
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 19, 2012 8:45am
Garage sale thiefs
The wife and daughters are having a garage sale this weekend. Being very orginzied everything is accounted for and written down per sale.
The sting operation..... So they have noticed that one item Avon perfume seem to be missing a lot. Not a big deal we have boxes of it. I turned the security camera to see...... No comment on who.
Who steals from a garage sale? why?
Anyone else encounter someone stealing from your property outside stuff?
One time someone tried to steal a large metal pot we have. That didn't go well for them. The center of the pot is chained 20 foot and tied to bucket of buried cement. I'm sure after a nice running start the quick stop and the weight of the pot really hurt.
The wife and daughters are having a garage sale this weekend. Being very orginzied everything is accounted for and written down per sale.
The sting operation..... So they have noticed that one item Avon perfume seem to be missing a lot. Not a big deal we have boxes of it. I turned the security camera to see...... No comment on who.
Who steals from a garage sale? why?
Anyone else encounter someone stealing from your property outside stuff?
One time someone tried to steal a large metal pot we have. That didn't go well for them. The center of the pot is chained 20 foot and tied to bucket of buried cement. I'm sure after a nice running start the quick stop and the weight of the pot really hurt.

Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Aug 19, 2012 8:54am
Parents had a garage sale this weekend. Funniest thing I saw was this guy wanted to buy something marked $4 for $2 so my mom said sure whatever. This dude pulls out a wad of cash(at least 2 $100 bills) and gives her the 2 ones. Seriously dude u really couldn't pay the $4???

Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 19, 2012 9:15am
Seriously a women bought a .50 item and pulled out a $50.00, my wife who can play this game handed her $49.00 in ones and 5 dimesRotinaj;1250078 wrote:Parents had a garage sale this weekend. Funniest thing I saw was this guy wanted to buy something marked $4 for $2 so my mom said sure whatever. This dude pulls out a wad of cash(at least 2 $100 bills) and gives her the 2 ones. Seriously dude u really couldn't pay the $4???

Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Aug 19, 2012 9:21am
Lol that's awesome.

GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Aug 19, 2012 10:23am
Someone stole our trash can once. Yeah. They left everything alone, but took the trash can. That one boggled my mind.

THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Aug 19, 2012 10:46am
One morning three summers ago I went outside to discovered someone had helped themselves to my 2 50' garden hoses.

BRF
Posts: 8,748
Aug 19, 2012 10:55am
Sneakthieves!
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Sonofanump
Aug 19, 2012 12:07pm
Epic right there. Security camera for a garage sale.Belly35;1250077 wrote:I turned the security camera to see...... No comment on who.

Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 19, 2012 12:24pm
Camera was for the outside I just moved it to the garage as to see who was taking stuffSonofanump;1250123 wrote:Epic right there. Security camera for a garage sale.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Aug 19, 2012 12:31pm
Can you explain more about the pot you keep chained in your yard? This intrigues me.

GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Aug 19, 2012 12:44pm
My wife's grandparents do the same thing because they had one stolen from their yard on a couple different occasions. Now they try to "tie down" everything they can in their front yard that might interest someone.I Wear Pants;1250141 wrote:Can you explain more about the pot you keep chained in your yard? This intrigues me.
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Cher
Posts: 276
Aug 19, 2012 12:51pm
Garage sales are for poor people.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Aug 19, 2012 1:00pm
But why is there a pot in the yard? Or is it like a flower pot? For some reason I'm envisioning a cooking pot just sitting chained in the yard.GoChiefs;1250151 wrote:My wife's grandparents do the same thing because they had one stolen from their yard on a couple different occasions. Now they try to "tie down" everything they can in their front yard that might interest someone.

GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Aug 19, 2012 1:13pm
I Wear Pants;1250160 wrote:But why is there a pot in the yard? Or is it like a flower pot? For some reason I'm envisioning a cooking pot just sitting chained in the yard.
In theirs it's a big ass flower pot.

Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 19, 2012 2:59pm
We bought two of them in a estate sale, they are large cast iron flower pots. We have had people wanting to buy them a number of times. They would be hard pressed to steal them. Only once has anyone tried and they failed ...

Trueblue23
Posts: 7,463
Aug 19, 2012 3:25pm
We had two rocking chairs taken off our front porch a few summers ago.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Aug 19, 2012 3:26pm
You probably wouldn't even be upset if someone managed to get them, more like impressed. At that point they clearly wanted them more than you did.Belly35;1250201 wrote:We bought two of them in a estate sale, they are large cast iron flower pots. We have had people wanting to buy them a number of times. They would be hard pressed to steal them. Only once has anyone tried and they failed ...
I figured they were flower pots but for a second I thought you had cooking pots chained to your yard like some damned weirdo before realizing it was probably not the case.

Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 19, 2012 8:39pm
If some was able to steal those pot ... I would be impressed... Pissed but impressedI Wear Pants;1250206 wrote:You probably wouldn't even be upset if someone managed to get them, more like impressed. At that point they clearly wanted them more than you did.![]()
I figured they were flower pots but for a second I thought you had cooking pots chained to your yard like some damned weirdo before realizing it was probably not the case.