Just went to the pub and had my bike stolen, reported this event to the police but does anyone know if this ever gets followed up or is my bike gone for good?
The bloke in the white shirt and the back shorts stole my bike does anyone know who this is??
Posted by That-Restaurant1094
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Fuck that’s awful. I really hope that you find it soon ❤️
Imbeciles!! How did he undo your lock so quickly!?
Bike is gone mate. I reported my stolen bike to the police and even found it for sale on Gumtree. Gave them the location and listing. Nothing happened.
Had a friend try to “buy it” but then the listing was taken down.
How did you get the footage?
Jesus Christ that’s got to be the worlds worst lock.
Even with a serial code the police is not going to investigate/look for it, I had my bike stolen from my own apartment building and they did nothing, they probably wouldn’t even stop him for not wearing a helmet
Unfortunately the police won’t do jack for a bike besides call you if it gets handed in after being dumped. ☹️
What does he pull out of his bag and put against the wall?
What did he leave leaning against the wall?
Ouch, was that lock made of paper?
Consider your bike gone unfortunately, highly unlikely the police do anything about it.
Fucking scum. I had mine stolen right under a camera a few years ago in parkville. Reported it immediately to the police an hour after, the cops never did anything. I never heard from them. They told me even if they did send out people to find it, the vehicle is likely sold the next day and not seen again.
HOWEVER, the footage here is a lot clearer and the thief isn’t hooded like it was in my case. So maybe the guy might get caught and deservedly punished
Your bike is gone. Check facebook market place. Police will do nothing.
I hate to sound like an asshole but it will never be followed up by police.
Your bikes gone, get a new one, better lock and be sneaky and hide an AirTag or similar in it/on it.
You needed a better lock! Sucks to hear though, scumbag behaviour
I bet they would investigate if he stole a bike from a bike shop, but not in this case me thinks
My bike was stolen, too, 6 months ago. Police recovered in this situation.
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What was on the card he left behind?
This guy came up to me in Croydon last week carrying a bike with one wheel and told me he’d just taken it from out the front of cash converters, had just walked up, detached the other wheel (which was chained up for security) and walked off with it. He said he was planning on either selling it or exchanging it for drugs because he told me some dude had taken off with all the money he’d given him to score with and now he was too scared to go home because his girlfriend was gonna kill him lol. I didn’t know him and was wondering why the fuck he was telling me all this but I guess I did have my Oakley’s on
Ngl I thought he was gonna take the white motorbike
Ok the police aren’t going to launch an investigation into your stolen bike BUT REPORT IT ANYWAY, my bike got stolen from my backyard, I reported it, with its serial number, and months later got it back when they raided a house on unrelated matters and found it there.
Pretty brazen. I used to park my motorbike out the Oxford when I was at RMIT. Left my key in once and someone kindly left them with security, insanely lucky.
This sucks I hate this. Had this happen to me in London which is extremely common there. Did the right thing informed police etc after finding it on ebay pickup only on a couple streets away from my house and police still wouldn’t do anything even with my registered serial number on the frame, receipts etc.
I organised to purchase the bike with the ‘seller’ and simply rocked up with 10 people in cars wearing balaclavas. Poor kid nearly shit himself. Funnily enough i’d still see the mug who took it months later in my area and give him a wave riding past. Anyway i wouldn’t advise or condone doing that but if you’re up for it you can get it back with a possible bit of agg. Just be careful.
Also got a call back from the Met Police after getting it back weeks later and got lectured on the phone after explaining the situation. My simple and satisfying response was Fuck. Off. 👋
Good luck 🫶
I got mine back. Make sure you upload photos and details of your bike and ownership to http://WWW.PROPERTYVAULT.COM.AU
A couple of weeks after having my road racer stolen the cops called me and said they had a guy in for an interview and knew the bike wasn’t his so looked up property vault (said they do every time they come across goods) and located me.
Had mine stolen from the entrance of Coles on Smith St. last week at 6pm. Broad daylight. $4000 bike. Literally under 6 cameras. Police have done fuck all. Fucking junkies.
We had a recent incident at my office in South Melbourne that involved an individual turning up early enough that the only person in the building was the cleaner.
He rang the doorbell and the cleaner told him they could not let anyone in.
The guy then used something to pry the metal door frame enough to force the door open. He wandered around the garage, found a bike that had been left in the office overnight and took it.
We called the police and they took finger prints and I gave them the footage from the security cameras. Because the idiot used the door intercom, there was a clear image of his face. He happened to be known to the local police.
They received a call later in the day about another break-in, which resulted in the individual being caught.
The bike was returned later the same day.
I’m not saying this is a common experience. But I do offer it as a counter to the “give up all hope” responses that are often seen on posts like this.