Carvex 420 stolen. Serial No. 40037066

[Mark]

FWIW, I'm pretty sure my Carvex got nabbed from my garage. Just want to put the word out there. I'm in Honolulu and the crooks now know what Festool is.

And if you did take my Carvex and are reading this post you are more than welcome to drop it off in the middle of the night. No questions asked.

This is a small island and you never know who my "friends" are.

 

[Mark]

Caught the SOB because he was a SLOB! Under a pile of crap lay me shiny Carvex due to my piling system of moving crap in the garage. Now, maybe if I look a bit harder I can find my long board that seemed to have walked off

Sorry for the alarm.

 

[Bigchasbroon]

DOH!
Me and my brother are contractors and if he loses something he maintains that the best way to find it is accuse someone of stealing it then it always turns up. Usually in the bottom of his toolbox or in the van!

Glad you've got it though

 

[Carl Prentiss]

Must have been quite a relief, even if it was a face palm moment. Glad for you.

 

[Stephen B]

[size=11pt]

We have all (I assume) 'lost' some tool. Do not worry, think on the bright side -

[size=14pt]

Just about all of North America, Australasia, the Pacific
and Europe now know the serial no!!  [eek] [eek]

 

[sonicfedora]

I live in Nashville and my family in CT claim I sneak into their garages at night and borrow heir stuff.

Apparently if something is missing "Dang it Ben!"

 

[amt]

When I read this, my first thought was, "Did I buy a stolen Carvex?"

 

[AlexThePalex]

He, he, he, now I'm gonna register a carvex with serial no. 40037066 and report it stolen, probably by this suspicious looking type wearing an aloha shirt. [tongue]

 

[jacko9]

My son works on large construction sites and tools "walk off" a lot.  Me, I wander around for a while looking for a tool that I'm holding in my hand [eek]

Jack

 

[duburban]

i was out on the big island for a while and was always paranoid about meth heads stealing my tools, we didn't have meth heads where i come from (we actually do). i once did accuse someone of stealing a 2' stabila and then found it, i still feel overwhelmingly guilty about that…

 

[Sparktrician]

I wander around for a while looking for a tool that I'm holding in my hand [eek]

Jack

 

Ouch!!!  Too close for comfort!!!  [big grin]

 

[wow]

I work by myself and I *STILL* have stuff go missing!!!

[crying]

Most of it eventually finds its way back, though some things are still missing - like the bushings for my Veritas Shelf Jig. I don't yet have a green router to go with my Holey Rails so it would be really nice to find them!

 

[MrToolJunkie]

I lose stuff all the time and eventually find it...sometimes after I bought a replacement  [big grin].

Scot

 

[PaulMarcel]

I lose stuff all the time and eventually find it...sometimes after I bought a replacement  [big grin].

Scot

haha, that's me with the VacuPress air hose.  Couldn't for my life find it.  Easily spent 2 hours looking.  Called to order a replacement and asked if it was possibly packed on the other side of the styrofoam and possibly tossed out when I unboxed.  No, it is right on top to avoid that.

Fine. Plunk down $28 for a new hose.

I receive it.  Well, let me put it right where it should go and... hey, what's this other hose?  Still have no idea how that happened.

You have no idea how tempting it was to post a counter thread entitled "Festool Stein stolen; numbered 1322 of 2000" then, the next day, reply "oh, my bad, was in the dishwasher"

 

[Stone Message]

Seeing the original post has reminded me...

In the UK there are some rather expensive (and very nickable) folding bicycles made by Brompton. The company encourages new owners to register as soon as possible and provision is made for buyers of second hand bikes. Owners also report stolen bikes in the same way. If you buy a second hand Brompton then you can pick up a phone and check who the last registered owner is and whether it has been stolen.

Festool have a very comprehensive registration scheme which I suspect is used by a greater percentage of buyers than Brompton. It is not beyond the wit of man to have an extra field or two in their data base to allow a similar checking/support service to operate. It would certainly help catch thieves and would lead to reduced thefts and lower insurance (currently amortised over initial 3 years and covered by Festool).

Peter

 

[Sparktrician]

Back in the Dark Ages (early '60s) when I was in high school, I bought a wonderful Herbrand 18" handle, 1/2" drive ratchet.  In the mid-70s I took it apart to clean and lubricate it.  If you've ever taken a ratchet apart, you'll know that there's a ball detent and a spring behind it.  Well, that spring sprung out for the far reaches of the basement, thinking it was free forever.  I never did find that spring, and of course, Herbrand had gone out of business years before, so forget ordering a replacement.  I put the remaining parts back together and wrapped the whole thing in a big plastic bag as a reminder that the spring had gone on walkabout.  I moved out of that house into another, then out of the succeeding house into yet another ten years later.  Five years later I was cleaning the roll-around tool boxes and came across a small spring and thought, "That looks familiar."  AHA!!!  Grabbed the neatly-wrapped 18" ratchet, unwrapped it and reinstalled the now-found spring.  So now, many years later, that ratchet is still in service, working well, even with a spring that decided to hide out for 15 years or so.  The lesson here is that I very rarely truly lose something, but frequently (and cleverly) hide them from myself, often until I (like others) have bought a replacement. 

 

[Wonderwino]

I know the feeling, Paul-Marcel.  That is why I have 14 tape measures and 2 dozen utility knives.   [eek]

 

[Rob Z]

How many have spent 5 minutes or more, wandering around the shop or job site, looking for that pencil you were using, only to reach up to scratch your head and notice that the pencil was slid in under the brim of your hat ?  

As Homer Simpson says:  DOH !!!  [big grin]

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

It is not beyond the wit of man to have an extra field or two in their data base to allow a similar checking/support service to operate. It would certainly help catch thieves and would lead to reduced thefts and lower insurance (currently amortised over initial 3 years and covered by Festool).

Peter, once I have a chance to complete the "account management" system on our website for tool registrations, customers who register their tools will have an opportunity to mark a tool stolen. Not only will the service department be able to research them, but I also thought about making a publicly accessible page for anyone who's buying a second hand tool to research the status. Finally, if someone registers a stolen tool, we would be notified.

I'm not sure it will help in instances where you steal your own tool. [poke]

Shane

 

[Stone Message]

It is not beyond the wit of man to have an extra field or two in their data base to allow a similar checking/support service to operate. It would certainly help catch thieves and would lead to reduced thefts and lower insurance (currently amortised over initial 3 years and covered by Festool).

Peter, once I have a chance to complete the "account management" system on our website for tool registrations, customers who register their tools will have an opportunity to mark a tool stolen. Not only will the service department be able to research them, but I also thought about making a publicly accessible page for anyone who's buying a second hand tool to research the status. Finally, if someone registers a stolen tool, we would be notified.

I'm not sure it will help in instances where you steal your own tool. [poke]

Shane

Hi Shane

You are, as always, brilliant.

Will this be a world wide capability or will it be NAO? It would be nice to think that by registering a tool once (our UK ones seem to be captured by German HQ) that we only need to log into our Festool account to report an item as stolen. It would then be even nicer if all Festool repair centres did the check for every tool going through the repair chain.

Well done again.

Peter