immobilise.com

alanwsg

Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on https://www.immobilise.com/index.php, a national property register that's accessed by the police whenever they recover stolen goods.

Looks like quite a good idea, but there's the obvious concern of security, it'd be quite a pot of gold for a thief to have access to it.

InsideInsurance

It depends if you believe if the police have anything to do with the site or not. Though at least a couple of the stories do check out with the police websites mentioning the site by name - not that its that hard to get this sort of thing done.

The use of such registers is fully dependent on how much they are used. If no one is bother to check them then it becomes useless. Do the police really search this everytime they find a diamond ring? Is it open to pawnbrokers etc to check too?

I havent bothered registering to find what level of details it takes but I would be dubious of its value for anything without a serial number and especially if it isnt mandated that all those in the possible chain of stolen goods have to use it

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alanwsg wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on https://www.immobilise.com/index.php, a national property register that's accessed by the police whenever they recover stolen goods.

Looks like quite a good idea, but there's the obvious concern of security, it'd be quite a pot of gold for a thief to have access to it.

I have almost all of my possessions listed on the site. Not had reason to report anything missing through it yet, but good to know I have photographic evidence of some expensive items that can be used to track them down or prove ownership to the insurance company.

InsideInsurance wrote: »

It depends if you believe if the police have anything to do with the site or not.

The use of such registers is fully dependent on how much they are used. If no one is bother to check them then it becomes useless. Do the police really search this everytime they find a diamond ring? Is it open to pawnbrokers etc to check too?

It feeds into services they both use.

I havent bothered registering to find what level of details it takes but I would be dubious of its value for anything without a serial number and especially if it isnt mandated that all those in the possible chain of stolen goods have to use it

Items that don't have a serial number can be catalogued with whatever unique identifier you have given them, e.g. Microdot etc..

You can add whatever unique identifier you have for the item, e.g. Microdot etc..

InsideInsurance

anewhope wrote: »

Items that don't have a serial number can be catalogued with whatever unique identifier you have given them, e.g. Microdot etc..

You can add whatever unique identifier you have for the item, e.g. Microdot etc..

Which is really them selling their other products (which is how they generate revenue).

Wonder how many people have actually in any way marked all their jewelry? If you looked on the site how may 1/2 carat solitaire diamond rings are listed with no other identifying characteristics? The police raid a pawnbrokers on suspicion of handling stolen goods, how do they use this site to find the owner of an unmarked generic ring?

I dont see any significant harm in listing info on it as it does appear to be an established company rather than people who are going to use it to find good houses to burgle but I am not greatly convinced of its use.

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InsideInsurance wrote: »

Which is really them selling their other products (which is how they generate revenue).

They do have a shop selling a range of security products, but not Microdot nor does the service restrict any other offerings.

Wonder how many people have actually in any way marked all their jewelry? If you looked on the site how may 1/2 carat solitaire diamond rings are listed with no other identifying characteristics? The police raid a pawnbrokers on suspicion of handling stolen goods, how do they use this site to find the owner of an unmarked generic ring?

Other than pictures of it? Not sure, but the site even gives guidance on how to protectively mark jewellery to benefit from the system. If an item isn't marked then it isn't going to be easy to locate, but that's not the intention of this..

nitra

It depends what your registering but I know for a fact that they aren't as widely used as they would like to suggest.