My house was marked

[the snooper]

ok who's been to makers neck of the woods with a white marker, own up

 

[brightspark]

i might go round with me dog and chalk one night and mark a load of houses for a laugh see whats said

 

[ronan]

Reading though this thread, I was thinking "Yeah, it's nothing, I'm just being silly". Then I look out the window and see the people opposite cleaning next to their door and three of my friends in the village with dogs all said they had a mark next to their door. Great. I still find the entire concept of physically marking houses stupid. The paint is really tough too, almost like road marking paint


Police took mum's details and said they're letting someone* know.

*I can't remember the actual name but it's probably a made up name for PCSOs.

Could have been some passing plonker who found a half can of road paint by the roadside on the wind-up.

 

[daleyd]

I think that no one has said dog theft doesn't occur, my beef is about the amount of guff posted on social media claiming "I've got chalk marks outside my house, they're going to steal my dogs.." type of thing. I must see about 1 a week of this type of rubbish, but I've yet to actually hear any concrete proof that any of this goes on other than "he says, she says so it must be true" stories.

I stand by my earlier comment as to why any criminal gang would walk up to someone's house and start drawing chalk marks (which could get rubbed off, washed away, and could get missed entirely by whoever else was supposedly looking for it..) and risking getting caught or questioned when they could simply note down the house number or even take a sly pic and email/text their mates without raising suspicion?

I put these stories in the same bin as the "don't flash someone driving in the dark with no headlights on" tripe. i actually quite like Facebook as its allowed me to catch up with old friends etc, but what kind of paranoid society is it turning us into?

 

[the snooper]

i might go round with me dog and chalk one night and mark a load of houses for a laugh see whats said

 

[dunk]

the original poster has took this mark on the wall to be connected to dog nicking, not to make light of his concern for the dog as he clearly is, or to give you more worry, but, what if its something else there after, like the car or something in the shed of value or a item in your workshop

 

[brightspark]

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probably get licked to death

 

[dunk]

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er you don`t live at Number 1 do you by any chance

 

[Maker]

er you don`t live at Number 1 do you by any chance

Argh ******, it was the house number all along, false alarm people.


Plick

 

[Kent]

I don't know if gangs mark properties but I recon if they do there are dozens of codes individual to the gang in question and very much more simple ( as most are not the sharpest tools in the box. I can see the point though of recon when you have nothing on you by way of "going equipped" etc. you can even call with a cover story putting eyes on. I know this has happened to me that's why I am always very hospitable to any scumbag scotes who call with a cockomainy excuse and offer them a good look round and Tea and cake out on the patio. Strangely enough my hospitality seems to have worked and we now get a wide birth. I wonder am I being overly friendly to these poor misguided souls?

Anyhow, dog theft 100% happens! Working dog theft is common Cockers seem to top the list at present though anything with a market will go as £600 up is about the cost of a puppy and £1500 up for a 1 yr old. Bitches of various types and breeds are also stolen by puppy farmers as brood bitches to be bred to death and then got rid of. However most disgusting of all is the dog ransomers, real scum playing on peoples close attachment to the dog that more valuable than money to them. How do I know this? because its very well known and published by the individuals that have suffered it.

 

[dunk]

seriously thou maker, glad you have a sense of humour with some of the comments and hope it all turns out to be nothing

 

[TurtleDude]

Being overly helpful is a known anti shoplifting tactic, make strong eye contact, forcibly offer them a basket, can I help you carry that to the till, do you need any help, along with hovering within eye sight...

And I always thought they were just being friendly to me !!

 

[brightspark]

Being overly helpful is a known anti shoplifting tactic, make strong eye contact, forcibly offer them a basket, can I help you carry that to the till, do you need any help, along with hovering within eye sight...

hmm good point next time i go for my 25 cans o lager il look shifty then some half bake on minimum pay will carry them to the till 4 me good idea

 

[TurtleDude]

hmm good point next time i go for my 25 cans o lager il look shifty then some half bake on minimum pay will carry them to the till 4 me good idea

Normally a crate's 24 cans, so the extra one sticking out the pocket of your lumberjack shirt might achieve the desired shifty look.

 

[brightspark]

its 11 pm i stabbed my hand today and on painkillers and had 5 cans o lager countings difficult. 24 cans as said in a box

 

[Maker]

its 11 pm i stabbed my hand today and on painkillers and had 5 cans o lager countings difficult. 24 cans as said in a box

A stab wound will help with the shifty look too.

 

[MattF]

Turn up to a shop looking slightly unkempt from working and unshaven...guards follow you like a bad smell, come in clean shaven, suited and booted...no one bats an eye...

Reminds me of the time, donkeys years ago, when the bird at the till in Tesco came out with the sentence: "That comes to £X, I'm afraid.", when she'd finished running everything through. To say that her expression amused me, when I paid in cash, would be putting it subtly. Do they think people are going to be suited and pristine when they're rigging?

 

[brightspark]

i went in a car showroom from work in scruffy gear looking for a new car for wifey with cash in pocket 10 grand . the salesman went to a bloke in a suit 1st wifey said lets go . no just wait after 15 mins and the the bloke left without buying. sales man came over and asked what my budget was .skies the limit mate i replied and showed him the cash .but seeing as though u went to the bloke with a suit who never bought owt and i was here 1st u can stuff your cars where the sun dont shine and left

MOD - edit language following complaint

 

[PTvor]

Turn up to a shop looking slightly unkempt from working and unshaven...guards follow you like a bad smell, come in clean shaven, suited and booted...no one bats an eye...

Try wearing a white lab coat, Buddy Holly specs and jotting things down on a clipboard. "And you claim your name is xxx and you've presented some identification. Why should I believe a word of this? Which procedures are you operating under, if any? You do realise I'm preparing a detailed report?".

 

[mcostello]

This threads been the biggest hoot, keep it up guys.