I am pissed off.

At 22.31 on 10th April at the Verge Bar (top of Brick Lane nr Polo Courts), I had my Burgundy Grobag stolen from my feet just as I was leaving by two tall white males. The contents included my camera kit, clothes and my ipod. I have spoken to Mark the manager and he can give me the CCTV footage.

Just what I don't need as I'm about to go full-time freelance.

Bag looks like this:


Please keep an eye out. I'm sure it's been stripped and dumped by now. I couldn't see anything straight away (jumped on my bike looking immediately), but I'm going back in the morning for another look.

Take care people, don't forget it's not just your bike you need to look after...

Shit !

Been there, not good :(

I hope your where insured (?)

fuck! thats shit ben...really sorry to hear that..obviously i will keep my eyes peeled down south.

No, was waiting till I'd left my job before I insured my stuff. Fuck.

Terrible bollocks ! :(

What did you loose ?

thats shit ben. is the stuff covered on your home insurance against out of house theft?

Bloody hell ben....that sucks!
That's yours AND emilys grobags been nicked now....:(

they are after out hip-hop slave bags now!?

(when is mine going to be ready lovely?)

Hopefully once i get to london everything will move along much quicker as i'll be working much more....so the waiting time will come down.

it cool, if my bag is comeing up before im coming back just put it to the side, and ill give you some notice, as i wont need it till im back

that sucks, ben! that's at least the second time i've heard of stuff being thieved there, btw. :(

shit, that's bad ben, how the hell did they manage to take it?? did you see them?
really hope you can get some of it back.

brick lane is a shit-hole, this is shit, good luck with the fallout, ben.

That's wank. Very shit. I hope you didn't loose any/many expensive lenses.

That's shit news man, I'm really sorry to hear that... One of the many reasons I can't stomach goin' out in east London anymore, too many thievin' scrotes around...

sorry to hear that ben. fckn brick lane. full of dodgy cnts. ill keep an eye out. description of the camera you lost? (on the off chance that some dodgy prick offers one to me whilst walkin around the area)

So sorry to hear that. The bag is one thing but your camera too. Bastards.

Yeah, check your house insurance for away from the home stuff.

thats a real shitter :-(
ben if you need kit and don't have a hire account then you can borrow mine at the pro center if you need to.

what is it with the east and crime? so much stuff gets nicked around there i can't see the attraction of living/socialising in a crime hotspot?

Indeed.

Bike theft, bike vandalism, bag theft, intimidating hoards of little thugs beating up on people.

The area has got to be the worst shit-hole in London.

Time to search for a new polo field?

Shit Ben that sucks. Will keep my eyes peeled.

What rubbish! Good luck with going freelance ben. :-)

too many extreme things and intersections of money and poverty align themselves on brick lane.

screw that, come to sunny peckham.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kDpT...eature=related

screw that go to putney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsWwz9UmjVk

for some reason i watched that from start to finish.

Sorry to hear that. I take it you saw them due to your first post?

Well for a central area it is on the cheaper side an't it.

Yep there lies the problem too high a wealth gradient. I live in a fairly shitty area, but the areas surrounding it are shitty, problem solved.

bad bad bad bad bad bad bad.

photoben my home insurance replaced some electrical gear and gave me about half the value of other things in my bag, when stolen from a west end pub a few years back. This is the only experience of claiming I've ever had. I learned from this. I am not a liar by nature but I wish I was, sometimes. Always claim for every little thing in there, and I reckon if you can't provide receipts, proof of how much things will cost to replce might help them be convinced not to try and short change you the smaller stuff.

good luck hope you get you all-important camera replaced fast.

yeah same here ben, and best of luck for the future freelancing.

Jeez thats bad, if its any help I am a picture editor and always looking for new Photographers, have you a website?

I see a good advert for 'archie's Grobags' in there somewhere....:)
Two guys rob the bag from the pub.....run off down the road...they check inside the bag and find it full of expensive camera equipment....camera then watches them run off down the road laughing to themselves with the Grobag before panning down towards a bin which is full of all the camera equipment....hehe

Sorry...bad taste i know....but it'd be a great ad...:)

:)

*affects Dr. Nick voice* Good news everybody!

Well, sort of. Got my bag back. Went to the spot this morning searching around for ages and saw it under a bush in the park opp the polo courts which was a massive relief. Obviously the ipod and kit were gone, but everything else was still there fortunately.

Thanks for the offers everyone, I should be alright. It was my second best stuff, but gonna have to dip into my savings to replace which was meant to be emergency rent money for when I go freelance. Sucks.

Good idea for an advert Scott ;-)

Good (ish) news ! :)

So it wasn't the bag they were after?.....:(


great news though ben!.well...ish...:)

glad to hear you got some of your stuff back mate