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Biggest stitch up down the years
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<blockquote data-quote="edd_jedi" data-source="post: 504480" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>This is old news, but if you joined this forum in the last 5 years you may not know that back in 2007 I had a large amount of my collection stolen in a burglary (60ish MOCs and a few other bits.) They were stored at my parents house as I had recently moved to London, and I thought they would be safer at home <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> the thieves knew exactly what they were stealing as they cherry-picked the expensive things like Yak Face, graded figures etc and most of what they left was the less valuable stuff. It was reported in a couple of newspapers and the BBC website:</p><p></p><p>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7024796.stm</p><p></p><p>They were not recovered so I got an insurance payout, albiet one I wasn't very happy with (I estimated what was stolen was worth about 10k, and I only got 6k.) I spent it on a car and pretty much gave up on collecting for quite a few years.</p><p></p><p>5 years later in 2012, Joe (one of the old moderators on this forum) noticed one of my stolen figures on eBay. It was traced back to a well known collector called Ben who also happened to be friends with my younger brother and lived in the same town as my parents. It was never proven that he stole them, he claimed he bought them at a car boot sale, but he still had ten of them in his possession which I eventually got back from the police. The case was dropped due to a lack of evidence. I think that counts as a stitch up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edd_jedi, post: 504480, member: 2"] This is old news, but if you joined this forum in the last 5 years you may not know that back in 2007 I had a large amount of my collection stolen in a burglary (60ish MOCs and a few other bits.) They were stored at my parents house as I had recently moved to London, and I thought they would be safer at home :oops: the thieves knew exactly what they were stealing as they cherry-picked the expensive things like Yak Face, graded figures etc and most of what they left was the less valuable stuff. It was reported in a couple of newspapers and the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7024796.stm They were not recovered so I got an insurance payout, albiet one I wasn't very happy with (I estimated what was stolen was worth about 10k, and I only got 6k.) I spent it on a car and pretty much gave up on collecting for quite a few years. 5 years later in 2012, Joe (one of the old moderators on this forum) noticed one of my stolen figures on eBay. It was traced back to a well known collector called Ben who also happened to be friends with my younger brother and lived in the same town as my parents. It was never proven that he stole them, he claimed he bought them at a car boot sale, but he still had ten of them in his possession which I eventually got back from the police. The case was dropped due to a lack of evidence. I think that counts as a stitch up! [/QUOTE]
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