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#161960 25-Jan-2015 11:33
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Got called up this morning at 3am with a window somebody deiced to throw a road cone at. This piss*s me off no end, insurance excess is higher than cost of replacing so money that has to go out that could have been used for better things.

Security cameras don't get a clear shot of the person not that the police seemed to care as they would not even come out just gave me a number.





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  #1221784 25-Jan-2015 11:36
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Yup...
The other one is tagging by scratching the glass.



  #1221786 25-Jan-2015 11:40
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TimA: Yup...
The other one is tagging by scratching the glass.


Yup got plenty of that on the large panes of glass to the right.




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  #1221787 25-Jan-2015 11:40
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Presso:
TimA: Yup...
The other one is tagging by scratching the glass.


Yup got plenty of that on the large panes of glass to the right.


Is that your shop?



  #1221789 25-Jan-2015 11:48
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Its the office section of our manufacturing business but I am responsible for all of it.




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  #1221791 25-Jan-2015 11:57
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You could fit roller shutters?





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  #1221793 25-Jan-2015 11:59
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Better and more cameras?

And a giant tv to show them their faces

  #1221794 25-Jan-2015 11:59
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Geektastic: You could fit roller shutters?


We have roller shutters all round however they are all inside the glass.




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  #1221799 25-Jan-2015 12:19
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Presso:
Geektastic: You could fit roller shutters?


We have roller shutters all round however they are all inside the glass.


Which is why your glass got broken...!

Replace it with tougher glass?





  #1221800 25-Jan-2015 12:22
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Geektastic:
Presso:
Geektastic: You could fit roller shutters?


We have roller shutters all round however they are all inside the glass.


Which is why your glass got broken...!

Replace it with tougher glass?


Its how the building was built with shutters inside , would be cheaper to replace the broken glass twice a year than fit outer rollers.

Going to install higher def camera for that region as it seems to be the only one that gets broken.




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  #1221802 25-Jan-2015 12:30
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sad really but can understand that the Police ca't really do too much without evidence.

Agree its cheaper to replace glass, tougher glass is just more expensive and will still break, if its laminate they won't get in unless they try very hard but still breaks. Toughened glass will still break if attacked in right place and once again too expensive to replace each time.

Better camera's best idea I think.




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  #1221845 25-Jan-2015 14:09
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jeffnz: sad really but can understand that the Police ca't really do too much without evidence.

Agree its cheaper to replace glass, tougher glass is just more expensive and will still break, if its laminate they won't get in unless they try very hard but still breaks. Toughened glass will still break if attacked in right place and once again too expensive to replace each time.

Better camera's best idea I think.


Use armored glass and enjoy posting hi deff Video of them trying to break it.





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  #1221872 25-Jan-2015 15:30
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Geektastic:
jeffnz: sad really but can understand that the Police ca't really do too much without evidence.

Agree its cheaper to replace glass, tougher glass is just more expensive and will still break, if its laminate they won't get in unless they try very hard but still breaks. Toughened glass will still break if attacked in right place and once again too expensive to replace each time.

Better camera's best idea I think.


Use armored glass and enjoy posting hi deff Video of them trying to break it.


^^^^ This

I work for as Glass company and watched a trial of some reinforced glass suited for prison type applications, two very solid and fit guys, axes, sledgehammers etc couldn't get through after a matter of minutes

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  #1221915 25-Jan-2015 16:33
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Geektastic:
jeffnz: sad really but can understand that the Police ca't really do too much without evidence.

Agree its cheaper to replace glass, tougher glass is just more expensive and will still break, if its laminate they won't get in unless they try very hard but still breaks. Toughened glass will still break if attacked in right place and once again too expensive to replace each time.

Better camera's best idea I think.


Use armored glass and enjoy posting hi deff Video of them trying to break it.

This is a few years old now, but I laugh every time I see it. From an attempted burglary in Wellington, 2010 - Empire Skate (I think) when it was down at Chaffers Marina.

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  #1221918 25-Jan-2015 16:37
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Wade:
Geektastic:
jeffnz: sad really but can understand that the Police ca't really do too much without evidence.

Agree its cheaper to replace glass, tougher glass is just more expensive and will still break, if its laminate they won't get in unless they try very hard but still breaks. Toughened glass will still break if attacked in right place and once again too expensive to replace each time.

Better camera's best idea I think.


Use armored glass and enjoy posting hi deff Video of them trying to break it.


^^^^ This

I work for as Glass company and watched a trial of some reinforced glass suited for prison type applications, two very solid and fit guys, axes, sledgehammers etc couldn't get through after a matter of minutes



rather expensive for a shop, I've seen it as well in secure mental facilities also seen the damage that can be done to them without getting through the glass. Not cost effective but agree with the camera's





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  #1221937 25-Jan-2015 17:29
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It annoys me too, The little sods have been trashing the train shelters around here recently by scratching their inane symbols into the plexiglass bits. Which, I guess, is the teenage equivalent of a dog peeing on a lamppost.

Higher def cameras are the answer. And, if their faces are clearly identifiable and the Police won't so anything then consider having them published in the local newspaper with a reward for identifying them, and then take them to small claims for the costs of repairs.

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