Robbed!!!

[astroron (Ron)]

I am sorry for your loss Shane
To me it looks like it is a deliberate steal of astro imaging gear not just random

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Shane, sorry to hear about that. Truly stinks big time It's not only that your gear was stolen but the feeling that someone has no regard for one's property that has been worked hard for. I've been the victim of a few thefts and what bugs me is that as an honest citizen, I have to make my home into a fortress to keep these low lifes out Hope justice eventually catches up with them.

[TheAstroGuy (Shane Ross)]

Thanks again everyone for your thoughts, you are all wonderful people.

I don't think it was deliberate, i usually place my Pelican cases somewhere away from view in my home but i was tired Wednesday evening and left them on the dining room table, i think they just looked valuable and easy to grab.

If they were on foot that DC battery would have given the buggers a work out that's for sure, i can barely lift it to my car without having a hernia

Still waiting on confirmation of police report for insurance claim, so fingers crossed there.
The scariest part is they were in my house and i feel violated along with the loss of my very first eyepiece which i had when i was only 10, i saved for ages to go in and buy it from York optical in Perth when they were on Murray Street, that can't be replaced .

Oh well it's only stuff, least i have my loved ones and my puppy

Kind Regards

Shane

[astroron (Ron)]

OK Shane, I hope things work out well for you in the end , and they get the thieves and your stuff back

[marki]

That really sucks Shane, there are some right idiots in this world. Makes a good case for having a cuddley pittbull around the place, kept just hungry enough to tear off a limb or two for lunch. What can could do with the stuff ??? Hope you get it back or at least the insurance people pay up.

Mark

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

thats awful to have something like that happen
hope the insurance company comes through

[starlooker (Duc)]

They robbed your house while you were asleep at home? That is scary.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by TheAstroGuy

The scariest part is they were in my house ...

Agree 100%.

SHMBO had the same experience. Locked up her new car in the carport, went inside and locked the door, left her handbag in the kitchen, and went upstairs to bed.
She came down the next morning, the door had been forced, handbag and car gone.
The police found the car a couple of weeks later and told her to go and collect it - off the street where it had been left - before it was stolen again. All that was missing was the stereo - just an ordinary Hyundai one - and it had a bit of panel damage. There was rubbish and other stolen stuff like wallets left inside.
Police were not interested.

Andrew

[leinad (Dan)]

Scarey alright. 4 weeks ago there was an attempted break in right next door to me at midnight; whilst the neighbours were still awake and at the computer a room away from where they heard them try to breach the window!
2 nights later the same occured directly across the road at midnight. To our surprise that night the police knocked on our front door and asked us to stay inside as they had the K-9 unit with them and were about to release the dogs to search for the burglars.
They mentioned that the few nights before 2 cars were stolen from the street behind us; using the owners keys!
I can tell you I didnt sleep at all for a few nights after that.

Our street area and driveways are well lit and it left the neighbours and ourselves quite shocked of how brazen these robbers were.

Even though some say alarms are useless; it is the deterrent factor that restricts most robbers from staying around too long or makes them leave straight away.

Maybe check out getting an alarm system Shane you can 'stay arm' at night for the doors and windows.

Hope the insurers accept your claim Shane

[bobson (Bob)]

Unfortunately its almost 7 out of 10 cases from someone who knows you very well. People who know where you are, where you keep your things, what you have etc.

My neighbor was robbed in the middle of the day from next door neighbor 16 years old kid. The sad thing is that kid's father has security alarm business.

Having a good dog helps a lot. My dog is not big but barks if anyone gets even close to our fence.

Hope you get your things back or you get your insurance.

bob

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Does it help that many of us have published our latitude and longitude and a quick search with google earth pinpoints our house. I have tried to remove the entry, but not sure how? Furthermore, many of us list our equipment.

Note:

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Just change them to another location in the user CP or just change them to 0's. Noticed that you cant remove them.

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Got it. Thanks. I'll try that before having beer next time

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by rcheshire

Does it help that many of us have published our latitude and longitude and a quick search with google earth pinpoints our house. I have tried to remove the entry, but not sure how? Furthermore, many of us list our equipment.

Note:

Agreed. I removed my equipment list a while ago. Not that I have much. Following your post I tried putting a members location - in degrees, minutes and seconds - into Google Maps and it did identify a specific house. However if I remove the seconds it is out by half a suburb. In your profile you can select whether or not others can see the seconds in your location. It is probably a good idea to hide the seconds.