| Just some of the burglaries | - at June 2008 |  |
Some e-mails are these are kindly passed on by Philippe in France
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| Have lost all sorts before...... Quilts, knife blocks, glasses, furniture. Beds have been used. Last year there was a dirty coffee cup left in bedroom. All my emails ignored - Steve Burgess | ||||||||
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| We don't know whether or not the burglary was reported to the police or not. We were eventually given a new replacement TV. Also when we arrived in April this year the DVD player had disappeared along with the TV remote control! After all the hassle last time, backwards and forwards to the office when we should have been having a relaxing holiday, we did not even report it! We just went out and bought a replacement remote but didn't even bother replacing the DVD - Dave, Carol and Sharon | ||||||||
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| Example 3 - From Philippe e-mailing on behalf of French owners:- | ||||||||
| Bonjour, je vous informe que nous avons été victime d’un vol durant la période de fermeture de LC. La télé écran plat a été volée et nous n’avons pas constaté de trace d’effraction, donc la porte a été ouverte avec une clé. Nous avons adressé un mail en date du 28 avril 2008 à Damien, mais nous n’avons aucune réponse à ce jour. Je reste à votre disposition pour toutes précisions nécessaires. | ||||||||
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Guess what? The locks had been changed on both our units. We had to sleep in our clothes. We went to the office the next morning to be told all the units had their locks changed and no one was informed. The reason was so Siblu would have keys for everyone’s units? As we keep our bikes and personal stuff there I don't think Siblu should have the keys. Tom who sold us our mobile told us that those units were ours to do with what we wanted and only we would have the keys. Looks like it was a lie just like all the other stuff he told us. A clock radio was taken from our mobile as was a tray from our oven and the shower was broken. We tried to see Damien Casten a couple of times regarding this but we were told her was too busy. |
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| What's the point!!!! - Teresa Curran | ||||||||
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David, I thought I would let you know that when we arrived at LC on sat 24 June we found our van to
secure and locked, but to our horror that we had been squatted in, the
fridge had beer and some rotten food in it, all beds had been slept in and
various candles used.
When the squatters left they had washed up and tidied and even used my antifreeze to re winterise the van (I had winterised at end of august when we left), they also liked our television and DVD player that they took these with them, as well as all the remote controls even the one for the satellite receiver that they left behind. I paid many visits to the owners reception who sent out a security man to make notes and to contact the police on our behalf, after visiting the reception on many occasions it became obvious that they had no interest in contacting the police and were not particularly interested in what had happened to us, they could not say how our keys were taken from their safe but they were still there, not any more we changed the door lock and have not left them a spare key - Harvey VI 63 |
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| Example 6 - *Passed on e-mail - very.roland@neuf.fr | ||||||||
| This owner was not burgled this year, but they have been twice before. 1st time was between February/ April '06. They have reported the burglar themselves to the police in Agde. 2nd time was during winter 2006/2007but nothing significant was stolen. In both cases, the burglars had a key | ||||||||
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Bonjour, Suite au mail reçu ce jour concernant un vol dans les Mobil, j’ai eu ainsi que des voisins pendant l’hiver 2006/2007 une visite dans notre Mobil home sans effraction puisque que nos clefs on disparues du bureau des propriétaires. Après avoir eu un rendez vous avec le Directeur la seule chose proposez par celui-ci est : changer le barillet de la porte et faire une attestation pour notre assurance mais en aucun cas vouloir porter plainte pourquoi ???? Je n’ai donc eu aucun recours car mon assurance proposée seulement le rachat des objets volets pour être remboursés environ 400 euros de petites choses heureusement sans grande valeur ( Nappe, plat, articles et canne à pêche). Je suis très content que quelqu’un souhaite traiter ce problème avec SIBLU et vous remercie par avance - Denis Goulet |
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| On site from June 9th to June 19th
Update on stolen/damaged items. Shed completely wrecked. Roof damaged beyond
repair as it was used as access to rear of site.
Doors forced open once again but only plastic chairs/loungers in there and nothing taken. Damien looked at it, promised to investigate getting new roof but never heard anything again for the 10 days on site. Toilet had been used in mobile home and not flushed, so smelt like a public toilet when we opened up. All services (water, elecricity & gas) on although I had turned them all off in June 2007. Folding wooden chairs and all new bed linen (still in their original packing as they came with mobile home) stolen. Damien looked, asked me to write letter to the parc manager but guess what? No response from anybody and despite emails still none. Have now part exchanged mobile home for new one at Domaine de Dugney, lovely site, nice people and no security issues. Management and staff friendly and unlike LC, the management are helpful and get things done - Steve Burgess. |
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3 years on the trot we had squatters. Leaving food in the freezer and microwave. Dirty saucepans and worktops. Shower head broken. One time we found another key left on the table and the door had been locked. We could account for all our keys including the one that haven had. Along with the majority of the parc we had our shed broken into the year 2006. Nothing taken. Otherwise all petty stuff that has gone missing. Even the end of the hose disappeared. This year signs of someone using again but for some unknown reason they left a brand new padlock. Why? - David Juster |
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| sort of put back properly but I repaired the damage easily myself - Tony Glover | ||||||||
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| We are
here in LC for most
of June when we arrived we had been plundered to the tune of 200 euros yet
again as new owners we feel that we will definitely not let next year if
this is to continue ! We were warned but no one at Siblu seems to have any
proper procedures ie., getting deposits and not letting people off site
until homes have been checked. For those letting everyone even our french
neighbours all say the same we are sitting targets both for visitors in
the summer and whoever chooses to visit site in the winter
As far as the months of opening are concerned we were lead to believe by sales and Siblu that they were to be extended it was never our intention to have such a short season. As this is our first season we feel we cannot say too much as our experiences are not as lengthy as yourselves and others however we will support whatever action people would wish to take 100%. |
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| From Philippe e-mailing on behalf of French owners:- this owners said "They had their shelter broken open and had a bike, some wine and a drill stolen." | ||||||||
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| We paid our site fees in November last year and have just recv'd invoices plus several letters asking for site fees? Also letters requesting for us to let our home in August when we have already given them dates for August ? The administration in France concerns me and the ethics of LC from time to time..... We had essential items on inventory taken from the home some were stored for us but we still lost things and there is evidence that staff have been using our home. From your experience have you any suggestions as to how we should go about sorting this out ? The way it is going we certainly won't dream of letting next year - Mavis and Dave | ||||||||
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| Their mobil-home was burgled (with a key) last winter. A flat-screen TV set has been stolen. They sent a e-mail to Damien on 28th April, but they have not got any reply yet. - Danielle | ||||||||
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*please note: the text/pictures are in no way intended to trivialise the serious events portrayed. |
