My house was burgled

That’s terrible to hear. I hate to make a bad situation worse but they may be back in a couple of months time. My neighbours were robbed of electicals and about 8 weeks later were hit again. The police said this is quite common; that when they find a good haul they wait just long enough for you to replace the items and then return…

Regarding HDMI cables – here’s the must-have. The DENON gold-plated jobbie with reduced vibration assisting with “a solid electrical signal transfer free of dropouts and pixelization and the triple-layer shielding insures almost no interference from stray signals”.

Yeah, because a DIGITAL signal needs protection from vibration, and man, we get so much hassle with crosstalk on CAT6 cables these days (NOT).

georgesgenitals said :

Tooks said :

facet said :

Bet that all the police did was give you a number (just like at the delicatessen or the door close button in lifts) this helps with the illusion that something is being done.

What an intelligent comment.

I guess all the burglars currently enjoying the accommodation of the AMC handed themselves in, right?

Realistically, if the burglar hasn’t left behind fingerprints, hasn’t been seen and has an effective means of coverting stolen goods into cash, it would be pretty difficult to identify them and prove they committed the crime.

Spot on. Forensic evidence is obviously a big factor. If there’s no forensic evidence, you’ve got door knocks of your neighbours. If they didn’t see anything, then there’s not a whole lot more that can be done.

Even catching a crook days later with the stolen property doesn’t prove they stole it.

$2000 Hong Kong Dollars = $300 AUD, unfortunately not large enough to raise any eyebrows.

Erg0 said :

If I were trying to catch them I’d put out an APB on deadbeats trying to exchange large quantities of Hong Kong dollars.

If you were clever, you would break it down and cash small amounts at various locations.

For future reference, best theft deterants are a back-to-base alarm (with security stickers on every window) and a dog in the yard (as stated above). Reduces your odds of being targeted. But at the end of the day, if they want to break-in, they will.

The police didn’t bother with taking finger prints when I was robbed. Does anyone know if is possible to hire a private firm to take finger prints. I understand the police are too busy doing more important work like booking motorists that speed through road works or packing for their overseas posting to one of the 33 international hotspots.

If I were trying to catch them I’d put out an APB on deadbeats trying to exchange large quantities of Hong Kong dollars.

eyeLikeCarrots said :

Or perhaps he was just smart enough to know that the silly over priced HDMI cables you bought were not worth the time ?

Damn, you beat me to it. I can just see facet arriving home, “oh no we’ve been robbed, but thank god they didn’t take my Monster HDMI cables”

Tooks said :

facet said :

Bet that all the police did was give you a number (just like at the delicatessen or the door close button in lifts) this helps with the illusion that something is being done.

What an intelligent comment.

I guess all the burglars currently enjoying the accommodation of the AMC handed themselves in, right?

Realistically, if the burglar hasn’t left behind fingerprints, hasn’t been seen and has an effective means of coverting stolen goods into cash, it would be pretty difficult to identify them and prove they committed the crime.

A real shame that the cretins have come to our area.
Does sound though like either a very lucky break for them, or they had an idea what was in the offing…

facet said :

Bet that all the police did was give you a number (just like at the delicatessen or the door close button in lifts) this helps with the illusion that something is being done.

What an intelligent comment.

I guess all the burglars currently enjoying the accommodation of the AMC handed themselves in, right?

I was thinking about this with the wife after reading about it here, and we don’t actually have much that anyone would want to take. When we go away we pack all the valuable stuff (except the tvs) into the boot of my car, which we lock and alarm in the locked garage, and take all the keys with us.

Still, I don’t like the idea of someone going through my house.

To the OP – hope the wedding was great, and have fun on the honeymoon.

NeedHelp said :

Homebrand cornflakes boxes are a good hiding place.

Not any more LOL

facet said :

On reading the list of gear stolen is appears you had a more intelligent thief. My bogan only took the big screen TV and some jewellery but left behind the expensive HDMI cables. It might also be a good idea to change your tooth brushes in case you had the vindictive kind.

Or perhaps he was just smart enough to know that the silly over priced HDMI cables you bought were not worth the time ?

When items are sold to Cash Converters, they sit on their shelves at the back for about 5 days before they are allowed to be sold. During this time, police do checks on potential stolen goods, dvd recorders etc or other stuff with serial numbers. It was like this a few years ago and I don’t think it’s changed.

How did they get in? It looks like it was a targeted attack, perhaps by someone you knew. Did you leave the smaller stuff out in view? Even the money? Or did they rummage through draws?

Homebrand cornflakes boxes are a good hiding place.

Sorry to say it but cash converters will be of no help to you – they will let you buy the stuff back but that is it. Chances are the stuff will be in Sydney by now.

Sorry to hear about that rosittaau. Any chance u could detail how they got into ur place so everyone can learn how to help prevent these scumbags before they get someone else?

On reading the list of gear stolen is appears you had a more intelligent thief. My bogan only took the big screen TV and some jewellery but left behind the expensive HDMI cables. It might also be a good idea to change your tooth brushes in case you had the vindictive kind.

The insurance claim is much easier if you have photos of the jewellery. Also get yourself a really loud barking dog or barking dog beehive combo.
Bet that all the police did was give you a number (just like at the delicatessen or the door close button in lifts) this helps with the illusion that something is being done.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I’ll try ring cash converters and see those gold places at the shops tomorrow.

I-filed said :

Alert Cash Converters – interstate as well as locally.

When I had my place knocked over 15 years ago I called 3 Cash Converters stores near where I lived in Rockdale Sydney to give them the model and serial number of my VCR and not one shop gave a rat’s arse. However the local pawn brokers were more than happy to record the details. Fortunately the thief tried to sell it to one of the locals so I got my VCR back. As for the thief the pawn broker tried to stall him whilst the police came, but they took too long, he smelled a rat and did the bolt.

Alert Cash Converters – interstate as well as locally.

Life is so much easier if you don’t buy bling. If a burgular ever found his or her way into my flat, they would wonder why they wasted their time. The only thing of value would be my laptop, if you consider Compaq to be of value.

Nobody would steal a CRT TV or second hand appliances with the reconditioning company’s labels still stuck on em 🙂

That’s really terrible. My immediate thoughts regarding the jewellery would be to check out ‘cash for gold’ type stalls at nearby shopping centres. A friend recently recovered stolen jewellery this way.

Good luck.