£400 jacket gone walkies from work

Originally Posted by Kinvig

Should you be highlighting this on a public forum!!!!?????

I need some new kit, what's the address? ;o)

I know of a fair few bike kit shops that don't have CCTV. The one Paws works at is not unusual in that organisation.

Originally Posted by grh1904

they've had yet another helmet or some other expensive item go.

I managed to get someone successfully prosecuted last year for 2 pairs of boots found in their house during a raid (about £325 quids worth), and tried to offer some crime prevention advice like cameras etc, which the staff were very receptive too and assured me that my comments would be "passed up the line" - but when I went back later it would appear that the message "passed back down the line" was that it was not cost effective.

Very interesting comments about the message passed up the line, because the Darlington shop was originally opened by the wife of one of HG's senior managers at Harrogate (he's now left to work elsewhere). She'd only have had to mention it over dinner that evening.

Originally Posted by Paws

We wont get cctv, weve had aload of jackets nicked from by the door a few years ago so its nothing new, it just makes me so mad that someone has taken it! and they wont be able to sell it on for anywhere near what it costs!

You'll find the security tag has been chopped off with a pair of sidecutters and is currently sitting in one of the boots on display - that's how it used to happen at Harrow shop.

i know a naughty friend who used to use a bag lined with foil.

Originally Posted by Paws

Hovis, do you think i was born yesterday , he walked in-NO bike gear on (lid,boots gloves) and its NOT the kinda jacket you buy on its own, drews pretty tall and bloke was my height-jacket was undone so drew managed to peer down the back of it and see the label

no.......... but, would you nick a jacket from a shop, then wear it back in the same shop a few days later?

Originally Posted by hovis

no.......... but, would you nick a jacket from a shop, then wear it back in the same shop a few days later?

You or I might not, but we're not brass-necked thieves who'd nick a £400 jacket

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by hovis

no.......... but, would you nick a jacket from a shop, then wear it back in the same shop a few days later?

Mate when i used to do that work i'd se people come in and take a t shirt off and put a new one on and try and walk out the door. Mostly blokes sadly
But if you challenged them they would say "No i was wearing this when i came in, prove i wasnt!"
Some serious A-holes out there who just steal not for the ££££ but for the "machismo" of it.


Paws, I know how you feel hun but maybe its better to put a simple sign in the window like they do in newsagents "No groups of 3 or more in the shop at once". That way they are warned before entering the premises so they can be asked to leave if they dont comply and if they still refuse you can call the cops and have them removed.
Also, the cops will probably find a reason to search them etc if they do come down and know the history of why the sign went up.

Nice, cheap alternative that also saves having to pass it by any up line managers.

Did you check that the alarms are still working properly??

Originally Posted by Quiff Wichard

amazin what a 50p roll of tin foil can get ya

you know about that aswell then

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

you know about that aswell then

Tell me