kattywumpus
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Unfortunate I have had several experiences dealing with thieves and vandals, both in the city and rural areas. While there are all kinds of thieves and vandals: smart, dumb, bold, stealth, and etc, there are basic evaluations each crook performs even if he or she doesn’t know it.
• Is the risk worth the reward? Keep in mind the reward may not needed to be that great, but it still needs to be a reward in the thief’s mind.
• Is the effort worth the reward?
• What the probability of arrest and jail time?
If you can present a situation that affects one or more of these evaluations in the negative it will almost guarantee they will leave your stuff alone.
For example: if the crooks think there's a Lamborghini in the storage container I can guarantee you they will keep trying to break in. Even if a few of them get arrested, electrocuted or injury. The crooks just see the risk worth the reward.
But if the crooks think there just a manure spreader with a few basic tools inside that well secured container and the fact that it smell like **** and there is manure outside the container to reinforce that thought a major if not all trouble makers will walk right pass it. Of course there is always that one in a billion idiot that needs a manure spreader so then you need to make him think it easier to steal one somewhere else.
PS: The extremely hazardous toxic waste sign will work until the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) or Fire Department show up asking what's in the container and fines you for false labeling.
Unfortunate I have had several experiences dealing with thieves and vandals, both in the city and rural areas. While there are all kinds of thieves and vandals: smart, dumb, bold, stealth, and etc, there are basic evaluations each crook performs even if he or she doesn’t know it.
• Is the risk worth the reward? Keep in mind the reward may not needed to be that great, but it still needs to be a reward in the thief’s mind.
• Is the effort worth the reward?
• What the probability of arrest and jail time?
If you can present a situation that affects one or more of these evaluations in the negative it will almost guarantee they will leave your stuff alone.
For example: if the crooks think there's a Lamborghini in the storage container I can guarantee you they will keep trying to break in. Even if a few of them get arrested, electrocuted or injury. The crooks just see the risk worth the reward.
But if the crooks think there just a manure spreader with a few basic tools inside that well secured container and the fact that it smell like **** and there is manure outside the container to reinforce that thought a major if not all trouble makers will walk right pass it. Of course there is always that one in a billion idiot that needs a manure spreader so then you need to make him think it easier to steal one somewhere else.
PS: The extremely hazardous toxic waste sign will work until the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) or Fire Department show up asking what's in the container and fines you for false labeling.
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I am scared to leave my tractor and tools down there, but I can't continue to pay storage fees and my 4 acres is where my stuff is going.
