Thieving painters , story #2

Oh I'm real sorry you had to go through all that. That is really ruthless of them. It's hard to get real good people nowadays. Sometimes if some cannot be recommended by friends its a real hit and miss and life still goes on. Sometimes even those recommended by friends and family can be frustrating. In my case, when I get some people to do some work around the house, I never leave them them there by themselves. I keep watch. Let them know I'm not letting them out of my site and of course have something always with me just in case. hhehe. Some of you probably won't be in accord to some of my methods but what can you really do if you live in the ghetto. hehehe.

If you have anymore painters in take all your valuables and hide them or let a friend mind them for you.Don't cook for them and watch them.Have someone else in the house when they are there.Some people should have their hands chopped off.

now,that is another painful incident,it is a good thing that they didnot do any harm physically,there are a lot of stories like that running loose,please be more cautious.

I would say you need to get family to paint for you. No more letting in painters you dont know!

Oh Jo.... That's horrible!! You have a hell of a time with them painters, don't you? I wouldn't give up on them but I'd make damn sure that all my valuables were in one spot and with me at all times so you'll feel comfortable with such in your house. Or you could have a neighbor hold them for you or you could put them in your car for safe keeping. I know it would be a pain in the rear to do but it's better to be safe than to be sorry.... as they say. I too had a ring that belonged to my great great grandmother and it was stolen from me. My heart just sank when I realized it was gone and it's been many many years ago but I can remember the ring as plain as day. It was yellow gold, obviously old old old. It had a ruby in the center and had one leave going one way around the ruby and another leaf going in the other direction around the ruby. It was just beautiful! It breaks my heart to know it's gone and that a thief stole it from me, but who it was, I'll never know.

If that happened to me I would be devestated, especially because when you have inherited them from your close relatives, it just have some value to them which cannot be described. Somehow I feel confident that if you actually see any of those rings on another person you would be able to recognize them without a big fuss, atleast i believe i would be. But the question would rather be if the new owner of the rings would agree with you and accept the fact that they bought "hot" rings in the past. The problem is when you invite workers into your house to fix things, and if they show out to be thieves, they would go after items which is not used daily, so once the items seems to be missing, they will be over all mountains. I hope you one day will be able to find the rings again, who knows if the luck smiles upon you.

I think I would be really careful on who I was letting do jobs for me. It is a shame that you cannot trust anyone anymore.

They're lucky you didn't track them down and shoot them.

I am sorry to hear that. We have been burglarised before also and it is not a pleasant feeling. We had some sentimental things stolen also. It invades your privacy of your home too. We searched pawn shops also and got nothing back. I would say something too if we ever seen any of our things with someone else.

This is a terrible thing to loose something to people you employ in your house. Not only you are paying for the painting done but you are opening your doors to thieves to explore your house and cart away all the sentimental ornaments which have wiped out all past memories attached to these valuables. It happened to me once when I did a renovation to my kitchen. I left my maid to look after the workers while I went out to work. I did not realize that my precious dinnerware and other cutlery were missing not until the renovation was completed and when I put back all the things in their proper places that I realized my set dinnerware were missing and some other things. They were gifts from my wedding and has great sentimental value to me. It was really an expensive renovation.

I am very sorry to hear about that, maybe you can call police to help you, and indeed you should give up current painters in your house and to hire some honest and trustful painters to paint your house. and if you or your family member are free, maybe you can watch these guys all day in your house.

My goodness! I hate those painters who took advantage of your trust!I should say you really have to beware of Painters coming into your dwelling place! You've got to really screen them before allowing them to work in your place and also keep your eyes on them always! Oh that would be so hard really! But for your memorable jewels to be taken just like that that would be very sad really.I could imagine how you felt those days that you've been desperately trying to find ways to retrieve them! Bad experience really Yeah you've got to be really extra careful the next time around, not necessarily to give up having painters in your house because I'm sure you can't do the job yourself my dear! Just be very careful! Have a nice day!

I do believe I'm the one who's behind ! this discussion was on the very bottom ofmy mail-----------dah? But, when it comes to painters, you'd better put everything of value in one room and lock it up. Put the key around your neck !!! Gosh, rings of grandmas? Wow,I just packed my grandma's wedding band. I put it on a pink ribbon and wear it ever so often. Would you believe the day we buried her, that ring fell off my neck on my brother's grave !? Mama saw it fall and it was tied really well too :( One of these days you'll see those rings and then you'll have trouble explaining that it really belongs to you. I hope you get the rings back and I am so sorry they are gone too. Lock and key, the only way to go.

Have you ever considered the merits of wallpaper? Not making light of your situation, it just seems toooo weird that you have twice experienced theft involving house painters. This time, though, is different. I could lose cash, pills, what have you and get over it. The loss of sentimental items (like your grandmother's ring) would be heart-breaking. I wonder, after all this time, even if you found the ring, how could you prove it was yours? These types of stolen items sometimes surface years later in pawn shops and the like, but claiming them is very, very difficult. At least in this event, you would have the option of buying them back. I am so sorry for your loss and your misfortune.

It's hard to hire outside people and trust them.....that's too bad they stole something that important....I am missing my father's wedding ring....and I don't know who could have taken it...the only person I suspect is a family member....and not one of my kids either....so I know how you feel about missing something so important with sentimental value.

Or lock your stuff up in a safe deposit box when you have painters over... This was about 23 years ago, we were going to a friend's house for dinner and Richard wanted to wear his good jewelry. I told him no need, this was just an informal dinner party, so he didn't. Some jerks broke into the house and stole it all as well as some things of mine. His stuff was really unique too, emerald jewelry from when his family lived in Columbia.

definitely i don't think it is a good idea to have someone do the painting job. for the reason you mentioned. when we pay any one to have something done at home, i usually do make sure that they will not touch my things. i will stay with them in the room if that is where they are asked to do the job. but i don't just look for someone i don't know. i usually do hire someone that i personally know . like i have known inside the church as my church mate, though not a friend of mine at least i know his house and the whole congregation know about him and even his relatives are members of that congregation. but still i lost something but not an expensive thing only one tool which i just didn't insist that was missing after they did their work. i still hired him after that. i hate hiring people i don't know cause mostly they will ask for advanced payment and they will not do that job or will just not going to get back . they will pressure with so many reason to pay and to do so many stupid things they would ask. so many times we don't hire people by looking at news papers. if i can't find a honest one i just do it myself. paint it myself. though it does not look that good.

Hi ANTIQUELADY Did you not go back to them and ask them why they had stolen them or if you could have them back or something? What happened? That really is sad. When someone comes around my house to do a job I am usually around the house where they are working but then I have nothing of great value for anyone to steal apart from my kids and I think I would notice if they tried to walk out the door with one of them hahaha

I think that this story is worse than th4 force one as the things they took were of sentimental value to you. These things cannot be replaced at all. I had jewellery stolen to by a babysitter and never got it back. I too, did not miss it as it was put away on th top of a closet and I just did not miss it. But the babysitter was the only person who had been in the house from I last wore some stuff. It was heartbreaking for me to as there were some beautiful pieces that I could have given my daughter. One piece was a 22 carat gold chain and the pendant was a gold nugget - not too large - but a gold nugget.another piece was a gold chain again with a pendant that was a ruby set in gold. I just loved that jewellery. I can't stand a thief.

Sometimes we do have to have the inside of our house painted. It might be a good idea to have the next painters you consider painting any part of your house checked out before you hire them. I wouldn't know how you would go about doing this unless you talk to people you know who have used them. I'm so sorry those rings were stolen! I know they really meant a lot to you. I would probably say something to the person wearing them, too. Kathy.