Stolen Equipment

[multiweb (Marc)]

As others indicated it's hard to sell that stuff unnoticed so you're bound to hear about it.

[eiddy (Nick)]

Mate,
Which end of town are you in.
I'm down south, happy to keep an eye out for you.
Regards
Nick

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by RB

Adelaide, mentioned in his second post.

Thjanks Andrew by the time I read it it was posted

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Thjanks Andrew by the time I read it it was posted

No worries mate.

[tphilip]

Originally Posted by eiddy

Mate,
Which end of town are you in.
I'm down south, happy to keep an eye out for you.
Regards
Nick

Thanks. I am in the inner North East - Payneham. Still trying to locate pictures and serial numbers from an old computer.

[Dave882 (David)]

Just saw this pop onto Gumtree posted by cash converters in Adelaide…
Anything that looks familiar?

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/seft...pytopasteboard

[tphilip]

Originally Posted by Dave882

Just saw this pop onto Gumtree posted by cash converters in Adelaide…
Anything that looks familiar?

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/seft...pytopasteboard

Yes. Thank you. Those are mine. There is also a Teegul 100 and William Optics Zenithstar 80mm listed at Modbury Cash Converters which are also stolen and are mine. I have phoned the stores and the police and am trying to get them back.

Thanks for keeping an eye and posting this.

Wonder if I'll ever see the FCT100 or FC125 again.

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Wow, very nice score, very pleased the thieves were lazy and impatient!.

If they're with cash convertors, you'll just have to wait for police processing, good thing your not in a hurry.

Do you have someone to take collection of them is the other thing to think about?



Steve

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by Dave882

Just saw this pop onto Gumtree posted by cash converters in Adelaide…
Anything that looks familiar?

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/seft...pytopasteboard

Excellent find Dave, well done

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by tphilip

Yes. Thank you. Those are mine. There is also a Teegul 100 and William Optics Zenithstar 80mm listed at Modbury Cash Converters which are also stolen and are mine. I have phoned the stores and the police and am trying to get them back.

Thanks for keeping an eye and posting this.

Wonder if I'll ever see the FCT100 or FC125 again.

You will now. They'l be able to trace back all that stuff.
Looks like the dumbasses even took a picture of the scope at their location.

[Dave882 (David)]

No worries. Really hope you can retrieve them ok

[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

You will now. They'l be able to trace back all that stuff.
Looks like the dumbasses even took a picture of the scope at their location.

Oh, how sweet for location settings on photo's not to be turned off. That's a gps to 1.5mtrs or so.



Steve

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by mura_gadi

Oh, how sweet for location settings on photo's not to be turned off. That's a gps to 1.5mtrs or so.



Steve

And he has a paper trail in this public forum indexed in Google and archived. What could possibly go wrong for the crims?

[N1 (Mirko)]

Great development, well done

[AdamJL]

A great first result Hope you get the rest back quickly!!

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by tphilip

Yes. Thank you. Those are mine. There is also a Teegul 100 and William Optics Zenithstar 80mm listed at Modbury Cash Converters which are also stolen and are mine. I have phoned the stores and the police and am trying to get them back.

Thanks for keeping an eye and posting this.

Wonder if I'll ever see the FCT100 or FC125 again.

Great news, I had a job in Bendigo (Vic) yesterday and spent 15 mins at Cash Converters as a precaution.
Greg.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

I forwarded this news to friends who don't follow IIS and also to my local astro club. I assume others have done similar.

It's great that some gear has been recovered, hopefully in good condition and let's hope there will be more. We'll be waiting to hear any news.

I'm not trying to make light of things, but the item was marked 'sold' before I saw it and so I didn't see what price they had on it. I'm assuming it was ridiculously low.

[raymo]

$1495.
raymo

[tphilip]

I will post a more complete list sometime. There were rare items which are likely to be the only ones in Australia. For example there is a Takahashi Newton Teegul-100 listed at Cash Converters Modbury. How many Teegul-100s are there in Australia? How many from the Tokyo Newton Telescope club?

https://www.cashconverters.com.au/sh...e/043700329602

I think the Masuyama eyepieces are rare enough to be hard to hide if sold. A 30mm in box was actually shown in a listing at Cash Converters for a different scope but the ad has now been pulled.

Also Takahashi Zoom 719 eyepieces aren't very common and two were stolen.

Thanks to everyone for keeping your eyes open. If you spot something please PM me as that way I immediately get an email.

Unfortunately being overseas makes it very difficult to communicate with the police as they want me to attend in person.

[tphilip]

I did not expect to be away from the house for so long but then covid happened. An alarm is being installed this week to prevent a return and further trashing of the place. I have a steel box bolted to the floor - it was well hidden and not found and contained much more valuable, more portable and easier to sell items than telescopes. Time, an angle grinder and 2m crowbar will defeat most steel boxes. Dogs are not currently an option - maybe when I get back.

In case anyone is reading along - the safes have now been removed and relocated. There are now motion sensors, cctv and remote call to security centre which will dispatch a police patrol. Sure this is like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted - but the last thing I need is more damage and headaches whilst I am still overseas.