Ill-gotten keg fiends

[philmud]

http://craftypint.com/news/post/the-great-keg-robbery/

Incredible how many go missing. The culture of AHB obviously takes a dim view to stolen kegs, which is awesome.

 

[Yob]

#1: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/richmond/miscellaneous-goods/beer-kegs-50l/1058050690

#2 http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wildwood/miscellaneous-goods/keg-for-sale/1054486666

 

[DU99]

If the breweries are that worried about it they should contact e/bay and gumtree and make them aware that people who sell those kegs are selling stolen property.

 

[Yob]

Pretty sure it's not gumtree responsibility, impossible to police from their end, we as the community are more able to report.

 

[Fat Bastard]

If the big breweries gave a hoot, they'd make it easier to return found kegs. I've still got the Little Creatures keg I found on the roadside. That's despite the fact they have my address, phone number and a string of emails asking them to come and get it like they said they would. It's been a year or more now. I figure it's mine!

 

[manticle]

Might help if there weren't piles of them left out in the street outside nearly every pub in melbourne.

 

[StalkingWilbur]

Might help if there weren't piles of them left out in the street outside nearly every pub in melbourne.

Yeah. And if you ever leave your car unlocked in the street you deserve for people to steal your stuff from inside it.

 

[manticle]

I'm not saying people deserve it, mr sarcasm. However, if a high proportion of cars in car parks left unlocked got stolen, do you think people might consider changing their habits?

You want to limit thievery, start by limiting access.

 

[Flash_DG]

Yeah. And if you ever leave your car unlocked in the street you deserve for people to steal your stuff from inside it.

Not even the same thing. Now if he left all his stuff on the bonnet then it would be the same.

 

[StalkingWilbur]

Not even the same thing. Now if he left all his stuff on the bonnet then it would be the same.

So if I leave MY wallet on MY bonnet then I'm to blame for it being stolen?

 

[spog]

well if the breweries ever get serious and launch a dob in a keg relocator hotline,i am going to do some dobbing and get rich!
no,just joking.as FB said he still has the one he found and done the right thing yet had no positive outcome.
cheers...spog...

 

[StalkingWilbur]

I came into possession of a Matso's keg. Spoke to them on Facebook, they asked for address so someone could come pick it up. I dropped it off to a local bar instead. A carton got delivered to my door.

I don't think one story is justification for people not really caring. Especially the micros.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

If the big breweries gave a hoot, they'd make it easier to return found kegs. I've still got the Little Creatures keg I found on the roadside. That's despite the fact they have my address, phone number and a string of emails asking them to come and get it like they said they would. It's been a year or more now. I figure it's mine!

Send them one more email staing that as they have not made any effort to reclaim said keg that in 28 days you will be claiming it as your property

 

[Flash_DG]

So if I leave MY wallet on MY bonnet then I'm to blame for it being stolen?

You've entirely missed the point of Manticle's post

 

[DU99]

It's the micro's that do it hard,every cent goes into to what they do...if a keg goes missing it's something that comes of there pocket,where as mega guys write it off

 

[mfeighan]

if pubs got a rebate per keg returned say 10% they would care more about locking it up

 

[real_beer]

.......................... It's been a year or more now. I figure it's mine!

It is until you cut the top off & drill a few holes in it then you can bet within a week someome would suddenly turn up on your doorstep to pick it up :unsure: :lol:

 

[DU99]

they know who buy's from them..a deposit scheme might be in order

 

[manticle]

So if I leave MY wallet on MY bonnet then I'm to blame for it being stolen?

Read what was written. No-one said anything about blame or fault. Practicality is another matter. You should be able to leave a wallet full of cash on the street in the morning and pick it up in the evening (and if I found it, I would make every effort to return it to you) but if you did and it got stolen, would you deliberately leave another there again or rethink your security strategy?

 

[StalkingWilbur]

Yeah. Of course I would.

Okay, I've read what you've written without inferring anything that hasn't been said. So what do you mean that it would be easier if the kegs weren't outside pubs? Who should do something about it? What, if anyone, should they be doing and are they to blame for not doing it already?