added. i think. lol.
Great First day back at work...
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all i want to do really is contact him, asking about any damage to fog lights and if it has all the clips. I also kinda want to ask the guy that just brought one of the bumpers, what sort of chap this guy is, and if there was any damage to the bumper he brought.
Where is the humour in here?
Isn't really funny though is it?
People aim digs at me for driving "that thing" but they all had the same response when they saw those pictures... of utter disbelieve etc. Doesn't matter what car it is its simply not right is it?
If it helps at all, here are a couple of photos of other Fiesta ST bumpers the chap has sold, for which the buyers didn't leave feedback:
when was the white one sold? This looks like another seller?
Yeh theres a graze from parking into a post and hitting some bushes down a single track lane.
Same as most bumpers really
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not looking good on that guy. But i bet the police wont do anything?
doesnt matter if its mine or not, why does has he had 5 bumpers in his bedroom over christmas?
yes just front bumpers.
yeh i made a cover story saying i crashed in the snow, and need a new front bumper etc had someone else email him.
I used "mangobreeders" (my brother in law) account to email the guy who just brought a bumper from him and his reply:
hmmmmm interesting. wouldn't let them meet at his place, and not the brightest of blokes...
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i wont be taking the law into my own hands, in fact i think im just going to ignore ebay for a few weeks until i get all this sorted and im not "bothered" any more.
its not worth getting in trouble or getting more stressed out over it. There is almost nothing i can do.
its not worth getting in trouble or getting more stressed out over it. There is almost nothing i can do.
problem then is im fueling the demand for stolen parts?
thats what im thinking about buying, if the red one i have my eyes on is too badly damaged (on a written off car).
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quick update.
Full body kit in the right colour bought for £700, from a scrappy. Dont need the rear bumper or skirts, so will sell on. Boot lid and spoiler also bought, for £75, not sure if i should put the whole boot lid on, or just unbolt the spoiler from it and put it on mine.
Jenting7 has also started selling spoilers that "need to be glued on" (due to bolts being ripped out), so i passed the info onto the police not because it was my bumper/spoiler but because they are certainly stolen parts.
Full body kit in the right colour bought for £700, from a scrappy. Dont need the rear bumper or skirts, so will sell on. Boot lid and spoiler also bought, for £75, not sure if i should put the whole boot lid on, or just unbolt the spoiler from it and put it on mine.
Jenting7 has also started selling spoilers that "need to be glued on" (due to bolts being ripped out), so i passed the info onto the police not because it was my bumper/spoiler but because they are certainly stolen parts.
So do you reckon the bumper he had wasn't actually yours mate?
It's a ballache you've had shell out for this though
it could be that he works in london, and for his "evening job" rips bumpers off on the way home, but i doubt it. 60miles is a long way to go to nick a few ST bumpers.
nope, 3 clips onto each wing thats it. Got bolts now, and to get it off now, you would need to open the bonnet, remove headlights and undo some clips before the bolts come off. I may modify it further so its bolted on behind the numberplate to the crash structure. Looking at some ideas with my mate. I may buy a really damaged one for £60 to try some ideas out first. Then i might offer to "fix" other peoples cars too, so it wont happen to them.
Tonight, i believe i was targeted again, I had started walking to work due to what had happend, but tonight, i decided to drive as i wanted to go for a long drive after work because i havnt done one for a long while, and i do like doing a random 2-3hour drive in the middle of the night.
Full story goes:
I moved my car to the front of the store at 9pm, right where i was working so i could keep an eye on it. While i was finishing up some jobs, i notice a half cast guy, walk up to the car, stop, get on his phone, walk around the car, then walk off, into the store i think. 10minutes later he came back from the other direction, phoned up someone again, and this time a van parked 2 spaces from it, and he got in the van. (LS07 WXH).
Thinking to hell with this, i walked out, got in my car, and drove off, out of the store, onto the main road, but back into the burger king right next to our store. 5minutes later a mate left so i asked him to check the car over. He phoned me and told me the van (same van) was parked up opposite it over there now. So i run out the staff exit, gave the guys evils and sped off back to the front of the store. At this point my mate had come back, so i phoned the police and told em everything, the number plate is now on there system so will get stopped and searched. My mate waited outside while i finished off my final jobs in work (20minutes). Great mate.
Sigh
Full story goes:
I moved my car to the front of the store at 9pm, right where i was working so i could keep an eye on it. While i was finishing up some jobs, i notice a half cast guy, walk up to the car, stop, get on his phone, walk around the car, then walk off, into the store i think. 10minutes later he came back from the other direction, phoned up someone again, and this time a van parked 2 spaces from it, and he got in the van. (LS07 WXH).
Thinking to hell with this, i walked out, got in my car, and drove off, out of the store, onto the main road, but back into the burger king right next to our store. 5minutes later a mate left so i asked him to check the car over. He phoned me and told me the van (same van) was parked up opposite it over there now. So i run out the staff exit, gave the guys evils and sped off back to the front of the store. At this point my mate had come back, so i phoned the police and told em everything, the number plate is now on there system so will get stopped and searched. My mate waited outside while i finished off my final jobs in work (20minutes). Great mate.
Sigh
7 cars done in the last 2 weeks. Ive personally seen 4 of them (mine + 3)
Phate, Tesco still.... sigh :/
yeh honey pot or not, i aint going through all that pain again of fixing it, and as Janesy said for a Fiesta for christ sake. During the day i park it at the garage, right under a camera + ANPR camera so its recorded all day long, however at 10pm the garage shuts, ANPR goes off, and the lights go off so the camera is useless, hence i moved it right infront of the store... Yet they still didnt seem that botherd. What a joke. Security couldnt give a **** either... Waste of space.
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Yes, near a YMCA, so that doesnt help.
I do walk to work normally, just today i drove because i wanted to go out after work. doh.