Theft

[soundman]

In the last year the phone lines have been stolen on several occasions, most people have lost their water meters, even aluminium anti skid strip on the front of stairs is getting ripped off and sold.

Most metal drain covers have been stolen, the brass caps off our underground petrol storage facility have all been nicked, empty two hundred litre drums, two tons of steel at a building project, & we even have to put colour coded and dated cable ties on all the fuel tanks of our trucks to stop the staff syphoning off fuel.

Motorbikes are going at the rate of a couple a day in the local community. Theft has sky-rocketed.

I have been sitting on the computer for half the day reviewing fuzzy night time video footage because of the latest act of thievery from our petrol station......

Two huge gazeebo's. Those things made out of large wagon wheels and comfortably seating eight people. It would take eight people to lift one! They have both disappeared, and of course - no-one saw anything.

How is petty theft in your area & can anybody top that?

Cheers,

Soundman.

[Smithson]

Down the road in Nakhon Nayok we have no problems. We're only there on the weekends and it would be very easy to steal our new 5K water pump, as well as assorted tools, but no one has. Everyone in the area swears there's no thieves? The guy who looks after our place says nobody will steal out of respect for him.

Our neighbour lost a few things, apparently he owed locals money for work they'd done. There are a lot of resorts in the area, which provide employment. Everyone seems to be doing OK by working on weekenders owned by ppl in Bkk, so maybe they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them?

Edited September 11, 2008 by Smithson

[bkkjames]

In the last year the phone lines have been stolen on several occasions, most people have lost their water meters, even aluminium anti skid strip on the front of stairs is getting ripped off and sold.

Most metal drain covers have been stolen, the brass caps off our underground petrol storage facility have all been nicked, empty two hundred litre drums, two tons of steel at a building project, & we even have to put colour coded and dated cable ties on all the fuel tanks of our trucks to stop the staff syphoning off fuel.

Motorbikes are going at the rate of a couple a day in the local community. Theft has sky-rocketed.

I have been sitting on the computer for half the day reviewing fuzzy night time video footage because of the latest act of thievery from our petrol station......

Two huge gazeebo's. Those things made out of large wagon wheels and comfortably seating eight people. It would take eight people to lift one! They have both disappeared, and of course - no-one saw anything.

How is petty theft in your area & can anybody top that?

Cheers,

Soundman.

Remind not to visit Kabin...but sorry for all your losses, get a gun a big gun.

[soundman]

Remind not to visit Kabin...but sorry for all your losses, get a gun a big gun.

We have a couple of big guns, but, when it comes to thieves, they are not much use apart from scaring low flying birds. As if you are actually going to shoot someone for nicking stainless ash tray liners or the hinges off the doors of the public toilets.

[bkkjames]

Remind not to visit Kabin...but sorry for all your losses, get a gun a big gun.

We have a couple of big guns, but, when it comes to thieves, they are not much use apart from scaring low flying birds. As if you are actually going to shoot someone for nicking stainless ash tray liners or the hinges off the doors of the public toilets.

Ok, remind not to visit Kabin, sorry for your losses, get a dog a very big dog, then when that doesn't work, get a gun, a very big gun ... to shoot the dog for not doing his job.

[soundman]

Down the road in Nakhon Nayok we have no problems. We're only there on the weekends and it would be very easy to steal our new 5K water pump, as well as assorted tools, but no one has. Everyone in the area swears there's no thieves? The guy who looks after our place says nobody will steal out of respect for him.

Is the stuff under lock and key?

All the theft I see locally is the "snatch and run" variety, none of the planned type like purchasing bolt cutters to get past locks etc.

[Smithson]

Down the road in Nakhon Nayok we have no problems. We're only there on the weekends and it would be very easy to steal our new 5K water pump, as well as assorted tools, but no one has. Everyone in the area swears there's no thieves? The guy who looks after our place says nobody will steal out of respect for him.

Is the stuff under lock and key?

All the theft I see locally is the "snatch and run" variety, none of the planned type like purchasing bolt cutters to get past locks etc.

No, it isn't locked away. Everyone in the area knows each other, our place is very visible, so it would be easy to be seen. It would be difficult for someone to steal without others finding out somehow.

Apparently one of the young locals is light fingered and has already checked around to see who is looking after our place.

[Smithson]

Soundman, are you on a road with a lot of ppl passing by? Your petrol station is probably ideal because ppl can check everything out while filling up without looking suspicious.

Dead end and quite rds are generally avoided by thieves.

[soundman]

Down the road in Nakhon Nayok we have no problems. We're only there on the weekends and it would be very easy to steal our new 5K water pump, as well as assorted tools, but no one has. Everyone in the area swears there's no thieves? The guy who looks after our place says nobody will steal out of respect for him.

Is the stuff under lock and key?

All the theft I see locally is the "snatch and run" variety, none of the planned type like purchasing bolt cutters to get past locks etc.

No, it isn't locked away. Everyone in the area knows each other, our place is very visible, so it would be easy to be seen. It would be difficult for someone to steal without others finding out somehow.

Apparently one of the young locals is light fingered and has already checked around to see who is looking after our place.

It would be nice to think that stuff would never get pinched in a nice neighbourhood.

I used to think that I could trust a few of my long term staff. We had our house robbed last year, and the method of entry and knowledge of a particular time when we would not be home was only known by four people. Never could prove who the culprit was (although I knew exactly who), however the moral of that little saga was that I only have myself to blame.

[soundman]

Soundman, are you on a road with a lot of ppl passing by? Your petrol station is probably ideal because ppl can check everything out while filling up without looking suspicious.

Dead end and quite rds are generally avoided by thieves.

Main road, next to large factory complex with 7/11. Reviewing CCD footage now, but it is sooooo slow replaying four cameras on SFF.

[Thaddeus]

This isn't a strange theft, but it does have an odd conclusion.

My wife had her mobile phone stolen while she was in our shop, the place was full of kids all day and she couldn't remember the last time she saw her phone, so is was going to be a little difficult finding out which one.

It turned out to be remarkably easy, it was the son of one of the other shop owners, she found out when she went into his place the next day to buy food, and he tried to sell her own mobile.

[soundman]

This isn't a strange theft, but it does have an odd conclusion.

My wife had her mobile phone stolen while she was in our shop, the place was full of kids all day and she couldn't remember the last time she saw her phone, so is was going to be a little difficult finding out which one.

It turned out to be remarkably easy, it was the son of one of the other shop owners, she found out when she went into his place the next day to buy food, and he tried to sell her own mobile.

Not the sharpest knife in the draw that one.

[OxfordWill]

Sorry to hear that soundman, what can you do beyond increasing surveillance and calling in favours with any local coppers? Do you have any reason to think it might be the same people again and again? That would be better than lots of random opportunists, after all, as you might be able to put a stop to it.

Ive never had anything stolen, as far as I can remember! Pretty lucky so far, touch wood.

Edited September 11, 2008 by OxfordWill

[Smithson]

Down the road in Nakhon Nayok we have no problems. We're only there on the weekends and it would be very easy to steal our new 5K water pump, as well as assorted tools, but no one has. Everyone in the area swears there's no thieves? The guy who looks after our place says nobody will steal out of respect for him.

Is the stuff under lock and key?

All the theft I see locally is the "snatch and run" variety, none of the planned type like purchasing bolt cutters to get past locks etc.

No, it isn't locked away. Everyone in the area knows each other, our place is very visible, so it would be easy to be seen. It would be difficult for someone to steal without others finding out somehow.

Apparently one of the young locals is light fingered and has already checked around to see who is looking after our place.

It would be nice to think that stuff would never get pinched in a nice neighbourhood.

I used to think that I could trust a few of my long term staff. We had our house robbed last year, and the method of entry and knowledge of a particular time when we would not be home was only known by four people. Never could prove who the culprit was (although I knew exactly who), however the moral of that little saga was that I only have myself to blame.

My theory is not too have too much worth stealing and not to get on the wrong side of ppl. Our place is nothing too look at, but eventually I want to build a nice place. This place would be out of view from the soi, so unless someone was on the property 24/7, I'd never do it.

[Cobalt60]

I know its not Thailand, but in a country just down the road, the locals thought it was a bright idea to steal a tonne of lead shielding from a radiation source we had just installed.

It was gaurded by armed security, but they seemed to have missed a tonne of lead slipping past them.

[Nignoy]

Are you actually in Thailand or are you one of the Poor buggers building hear at Pacific Harbour, Bribie Island, new development builders have had 7 new complete fitted kitchens , 7 bathroom suites, untold windows and doors the landscapers laid over 4500 square metres of turf which disappeared overnight there was even a bulldozer stolen too!!maybe its krims from here having a holiday in LOS, or thai builders stockingup over here

[soundman]

Sorry to hear that soundman, what can you do beyond increasing surveillance and calling in favours with any local coppers? Do you have any reason to think it might be the same people again and again? That would be better than lots of random opportunists, after all, as you might be able to put a stop to it.

Ive never had anything stolen, as far as I can remember! Pretty lucky so far, touch wood.

We actually caught some teenagers who stole the covers for the underground petrol tanks a while back, turns out they were drug addicts, anyway, we retrivered the covers and they wer stolen again a few weeks later.

Small things like drain covers and ash tray liners, I think are random opportunists, but a couple of gazebos, that has to be planned. It would take six to eight strong men to lif one into the back of a pickup.

If I can find a CCD capture of the crime, I'll post it here & somebody with good skills on photoshop may be able to help me catch a thief!

Cheers, & hope you didn't have a sore head after that other night - I did.

[soundman]

Are you actually in Thailand or are you one of the Poor buggers building hear at Pacific Harbour, Bribie Island, new development builders have had 7 new complete fitted kitchens , 7 bathroom suites, untold windows and doors the landscapers laid over 4500 square metres of turf which disappeared overnight there was even a bulldozer stolen too!!maybe its krims from here having a holiday in LOS, or thai builders stockingup over here

Bulldozer - that about tops a gazeebo.

[Mattchu9999]

Where I live now in Arizona copper theft is at an epidemic proportion.

Just last month theives we're attempting to steal the copper from an irrigation pump on a farm by my neighborhood.

Well, the irrigation pumps we're energized and it killed one of the thieves.

Now the thieves families are suing the property owner for wrongful death.

And the judge is going to let it play out.

[stephaniee]

wow! i thought soundman had the best of thailand, thriving business and all! good luck, something about thai employees just doesnt sound right, too many just want to rip their emloyer off. in usa happens but it is not the norm.

[soundman]

wow! i thought soundman had the best of thailand, thriving business and all! good luck, something about thai employees just doesnt sound right, too many just want to rip their emloyer off. in usa happens but it is not the norm.

Somehow, I don't think luck or lack of has much to do with the theft of a gazeebo.

[Neeranam]

I got my car alarm stolen.

[dingdongrb]

Where I live now in Arizona copper theft is at an epidemic proportion.

Just last month theives we're attempting to steal the copper from an irrigation pump on a farm by my neighborhood.

Well, the irrigation pumps we're energized and it killed one of the thieves.

Now the thieves families are suing the property owner for wrongful death.

And the judge is going to let it play out.

One would think that wearing issued pink underwear in jail would deter thefts in AZ.

[soundman]

I got my car alarm stolen.

Assuming it wasn't still in the box that is pretty funny.

[cmsally]

Talking about lifting gazebos into trucks, you would be amazed at how stupid some people are. I know a situation at a local temple fair, where one guy came by in a pick up truck , went directly over to a motorbike and told a nearby policeman he had come to pick it up as his son had lost the keys. Now one guy cannot lift a motorbike so the policeman helped him to lift it into the truck. 10 mins later distressed person comes over to policeman and asks where his new motorbike is. Where did you park it says the policeman. Points "over there". Well you can guess the rest.

So my point is that one person could have driven up and simply commandeered help to load "his" gazebos.

Last year had electric wire into our orchard stolen.

Yesterday caught the water delivery man trying to add on his own percentage and raise the price on his own initiative.

Called the water firm to check supposed increase in price which didn't exist. Told the delivery man who just said,"oh that's funny thought the price had increased by 5bt."

Then probably went off to try out his new business idea on others.

[bonobo]

I was with a friend at a local watering hole killing time before my flight home. My friend had a very old cell phone and was adamently saying it was good enough for him, so of course, several of us had out our phones to show him ours were better. I had two, one for use in the US and one for Thailand. I got back to the US to find my US phone missing. It took a few days to get it turned off, and in that amount of time, over $2,000 in charges were rung up.

I got back to Thailand and went right back to the pub. I didn't think it was the bartender, but I was sure it was one of two girls who were there who took it (they had exclaimed their desire for it, and they had held it along with the other phones, and they knew I was leaving for the airport shortly). The two girls were there that evening as well, and I accused them of taking it. One got very upset at me saying farangs always accuse Thais of crimes. The other looked very guilty. I took out the call sheet and called the number which had been called the most often. In mid-rant, the upset girl's phone rang. She answered it, and I asked her how I got her number. She immediately shut up.

The other girl then admitted taking it, but selling it when it quit working (it was not unlocked and only worked in the US.) She ended up paying me for the phone and for half of the calls (I got the rest dismissed by the phone company.)

[Gumballl]

Remind not to visit Kabin...but sorry for all your losses, get a gun a big gun.

We have a couple of big guns, but, when it comes to thieves, they are not much use apart from scaring low flying birds. As if you are actually going to shoot someone for nicking stainless ash tray liners or the hinges off the doors of the public toilets.

I definitely would... especially when they start to approach me with a huge knife in their hand.

[phaethon]

I have always stayed in good quality hotels and tipped staff well, never 'lost" anything despite leaving cameras and laptops lying around. On my first trip I was hunting around my room in the Dynasty for a place to stash a wad of cash and found 20 Baht behind a ceiling vent, so I'm ahead of the game so far.

I can see though that I will have to take insurance rather more seriously, especially if I go for cheaper long-term lodging or even a house.

But pilfering occurs everywhere and the sheer nerve is sometimes breathtaking. I used to work in a London eye hospital with only one usable lift, staircase and entrance with a security desk at the bottom. This didn't stop the disappearance one weekend of a 6 x 2 metre solid oak conference table and umpteen chairs.

[soundman]

Possible theft caught on camera....

If anybody, who is good with photoshop or something like that, could help me to sharpen up these images so the registration plate and the items in the back of the truck become a little clearer, it would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanx in advance,

Soundman.

[yabaaaa]

Remind not to visit Kabin...but sorry for all your losses, get a gun a big gun.

We have a couple of big guns, but, when it comes to thieves, they are not much use apart from scaring low flying birds. As if you are actually going to shoot someone for nicking stainless ash tray liners or the hinges off the doors of the public toilets.

Oh C'mon if you shot them with a shotgun they would get "free lead" and therefore you'd be helping them