Those are a big advert saying "unoccupied van worth breaking point nto". They're the worst thing you can do.Bu99er innit ?
You've made a donation to someone less well off than yourself. Feel good about that. Pity it was involuntary.
Fit a Fiamma D Ring onto the door. Makes the van look more secure and might deter an opportunist.
Everybody to their own.Those are a big advert saying "unoccupied van worth breaking point nto". They're the worst thing you can do.
In the example here, they bent the door panel to get in.Everybody to their own.
Yes they do advertise that the van may be empty.......or that you use the passenger door to go out, but as Tezza says, anything to make it harder and take longer to get into.I have a brightlock fitted to the Hab door, and deadlocks fitted to the cab doors.
I suppose you didnt report it for a few weeks as the spend on the cards was less thsn normal.£200 taken from 3 cards , in a nearby shopping centre, before we got back.
I suppose if you didn't have one they would have to knock on the door to see if it is unoccupied and so wouldn't botherThose are a big advert saying "unoccupied van worth breaking point nto". They're the worst thing you can do.
It was before contactless.How did they use your cards was it contactless hits . hope your repairs go well
I think extra locks on the doors are a very good idea, but they should be subtle and look the same whether locked or unlocked. My ones are ABUS mortice locks which fit against reinforced sections of door and frame.I suppose if you didn't have one they would have to knock on the door to see if it is unoccupied and so wouldn't bother
I was broken into twice within a few years until I fitted the extra locks then not one attempt for the next 15 years and you think it is the worst thing you can do, using your logic why not just leave the door open at least there would be no damage.
They will break in any way if they are determined, they probably know it is unoccupied because they watched you park it, if the doors look difficult they can force a window which causes a lot less damage (IMHO), if we worry too much then we might as well sell the van and stay at home but sometimes it just isn't your day.
A few years ago in France we were shopping and Maggy noticed someone who was on his phone and seemed to be behind us too often, she told me so I went out to the car park and as I approached the van a car sped off from the other side of it, I have a Brightlock fitted on the drivers door and some paint was missing off it so I think they were trying to remove it while a lookout was watching us, unfortunately we will never win with desperate people
Yes as in this case the lock held when they tried prising it with a bar of some sort so instead folded the door back enough to get their hand in and release the lock from the insideManufacturers need to up their game with hab door security. For a home you can have a five locking point front and rear house door. Why can’t new MH have at least three point locking door, middle, top and bottom, it ain’t rocket science, is it!
Sorry to hear this.It was before contactless.
All 3 companies declared that the PIN was not embedded in the cards..
But they paid out, without delay..
If you use a card reader pad that the banks supply.. it can take any card , read it and verify the PIN without any WiFi or on-line connection
They tell big, fat fibs...
Bu99er innit ?
You've made a donation to someone less well off than yourself. Feel good about that. Pity it was involuntary.
Fit a Fiamma D Ring onto the door. Makes the van look more secure and might deter an opportunist.
Wow , £2000 for a door, how can that be justified for such a flimsy item ?Yes confidence is going to be the worst part of it all. This is the second break-in but last time we were in it asleep so no damage and what they took was worthless so dumped outside. I’ve just been on to Brownhills and a replacement door will be about £2000 then the fitting so going through the insurance. No it’s not a cat, it’s one of the two dogs which we had taken for a walk when this happened but yes very very lucky they were not in the van at the time as I’m sure they too would have been taken