To catch a thief

FeFiDoh · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:44

My dad is a plumber and has one of those piping roof racks on his van

For those that dont know. Now someone has opened it a few times and tried to take the pipe from within, its not very often theres any in there but its very annoying to find it has been opened!

Now my dad isnt overally bothered as its empty 99% of time but I on the other hand want to catch them!

What can I do, im thinking something to put on it or when they open it. Anti vandal paint is an idea or something inside that pops out?

Got to be easy to do so nothing to clever.

Gilly · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:45

Vandal grease would be annoying for your dad, no?

SlyReaper · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:46

Put something shiny in there, but with a GPS transmitter inside? Expensive, but possibly worth it.

FeFiDoh · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:46

He doesnt really use it, infact he was going to take it off but I want to try something before he does

qqg3 · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:46

Would a shotgun fit in one of those tubes?

Vita · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:46

Get one of those small keychain cams, and put it on the dash facing towards the door. Then wait and see, I don't know how long they record for but it could work?

mollymoo · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:47

Leave them open if there is nothing in them, if there is take it out at night and leave them open.

Doohickey · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:48

R5Rich said:
something inside that pops out?

A venomous snake. Some kind of cobra would do.

shmacks · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:48

fill them with really hungry possums or roaches or another more aggressive animal. That will show him

twist3d0n3 · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:48

speargun ***

Cosimo · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:49

Doohickey said:
A venomous snake. Some kind of cobra would do.

I’ve got a few here, he can have one.

meghatronic · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:50

Anthrax.

Dr.EM · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:50

Connect the copper pipe inside to a high voltage source and ground the body of the van?

Don't though, seriously.

FeFiDoh · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:51

I have had a few thoughts.

A small piece of pipe covered in dog ****
Attatch the opposite end of pipe to the front of the rack so it takes some force to pull out (theres a thorn bush right behind van) SNAP falls backwards.

Aero · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:51

Rig up a party popper to it

D.Roberts · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:54

nah put a huge ass spring in it then a spike so when they do open it the spike jumps out and takes there head off

.

DireEmblem · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:54

You know how you get those cards that make noises when you open, could you not attach something to it to ring an alarm when opened?

-TA- · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:54

rig up a small length of pipe to a rape alarm,, so the alarm is attached to the pipe, and the pin gets pulled out when removed and wait.

D.Roberts · 14 Mar 2010 at 15:55

-TA- said:
rig up a small length of pipe to a rape alarm,, so the alarm is attached to the pipe, and the pin gets pulled out when removed and wait.

hahahahaha yo pipe is getting raped.

TFleming · 14 Mar 2010 at 16:09

Just newspaper cuttings on a bit of paper saying "You chose the wrong van..."