I thought ring doorbells were a pain

[Holmsey]

Nearly 2 weeks ago my wife purchased a Ring Doorbell... Bloody thing was notifying her every time someone walked past our front door as she hadn't set the distance on it.
But thank the maker she didn't, Thursday morning my son rang me at work saying 2 scumbags were going down my driveway, 1 with a helmet and 1 with a hoodie.... Luckily my son was close to home and obviously I rushed as well.
When he got home they had gone but the bike cover was removed and the padlock wasn't in the place I left it...
I've now resorted to removing the front wheel.

I do however have the reg of the van they pulled up in from a neighbours ring doorbell...
Thank you Ring 

[nigel s]

feckers,
Anywhere else you can park it for a while ,they may have just been casing the theft.

Even if it means eating christmas lunch off it.
Again   feckers.

[2112]

I'm pleased the tech has worked and you've 'got away with it' this time. Lets hope the Police can track down the van.

[Holmsey]

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Who's talking about Old Bill getting involved 

[nigel s]

Would not put much hope in the cops doing a lot anyway.
My KTM dealer was broken into and a passing Police officer saw them leave in a transit and gave chase.
But gave up 'cos it was too dangerous.
OK ,maybe.   But they didn't even get a reg number.
Never turned up at the crime scene ,just gave them a crime number.
They stole some brand new unregistered dirt bikes,which they will have to strip for spares as the ECUs were not even initialised so they won't run.
Thankfully my SMT990 was in the workshop not in the showroom.
Again
FECKERS

Maybe get a sign made up with the van reg number on ,and hang it on the bike as a warning.

Again FECKERS

[Hugo Magnus]

I don't think Holmsey needs any suggestions.

[Brockett]

@ nigel s -   You know that Harribo advert when the cops in the car have their voices dubbed by Children and one says "but we are the police" know what I mean 

[UK_Vstrom650]

Removing the wheel is good, but if they have a van they might just load it in? Could be worth moving elsewhere if you can for a few weeks?

Hope Karma gives them a good 

[Rusty Nuts]

From my perspective those doorbells are shit. Press the button, wait, nothing, fill out the dreaded red card, start walking away, get a garbled voice coming through, have a conversation with a worse time lag than the Apillo 8 mission. Or worse, get the " hilarious " grinch message.


Good on security though, hope the miscreants in question are unlucky in the near future. The op's two previous jobs make him rather well qualified to influence their luck.

[purplebikeunicorn]

I find a lot of people avoid pressing the ring doorbell, they knock instead... we have got the chime fitted indoors though so it's very much a standard doorbell with extra video features.

Whether they do it because it makes a racket, or because they don't want to be videoed... well jokes on them, they're being videoed anyway! (Plus we have CCTV all over the front of the house anyway).

[Rusty Nuts]

I avoid them because they take too long to connect and are largely unintelligible when they eventually do. I will always knock and ring a normal bell,  you can't always tell if the doorbell is working. But those things are terrible from my perspective.