My TC LMS 4000 15" was stolen!!!!

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

yep, hence we are meeting face to face in about 20 min

What are you going to do if it was a joke by your buddy?

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

What are you going to do if it was a joke by your buddy?

I would say I officially got "PUNKED"!

LOL.

But I can tell you that I would get him back big time. I think 5 lbs of flour down his 170" port would just about make us even. LOL

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

lol

if it is do that with pics

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

lolif it is do that with pics

oh, don't worry it will be in HD and posted on youtube that night!

 

[itsblown 10+ year member]

how did the meeting go

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

If he brought it back, I think you should leave it be. Otherwise the next time "the call goes out" no one will respond.
Whatever "rep" Wes has will be usless, if people learn that doing the right thing gets them nowhere.

"If doing the right thing..."

So as long as I return what ever I steal, its ok?

A thief is a thief and always will be. Doing the "right thing" would have been to NOT take the sub in the first place.

Returning it dose not make up for the fact that he took it in the first place. He got scared from the call that was put out and that is the only

reason it was returned.

If that call was never made, OP would still be out a rather nice sub.

Street justice or legal justice....he needs/deserves to get one or the other. (or both)

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

If he brought it back, I think you should leave it be. Otherwise the next time "the call goes out" no one will respond.
Whatever "rep" Wes has will be usless, if people learn that doing the right thing gets them nowhere.

Why? So he can do it later and not return something.

 

[slammedincouch 10+ year member]

OP was shot, and the dude took BOTH his subs this time. Does not plan on returning.

 

[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

"If doing the right thing..."
So as long as I return what ever I steal, its ok?

A thief is a thief and always will be. Doing the "right thing" would have been to NOT take the sub in the first place.

Returning it dose not make up for the fact that he took it in the first place. He got scared from the call that was put out and that is the only

reason it was returned.

If that call was never made, OP would still be out a rather nice sub.

Street justice or legal justice....he needs/deserves to get one or the other. (or both)

You seem to miss my point. I'm fully aware that the right thing to do is not to take something in the first-place. (I HATE thieves!) However once someone does something wrong, the right thing to do from that point forward is to try and make it right.

If returning the item changes nothing, there is absolutely no point in returning the item. Next time it wont matter if "the call goes out" because the call wont mean shit.

"Return the item or else I'll do the exact same thing I would do if you don't return the item." There's a proposition for you.

Do you understand why it's a bad idea to kill POW's you take in combat? If the enemy learns that surrendering is a guaranteed death-sentence, every battle after the word gets out will be a bitter, bloody, fight to the last man. (And cost more of your men's lives in the process.)

This is the same principle here. He surrendered the item. Do you want the word to get out that surrendering is a useless proposition?

Likewise, if "the call had gone out" and the item was not surrendered, I think the various forms of justice you referenced would definitely be in order when the guy was caught.

"Come out with your hands up" won't work if you they expect to get shot when they do.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

I'm back! and with no extra holes!

Well I went and met him, asked for details, which were simply he came to the warehouse to see what we had, saw the subs, didn't seeanyone watching, picked it up put it in his car and drove away. When he got the BBM he realized who it belonged to, and decided to give it back, as pressure from his peer group would have been to much, and he couldn't keep it a secret. I gave him some "advice" and called it a day.

Now I know who he is, and that is that.

pretty much, moral of the story, even in the Cayman Islands you can't be as ignorant and stupid as I was.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Yup....leave yer **** in the unguarded open, and be prepared to lose it.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

Yup....leave yer **** in the unguarded open, and be prepared to lose it.

And thar does for more than gum, and fuses eg. 60 lb subs!

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

You seem to miss my point. I'm fully aware that the right thing to do is not to take something in the first-place. However once someone does something wrong, the right thing to do from that point forward is to try and make it right.
If returning the item changes nothing, there is absolutely no point in returning the item. Next time it wont matter if "the call goes out" because the call wont mean shit.

"Return the item or else I'll do the exact same thing I would do if you don't return the item." There's a proposition for you.

Do you understand why it's a bad idea to kill POW's you take in combat? If the enemy learns that surrendering is a guaranteed death-sentence, every battle after the word gets out will be a bitter, bloody, fight to the last man. (And cost more of your men's lives in the process.)

This is the same principle here. He surrendered the item. Do you want the word to get out that surrendering is a useless proposition?

Likewise, if "the call had gone out" and the item was not surrendered, I think the various forms of justice you referenced would definitely be in order when the guy was caught.

"Come out with your hands up" won't work if you they expect to get shot when they do.

So you want the word to go out that all is find and dandy as long as you return what ever you steal.

"Come out with your hands up" 99% of the time ends up with some form of punishment. Not an "ok, he came out so lets let him go scott free..."

And of course you do not want to kill POW's, because you put the lives of our POW's in danger of the same fate.

(I understand that PERFECTLY sir, I have severed in combat.)

And as was stated by the OP, the ONLY reason he gave it back was due to "peer pressure", in other words he was scared. If that fear would have not been there, the OP would still be out of a sub.

The guy did do good but his deed should not go unpunished in some way.

 

[slammedincouch 10+ year member]

After I situation like that, I'd install a few cameras round the shop

 

[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

So you want the word to go out that all is find and dandy as long as you return what ever you steal.
"Come out with your hands up" 99% of the time ends up with some form of punishment. Not an "ok, he came out so lets let him go scott free..."

And of course you do not want to kill POW's, because you put the lives of our POW's in danger of the same fate.

(I understand that PERFECTLY sir, I have severed in combat.)

And as was stated by the OP, the ONLY reason he gave it back was due to "peer pressure", in other words he was scared. If that fear would have not been there, the OP would still be out of a sub.

The guy did do good but his deed should not go unpunished in some way.

My recommendation to "leave it be" was based on the OP asking the police to investigate and pursue an otherwise unknown suspect.....after that individual had returned the item.

I have no problem with an outcome that demonstrates some benefit for answering "the call" (No police) and one that results in some repercussions for the perp.

However, in order to maintain the usefulness of "the call", the repercussions need to be something that doesn't make ditching the item (to maintain anonymity) preferable to returning it.