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A quick re-cap for you all:
My RD04 was nicked during the night of Wed 1st June.
Between then and now I have received two calls from the police to say how unusual it was for bikes to be stolen in my village, cant remember the last time etc etc.
Unfortunately they didn't ring to say they'd found it.
Saturday morning (yesterday) I received in the post a letter from a local vehicle recovery company saying that they had been instructed by Northants police to recover my bike from outside an address in Northampton LAST SATURDAY!!!!!! 8 DAYS AGO!!!! They said I need to pay them £105 plus £12 per day storage as well!!!! The letter also advised that if I haven't collected it in two days they'll sell it and give the proceeds to the police!!!! Are they taking the piss????
I am due at Stanstead airport tomorrow morning at 6.00am for a flight to Tenerife for 2 weeks. No chance whatsoever of retrieving the bike from the recovery company. Shall have to try and sort it out from abroad. I'm guessing that wont be cheap, having to use my mobile phone.
I rang up Northants police straight away to demand an explanation. They confirmed that no-one had rung me, for which they we very sorry. Actually I don't think they give a toss. When I asked why I wasn't given an opppotunity to recover the bike they said it was force policy to have it reovered on my behalf to "stop it getting re-stolen". Make of this what you will, but I'm not very impressed to say the least.
My RD04 was nicked during the night of Wed 1st June.
Between then and now I have received two calls from the police to say how unusual it was for bikes to be stolen in my village, cant remember the last time etc etc.
Unfortunately they didn't ring to say they'd found it.
Saturday morning (yesterday) I received in the post a letter from a local vehicle recovery company saying that they had been instructed by Northants police to recover my bike from outside an address in Northampton LAST SATURDAY!!!!!! 8 DAYS AGO!!!! They said I need to pay them £105 plus £12 per day storage as well!!!! The letter also advised that if I haven't collected it in two days they'll sell it and give the proceeds to the police!!!! Are they taking the piss????
I am due at Stanstead airport tomorrow morning at 6.00am for a flight to Tenerife for 2 weeks. No chance whatsoever of retrieving the bike from the recovery company. Shall have to try and sort it out from abroad. I'm guessing that wont be cheap, having to use my mobile phone.
I rang up Northants police straight away to demand an explanation. They confirmed that no-one had rung me, for which they we very sorry. Actually I don't think they give a toss. When I asked why I wasn't given an opppotunity to recover the bike they said it was force policy to have it reovered on my behalf to "stop it getting re-stolen". Make of this what you will, but I'm not very impressed to say the least.