Hi there,
Just been wondering around on Gumtree and found my board (95% sure it;s mine) that I've lost a couple of months ago ... any advices part from decking the C... down and bring my board home ?
There was my contact detail on it but easy to remove with acetone..
The ad has no name and no contact number just email the gumtree site for an answer ..
and finally a very low price "negociable"
Any advices ?

Cheers

I found my board on gumtree last year.

I left it at the beach one day.
Story goes- The bloke who found it, gave it to the seller because this mate crashed his car.

I contacted the guy, pretending I was a noob and asking alot of noob questions. I asked for some more pics and lowest price. The following pics confired it was my board- I had unique fins.

Once I had his details,name, address and pick up time, I informed him it was my board and Id be around to pick it up.

I picked it up from the old man, who was embarrased to say the least. The son was no where to be seen.

If you have any pre-theft photos, good enough to prove ownership- or receipts take them along- if its your board just say "thanks for looking after my board mate", pick it up and walk out with it- or call the police and stay there until they arrive.

probably best if you have mates [several big ones] there with you while you are waiting.

Stephen

i was in a pretty similar situation

I Lost my board a few months ago and because i posted in the lost and found on seabreeze one of the members (mcbain - I still owe him a cold carton ) who was advertizing on gumtree "looking for a kitesurf board" got a call from someone trying to sell them my board.
he contacted me and gave me his phone number

long story short i made out that i was interested in buying the board and would come round asap
when i got there i explained it was my board and when where i lost it etc
he was happy to give it back. . (i also gave him a carton of beer )

i didn't get to plan B as that was not required
but i was going to advise him that salvage of the sea does not cover a kitesurf board due to size and classification (or so i've been told in the past does anybody know for sure? ) and if it was on land then it is theft by finding
. . . and then involve the police,

however my board is very distinctive so it would be easy to prove ownership if i had to
hope this helps at all

TurtleHunter said...
Call me mate if it was the board I sold you I can identify it

yeap mate that the board you sold me but I don't have the receit any more ... I call you tomorow .. would you have a serial number ?

ludo1499 said...

Hi there,
Just been wondering around on Gumtree and found my board (95% sure it;s mine) that I've lost a couple of months ago ... any advices part from decking the C... down and bring my board home ?
There was my contact detail on it but easy to remove with acetone..
The ad has no name and no contact number just email the gumtree site for an answer ..
and finally a very low price "negociable"
Any advices ?

Cheers

So did you lose it, or was it stolen ?

My advice is to take more care looking after your stuff

(and perhaps also take a note of the serial numbers on your stuff if you are prone to losing it and prone to being upset if other people find it.)

If it was stolen then fair enough - go round and deck the c... down. 95% sure is close enough