theseeker Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Well gentlemen, After living in Africa, I am back in the US! I was looking forward to setting up my hobby room and enjoying semi-retirement, only to find that my entire stash of kits was stolen. Now you know why I am an angry person. Two people that worked for me unloaded my air conditioned storage containers and wiped me out. They literally took everything of value. Two 40' foot storage containers reduced to an 8x10 storage unit. Furniture, art, hobby stuff, massive steel workbench, all of my tools and even my great grandmothers iron skillet! WTF These two worked for me for years, I bailed them out of just every problem known to mankind and even loaned them a lot of money. I guess good deeds do not go unpunished? Its a real pisser. My paints and some of my hobby tools are still around, but not one kit! Every one of my reference books, gone. The entire series from Eagle books all signed by the great Luftwaffe aces, gone. The Monogram series with all of the original colors, gone. I do feel violated and they knew exactly what they were doing. Im sure some lucky folks got some great deals on EBay! Now I get to start all over again. I am happy to be back in Texas in the hill country. Rocky Scotsman, spacewolf, Starfighter Jock and 20 others 1 1 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 If you have all of their info, can you not at least prosecute them? kalashnikov-47, Stefano, Grant_T and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 What a shame. No good deed(s) ever go unpunished these days. BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Darn shame, Rocky, but it's still nice to see you here again. I'd not hesitate to prosecute them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Prosecution, nope! One must be creative. The IRS allows you to send 1099’s for stolen property as long as it’s accompanied by a police report, Bingo! Why send them to jail? They would get three square meals and a bed to sleep in. Working for the government for twenty years is a far better punishment in my opinion. Good to hear from you Brian and Kev! Derek B, LSP_K2, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Did they snatch that huge Tiger too? BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Wow, that is awful, Rocky. I have lots of interesting responses running through my head, but none of them are appropriate here. They probably would be in Texas though.... Tim Stefano, LSP_K2, MikeMaben and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoyguy Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Well, on a positive note, you made it back from Africa alive, which to me, is no small feat. It seems that there is no shortage of things trying to kill you on that continent, even makes Australia a little jealous... Edited October 20, 2021 by eoyguy D.B. Andrus and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Where did this happen? Sounds like everything in storage was already in the US? What a serious pisser. You have all their contact information working for you, correct? I can't write about the current status of the US but it likely not the same as what you think it was when you left it. BiggTim and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Troy Molitor said: Where did this happen? Sounds like everything in storage was already in the US? What a serious pisser. You have all their contact information working for you, correct? I can't write about the current status of the US but it likely not the same as what you think it was when you left it. Edited October 20, 2021 by BiggTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Ouch! Well, that's one way to reduce a stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 12 hours ago, eoyguy said: Well, on a positive note, you made it back from Africa alive, which to me, is no small feat. It seems that there is no shortage of things trying to kill you on that continent, even makes Australia a little jealous... It's not THAT bad. Been living in Africa most of my life. LSP_Matt and eoyguy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adameliclem Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Rocky, I’m really sorry that happened to you. I was robbed several times last year, by the same people, and lost most of my modeling gear, among many other things. Having your life edited by criminals is a terrible experience. In my case, the police couldn’t put a stop to it until I literally caught the thieves breaking and entering into my home. Good luck to you, and welcome back. Adam Out2gtcha and Paramedic 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Sorry but scum like this need some sort of justice. the thought that they just believed they could steal your hard earned belongings is just s**t. I hope they get what's coming to them especially as you helped them out in the past! LSP_K2, adameliclem, Stefano and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Sorry to read this Rocky, but at least you are back in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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