My week is going something like this:
1. Purchased Dewalt DW610 router on ebay and paid for it and should have had it this week. Router not received and seller not responding.
2. Purchased second Dewalt router (I wanted a second DW610 so as not to have to swap the collet from 1/4" to 1/2". With two I can just grab the router that matches the bit's shank) from FB Marketplace. Sent Postal Money Order, have not received the router, and now seller will not respond to my inquiries.
3. Removed six doors from duck blind Sunday afternoon and took them to my shop for repair. These are metal doors made by Osceola Machine in Arkansas that I add a plywood skin and grass rails to attach camo. I placed the rotting doors outside by the shop garage door. Last night I go over to the shop to make repairs and all the doors are gone. Someone took a rotting pile of plywood doors for Christ's sake.
For item 3 I had success finding out who thanks to a neighbor and should have the doors back tonight. Items 1 and 2 I'm going down the normal paths to try and recover my money, which will be a pain with low probability for success.
I've documented numerous thefts of my stuff here over the years so a lot of you will remember my Yamaha outboard stolen a year ago, my Benelli shotgun stolen a few years back, and some other items as well. I spoke to a policeman last night who basically said the courts are not concerned with petty theft and I'd get more satisfaction hiring a few thugs to beat the shit out of the thieves if I could find them. True story!
I'm simply fed up with thieves and low life criminals who take full advantage of a failed legal system. Life is better when you can trust strangers and that people aren't out to rip you off. But given all that has happened I guess it's time to stop trusting and adopt personal policies that keep me from being taken advantage of, even when inconvenient or prohibitive.
Please do me and every honest citizen a favor, if you happen to catch a thief push hard for the legal system to do it's job, even if it is an inconvenience or comes with a cost. I figure that when someone gets caught they've probably ripped off a lot more people so it's better to insist the courts dish out all the punishment they can for the good folks who never caught the perpetrator. I had a coworker go to extremes to get the legal system to make a low-life pay him back and he finally prevailed by getting the loser's wages garnished. It wasn't easy and the low-life was shocked someone stuck with it but in the end he had to make restitution. Most people would have let him get away due to the headaches involved. My friend made certain justice was upheld. That my friends is a good citizen.
Eric
1. Purchased Dewalt DW610 router on ebay and paid for it and should have had it this week. Router not received and seller not responding.
2. Purchased second Dewalt router (I wanted a second DW610 so as not to have to swap the collet from 1/4" to 1/2". With two I can just grab the router that matches the bit's shank) from FB Marketplace. Sent Postal Money Order, have not received the router, and now seller will not respond to my inquiries.
3. Removed six doors from duck blind Sunday afternoon and took them to my shop for repair. These are metal doors made by Osceola Machine in Arkansas that I add a plywood skin and grass rails to attach camo. I placed the rotting doors outside by the shop garage door. Last night I go over to the shop to make repairs and all the doors are gone. Someone took a rotting pile of plywood doors for Christ's sake.
For item 3 I had success finding out who thanks to a neighbor and should have the doors back tonight. Items 1 and 2 I'm going down the normal paths to try and recover my money, which will be a pain with low probability for success.
I've documented numerous thefts of my stuff here over the years so a lot of you will remember my Yamaha outboard stolen a year ago, my Benelli shotgun stolen a few years back, and some other items as well. I spoke to a policeman last night who basically said the courts are not concerned with petty theft and I'd get more satisfaction hiring a few thugs to beat the shit out of the thieves if I could find them. True story!
I'm simply fed up with thieves and low life criminals who take full advantage of a failed legal system. Life is better when you can trust strangers and that people aren't out to rip you off. But given all that has happened I guess it's time to stop trusting and adopt personal policies that keep me from being taken advantage of, even when inconvenient or prohibitive.
Please do me and every honest citizen a favor, if you happen to catch a thief push hard for the legal system to do it's job, even if it is an inconvenience or comes with a cost. I figure that when someone gets caught they've probably ripped off a lot more people so it's better to insist the courts dish out all the punishment they can for the good folks who never caught the perpetrator. I had a coworker go to extremes to get the legal system to make a low-life pay him back and he finally prevailed by getting the loser's wages garnished. It wasn't easy and the low-life was shocked someone stuck with it but in the end he had to make restitution. Most people would have let him get away due to the headaches involved. My friend made certain justice was upheld. That my friends is a good citizen.
Eric
Last edited: