Stealing from the dead

[selohssa]

What kind of person steals tools from a dead guys wife?

I got word of a lady who is trying to sell her husbands tools. She told me that they were mostly Snap-On and she had all of the recipts for it. The down side is that I would have to take everything in the garage. NO PROBLEM! I went and met one of the nicest ladies around. She said that one of her husbands co-workers was eager to help organize his stuff to get it ready for sale. I went through the tool box and all of the smaller boxes in the garage, no snap-on, very little mac. There were many empty snap on boxes and even the plastic covers for the air tools but other than no name junk, they were all gone. The widow new nothing about any missing tools and felt that they must be in one of the many boxes in the garage. I looked, no tools.

The sad part is that the co-worker was working with this guy for almost 20 years.

 

[Blk63Vette]

Guy is sleeze bag..People never cease to amaze me. I remenber when my next door neighbors husband died and she sold me some tools. But, was nice enough to let me borrow them until I could buy them.

Bad news I hate people like that!

 

[TheGrooveking]

That is why I keep a list and pictures of my tools at work, so my family knows what to expect if I die. Stealing from a dead person's family like that is one of the lowest things someone can do. I would try to find the guy and see his tools, if they matched I'd out him to his co-workers and family because that type of behavior needs to be known.

TheGrooveking

 

[Crizzle]

That is why I keep a list and pictures of my tools at work, so my family knows what to expect if I die. Stealing from a dead person's family like that is one of the lowest things someone can do. I would try to find the guy and see his tools, if they matched I'd out him to his co-workers and family because that type of behavior needs to be known.

TheGrooveking

This.

There is no way that kind of behavior is acceptable in any shape or form. That guy needs to feel the wrath of a baseball bat to the back of his knee.

 

[tonydanzah]

you have no idea if he sold stuff before his death though

 

[selohssa]

I wasn't sure what to tell the lady. She wanted $2500 and she got that number by adding up the recipts from snap on (and those were 1970's and 80's prices) which was aprox $25000 and figured 10% being that you had to take all of the work benches and car parts and everything. Unfortunatly, what is left is only worth about $350 and there is still all of that junk in the garage to deal with.

 

[selohssa]

you have no idea if he sold stuff before his death though

He was working the day that he died and the Widow said that they were all there when the guys from the shop dropped them off after the funeral.

 

[54FordPanel]

That turns my stomach.

 

[TheGrooveking]

She should call the police, get them involved. I know if is her word against their's but it could at least alert their boss(es) to some of their character flaws.

TheGrooveking

 

[GTO]

He will get his,just wait.

 

[JohnFreeman]

Theres a special place in hell for such roaches....

 

[boostedgt]

thats a really shady thing to do. she should call his old employer and at least let him know because if the co-worker will steal tools from her theres a good chance he might take things from the shop or other guys that work there too. maybe they can even persuade him to return the tools

 

[Shadowdog500]

I know of the same exact thing that happened about 10 years ago.

A friend with a shop died, and his partner came over to get his stuff out of the shop. Luckily the Widow got wise and made him put everything back when the sleaze ball tried to load her dads car onto a trailer. She put a lockdown on the shop, and in the end the sleaze ball didn't even het his own stuff back.

There was justice after all!!!


Chris

 

[tonydanzah]

He was working the day that he died and the Widow said that they were all there when the guys from the shop dropped them off after the funeral.

well then thats different

 

[Paumanok]

I hope the scumbag gets what's coming to him:

 

[selohssa]

I hope the scumbag gets what's coming to him:

HA! that is morbid but very funny.

 

[Mickey O]

I believe the correct term for this poor excuse for a human being is **** bag. We can only hope Karma will wreak havoc on him.

 

[krusty the clown]

i can relate.....

i had a guy try to sell me a snap on ethos scanner last year. turns out it was a friend's who just died in a motorcycle accident. he also took the guy's blazer. truly scum......

 

[Diesel_Crawler]

I went through the same thing when my co-worker died. I just barley got the blood off my hands from trying to keep him alive and one of his female friends was there trying to load up his tool box.

 

[Mickey O]

i can relate.....

i had a guy try to sell me a snap on ethos scanner last year. turns out it was a friend's who just died in a motorcycle accident. he also took the guy's blazer. truly scum......

I went through the same thing when my co-worker died. I just barley got the blood off my hands from trying to keep him alive and one of his female friends was there trying to load up his tool box.

Who the phuck are these people, it's hard to imagine that someone dies and others (supposed friends) are thinking about profiteering from it. There should be a law where it would be legal to shoot these a-holes on sight.

 

[flatheadguy]

This is exactly why there are things like....surgical gloves, silencers, chain saws, excavators and friends who can keep their mouths shut.
"Protect, blast, chop up, dig".

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

He will get his,just wait.

+1

 

[mkdive]

This is exactly why there are things like....surgical gloves, silencers, chain saws, excavators and friends who can keep their mouths shut.
"Protect, blast, chop up, dig".

We use to joke about it all the time, hell that's what they think happened to Hoffa right?! You see, I spent 10 years as a plant manager of a concrete batch plant.....mixer trucks are truley the best way. We refered to it as "plan b". Give the drum about 10-15 minutes full charge....then find someone who needs some free mud for their footing.

Good thing I didn't have any enemies and was a nice guy even back then!

 

[larry_g]

My Father in Law was a diesel mechanic and at one time owner his own shop so had a ton of tools, mainly Snap-on. He died in an accident. The local snap-on dealer stopped by the house after a respectable time and told us that he would buy back any tools we wanted sell him at 75% of current price. Some of his tools were years old and well used. We did end up selling back some of the very large 2-4" sockets and some other bits. The rest of the tools were divided with the kids as two of us were mechanics at the time. I still have those tools and when I use them I think of him and hope that he approves of the way I use them. I take special care not to abuse them. The tools that I buy are open to modification and other unintended uses.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[crewchief888]

Who the phuck are these people, it's hard to imagine that someone dies and others (supposed friends) are thinking about profiteering from it. There should be a law where it would be legal to shoot these a-holes on sight.

yanno
it makes ya wonder WTF

we've talked over this kinda situation, she knows what to keep for herself, who to call, what to give to those friends, and what to sell.

i have certain tools/boxes that i'd like certain friends to have first call on,
certain guns that i'd like a cousin to have, not because he wants them, or would ask for them, but because they belonged to my dad, and he'd appreciate the gesture

the more i think about this, the more it pisses me off......
friggin bastid,
somwbody should hang him up by his nutsack

 

[Bull]

The sad thing is, I'm not surprised. If you even just glance at the news, every single day you read about people being scumfucks. Without exception.

 

[Paladin]

Yeah, death brings out some real dirtbags. When my grandmother died, we were back at her house no more than an hour after burying her and all of my uncles wives started going thru her jewelry box, arguing over what they wanted. I wanted to throw up. Instead, I called them a bunch of fuggin vultures and left...

 

[sasquach]

My Father in Law was a diesel mechanic and at one time owner his own shop so had a ton of tools, mainly Snap-on. He died in an accident. The local snap-on dealer stopped by the house after a respectable time and told us that he would buy back any tools we wanted sell him at 75% of current price. Some of his tools were years old and well used. We did end up selling back some of the very large 2-4" sockets and some other bits. The rest of the tools were divided with the kids as two of us were mechanics at the time. I still have those tools and when I use them I think of him and hope that he approves of the way I use them. I take special care not to abuse them. The tools that I buy are open to modification and other unintended uses.

lg
no neat sig line

When my FIL retired he offered me his larger wrenches and sockets , I never picked them up . When he passed away 2 years ago my MIL made me ga up her place and " get what I needed " from his tool box . I got some nice stuff and the same goes for me when I use them I think of PAP .

 

[devilphrog]

This.

There is no way that kind of behavior is acceptable in any shape or form. That guy needs to feel the wrath of a baseball bat to the front of his knees.

This. (Fixed it for you)

 

[Gds14r]

that is just simply wrong. only situation i was ever in with buying tools from the deceased. a lady was selling all her husbands wood working tools after the kids took what they wanted. she said i dont know what these things are worth so you let me know what you want to give me. i could of simply lowballed the whole garage and walked away. but i had to be respectful. as far as that "friend" goes he will get his one way or the other.

 

[Toolhorder]

Was his wife hot?
You don't want to waste a trip or anything.

 

[scofo]

We are truly alone at the end.

 

[Toolhorder]

Look who's to know the buddy that took them knew you were coming by to buy them? He probably figured the wife wouldn't need them so he took em. He don't need them where he's going.

 

[Stewie 03]

^^^^^^^

 

[FoMoCoPower]

I had a neighbor that lived down the street. He was a machine shop foreman for a large company in Chicago for many years. Well,my father passed away when I was 13 and this neighbor was one of the people that never refused to give me a hand ,lend me a tool,or teach me something new about anything...a really good guy. He had every tool imaginable in his garage and/or basement.

Well,he had four sons. One that took after him,got married,etc. One that was mentally disabled,another that just did enough in life to live and be happy. The last son was a piece of ****,and I am being nice by saying that. He just waited around for his parents to die,drinking beer and getting high his entire life. Occasionally he would take things to support his habits,or "borrow" money from his dad...I`m talking about a 40-year old grown man.

Anyways,years go by,and I got side-tracked and didn`t talk to my neighbor for 5-6 months. One day I see his POS son out front,so I stop and ask him about his father. I get, "Oh he died months ago,hey you want to buy his car? I need to get me some weed."

Nope,he never told me once about his father passing away,and his older brother later told me that the other was supposed to have let me know about his death when it happened.

Long story short,the house was sold and everything had to be swept clean. I helped the rest of the family with the clean-up,while the pos brother sat in his room getting drunk/stoned the whole 10-days it took us. In the process we had realized that several expensive tools were MIA,along with the lawnmower,cement mixer,VW dune buggy he had in the shed,etc,etc.

My efforts were rewarded with alot of good tools and other things. I even offered to pay for some of it,my money was refused. "Mr.D" will always be missed,but may his POS son Dave rot in hell.

BTW,the oldest brother told me this while we were doing the cleanup."Wait until Dave see`s what his cut from the house is,if he thinks he`s getting an equal share he is sorely mistaken,he won`t even be able to buy into that trailer park he wants to move to."

 

[Jeff]

My next door neighbor, and good friend, suddenly died from a heart attack. A few years earlier he had made me his POA and executor. I never really understood the bad blood between him and his children.

He wasn't dead 3 hours before one of his children came over to "check my dad's stuff out". Now, I've known my neighbor for 15+ years and never seen any of his children. He did mention that his ex-wife was in a Federal Prison for 40+ years. Anyways, I chased the young man off and changed the locks. That young man, and a couple of other older children came by many times, day or night to get in. I could tell they were using drugs. Very scary individuals.

Per his wishes, I estate saled everything off, even the house. All proceeded were donated to the Humane Society. Sweet revenge on his blood sucking children.

 

[mkdive]

All proceeded were donated to the Humane Society.

I like my dogs more than 99% of the people I know!

 

[Skyline]

Assuming all the tools were there when they were brought home, did the widow definately let the co-worker in? Either way, she was robbed. She should file a police report. And a homeower's claim. If she's got all the receipts, perhaps some, like those for air tools, have serial numbers. If the guy was at her house, he's a suspect. If not, it was a robbery from an unknown source. Was she 100% sure all the tools were brought home in the first place? She was apparanty unaware that they went missing?

 

[Scooterfish]

Assuming all the tools were there when they were brought home, did the widow definately let the co-worker in? Either way, she was robbed. She should file a police report. And a homeower's claim. If she's got all the receipts, perhaps some, like those for air tools, have serial numbers. If the guy was at her house, he's a suspect. If not, it was a robbery from an unknown source. Was she 100% sure all the tools were brought home in the first place? She was apparanty unaware that the went missing?

Good advice, file police report and insurance claim. The guy has the tools for personal use or will try to sell them. One serial # could open the whole thing up. Tool truck driver my have records of something sold with a Serial # as well.

 

[Toolhorder]

Was the wife hot??