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Damn man sorry to hear that! Thats a shitty thing that’s happened to you. Understandable if you’re upset, angry, etc. how do you feel?
One small idea, not sure if you’ve got renters insurance, but if so you may be able to claim your tools with that at least.
Sorry again. Hang in there.
Yeah I'm very annoyed, less so about the car etc because it's all replaceable in the end. My biggest concern is how i go about staying in business and keeping an income for the next few weeks.
My wife is super stressed now especially since my house keys were in the car, so I'm sleeping on the couch by the door at the moment.
Tomorrow we gotta get the door replaced all the locks and try get a new gate since they smashed the car through it
Double check your insurance policy. Sometimes they will have a rider to cover loss income due to this type of thing.
I'll look in the morning, cheers for the advice
Don't forget it was probably someone you know
Bruss unfortunately where I live its just a town 200kms away we all know where they go but we don't know who; only the coppers do.
There's a massive problem with aboriginal kids from the daily river region coming into town and stealing cars for a laugh. Every week 2 to 3 cars go missing and end up there.
That's one of them there.
Bastards. Stealing tools is the worst :(
Don't forget to check if you're covered by your home insurance (if you have any).
You might also be able to get a grant/loan from govt in the short term so you can hire tools and not have to cancel too many jobs.
Home %100 will cover this.
Also, when filing, make sure you list everything down to the brand and model. If you put socket set, the insurance guy is gonna find the cheapest socket set out there. Like $10 pot metal shit. This goes for all of it. It'll take time but don't skimp on this. Insurance is there to make money and pay as little out as possible.
If possible, did you file a police report?
Yeah that's done. Hopefully hear something come morning.
Went for a drive though and didn't even see any police on the roads
Shit news. Hopefully it'll turn up.
I've had 2 stolen, one was never seen again and one was found within a few days and only had minimal damage and everything inside was intact. Fingers crossed for you.
We found the car via posting on Facebook in the stolen car communities set up since where I live this is a daily occurrence.
Car was 250kms away crashed in a ditch just outside the same place every other car ends up.
All the tools and equipment gone.
Hopefully the car is repairable though will know more monday
A tiny sliver of good news then.
Thanks for the update. Keep us informed once you know more about the car next week.
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Here's my most recent update.
Hoping tomorrow or the day after to hear about if they car is repairable or not.
To me as a mechanic it looks like about 10k of damage and maybe 5k of labour.
The real problem though is insurance will pay market value and they get to pick market value it seems.
I want to buy one similar its 50 to 60k but I would put money on insurance saying it's worth 25 to 30 or something dumb
Hopefully you had it insured as a business vehicle...
Yeah but it's the lack of time and lost income now that's the problem.
Insurance will give "market value" for the car but unfortunately that won't cover the cost to replace with something the same.
They cover tools of trade which isn only to yo 1500 dollars and not really a dent in the cost of what's been taken equipment wise.
Well, that means you didn't get the right coverage, or they're trying to short you.
Bought through a broker so I've no idea. I'm not a smart business man just a good crane technicians
You should check your policy carefully. And make sure to ask them directly about covering lost income.
Sounds like you shouldnt have much trouble with insurance if it was behind a locked gate.
Cunts will definitely try and weasel whatever they can get out of though.
Do you live in a city with lots of neighbours / cameras or out bush?
In a town with neighbours etc. We have the thrives on camera face and all.
They crashed the car out in bush and emptied all the tools
Motherfuckers.
I'm sorry to hear that mate
Aw that really sucks man, so much taken.. fingers crossed your car will turn back up. Sure you will figure it all out -- sucks to have extra stress so close to a birth. Good luck with everything!
Check your local pawn shops