FOUND MY STOLEN HONDA EU2000i GENERATOR!!!

[landscaper]

Good to hear!!

Did the middle man…remember anything like lic. plate number…color of car…what he looks like? anything that would help?

[fishersofmen]

B-man how did you prove it was yours? Makes me want to identify my equipment in some way but what is good enough for the cops.....

[B-man715]

B-man how did you prove it was yours? Makes me want to identify my equipment in some way but what is good enough for the cops.....

I installed an hour meter on the side panel and a brass barb on the gas cap.

The Detective assigned to my case asked how sure I was it was mine...... I told him that it was 110% without the slightest doubt mine You could show me 5,000 different pictures of Honda EU2000i's and I could pick mine out.

[MJ1657]

Great to hear you got it back.

Everything I own of value like that gets my initials scratched into it somewhere.

[walleye44]

I have a great update for you guys

With a little detective work of my own I led the Police to recover my stolen generator!

I've been watching the C -list since it was stolen, and 12 days ago I posted a wanted ad for a Honda 2000.

I've gotten nearly a dozen replies, none of which were mine, but then on Tuesday a guy sends me pictures of mine!! $750 cash

I called the police and we set up a sting operation to buy it from the crook

As it turns out, the guy who sent me the pics had bought it from the thief a day after it was stolen.....

So needless to say, the rest of my stuff is still missing, but the police are working on tracking down the guy. I hope they catch him and nail him with a felony

Good! I hope they catch the guy!!!

[Fred_Bear]

Plus it really isn't that high of a charge if they catch the guy.

[DTro]

Let me tell you a little story about theft and why crime pays.

A very close friend of mine had a little over $700 stolen from her last Jan (around New Years). Video surveillance clearly showed him doing it. Think she got the money back?

Here is what happened. A police report was filed, the guy was charged with theft. A few months went by, his court case was moved out, another month passed. He finally faced the judge and plead guilty. Then had to wait a bit more for sentencing. So a grand total of 8 months after the money was stolen he was sentenced to pay restitution in the amount he stole. Oh its not done. He was granted to make the restitution in installment payments at the amount of $50/month. So if he makes his regularly scheduled payments it will take in total 22 months from the day he stole the money to repay the $700. Think about that. It makes me want to puke.

[FISHINGURU]

Sounds like a loan, tweakers get all the breaks.

[BartmanMN]

What a joke DTRO. That's ridiculous.

[nofishfisherman]

While I agree that is kind of a joke it might have been the only way for her to recoup any money. Believe it or not theft is not usually a very lucrative career.

The option might have been to have him repay in installments or not repay at all.

Hopefully the money bought him a little vacation to the local prison.

[MuskieJunkie]

That is awesome, I'm surprised the cops let you set up your own sting.

[MuskieJunkie]

The older gentlemen is P-oed, cause he is now out that money and he is hoping just as much as I they catch him. He did buy it with the intention of reselling it for a small profit, and is now wayyyy in the hole.......

A few years ago I saw an ad for a new Lowrance GPS that was cheapish, I thought "hey I could buy that, then resell it for a quick small profit" I emailed the guy and he claimed he had won it in a contest. I ended up not buying it. A few months later, different model come up for sale cheap, I email the person, same guy, same story..... yeah right. I'm 99% sure those units were stolen, luckily I hadn't bought the first one and obviously didn't buy the 2nd one.

[outdoors247]

Great news B-Man!!!

This is a good reminder to log all of the serial numbers for your property.

On a rainy day or if you are bored one afternoon pick up a notepad and start working your way around the house and garage logging all the the serial numbers. Most everything has one these days. Heck even St. Croix poles and a serial number for warranty registration purposes. Like another poster said above, it's not a bad idea to scribe a name or Operation ID number into the equipment in a inconspicuous spot on the item.

The chances of ever seeing your stolen property again goes up if you do these two things.

Once again, good job B-Man and I hope you get your other items back. Your hard work paid off!

[Grum]

It's a Festivus Miracle! Congratulations on your ingenuity and recovery. Hope all your toys make it home for the holidays.

[walleye44]

I have a great update for you guys

With a little detective work of my own I led the Police to recover my stolen generator!

I've been watching the C -list since it was stolen, and 12 days ago I posted a wanted ad for a Honda 2000.

I've gotten nearly a dozen replies, none of which were mine, but then on Tuesday a guy sends me pictures of mine!! $750 cash

I called the police and we set up a sting operation to buy it from the crook

As it turns out, the guy who sent me the pics had bought it from the thief a day after it was stolen.....

So needless to say, the rest of my stuff is still missing, but the police are working on tracking down the guy. I hope they catch him and nail him with a felony

Something still does not make sense to me. Why would he buy it & then want to resell it right away??? Are you sure this is not the guy & that is a cover story?

[FHFO]

You made my day. Some justice.I had just bought one when yours went missing. It made me sick to hear. I have not even started it. Happy for you.

[Black_Bay]

Was the gas tank at least full?

[corncob]

Reminds me of the summer I was building my new house in the country, while still living in my old house. I was using a Honda generator at the time and left it in the framed out garage on friday night when I left for the day. Saturday morning I came back to work on the house and the generator is gone!.....[PoorWordUsage]!....I reported the generator stolen. I worked on the house without power on sunday and returned on monday morning.....There is the generator in the garage?....I talked to a Sheriffs deputy , and he said that there was a big kids party nearby and he thought they borrowed and then returned the generator......Welll!.....

[B-man715]

Was the gas tank at least full?

Not only that, but the older gentleman even changed the oil for me

So technically, he was out the $600 he paid for it + $3.75 in fuel + $9.25 in Mobil One Synthetic Oil ....