Likely story

[niftysteve]

Had a guy pull in my yard at 8 am this morning trying to sell me 2 husky saws brand new buy 1 get one free , said he had been to trade show in Norich and could nt take them home on the plane ( he was polish or lithuanian ) show s me the saw s . he wanted 350 for the pair when i checked them over they were complete fakes . has any one else had these offered to them ? He had even been in to my local Unimog dealer trying to sell them some (IBBETS)

[treequip]

There are some pretty convincing Chinese made pre MS model Stihl clones on the grey market.

I have had a bash with one and I have to say I was impressed.

Andy

[David oakman]

The other morning at 8 o clock a white transit van pulled into my yard the barn doors were open so i quickly shut them, he said i am lost mate he was irish and had a broken nose. i was clad he did not get a look in the barn. the police have warned us they are about.

[josharb87]

they approached the blokes opposite our chip yard, asking if they knew where we were steve-they were irish although they tried (badly) to put an italian accent on, with the story that theyd been to do a forestry course but it got canclled

[Mike Hill]

This afternoon two guys pulled up at the yard trying to sell generators.They claimed they represented "Lombardini" and had some examples from a trade exhibit they had held.

 

Funny in that the Gypsies don't usually come over untill Spring.Global warming maybe?

[Mick Stockbridge]

This afternoon two guys pulled up at the yard trying to sell generators.They claimed they represented "Lombardini" and had some examples from a trade exhibit they had held.

 

Funny in that the Gypsies don't usually come over untill Spring.Global warming maybe?

 

Perhaps they were Irish/Italians blown off their migratory route.lol

[Dannymc]

I dont suppose theres a fair in town is there.

My old man had his 880 nicked not so long back and the police reckoned it was the gypsies from one of the local fairs.

Result - the police didnt even look into it, my dad down over a grand.

[woodplans]

We, had the same guys stop sellings new "huskys" left from a trade show. We were working on a backroad miles from any major through route, they stopped to ask for directions to the airport! (nearest one was about 70 miles) then he said "do you want to buys these saws as we cannot take them on the plane" ..I had to laugh at the sheer balls of it.

[Lee Winger]

I dont suppose theres a fair in town is there.

My old man had his 880 nicked not so long back and the police reckoned it was the gypsies from one of the local fairs.

Result - the police didnt even look into it, my dad down over a grand.

 

 

You should never ever, confuse Gypsies with fairground people [who prefer to be called Showmen] I have never ever heard of a showman implicated for any kind of offence,let alone theft, and I know a fair few showmen.............

 

And the for the record Showmen do huge amounts for charity, do a google and take a look.........

[Dannymc]

Sorry to have hit a nerve let me rephrase what I said.

 

I dont suppose theres a fair in town is there.

My old man had his 880 nicked not so long back and the police reckoned it was the show people from one of the local fairs.

Result - the police didnt even look into it, my dad down over a grand.

 

But I would also like to bring your attention to exactly what I said, the police said they reckoned it was the gypsies from the local fair not me.

 

It seems though that these showmen (it may just be in the West Midlands) travel from place to place and mess up everywere they go for example every park they went to in Birmingham.