Cars broken in to during great session.

After having a great session with mates On Sunday arvo near Iluka Nsw nth coast.My wife may have disturbed the low life's, so they only broke into Two cars by smashing a side windows and grabbing what they could Quickly.
Wallets bags bank cards spare kites in mates van.Brings you down quickly.
Mates kites 2012 BWS noise 8m and
2012 Cab Switchblade 11m only oldish kites but they worked.If anyone out there gets an offer to buy either kites by non kiters let me know.
The police were called also cancelled my bank cards to find they had already used my Visa card easy pay withdrawals $200 odd dollars.


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imes at Coles,2 at Macas Yamba.
May catch them on CT video.
There out their be vigilant with your possessions.
From stoked kiters to cranky kiters real Quick.
Disappointed.
Take care crew.

Brutal mate. Will keep an eye out.

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kiteboy dave said..
That sucks Leigh. Keep an eye on gumtree, cash converters, etc but it's only a small chance.

And don't give up Leigh. A friend of mine found all his gear on gumtree 6/7 months after it was stolen.

Really sorry to hear that too. I know it's not a good idea to leave valuables in the car, but leaving them lying at the beach doesn't strike me as a much better one...

Sorry to read this mate...

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Chris6791 said..

Kamikuza said...
That sucks...

but...

leaving stuff out where people can see it is a bit silly.

Not sure why Kami got the red thumbs, if you're going to leave valuables in sight in a car parked at the beach you might as well just leave the car unlocked so you don't have to pay for the smashed window as well.

Not quite, unfortunately.

Three side windows in Broome over the Easter. It's a sport out there, played with a brick on the main town beach. Not covered by extra rental insurance.

Could be as well as 8 windows on the Wicked van we've seen there...Tragic.

It sucks. Will pass the word around Byron. I had some grubs in vans watching me and my gear last Saturday at belongil. They didn't realise friend was in car watching them. Didn't get anything. Hopefully you can get some ID from the security cams where they used your cards. Which car park (frazers and back beach have been bad) They are all remote there, and there is no other feasible option other than someone on the beach. Ive put a tracker in my vehicle. They're cheap now about the size of a matchbox. Can hide it in your kite bag or whatever you may think they will knock off. $56 for tracker batteries and chargers. You can get a 365 day day sim from Aldi for $5. 12 cent sms after you call number pinpoints location on map.
http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/GPS-TRACKER-TRACKING-CAR-VEHICLE-MINI-GSM-DEVICE-GPRS-REALTIME-SYSTEM-PET-TK102-/251617858093?nav=SEARCH

Guys, these devises are fantastic to trace your gear if they are moved by un-authorised beings Surprised many people don't have these already.
There is a catch however. The network these run on the 2G network, is switching off at end of the year. So I will need to come up with an alternative.

One other smalllllllll point that may deter users. The SIMS cards, you have to purchase pre-paid, and this is the catch. $30 minimum charge for 6 months. You cant in your wildest dream use $30 on these. If you fail to add the next 6 months $30 worth before the times up, you loose what you had still on the card. Frustrating, but can be daunting when it adds up. Apparently in the end, if I get a new devise, I can transfer what's on current SIM card to the new card for the new devise. Can move the SIM to an actual mobile and burn it up before the shut down the network in the end. Just cant transfer to another SIM.

Bloody thieving little ...ts doing this crap to your vehicle.

I hope you manage to find your stuff and even the low life scum who did it. If you do, put a brick through their head for me would you. Not sure if you've already thought of or done this but a couple of crew in Vic got some stuff nicked and let all the local kite shops know. Some brain dead kcuf showed up trying to sell it.

I think the only reasonable thing to do is add this stuff to your contents insurance and make sure it covers you outside of the home as well.

Unfortunately you'll never stop the low life's from trying no matter what you do.

^^^^
Far more likely to be 'white trash' !

Maybe get him to check his Home contents or car insurance.
Sometimes sporting goods not in use are covered. And sitting in car is "not in use"

an example I was once given was about Golf clubs.
in garage they are covered by Contents insurance. put them in Boot they are covered by Car insurance, get to Golf course and take them out of boot, they are covered by Contents insurance. pull club out to start playing Not covered at all.

Leigh, so sorry to read this and hear what happened to you. I am not sure of the area, but would this spot be near the famous Aussie Pipe surf spot near Ulladullah? I had my car broken into there once when I went for a surf there for the first time. I know, the cops know who did it, but no one could do anything about it. The cops said, "...The local Aboriginal tribe that lives a few hundred metres down the road were to blame, but you cannot seriously think cops will care when it's a few personal items. Had they'd stolen the car even, it would not bat an eye lid. Sad but true." Cops words, not mine.

I wasn't the only one. Three other cars were broken into as well. It's so stupid. If they want us to respect them, they should not allow their delinquents from running around like feral crims doing what ever the effen they want. Respect has to be earnt. Sorry still venting.

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Chris6791 said..

Kamikuza said...
That sucks...

but...

leaving stuff out where people can see it is a bit silly.

Not sure why Kami got the red thumbs, if you're going to leave valuables in sight in a car parked at the beach you might as well just leave the car unlocked so you don't have to pay for the smashed window as well.

And where else would you leave your stuff? Not in the car, not on the beach, are you kiting with a backpack and kites in your armpits?

I think it's all about your location.. I've never had a problem in Adelaide kiting n windsurfing. I've been in Brisbane for 11 years
and never had a problem here and on the sunnycoast! You're
more likely to have problems with car breakins here in town
where the grubs live n hang out for they're next hit...And I don't bother locking my car!

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LeighMajor said..
Hey guys,My tinted windows didn't deter them.
My bag was jammed under the front seat with my boardies covering it.Which they also grabbed,must have been the right size.
My car insurance covered my drivers extra tinted window for replacement plus retinting.They didn't have time to grab my other two drifters and other two boards in the back because my doors won't open without the electronic key which was in a secure lock on tow bar.Frasers is on the Nth coast nsw near Iluka but this sort of low life crap will keep the numbers down.As said earlier my mate didn't have insurance and had his two kites
Stolen.Plus side window smashed.
He was pissed off to say the least.

If youve hidden your stuff under seats then here's not more you can do, without patrolling the car park. Really frustrating eh! I know how you feel...

Some good news there Leigh.

If I had valuables in car a lot I'd strongly consider a good dash cam system. $800 installed will get you almost 360 degrees recording with automatic parking mode Inc bump and motion sensors. Also good for hit & runs or other accidents..