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I was working down Wolverhampton and West Brom way for my employer doing electrical inspections. My van is a dark grey double cab Transit that looks more like a minibus so survived the trip but lads with white vans were getting hit regularly outside the Travelodge car park in West Brom.

Cops couldn't get a handle on it and you know the courts would give them a slappn the wrist anyway. If you laid in wait to give them a hiding you can guarantee they'd throw the book at you. 

As with any petty theft of this type ..... it only happens because idiots think it's OK to buy cheap knocked off power tools.

Oh nice..,I got a £300 tool for £50 down the car boot.

If they stopped doing that, then the market dries up and the thieves will stop thieving power tools.

What the fools don;t realise, it that after they build up their collection of stolen power tools, they are now a target of the very trade they helped maintain.

Last attempted theft I had was Leeds Ibis hotel car park, went out for dinner, came back to a folded side door. Tools were on the job, so I lost nothing. However, the insurance company tried to triple my premium because the van had three grands worth of damage. Not insuring with them again, protected no claims meant nothing! What a rip.