New computer stolen by builder

Have we been kippered?

Yep!

Overactive imagination?
Or attention-seeking?

TheSunRisesInTheEast

We call our back alleys, openings 😉

Anything to avoid the words back and passage.

😂😂😂

barmcake has been posting since 2022.

Amazing really considering her computer has been nicked (again)

MawsRosie

^My newer Acer was under £200^
I couldn't bear to perhaps upset my builder. I believe I'd want to be done with the roofer as soon as possible, with no police involved
We all spend our excess differently, I eat at home and buy cheap computers - my budget is very tight, my ability to take on stress is zero
Words fail!
Are you saying you are prepared to turn a blind eye to theft, preying on a vulnerable older person, dishonesty, abuse of trust - all of these to keep your builder sweet ?
That’s an interesting moral standpoint.
And if a builder can only be «kept sweet» by what is collusion in crime by a sort of bribery, what price professional standards or reputation ?
How do you sleep?

I sleep very well. 11 to 7.

Thank you for asking.

No, I wouldn't fuss, no I wouldn't keep my builder sweet. I believe I'd change passwords, be polite, watch closely, and pray for the best.

OP I don't want to complain at this stage as they've had a large chunk of money (£12,000) and might do a bad job on the roof.

I hasten to add my computer as percent to total would be less than 1.5% -- I'd not be keen on adding to stress whist work proceeds.

Opinions, I've stated mine.

Aveline

Amazing really considering her computer has been nicked (again)

Aveline very astute!! 😂

Ps perhaps barmcake uses her phone to post on Gransnet?

I don't, all that squinting at a small screen could give me wrinkles.

What do you mean? MawsRosie?

Norah

MawsRosie

My newer Acer was under £200
I couldn't bear to perhaps upset my builder. I believe I'd want to be done with the roofer as soon as possible, with no police involved
We all spend our excess differently, I eat at home and buy cheap computers - my budget is very tight, my ability to take on stress is zero
Words fail!
Are you saying you are prepared to turn a blind eye to theft, preying on a vulnerable older person, dishonesty, abuse of trust - all of these to keep your builder sweet ?
That’s an interesting moral standpoint.
And if a builder can only be «kept sweet» by what is collusion in crime by a sort of bribery, what price professional standards or reputation ?
How do you sleep?

I sleep very well. 11 to 7.

Thank you for asking.

No, I wouldn't fuss, no I wouldn't keep my builder sweet. I believe I'd change passwords, be polite, watch closely, and pray for the best.

OP I don't want to complain at this stage as they've had a large chunk of money (£12,000) and might do a bad job on the roof.

I hasten to add my computer as percent to total would be less than 1.5% -- I'd not be keen on adding to stress whist work proceeds.

Opinions, I've stated mine.

I wouldn't want to keep on any builder whom I suspected of rummaging around in my knickers drawer.

Are you saying its fake??

barmcake has posted previously but I really don't understand her stance on this.

There could be another explanation but it is very odd and it could be that other vulnerable people have been victims or could be in the future if no-one likes to report it.

Elsi

What do you mean? MawsRosie?

Perhaps confused? Forgetful? Or embarrassed to admit to what some of us find strange behaviour.
Who knows?

Oh hi Oreo. A ginnel in Lancashire is a sort of pathway that cuts through housing estates from one road to another.
There are schools near us & all the parents cut through as a short cut.
But of course ‘wrong uns’ passing, could be in & out of our house & up through the ginnel in a flash if we left the door unlocked.

I can understand you are upset and the massive sense of betrayal.

would never leave a workperson/cleaner alone in my house no matter how long I had known them. I am not a trusting person. The only person who has keys to my house is my nephew. He built my PC and does all my techy stuff anyway so he knows all the passwords.

Have you given your door key to anyone else ? Is this builder the only one who has been given access to your house while the builder was working. Seems strange that it is too obvious that a builder would risk being blamed after being left in the house alone.

Aveline

Amazing really considering her computer has been nicked (again)

Please find the message that says 'my computer was nicked for a second time'. If you can't find it I will apologise, if not, have the decency to apologise.

Secondly, part-exchange is accepted provided the property is in a reasonable condition. Please find this information yourself. They will NOT part-exchange on a wreck. No company can force you to renovate. I'm dealing with the same lady and we have had discussions on how best to proceed.

I don't have the time to go digging as I'm expecting a house full of builders and will reply when they've finished. Would you like a zoom interview, where I can answer all of the catty comments.

To those of you who have been super supportive, thank you. We do not know what a person is going through or what kind of position their in, so please don't be so quick to judge.

The biggest idiots I know are the know-it-alls who delight in kicking people when their down. It's always the same little gang, just like the school playground.

Feel better of your outburst? Have a think why others might harbour dark suspicions about this and your previous posts. If you post on a public forum you should expect that not everyone will agree with you or support your actions - or inactions.

I thoroughly agree with Caleo .
It is a crime and you can't let it pass.

We let people into our homes on trust and anything can happen ....sometimes theft sometimes assault.

I've been looking for a DIY guy and my last experience was unfortunate .
Thoroughly recommended by my long term friend he'd done many successful projects for her parishioners .
Everything was fine at first - he seemed willing and versatile and then, his black moods ensued,the work slowed ,his language was foul ,his tempers alarming and eventually he walked out on me leaving a terrible mess .

I found out that he has a criminal record .

Recently I thought that I'd found a replacement only to find that he has many arrests for GBH against an ex /resisting arrests .
He asked me out on a date !
Er no thank you !

friendlygingercat

I can understand you are upset and the massive sense of betrayal.

would never leave a workperson/cleaner alone in my house no matter how long I had known them. I am not a trusting person. The only person who has keys to my house is my nephew. He built my PC and does all my techy stuff anyway so he knows all the passwords.

Why? Have you had a bad experience in the past, with cleaners/ workmen stealing from you?

MT62

Oh hi Oreo. A ginnel in Lancashire is a sort of pathway that cuts through housing estates from one road to another.
There are schools near us & all the parents cut through as a short cut.
But of course ‘wrong uns’ passing, could be in & out of our house & up through the ginnel in a flash if we left the door unlocked.

For someone to go upstairs, rifle through drawers in the bedroom, find a laptop and the passwords stored together in the knickers drawer seems very odd. They would have to take a while to put everything carefully back, use gloves or they'd leave fingerprints and that does not sound like the work of an opportunist thief.

Why would you go to stay elsewhere and not take the laptop with you anyway?
🤔

Aveline

Feel better of your outburst? Have a think why others might harbour dark suspicions about this and your previous posts. If you post on a public forum you should expect that not everyone will agree with you or support your actions - or inactions.

I'm still waiting for the post that said this is my second computer to be stolen?????

Quite! Allira. I would never leave anything like that behind!