Theoretical, working on a suspected stolen saw??

[Rich2484]

It also applies to everything else. Like a chipper for example.

 

No numbers on that, so what's the deal with them? I know sometimes for parts green mech ask for the number.

 

If no numbers on it do you report it or leave it?

 

And to who?

[Ray1]

Its not my job to accuse customers of being thieves or handleing stolen goods, its my job to repair the machines they bring in. If i asked everytime a machine came in i wouldnt have time to work on it.

[Ray1]

Noticed it many times over the years, postcodes etched onto the machines that are from over 200 miles away and the customers from the next village. I just put it down to buying second hand from the internet.

[Stephen Blair]

Eliminate the problem before it gets to face to face dealings.

A big sign on the front door, saying all saws serial numbers will be ran through the police stolen system, any saws that are stolen will be handed into the police.

 

That will re assure good folk that you are sound and it will tell the baddies to go elsewhere.

[Rich2484]

Its not my job to accuse customers of being thieves or handleing stolen goods, its my job to repair the machines they bring in. If i asked everytime a machine came in i wouldnt have time to work on it.

 

So you have no issues with repairing a stolen machine, even if you highly suspect it to be so .

 

What do you do when it's a chipper and you get asked for the serial numbers?

 

I'm not talking about every machine, just when you get that gut feeling of "this doesn't seem right, seems a bit funny to me"

 

 

Eliminate the problem before it gets to face to face dealings.

A big sign on the front door, saying all saws serial numbers will be ran through the police stolen system, any saws that are stolen will be handed into the police.

 

That will re assure good folk that you are sound and it will tell the baddies to go elsewhere.

 

This is my thought, a nice sign about the entrance, or behind the workbench, something that is non instructing but respectful.

 

After all, would you take a stolen car into a garage and expect them to repair it?

[peatff]

That would be a hypothetical question, a lad down the road bought a Lambretta before Christmas and when he tried to insure and tax it found it to be stolen. He now looks like the insurance could take it back and leave him a couple of thousand pounds out of pocket. If your customer bought in good faith would you want them in the same boat ?

[Rich2484]

That would be a hypothetical question, a lad down the road bought a Lambretta before Christmas and when he tried to insure and tax it found it to be stolen. He now looks like the insurance could take it back and leave him a couple of thousand pounds out of pocket. If your customer bought in good faith would you want them in the same boat ?

 

But would you want to be in the same boat as getting found with such tools, say they get stolen from the workshop. As a record of every machine is kept and there numbers. Handling stolen goods?

 

The word would spread very quickly and could very easily ruin a business such as mine!!!

[skyhuck]

If a dodgy person came to my door with stolen gear and they suspected I grassed on them I'd not sleep so well. Why put yourself in that risky position?

 

I'm sorry but this is the reason this county is in the state its in, the scum rely on people being scared or "not wanting to get involved" which allows them to carry on with their criminality unimpeded:thumbdown:

[MATTMOSS]

I'm sorry but this is the reason this county is in the state its in, the scum rely on people being scared or "not wanting to get involved" which allows them to carry on with their criminality unimpeded:thumbdown:

 

Sad... but true.

I don't think its going to get better anytime soon.

[gensetsteve]

The other problem is if a large machine gets stolen when new and the insurance gets paid out do you want it back 5 times over the next ten years. If you do get it back what happens to the pay out and the man that bought it forth hand after ten years ?