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Closed petition When selling 2nd hand power tools you must advertise the full serial number.
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As a member of the Van and Tool awareness group on Facebook I'm shocked by the blatant resale of stolen tools on popular auction sites. Selling tools with a compulsory Serial number would make tracing stolen tools easier and make steeling them less attractive
Every day I see people posting how their van was broken into and their tools stolen. These are then sold on the popular auction websites. Most tools for sale could be legitimate and the vendor would have no problem advertising the serial number. The harder stolen tools are to sale and more traceable they become the less attractive they become to thieves. Ave cost of basic kit is circa £2000 and insurance to cover is prohibitively expensive. Also damage to vehicular to gain entry costs £1000's
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