BR

Bill Ranseen

27/10/2003 8:50 PM

Simon Watts ripped off

Simon Watts has been writing about woodworking for a long time so I
thought others on the NG might be interested in the follwoing article in
today's SF Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10
/27/BAG6A2JVJ61.DTL


This topic has 6 replies

BB

BRuce

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

28/10/2003 2:25 PM

eraser, luckily they left Simon.

Lazarus Long wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:59:57 -0500, Eddie Munster
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Really strange. It they moved the wrong address, I would think someone
>>would notice and things get sorted out. Really amazing what can go on
>>and nobody sees a thing.
>>
>>John
>>
>
> This happened to one of my friends. Gone for a weekend and returned
> to an empty house. Sucks.
>
> It's the more personal items that are stolen that have me wondering
> what that's all about. Things like photographs, mementos of your kids
> early years and so on.

EM

Eddie Munster

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

28/10/2003 11:59 AM

Really strange. It they moved the wrong address, I would think someone
would notice and things get sorted out. Really amazing what can go on
and nobody sees a thing.

John

Bill Ranseen wrote:

>Simon Watts has been writing about woodworking for a long time so I
>thought others on the NG might be interested in the follwoing article in
>today's SF Chronicle:
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10
>/27/BAG6A2JVJ61.DTL
>
>

LL

Lazarus Long

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

28/10/2003 11:33 AM

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:59:57 -0500, Eddie Munster
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Really strange. It they moved the wrong address, I would think someone
>would notice and things get sorted out. Really amazing what can go on
>and nobody sees a thing.
>
>John
>
This happened to one of my friends. Gone for a weekend and returned
to an empty house. Sucks.

It's the more personal items that are stolen that have me wondering
what that's all about. Things like photographs, mementos of your kids
early years and so on.

JB

"J.B. Bobbitt"

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

29/10/2003 2:06 AM

In Houston, circa 1982-1983, it was common for thieves to knock down the
back fence in a new, unfinished subdivision, back a truck up to the back
door, and raid a new, freshly-furnished home. They only took valuable stuff
though. It's odd that someone would take the time and incur the risk of
taking everything.

It's unlikely a move "made a mistake" because they'd need keys etc., and the
timing is to fortuitous. If I was thedetective, I'd be all over the
housesitter and his/her contacts.

That said, anybody want to buy some fine furniture pieces, old pics, etc?

-JBB


GG

"GeeDubb"

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

28/10/2003 10:08 AM


"Eddie Munster" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Really strange. It they moved the wrong address, I would think someone
> would notice and things get sorted out. Really amazing what can go on
> and nobody sees a thing.
>
> John
>
> Bill Ranseen wrote:
>
> >Simon Watts has been writing about woodworking for a long time so I
> >thought others on the NG might be interested in the follwoing article in
> >today's SF Chronicle:
> >
> >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10
> >/27/BAG6A2JVJ61.DTL
> >
> >
>

It could be that the thieves knew that Simon would be gone for some time and
they were going to see if they could rent or sell the place to some
unsuspecting soul with a healthy cash up front deal......

Gary

AR

"AL"

in reply to Bill Ranseen on 27/10/2003 8:50 PM

28/10/2003 5:07 AM

Sounds like a miscommunication of some sort rather than a deliberate crime.


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