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Makes me furious! They'll probably dump all the stuff...what a waste. It means nothing to them if they can't sell or hock it. Hopefully her things will be found.
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How sad for her to lose all her work. I sure hope the police find the trailer and get everything back unharmed.
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Can you give us a description of the trailer and a license plate number? The thieves are not likely to keep the trailer very close to where they stole it from.
We here on this board are a fairly large group of people from around the country. Perhaps someone here may happen to spot the trailer and notify their local police department. Please let us see if we can help! Give us a description what to look for! |
Whether insured or not this would still be devastating! Sure hope they catch the crook!
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That is devastating. That poor woman. Hope they find the culprit and punish him/her harshly. But I'm afraid that itis like BellaBoo said "Not much done to criminals anymore". Let's hope for the best.
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hopefully she had insurance. Next how do you not find a trailer, they are pretty big and with word of mouth someone will surely find it. Keeping fingers crossed that they find it with everything still in it.
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That is so sad. I am hoping that she recovers her things. I wouldn't think that they would be easy to sell. Hopefully the police will watch for ads trying to sell them. I have my doubts that that will happen. I wonder if the insurance will cover the value of the quilts. I think it will only cover the cost of materials not the labor.
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Bet they thought they was stealing something other than quilting items!! Hope they will put it aside so that someone can find them and notify the police and have them returned to her....
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Judging from the writeup it doesn't appear that she had insurance. Most insurance companies won't insure anything but the trailer since it's not secured. They won't insure the contents (ask me how I know). I hope she gets her things back but unfortunately the theives probably just dumped the contents somewhere. They wanted the trailer not what was in it.
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Know the Shallotte, NC area well. Close to some of the best beaches around. Dependent on tourist business, and in this economy many folks have been very hard hit. Hope this story has a happy ending. Thanks for posting it.
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That is just terrible. I hope she had insurance.
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That breaks my heart that people can be so mean!
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What is this world coming to, I feel so bad for this woman. Here's another one my girlfriend was robbed this past weekend and they took her husbands ashes!!!Her daughter 10 wanted to know what are they going to do with her dad? SICK WORLD!!
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What is this world coming to, I feel so bad for this woman. Here's another one my girlfriend was robbed this past weekend and they took her husbands ashes!!!Her daughter 10 wanted to know what are they going to do with her dad? SICK WORLD!!
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what a cruel thing to do! I feel so badly for the woman. I hope she is able to get something back. Maybe the person or persons that stole it were only interested in the trailer and had no idea of the contents
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That's terrible! I hope there is a happy ending to this story. If the punk isn't caught and brought to justice by our court system then I hope justice is brought on by karma. And from the sounds of it karma is going to beat that punk good.
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omg, i hope someone returns it to her
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This is obscene. Is there anything that we on the Quiltboard can do for her? Please let us know.
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Insurance or not, to have something stolen from you is devestating. When our home burned, someone came into the cellar and stole our brand new sump pump. How they dared to enter and go into the cellar of a house falling in I'll never know but they did.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I would think it was a camper type trailer with wheels that someone attached to a hitch and drove off with it. No other way to steal a trailer without a lot of time involved. I think a camper has to be licensed and insured like a vehicle if it is used on the road. I hope the police find the person responsible so the contents may at least be salvaged, not much punishment is given to thieves these days.
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Each of us could send something, like a group hug. What do you think?
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Soooooo sorry to hear. I will pray she gets her stuff back.
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It is too late for this poor lady but any of the rest of you who own a trailer this is the gadget you need. Thieves cannot hook onto your trailer with this being used.
We have one of these on our camp trailer. [ATTACH=CONFIG]158474[/ATTACH] |
Her homeowner's insurance may cover this. She should look into that. I wish we all had her license plate number. My friend lived in Englewood, Fl and decided to move north to Virginia. Looked in the paper, got a moving company without checking them out. They packed and loaded the truck but when she got to Virginia the truck never showed up. A month later the police found an empty truck at the end of a back rural road in Florida. She did have insurance but could not get back her family pieces, pics, etc. I just do not trust many people any more. Where are the quilt police when you really need them? I would suggest that if she has pics of some of the stuff, serial numbers to her machines, that she post them on the "stolen
quilt" site. (I, off hand, do not know the site name, maybe some of you do). Come on, girls, lets get together, get the license plate number and help this gal out!! |
Originally Posted by Marion Jean
We recently had an incident here in southeastern NC, town of Shallotte. Some very mean person stole a trailer parked at a woman's house - it contained her entire quilting, crafting and embroidery business, as well as several quilts. I believe this was Sat. Haven't heard any more about it since. She's appealing for return of the contents only of the trailer. I'm sure this poor woman is devasated.
The cruelity of some people cause to others is unbelievable. All the years it must have taken her to accumilate all her machines and fabrics. My heart aches for her. |
What a shame. Some people are so cold now days. I feel the laws should go back to the way they were years ago. If the criminals were caught (like horse & cattle thief's they were hung since that was someones lively hood) a lot of these crimes would stop. I feel this falls under that category cause it is her lively hood. I know this sounds harsh, but as long as the laws protect the criminals now days, it is only going to get worse since if they do get sent to jail now, they get everything provided to them free. They don't have to pay for rent, food, medical, & get all the luxuries we can't afford plus don't have to pay taxes on any of it. I guess that is why they call it the criminal justice system. The criminals are the ones that get any justice. I know the victims don't. My bad for thinking this way?
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Poor lady. I hope insurance give her fair deal. maybe she was moving from one rental building to another.
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Originally Posted by Halo
What a shame. Some people are so cold now days. I feel the laws should go back to the way they were years ago. If the criminals were caught (like horse & cattle thief's they were hung since that was someones lively hood) a lot of these crimes would stop. I feel this falls under that category cause it is her lively hood. I know this sounds harsh, but as long as the laws protect the criminals now days, it is only going to get worse since if they do get sent to jail now, they get everything provided to them free. They don't have to pay for rent, food, medical, & get all the luxuries we can't afford plus don't have to pay taxes on any of it. I guess that is why they call it the criminal justice system. The criminals are the ones that get any justice. I know the victims don't. My bad for thinking this way?
Halo, I agree with you. America is tops for criminals. We are too soft on them. Look at how other countries handle criminals. And we call ourselves progressive and more enlightened. Crimes against children needs tougher laws. It just makes me sick to see so many doing light time for ruining a childs life. I better stop before I get carried away on that one. |
SO SAD...keep us posted.
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i haven't read all of the replies, here, so i hope i'm not repeating something someone has posted--but we should all keep an eye on auction sites like ebay, craig's list, etc. unless they had a plan, or seriously wanted to steal an embroidery business, they will try to fence the goods somehow, somewhere. if there is a description of what was taken, many eyes could make short work of "policing" those sites. and we could be the best kind of quilt police!
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Originally Posted by featherweight
We have a lady close to us and she has her business in a 5th wheel. But, I am sure she would still carry insurance on it. She sews sells fabrics and has a quilting machine in it.
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Enclosed utility trailers have been a hot theft item recently. So many of them are similar in appearance, without identifying signs, such as company names, making it easy to sell to unsuspecting buyers.
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I will add her to my prayer list!! :cry:
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I was just thinking the same thing. We all have well seasoned stashes and if we each pick 2 - 4 fabrics to send it would at least help her start over. Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Originally Posted by Marion Jean
I would certainly hope she had insurance - but still, quilts become such a personal thing - hard to replace, especiallly if any are vintage or made with discontinued fabrics.
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there are some wicked people in the world . I am so sorry to hear this story .i hope the lady gets her trailer back .
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If you are at a quilt show, keep your eyes open for any 'unscrupulous' looking people selling quilts - from a trailer! If the police can't catch them, maybe we can.
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Originally Posted by Jaynie
My prayers for this women that the law enforcement find her trailer quickly and with all the contents still inside & unharmed.
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I am guessing that her things were in a trailer because she is a show vendor, and only needs them when she goes to shows.
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People do stuff like this because they can. That is how our society is today. Hopefully she will have insurance on it.
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