23-07-2024, 05:17 PM
(23-07-2024, 04:27 PM)Jan Wrote: Bloody hell Popeye - that’s stupid - of course you would pay your rent before paying your insurance - thank goodness for friends who help when you need them .My neighbour had her new electric mower stolen - she has security cameras and was very surprised to see a young bloke who posted on Facebook he was desperate for odd jobs so she paid him very well to clean her gutters - he repaid her generosity coming back to steal off herPeople gaining access to your property in order to 'case out' items to steal is a common ploy. When I was orcharding in the BOP we were occasionally visited by guys wanting to pick excess fruit such as insect soiled citrus. We were warned that this was the same sort of ploy, and that the pickers would quickly migrate beyond the fruit they were supposed to be harvesting. Apparently the substandard fruit was hand washed before being sold at the Otara market.