least flag the attention. More than once complaint escalates.

At the very least, I think some of you Westies should arrange a meeting with Brendan and see whats the matter.

Sure Lewis, they may take a report, but I seriously doubt they would take any action.

I know Armadale well, as I used to have a house there, and I know that the Police there are way too busy with more serious matters to bother with trivial matters, so you must have been lucky. You won't get any satisfaction now unless it is a serious matter. I certainly wouldn't live there.

I am glad I live in a good area as I wouldn't want to rely on our Police force. I do not blame the Police for this situation either as they are understaffed and overworked.

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

There's another way that the Police can help, and I had used their services for this:

A year or so ago I had tried calling a mate who lives on an isolated Airfield in the Blue Mountains after a major storm. Due to the isolation and the nature of an airfield, I called the local Katoomba cop shop and told them of my concerns after not being able to get through for over two hours. They certainly did not dismiss my concern, and my old mate got the surprise of his life when he saw a police car roll up to his office. The storm had knocked out the phone line, but I wasn't to know this, and my mate was perfectly OK. I got a call back shortly afterwards from the Police to tell me he was good. I called my friend a few days later when the line was restored, and I can tell you, that someone should care enough to call the cops to make sure you're OK is something that doesn't go unnoticed.

I don't think it would be wrong to call the police to see if Brendan is OK. Regardless of the gear in question, for me it would be WRONG not to make sure he is ok. The gear can follow. Not much good trying to get you stuff back from a dead man.

If you can leave your anger to one side, do call the police. Yes tell them what's happened, but that your first concern is the Brendan is OK. I'd make sure the man is alive and well. The gear can follow - it's only stuff afterall.

Alex.

[blink138 (Pat)]

well lets just hope firstly brendan is ok, and hopefully...... he has just got some explaining to do!
pat

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by mental4astro

There's another way that the Police can help, and I had used their services for this:

A year or so ago I had tried calling a mate who lives on an isolated Airfield in the Blue Mountains after a major storm. Due to the isolation and the nature of an airfield, I called the local Katoomba cop shop and told them of my concerns after not being able to get through for over two hours. They certainly did not dismiss my concern, and my old mate got the surprise of his life when he saw a police car roll up to his office. The storm had knocked out the phone line, but I wasn't to know this, and my mate was perfectly OK. I got a call back shortly afterwards from the Police to tell me he was good. I called my friend a few days later when the line was restored, and I can tell you, that someone should care enough to call the cops to make sure you're OK is something that doesn't go unnoticed.

I don't think it would be wrong to call the police to see if Brendan is OK. Regardless of the gear in question, for me it would be WRONG not to make sure he is ok. The gear can follow. Not much good trying to get you stuff back from a dead man.

If you can leave your anger to one side, do call the police. Yes tell them what's happened, but that your first concern is the Brendan is OK. I'd make sure the man is alive and well. The gear can follow - it's only stuff afterall.

Alex.

+1

It's a perfectly reasonable thing to approach the Police about. If they are busy with more important stuff, it'll just be down their list a bit. You can't decide how busy the Police are, or their priorities.

Al.

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by ReaPerMan

Several of us who were friends with Brendan have not heard from him for the last 7-8 months. He has not returned any calls or texts sent to him. His mobile number is still active and the message bank message is his, His webpage has no new entries and his facebook page is inactive. We can only assume that he chooses not to answer. I like some others have loaned him some items of equipment and requests to return the items or answer his messages fall on deaf ears.

It may be time for a Wumpus hunt!

As Brendan's friends I feel that it would be prudent of you to contact the UWA, explain your concerns and have them contact him on your behalf, and don't leave it the bloke might be in real strife.
Greg.

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Sorry, not going to pussy-foot around this one, you need to take action.

1. Contact a couple of the guys who live near him. Time to let people do some face to face explaining. At least you may be able to get answers about his whereabouts, well-being etc. If he is there, your "posse" should demand IMMEDIATE surrender of said mount to them, whilst they supervise. Failing that:

2. Contact the local police station closest to where he lives. They will take it seriously. They may have records of anything untoward that may have happened to him, or the like. If need be, yes, I would file a complaint of theft.

If a "posse" turned up at my home I would deem them to be trespasses and deal them accordingly, FYI this action would be seen as theft by the police and the courts and a "posse" would arrive at your door, all in matching clothes.

Contact your local police explaining the situation and express your concerns for BM's wellbeing, let them deal with it, a letter to the appropriate Dept at UWA would not be wasted (see my earlier post).
Best.
Greg.
In the interim, let's all hope that Brendan is OK.