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A guy knocked on my door today and asked if that was my car. I said yes. He then told me how lucky I was that it hadn't been broken in to as many car had overnight in my area. He went on to say the thieves were stealing the contents plus tax discs and disabled badges. He said this allowed them to sell them in London for £100's of pounds to avoid the congestion charge. He told me that for £40 he would etch my windows, headlights and anything else that was steal able. When I said I would think about it and to leave his card he started to flatter me on how he was amazed that I did not look old enough to be on a state pension, but because I was he would knock £10 off. Suspicious me then said No Thank You and closed the door. I thought of phoning the police to see if many cars had been broken into and vandalised overnight. I didn't as I thought they wouldn't tell me anyway.
WHAT would you have done.
WHAT would you have done.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.He was probably just trying to earn a few bob. Etching car windows is quite a common anti-theft procedure. I had it done once
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I'm in a Zone D for car insurance ...
http:// www.mot orcarin surance uk.co.u k/post- code-ra tings.p hp#D
Which is quite a bad risk zone.
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Which is quite a bad risk zone.
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I would just let the police know. I'm afraid I don't trust any door step sellers since we were conned 40 years ago in having our drive tarmaced (this was before we knew of such scams) They were a very smartly dressed band of gypsies the police were trying to catch for stealing lead off church roofs, this was happening even back in the early 70s.