I'm gutted and so is my workshop.

[Katster]

Ouch. I hadn't realised you weren't insured. Dear me

[Sawdusty surfer]

Tried to get insurance, but due to the location and build of the building I couldn't get cover without spending many thousands on the place. If i had owned the place I would have.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Tried to get insurance, but due to the location and build of the building I couldn't get cover without spending many thousands on the place. If i had owned the place I would have.

[Katster]

Dont want to hijack the thread but; I do some work with offenders. Now and again it might come up in conversation about victims etc. A hell of a lot of offenders see burglary and even arson as a victimless crime. Why? Because they say that the person would, or even should, have been insured. They place a fiscal value on things, rather than the emotional attachment of putting in your blood, sweat and tears into something.

Edited March 10, 2012 by Katster

[Sawdusty surfer]

Dont want to hijack the thread but; I do some work with offenders. Now and again it might come up in conversation about victims etc. A hell of a lot of offenders see burglary and even arson as a victimless crime. Why? Because they say that the person would, or even should, have been insured. They place a fiscal value on things, rather than the emotional attachment of putting in your blood, sweat and tears into something.

[Rachie]

Stealing your power tools is one thing, flaming the place is quite another..i would take it personaly, how could you not?!

I'm so sorry this happened to you I really wish I could do somthing to make it better. x

[Rufus Gwertigan]

am not having a go at you Rufus..but your clients are full of shit. I TRIED to get insurance but due to the location and build of premises I couldn't,. So if you are robbed and torched it is the victim's own fault if they can't claim it all back? The culprit shouldn't be blamed?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Just thought as well. The guy that is running the Alchemy Festival in Lincolnshire is doing grants of £300 towards some art works. May help towards new gear.

[rexclark]

Theft on any level is an invasion of privacy and it's a crossing a line which some people may not get back from. It may seem like stealing an ipod from someones pocket/A TV from someones house/Tools from someones shed, is an impersonal crime and it's ok because they can claim it back but that kind of invasion effects people and it will probably change peoples views on others in the future.

Edited March 11, 2012 by rexclark

[feral chile]

Sorry if that has made you angry, that was not my intent. I am in total agreement with you. I was just saying the shit some people say to condone their actions. We once got robbed by a next door neighbour and his mate. Why? We were students and our kids had nice things, and his kid didnt. Not the fact we worked for them and went without. When we found out it was a neighbour I challenged his mum who just said "you should have been insured."

Not a client but someone whom I thought was a friend said on thieving. "Put it this way. I only used to nick what people did not want. If they really wanted that stuff they would have made sure it was safe." He was not a friend for long.

[feral chile]

which is where the system of victims getting to meet the offenders gets to be so useful.....no?