Car front bumper stolen in airport carpark, what to do?

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Felgar36@reddit

You can bet there are signs saying the airports won't take responsibility for loss or theft from vehicles park in the carpark

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

Absolutely. Next time ill park on the road a few miles away from airport. Pointless paying for carpark

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JonnotheMackem@reddit

Speak to your insurance, and the police, for sure

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290Richy@reddit

Hard working person goes on holiday, comes home, finds out his property has been stolen.

Now he'll either get fucked by A) Incompetent police B) High repair costs C) Increased insurance premiums

Welcome to life in the UK where the working person gets royally bent over.

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Increases the demand and therefore the price of replacement bumpers ✅ Sells bumper for an inflated price ✅ Zero repercussions and diminishing risk due to ever increasingly stretched police forces ✅ Repeatable and scalable business model across other parts and regions ✅

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AvoriazInSummer@reddit

The thief is probably going to sell the bumper for way below market value to a dodgy scrap merchant, get blasted on spice and wake up in the exact same shit situation tomorrow. I doubt his life is a good one.

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Yoguls@reddit

It was almost certainly stolen to order

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Fantasoke@reddit

Seen this with expensive brake calipers, so much of a profit being made they left the jack under the car. Jack up, wheel off, two bolts, snip the brake hose and away. Another one was jaguar with 5 spoke alloys came in with abs light, fault for rear speed sensor, checked and it's missing. Someone removed it while parked through the space in the spokes.

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TheDaemonette@reddit

The thief didn't sell it at all. This was probably a thief looking for a replacement bumper for their own car and may also be an employee in that very car park. You don't go randomly breaking into long term car parking locations and looking for the right type of car speculatively. You wait until you see what you need and then take your opportunity. Someone knew that your car was there and targeted it deliberately. That means that someone noted it arriving or they saw it whilst patrolling the car park.

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MrReadilyUnready@reddit

I think they were actually trying to nick the adaptive cruise radar off the front, which is why the bumper is ao haphazard cut.

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KELVALL@reddit

Bumper has been hacked off, they were trying to access something behind the bumper.

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ConstantineGSB@reddit

After getting the thing behind the bumper, they decided to take the bumper with them?... What?

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TheDaemonette@reddit

The bumper lying there makes it clear to anyone passing that there is a problem. You’d dispose of it to make it less certain that they know when the crime happened.

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callisstaa@reddit

Reddit is actually Facebook.

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ConstantineGSB@reddit

lol, no.

You take the things with you that you want, leave the rest as that’d be extra work to then dispose of it, as well as a higher chance of getting caught.

Happens up and down the country regularly, it’s by order from dodgy garages to fix cars that have had a crash.

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KELVALL@reddit

If you look, a good part of the bumper is still there, they have cut it off with an electric saw. I work in a bodyshop and can see what they have done.

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Many_Income_2212@reddit

Maybe they hacked it off to steal it, failed but the bumper was already lying there on the road or wherever it is, and the wind came along and blew it away.

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ConstantineGSB@reddit

More plausible than them cutting it off and taking it with them to be eco warriors

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Super-Surround-4347@reddit

It'll probably be an Albanian if being honest

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SnooMacarons4225@reddit

True but if they nick enough then of them then every garage will try and source them that he could just sell them direct and cut out the middle man and charge a higher price. Maybe a bit too much thinking for a spice addict but some of these are done by organised crime groups who have a few more brain cells and know exactly what they’re doing

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DeepStatic@reddit

This was likely stolen to order.

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Perfect-Quiet332@reddit

There are repercussions though, and also a lot of people will have forensically traceable parts

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algypan@reddit

It's a great time to be a criminal

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Dante_C@reddit

D) all of the above

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jezhayes@reddit

Either? How about all three.

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Not necessarily. I had a hit and run and my insurance covered it without change to insurance as it was a no fault.

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290Richy@reddit

But did you have the details of the driver who hit you?

OP might not even have anything if they where parked in a blindspot.

Besides it's looking more like a theft than an actual hit and run.

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Nope. I only had the car make and colour and what I could remember the license plate being as they drive off.

They got back to me a year later saying they believe they have identified the car but the owner denied it.

And that was it. I think it just depends on your provider. Also having the police statement probably helped.

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toon_84@reddit

*number plate

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Huh, another Americanisation that's slipped in. Those pesky Americans!

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No_Perception_1930@reddit

100% robbed!! The cables for the fog lights are even cut to speed up the process

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silentv0ices@reddit

Nice but it's unusual.

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Yeah. No idea how unusual it is but it didn't effect me.

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mh258@reddit

Or D) all of the above

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OldGit6121@reddit

All of the above...

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HeReddItNotMe@reddit

Correct. I woke up the other week, both my cars’ wing mirrors wiring snipped and glass stolen.. unable to drive either car. All captured on CCTV, 2 blokes took less than 2 minutes. Police called me back - the one that wasn’t wearing a balaclava = no matches on police database and facial recognition, the other had a bally on all night, on all CCTV produced. Case closed.

Bodyshop: ‘We can’t repair the wiring on your 3 month old car, so it’ll be both wing mirror assemblies to be replaced’

Fortunately, the other one I could splice repair myself.

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Apprehensive-Ad9210@reddit

It’s all three at a minimum, sadly it’ll be cheaper to just get it fixed out of pocket on move on.

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290Richy@reddit

To make a claim it's generally about £250. Ain't no way you're getting a replacement bumper plus electrical work for that.

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Apprehensive-Ad9210@reddit

It’ll cost way more than £250 in the long run, excess plus having a claim against plus potentially losing NCB.

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290Richy@reddit

OP may have protected NCB.

A new bumper where I live is like £1k-£1.5k, ain't no way his insurance is gonna rocket that much on top of what he's already paying.

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Apprehensive-Ad9210@reddit

Get one from a breakers or a pattern part for a fraction of that, even with protected NCB OP will still have a claim against them for years pushing their quotes up.

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KebabAnnhilator@reddit

Jokes on you, he’ll get fucked over by all three.

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ScottMclean303@reddit

Criminals don’t first check if you’re “the working person” before deciding to rob you lol

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290Richy@reddit

No they don't but it's always the "working person" that gets fucked over by these pieces of shit.

It really isn't hard to understand what I'm getting at.

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UnderstandingTop1579@reddit

He?

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AvatarIII@reddit

Calling the police will get you a crime number, which will be required for the insurance claim.

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Proper_Capital_594@reddit

A, B and C please.

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InsaneInTheRAMdrain@reddit

Would you like some extra tax with that?

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AlfredLuan@reddit

But they love getting bent over, so much so they even tell the authorities not to use lube.

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silentv0ices@reddit

At least he doesn't have to inform his insurance as its theft not a accident.

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VOODOO285@reddit

What does it not being an accident have to do with it? They will still need to inform them unless they want to pay out of pocket which will be damn expensive. You don’t have to inform in the event of an accident either.

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silentv0ices@reddit

So wrong is so many ways. Yes they will have to pay out of pocket which can be cheaper than a rise in insurance premiums .

Yes you do have to inform your insurance in the event of an accident, it's a policy requirement I suggest you read your policy by not reporting you can void your insurance.

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Rekyht@reddit

Seeing as there's no way to actually know how much they'll arbitrarily increase your premium for daring to claim on a service you pay for, there's no way to do the calculation as to whether it's cheaper to get it repaired privately.

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silentv0ices@reddit

At what point did I say anything different? I said can be. Reddit full of people who can't comprehend what they read in their desire to try and correct others.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

You are woefully incorrect, and if you have had an accident and not reported it, you may not be insured.

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290Richy@reddit

Still he'll get screw over either way is what I'm saying.

I'll get downvoted but I don't care, it's probably the good boys and girls who pay their TV licence each year.

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DeeplyProfound_@reddit

reddit is full of those people

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Ash16pm@reddit

Agree 1000% was going to write something like this but you saved me the bother 🤣

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IpromithiusI@reddit

What do you expect police to do in this instance? Even if there is CCTV, it's not a magic 'ah yes, that was stinky Pete, I know his address, ello ello ello what's all this then Pete?'

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silentv0ices@reddit

Police do usually know who are criminals they may recognise stinky Pete from the cctv.

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Spaceraider22@reddit

Could start with real punishments for offenders, to deter this happening in the first place. The person who done this done it because they know fine well the police are useless and you can commit any petty crime you want in this country without real consequence.

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aokay24@reddit

Insurance will tell them its a write off and then bump up their premium as a f you to top it off.

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

Ive told police. Not sure i will go through insurance. I think ill pay to fix it.

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Special-Audience-426@reddit

Have a look on eBay and make a decision.

See if there are any in your colour for sale for a decent price. If there aren't replacing anr painting will be expensive.

You might even end up buying yours back.

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escapingfromelba@reddit

Might even buy your own parts back.

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cyberllama@reddit

If OPcs lucky, they might still have the reg plate too

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silentv0ices@reddit

Going to need a wheel arch liner too they butchered that one.

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Special-Audience-426@reddit

Ah didn't notice. They really did. The other side is likely to be ruined too.

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elchet@reddit

They chopped a cable loom or hose there too

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silentv0ices@reddit

And the headlight washers. Feel for OP.

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n3m0sum@reddit

I'd say almost certainly stolen to order. Even if OP's is the wrong colour, repaying isn't too expensive if the part is free.

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dinobug77@reddit

They haven’t removed the bumper - they’ve cut it off. That means that all of the sensors and electronics in there are what they were after not the bumper itself.

This is an insurance job guaranteed.

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TotallyUniqueMoniker@reddit

I was going to say, I’m no mechanic but there will be a much higher cost here than buying a new bumper. I’d be doing insurance here

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n3m0sum@reddit

It looks like they've chopped the wiring loom in at least 2 places. That fix may be more expensive than you think.

Good luck.

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Bendy_McBendyThumb@reddit

Do you have any vehicle breakers near enough to you? Call around any close enough for you to drive to, and ask beforehand how much a bumper would be for [your specific model of car].

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JonnotheMackem@reddit

Factor in the cost of repair and car rental, because they should cover that too

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Super-Coast-5@reddit

Yeah I feel you. Insurance is just to be able to legally drive, most times it's cheaper to fix it yourself. Sad but true.

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cynical-mage@reddit

Absolutely. My son in law got parking fines through the door from Manchester, when he could luckily prove (with footage) that he was actually in Hayes dropping my daughter off at work at the relevant times. He had to speak to both local and Manchester police to get it appropriately flagged.

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parkingthru@reddit

Before removing your car from the rental lot. Surely they have a procedure. Can’t be yours is the first car ever damaged in their lot

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dan_of_steele@reddit

Probably after the fog lights. £150+ a side OEM.

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alienm0nk@reddit

Claim the bumper to bumper insurance lol. On a serious note tho check for dash cam footage or any other nearby cameras and report to the rozzers

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psynrg@reddit

Kinda works though, definitely an improvement. Stick a front plate on passenger side dash and you'll look cool as fuck!

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ashscot50@reddit

The car park is responsible in the first instance.

Get a quote for a replacement and lodge a claim with them.

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ashscot50@reddit

The car park should have surveillance cameras, so it should be an easy crime to solve.

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Lou-Lemon-Cake@reddit

Most of the carpark at airports are monitored? Might be worth asking

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MoonlightElk@reddit

Amazing! Report it to the car park owner, the airport, the police, your insurance, social media and a local paper. The police might say it's on private land so not their case. The car park owner and airport will say it's parked at your risk. But nevertheless they should be told and you should try to claim off them. It will likely end up as an insurance claim unless you can find another bumper cheap of the same colour and fit it. Despite your annoyance and I'd be annoyed too, there is an element of humour as well as scandal which the paper might pick up on and embarrass the airport. A bit of revenge for you.

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SweetAddition7199@reddit

Your lucky years ago they where taking wings off cars and wheels

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InternEasy2461@reddit

Have they got cctv

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BarSalt970@reddit

Depending on where this is, the carpark staff and those responsible are often in cahoots and work together on this. Big dark car park with owners gone for a few days, take your pick unfortunately.

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mushra_@reddit

Source?

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Dependent_One6034@reddit

About a year ago my brother rang me just before his flight back, the carpark place told him the car wouldn't start, so I drove up with a jump pack (Why doesn't a Heathrow car park have one? it was an unofficial carpark) I got there, given the key - well, It didn't have a battery in. and was also missing some internal trims, carpets and such.

Someone basically stripped it for parts.

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mushra_@reddit

But OP is at an official airport car park?

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Inevitable-Honey5125@reddit

Official or not, you might still want to check if they have security footage. It could really help identify what happened and maybe catch whoever did it.

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WitShortage@reddit

Has anyone ever managed to get any success through CCTV? As a society we're being surveilled constantly, but any time you suffer loss, somehow "the CCTV isn't clear" and you get nothing from it.

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CCSSJJ@reddit

GDPR rules prevent businesses sharing CCTV with victims in most circumstances. If the say its not clear, its normally just to fob you off because most people don’t like the GDPR excuse

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WitShortage@reddit

Even when they say they're recording for crime prevention and my safety, and it's my property that's been damaged by a person who then drove away, which is a crime. And the data I was looking for was a registration plate, which is not personally identifying information.

Not saying you're wrong, but it's incredibly frustrating to be told something is being done for my benefit, and then when I need that benefit, it's suddenly not available.

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Royal-Instruction273@reddit

It doesn’t actually prevent them disclosing to a genuine data subject (op can do a data subject request as the company holds the OP’s personal data) however the company will probably hide behind that excuse because they can’t be bothered to redact others data subjects

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jesussays51@reddit

The police can ask for it

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Melodic-Caregiver877@reddit

Try to retrieve it. Assemble a team to begin the manhunt.

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BravePerspective25@reddit

Cry

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Radiant_Office6445@reddit

"please pay us a large fee to have your car kept in a secure area... Also we accept no responsibility for loss or damage in said spot..."

Cameras?

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SithoDude@reddit

The cameras will only work when it suits the airport.

Literal car theft, they're blind.

Fly a drone or accidentally blur out the T-word, all hell Mary!!!

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SithoDude@reddit

Let's hope an airport that's riddled with over the top cameras and surveillance, can help find this vile culprit thief 🙃

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utterlyforked@reddit

With all the electronics, just insurance job.

I had a tiny knock on a radar sensor and it totalled over 6k. I'd already spent 1k on parts and paint and that was wasted because Toyota wouldn't do anything other than replace the lot and without the radar working the hybrid system was 'void' because the computer wouldn't speak to it.

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R33Dazza@reddit

That bumper wasn’t stolen it was cut off the car with a recip saw or a jigsaw whoever did this wasn’t after the bumper am I the only person that saw the cut lines along the top and passenger side

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

What do you think they wanted?

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underthesheet@reddit

I would buy a new bumper.

Maybe speak to AP about CCTV. But police will not do much without a lead and insurance will shaft you.

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RugbyEdd@reddit

You need to steal the next person's bumper

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wongl888@reddit

Haha this can only happen in the UK.

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MJ-Franklin@reddit

A fucking BUMPER?! Literally nothing is safe, holy shit.

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Alone_Leg2413@reddit

This is what happens when you let in the third world. I can't imagine this is an issue in Japan or China.

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ResidentPoem4539@reddit

This shit is rife in Birmingham. I’ve seen it done in broad daylight and the thieves didn’t give one fuck.

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Danielharris1260@reddit

Birmingham is somewhere I try to avoid driving to if I can. I’ve got family there so I do have to go sometimes, but honestly the driving is wildloads of speeding and really aggressive behaviour. The parking situation is just as bad too. Driving through some of the residential streets was something else, with double-parked cars everywhere, a lot of them high-end like BMWs and Mercedes, outside houses you wouldn’t exactly associate with that kind of money. None of my cousins under 22 could get insurance for under £6k, and after seeing how people drive there, I can’t say I’m surprised.

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FormerAside5276@reddit

I was at a convention in Birmingham last year for the weekend at the Hilton Metropole, two cars and a trailer were stolen from the car park

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UziYT@reddit

Yep happened to my Toyota in bruh

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Stolen sure... But this was sawn off

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

I heard on the radio a few months ago that people were having their back windows smashed and the parcel shelf stolen.

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Namaste_Life@reddit

Didn't it happen to Frank Skinner?

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

I got as far as typing 'Frank Skinner par' into Google before it automatically filled in the rest, and yes it would appear he had his parcel shelf nicked from his Lexus

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Namaste_Life@reddit

I think he featured on that very same show (or he was mentioned). It was a good few weeks back now (unless the topic came up more than once on the radio)

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

Possibly - I think where I heard it may have been Jeremy Vine talking about what was coming up on his radio 2 show.

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MJ-Franklin@reddit

Fucking bonkers.

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thefogdog@reddit

You don't know a high like snorting a ground-up parcel shelf.

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quite_acceptable_man@reddit

It's so difficult to get pure parcel shelf these days. Usually it's mixed with powdered floor mats

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Midnight_Manatee@reddit

My mum lives in a not very busy area of a pretty nice town. She used to own a smart car and one morning a few years back she rang me in a panic, someone had stolen her windscreen overnight. It was very odd and they removed it pretty cleanly , it didn't look like a rushed job. Just left the car there with no glass. She used to park in a car park that was shared by residents and parks facing houses. I'm really confused how they obviously didn't rush but no one saw them.

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Namaste_Life@reddit

This has been happening for years now.

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n3m0sum@reddit

It can vary quite a lot, but some of the bumpers are getting very expensive. Especially if they include sensors.

This smacks of someone self repairing a minor shunt. Or a dodgy garage doing a cheap repair. Either way, someone is avoiding the insurance.

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MJ-Franklin@reddit

Damn I didn't think of it like that!

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Shot-Bet2476@reddit

Unfortunately, you buy a new bumper

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

Yes, i went yesterday to have some quotes from garages but they were all closed before easter. Until Tuesday doesnt seem i can do much about it.

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Prefect_99@reddit

Buy a new bumper.

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Naive_Reach2007@reddit

Maybe they needed the fog lights etc... Hence chopping it.

to take of properly they would need access to the bonnet to remove screws up top

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themobkilla@reddit

I would take the company to small claims court, for:

Cost of the part Cost of the parking Insurance excess Negligence in securing the clients vehicles

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

I’m sure more car parks I’ve seen have a disclaimer about any damage caused to your vehicle.

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toon_84@reddit

Not if it's advertised as secure.

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microwavedpeep1@reddit

Or have the insurance company sue on your behalf. It's always interesting to me how many British people don't think of suing first. Even if the car park has a policy of accepting no liability for damage, there's a decent chance a court will ignore that part of the contract if it is unreasonable and I would argue that it is unreasonable when you are paying them to watch your car. A reasonable person would expect someone to be watching the cars enough to hear or see a bumper and undercarriage being taken off and call the police/airport security.

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microwavedpeep1@reddit

Or have the insurance company sue on your behalf. It's always interesting to me how many British people don't think of suing first. Even if the car park has a policy of accepting no liability for damage, there's a decent chance a court will ignore that part of the contract if it is unreasonable and I would argue that it is unreasonable when you are paying them to watch your car. A reasonable person would expect someone to be watching the cars enough to hear or see a bumper and undercarriage being taken off and call the police/airport security.

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Accomplished_Fan_487@reddit

A rented van I used got broken into IN the IKEA parking lot at Milton Keynes - drill hole in the rear door. Cost of repair was over £1200. These kinds of crimes drive me very mad.

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toon_84@reddit

*car park

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

I've owned six cars... All six have been keyed along the side exactly once within one week of me buying it. It also happened at different locations so it's obviously not the same person. I don't know what the odds of that are but it sucks. They also have only ever been keyed exactly once

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Tough-Oven4317@reddit

Have you moved 6 times? I think it's quite likely that it is the same person

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Without going into personal details they were all very different locations

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Tough-Oven4317@reddit

I won't ask any more questions out of respect for your privacy. But man, it really is a piss take regarding vehicles and vandalism. My mate had his motorbike nicked the first day in Newcastle. Same week my brother got his front window smashed in London. This was only a couple months back

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OhMyActualGoodness@reddit

I’d say this was evidence that it IS the same person. For all this to happen, each time within a week of you purchasing your new car, it sounds as if you have someone who doesn’t like you very much, and who is aware of you making the purchases each time, and/or is watching you very closely, but is clever enough to never strike in the same place twice. Cos the odds of this happening SIX times, each time within 7 days of purchase, but a different random knobber are infinitesimal, much more likely you have a stalker.

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Accomplished_Fan_487@reddit

Ugh sucks.

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simundo86@reddit

Some jealous cunts in life.

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BamberGasgroin@reddit

What's a parking 'lot'?

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Tough-Oven4317@reddit

Auction for a parking space

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Accomplished_Fan_487@reddit

A car park dear.

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BamberGasgroin@reddit

Thanks love.

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arepwayyy@reddit

pray

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Ill_Information_2076@reddit

Loool ppl r so fkd

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greywingspan@reddit

Who tf steals a bumper?!

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Adept_Razzmatazz1145@reddit

Looks like they cut it off with an angle grinder. What good could that be to anybody. Seems like mindless vandalism.

I would look for a same colour bumper in a scrap yard and forget about insurance. If you can avoid having to paint it, it will likely work out cheaper than your insurance excess anyway, and then no premium bump next year.

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nuttydogpoo@reddit

Radar, fog lights, the number plate, the plastic trim panels, wiring plugs for the aforementioned, parking sensors and probably some other bits I can’t think of right now.

People buy crash damaged cars from the likes of Copart, then steal all the bits to fix them, use shoddy workmanship and more filler than a Kardashian, then sell it on eBay and hope no one does a check on it

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daveycakesss@reddit

Was just thinking that too, a hack job like that’s not gonna be worth anything to sell.

Wonder if that makes it more likely that someone’s taken it for their own car or for a car they’re repairing, because nobody would by it like that!

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Defiant-Morning4442@reddit

Contact the police asap, and also call up your insurance company. These thieves will rot in hell.

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Professional_twit@reddit

Laugh it’s all you can do 😂

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General-End4503@reddit

Cant have shit in Detroit.

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Entire-Chicken-5812@reddit

Big industrial unit by me absolutely stuffed with front ends of cars. Well dodgy.

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Cheesysock5@reddit

I think it would be dodgy to have a medium number of front ends of cars. After maybe the 20th, it's just a normal business at that point. Probably a fallacy in there somewhere.

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AshleyOm@reddit

Are you reposting the same post mate. Coz we saw this yesterday

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caclark1411@reddit

Aside from someone wanting any of the sensors etc that are fitted to the bumper, hard to see what else would be beneficial given they cut the bumper off rather than take the whole thing.

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geeered@reddit

Check on ebay, may well find one to buy for your exact model that's perfectly coloured matched about now!

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giblets46@reddit

Half the bumper is still on the car, sawed off along the top….

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Alternative_Gear5580@reddit

The exposed copper wiring in pic 2 makes me think the bumper isn't the only thing missing...

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ASL3312@reddit

I don't think that is exposed copper.. it looks like the colour of the different wires where it comes out of the sheathing and into the multi plug

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geeered@reddit

Well spotted. That seems ...odd.

I guess that suggests it's more likely from an accident and they wanted to take the evidence or something.

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EvrytimeILeaveMyRoom@reddit

Surely the car park has cctv?

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JeffSergeant@reddit

The Passat bumper is in two parts, my bet is someone smashed the grill on theirs and didn't need the rest.

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

OP is playing the long con. He's ran someone over. Got rid of the evidence and pretending it's stolen.

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Mccobsta@reddit

They all use Facebook market place thesedays for stolen goods

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vanmutt@reddit

Ebay bumpers are always fucked and almost always more expensive than buying new and paying someone to paint them.

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JeffSergeant@reddit

https://www.partsgateway.co.uk/ worked for me when I needed a new wing for my car;

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Good-Bench-2689@reddit

Or even your bumper with matching number plate!

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Highlander992@reddit

Damn, this country is so cooked

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thegamesender1@reddit

https://ebay.us/m/OPz4Cu

Is that yours?

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AstraTek@reddit

That listing is for a full bumper. They crooks left half the bumper on his car & cut the bottom half off with an angle ginder. Take a close look at the OPs picture.

The bumper they took is therefore unsaleable. No one plastic wels half a bumper when they could have taken it all. Most likely they were after the sensors attached to the bumper or just behind it.

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Intelligent-Sea3591@reddit

It should be on airport security cameras who did and try calling your insurance company and asked them what to do if you covered on stolen parts hope this helps

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

Ill check the documents from the insurance, if not ill probably sort it out myself paying for a new bumper and fitting

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Flashy-Nectarine1675@reddit

Get a new one.

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blablacar91@reddit (OP)

Yeah, thats what im looking for now.

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pOpPaMiC1@reddit

You can't have anything nice these days 😡

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Imaginary_Run6648@reddit

Follow all the advice on here then buy a shit car like mine. I can leave it unattended with the engine running and know it will be safe!

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ThePodd222@reddit

Didn't you say it was Birmingham airport on your other post?

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napoles48@reddit

Maybe it's to avoid doxxing? I sometimes throw incorrect facts here and there.

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giblets46@reddit

Think that was someone else

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sixtyhurtz@reddit

No, it's clearly the same person: https://www.reddit.com/r/CarTalkUK/comments/1sb7ilt/front_bumper_stolen_in_airport_carpark_what_to_do/

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ThePodd222@reddit

Wow I knew about catalytic converter theft but bumper stealing is more of an issue than I realised!

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Chris-Mass-@reddit

Get a new one ...

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Stuspawton@reddit

Speak to the police, speak to the car park operators as well as you’ll need them to hold camera recordings

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bizzys92@reddit

Must be on back order

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reddtish@reddit

Check video surveillance and report

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Eternus91@reddit

Found it mate

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crooked_magpie@reddit

I’ve literally just seen another post where someone is selling one.. I wonder if it’s yours..

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xmyass@reddit

It will be A) B) and C)

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BarryF123@reddit

Top up your screen wash for one thing

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Listenuponceatime@reddit

Phone the police and your insurance?

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Whatiii@reddit

Notify the car park operator - they will want to retain their CCTV and should have patrol logs for this time period assuming they have car park patrols - they should be making a note of a car with no front bumper or numberplate visible as it is unusual.

Go through insurance, it looks like there is more damage than just a replacement bumper and with thieves you don't know what other damage they will have done to steal the part. They don't care if they cause £5000 of damage to your car to get a part worth £200, they are not paying for it either way.

And yes notify police, realistically they won't be able to do anything, but it can build a crime map and intelligence. So it may be a small contributing factor towards something happening or someone else not having their car damaged by theft.

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CrinklyPacket@reddit

This happened to my husband a few times when he had a more “popular” car. Bumper was stolen three times before insurance sent someone out to talk to us and make sure we weren’t scamming. It’s ridiculous!!

I think it’s unfortunately a normal thing, so your insurance shouldn’t be surprised. Sorry you’re dealing with that, especially trying to get home from the airport.

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dannyboybabycat@reddit

I woke up to my license plates stolen on the morning I was meant to drive to visit my parents for Christmas. What’s wrong with people?!

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nfurnoh@reddit

Sorry, I’m a bit baffled. You’re an adult, right? Do adult things? Have a job and a place to live? All that and you’re actually asking Reddit if you should ring the police and your insurance? I honestly weep for today’s soy.

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ukbot-nicolabot@reddit

A top level comment (one that is not a reply) should be a good faith and genuine attempt to answer the question

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BrasilianInglish@reddit

Beyond insurance and police speak to the company who manage the car park, they failed here too.

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SafeTraining4733@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/CarTalkUK/s/miwk4URWr1

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trappedoz@reddit

Jfc our situtation is so ridiculous and dire, I’m so sorry

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foz120@reddit

Drive your car home it's that simple

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FullofSurprises11@reddit

Isn't the airport carpark responsible for this?

I doubt it's free to park there.

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hatterSCFC@reddit

It was just the number plate in an earlier post!! Same car, same car park.

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Forsaken-Sea2047@reddit

So what’s liability insurance for? surely if they have security then there should be liability insurance, so therefore police , your own insurance and then ask them to battle it out with who is ever supposed to be on security at the carpark, as they seemed to be not doing the job they was paid to do.

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Ganache_Dizzy@reddit

Ahhh Luton.

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Odd-Priority-3783@reddit

Fuck

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JeffSergeant@reddit

Is this your no. plate? :)

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Afellowstanduser@reddit

Of all the things to take they took a bumper….

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HelpfulRole1831@reddit

That’s obscene, I’m sorry this happened to you! I just picked up my car yesterday from airport and now see your post, what’s the point of paying the huge car park fees if they don’t care. This should be covered by their (carpark) insurance but might be hard to pursue on your own. Could be something to explore.

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