They will sit in cars/vans watching for folk to leave the house. They'll just pick random places and wait. I once left home and clocked a couple of shifty looking sods in a van over the road. Anyways I missed my bus and for some reason came home the back way so they wouldnt have seen me (I didnt do this on purpose). I was sat in the house and thats when I saw one looking over my fence (its about 6 foot tall). As he opened the front gate (again 6 foot tall) I was charging down the garden path towards him and he looked sheepish. Suffice to say they were arrested as I had their reg plate and a copper was only round the corner when it was reported. Turned out they had previous.

Other incidents I've known is that there can be links to neighbours. a lad I know was robbed and the folk that did it were tipped off by his neighbour who he thought he was mates with. Anyways he was talking to said neighbour and was telling him how he kept ringing a stolen mobiles number as it was still swiched on. He happened to try it whist with said neighbour and he could here the phone vibrating in the room. Not only were they stupid enough to leave it switched on the neighbour had stolen items in his house. Proof that there really are some bloody thick folk in the world

My house gets targeted quite a bit because of where my dad works. The van has been broken into several times and they parted with some metal. Worse is when the house gets broken into because that means I get my laptop nicked which has everything that I’ve wrote stored on them.

I’m sure it’s someone off of the estate because they always seem to know when we’re all out.

My dads boss gets broken into a lot more though

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Sorry to hear that Gav, it's crap when you get burgled.

We got done whilst we were away in Thailand on a family holiday. I don't know what was worse, coming home at midnight from Heathrow to find the place a mess and stuff missing, or the hike in the insurance premium that resulted from the completely honest claim. The renewal after the claim was 300% higher than previously, and even that was after we had originally been refused insurance, until my wife (who had worked in insurance) told them they were legally obliged to offer to insure us as if they decline no one else will offer either, meaning you can't get insured.

The 5hitheads that steal from you are bad enough without getting kicked in the nuts by the insurance industry for something that's not your fault...

Hard luck. Its time that electrical products were able to be immobilised which would cure the problem. Better still would be to set it to give an electric shock with a photo sent to your mobile.

An ex-workmate got a taxi to Leeds Bradford airport for a holiday. Then realised he'd forgotten the tickets so got another taxi back home. Discovered the first taxi driver robbing his house. Something to think about the next time you get a taxi to the airport.

The thieving little sods should be made to read every word of it!

Does that mean we should think about giving a bigger tip or none at all!

I always shout indoors when the taxi arrives "tara see yer in two weeks take care dont break out"

Wheels. Sorry to hear about the break in, if I can be of any help give me a nude. www.ukredsecurity.co.uk contact@ukredsecurity.co.uk

Wheels. Sorry to hear about the break in, if I can be of any help give me a nude. www.ukredsecurity.co.uk contact@ukredsecurity.co.uk

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Yeah, I reckon if a nudie photo of wheels was stuck in the window, that should be enough of a deterrent to any burglar.

Be aware, the little scrots have an annoying habit of making a return visit 6/8 weeks after their last, coincidentaly just as you have spent the insurance cheque on nice shiny new things!

I hope their next sh!t is a cactus Gav!!!

On a serious point, when you contact the insurance company, I left my 17" Mac Book Pro at yours, and my new I-Pad2, if you can let the insurance company know of my loss, it would be appreciated!!