Theoretical, working on a suspected stolen saw??

[Ray1]

I will happily work on any machines that come my way, accusing people of owning stolen property in my eyes is the fastest way to the dole queue. Ive never been asked for serial numbers from any machine that ive ordered parts for. If machines in your shop are stolen and you get a pull and charged from the old bill for handeling stolen goods your not doing your booking in paperwork right.

Edited January 23, 2014 by Ray1

[GardenKit]

Ive never been asked for serial numbers from any machine that ive ordered parts for.

 

Really?

 

I find that it is impossible to get spares for many machines without serial numbers as there are often 'up to' and 'after' options.

 

Having said that, although we record numbers of all sold machines, we only take serial numbers of repair work machines if we need to get parts. Maybe we will change this and keep them all from now on, although it is often a pain finding the things, especially when they are on stickers rather than engraved.

[Ray1]

Really?

 

I find that it is impossible to get spares for many machines without serial numbers as there are often 'up to' and 'after' options.

 

I dont have the amount of different machines coming through the door that you do Barrie, and when ordering parts i dont get them direct from the manufacturers i go to the main dealers in town and always take the parts to be replaced with me and together we've only once got it wrong. Only time ive needed numbers is the engine code for Briggs engines.

[ThrustSSC]

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

 

Just don't put "Polite Notice" at the top of it! You never saw one that says: "Rude Notice", did you? 'Polite Notice' just makes me think that whoever wrote the sign doesn't know how to say something nicely :-)

[ThrustSSC]

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 ?

 

Would you want your customer who bought a new tool be in the 'had it stolen' boat and be out-of-pocket? Caveat emptor: while I feel for the lad, that he didn't check it was stolen before handing over the money does make me wonder what he thought he was doing!

[enrieb]

The police are not interested in investigating anything under £1000, they won't log it as a crime.

 

 

by the way crime is down 10%

 

BBC News - Crime in England and Wales down 10%, survey shows

[ThrustSSC]

The police are not interested in investigating anything under £1000, they won't log it as a crime.

 

 

by the way crime is down 10%

 

BBC News - Crime in England and Wales down 10%, survey shows

 

They're not interested in investigating much over £1000, either - as the letter of apology from the Chief Constable of Warwickshire that adorns my study wall will attest. I did say to the forensics officer at the time - as he sat in his lab drinking tea - that I would pursue it all the way if he didn't turn out to investigate a number of coordinated thefts of high-value items before the evidence was lost...

 

That said, we should count ourselves lucky compared to Stefan Kiszko, Derek Bentley, Jean Charles de Menezes, the dead of Hillsborough, Ian Tomlinson, the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, those involved in the Lynette White case... and all their families. Need I go on?

[H-A]

 

That said, we should count ourselves lucky compared to the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six,

 

Don't forget the Renault 5:biggrin:

 

H-A

[Stubby]

Don't forget the Renault 5:biggrin:

 

H-A

 

Or the Honda 4