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My brother had his (locked) tailgate stolen, Houston

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Whats so fascinating about tailgates that these thieves like to steal?

 

It takes 20 seconds to steal a tailgate. They'll sell them on craigslist or ebay, or fence them at a repair shop or salvage yard. A repair shop can buy a stolen tailgate for $50, repaint it if needed, put a new handle on it and drum up a fake receipt for $500 bucks and pocket the difference.

 

Go to a dealership and order a tailgate, they're not cheap. New tailgates are sold as individual components, and start around $700 and upwards of $2,000 if there's a camera. Plus it'll have to be prepped and painted.

 

A hose clamp and some red loctite isn't coming off without cutting the clamp or a soldering iron.

 

I hate thieves.

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tonyghkbve Enthusiast

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It takes 20 seconds to steal a tailgate. They'll sell them on craigslist or ebay, or fence them at a repair shop or salvage yard. A repair shop can buy a stolen tailgate for $50, repaint it if needed, put a new handle on it and drum up a fake receipt for $500 bucks and pocket the difference.

 

Go to a dealership and order a tailgate, they're not cheap. New tailgates are sold as individual components, and start around $700 and upwards of $2,000 if there's a camera. Plus it'll have to be prepped and painted.

 

A hose clamp and some red loctite isn't coming off without cutting the clamp or a soldering iron.

 

I hate thieves.

I do to, we should petition severe punishment for thieves taking things that will cost their victim over $500 in damages..Not death penalty but a bare minimum of 50 years in Pelican Bay.

TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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Buddies wife drove her F350 Platinum to the hospital she works at, tailgate got stolen while there. Replacement cost was $6k for her tailgate. Now my buddy isn't a small guy, 6'3' and prob weighs in around 300lbs. He finds his gate on CL in Texas. Goes back and forth with the seller. Drives down there to see if it is his gate and if so he plans on taking it back, seller is minority and is there with about 6 of his buddies.

 

My friend hands over the money, seller tells buddy next time to lock his tailgate unless he wants to make another trip to Texas to get it back and laughs as they walk off with his money.

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Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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I do to, we should petition severe punishment for thieves taking things that will cost their victim over $500 in damages..Not death penalty but a bare minimum of 50 years in Pelican Bay.

 

As a taxpayer, why would I want to spend $100k a year to put away someone that stole a tailgate?

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hemipowered22z Enthusiast

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Good for them because I hope an undercover cop buys a "stolen tailgate" from them and charged them with theft.

 

Haha what police force does actual police work on petty crimes such as these? No offense to the officers of the law on this site I do appreciate what you guys do but I had an entire truck stolen and they had no interest in investigating it even after it was found so if they don't care about my 35000 truck why would they care about buying stolen tailgates undercover. Sorry to rant I just freaking hate thieves and the cops are so short staffed now a days that crimes like this don't really mean much to them because they have other things to work.

BigBadSierra Senior Enthusiast

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Our tailgate handles are made of plastic.

 

I could but that and have the tailgate off in minutes...

 

So I guess that's why we have insurance.

tonyghkbve Enthusiast

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As a taxpayer, why would I want to spend $100k a year to put away someone that stole a tailgate?

I agree we shouldn't have to shell out hard-earned tax dollars for these scums, but what options do we have to administer justice to theives? I would opt for shooting them, but then again, bleeding heart libbies and so called "victim" family of the thief would raise hell. If anything, we should seek full financial reimbursement for our loss.

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bluztracker Enthusiast

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Everything that everybody has talked about in here is all well and good but it only keeps the honest thief away. I have a cover on the bed of my truck that locks when it's closed.

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