Disguise your van?

Scoob said..
I have an ‘unmarked van’ with no windsurf stickers on it. It got broken into, but I was lucky. The thief only took what he could carry from the van. An I-Pod and bag full of fins and spares. How is that lucky?
The cretin left his mobile phone in the van. I was fielding and logging all his phone calls. His ex wife called, looking for maintenance arrears. She had nothing good to say about him. I let everyone who called know, I was looking for my gear to be returned within 24 hours, or I was off to the Police. There was no response, so I handed the phone over to Police and made my statement. Ex-wife and the guy’s employer were very co-operative with Police.
Two days later I found the bag of fins and gear dumped in an obscure corner of the car-park, from where it was stolen. No sign of the I-Pod. The guy went to ground as carneys do.
A month later Freo’ Police station called, saying they pulled him in on an unrelated matter (pissing on a lamp-post?). They asked me to quote the I-Pod serial number, which I did. Still had the receipt, warranty card and packaging. Bingo! A hock shop logged the same I-Pod serial number against some stuff the guy hocked on the day of the theft.
The cretin went down for at least two convictions. Theft and making a fraudulent declaration as to ownership.
Got my I-Pod back.
Keep a written log of your windsurf gear and all the serial numbers. Keep the receipts. It just occurred to me a photographic log could be useful too. Some fins don’t have serial numbers.
Oh, and don’t do drugs.