Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India

prateekm · 2nd April 2011, 04:29

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Originally Posted by auto-one

As per the motoroids site, Mumbai police have busted the seven member gang of badge stealers.
The site states that the cops will return the logos to the public on a first come first served basis, since there is no way to determine whom they belong to.
Breaking: Badge stealers' gang of Mumbai busted!

Maybe they didn't get their hafta

Seriously, if they wanted to do something, arrest the mechanics who sell this fake logos. Everyone knows where they are being sold in Mumbai. Eradicate it from the roots only then you can stop this. You arrest 100 teenagers practicing this, another 100 will join the gang, but if the police arrest the sellers, maybe it would come to an end.

msprabhakar · 2nd April 2011, 07:22

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Originally Posted by auto-one

As per the motoroids site, Mumbai police have busted the seven member gang of badge stealers.
The site states that the cops will return the logos to the public on a first come first served basis, since there is no way to determine whom they belong to.
Breaking: Badge stealers' gang of Mumbai busted!

Thank you for this (somewhat) heartening news. I lost my VW Vento front logo at Vasai's Suruchi beach on Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at around noon. The sad part is, I even know who the culprits are, but was helpless.

I went with my family and dog in the car to Vasai beach. There was a lonely shop next to the beach and I parked my VW vento next to that. I returned in less than ½ hour to find the front logo stolen. When I took the photograph of a boy in a motorbike along with the shopkeeper, they got very aggressive and demanded that I erase the photograph, failing which they would not let my car go. My dog came to my rescue when he jumped out of the car and stared at them with a deep growl. Before letting go of my car, they challenged me to lodge a complaint at the local police station. When I went to the nearest policy chowky, to my surprise, the constable on duty refused to file an FIR stating that this is a very common problem and that they would try to retrieve the logo and let me know (which they never did till date).

dot · 2nd April 2011, 10:40

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Originally Posted by msprabhakar

The sad part is, I even know who the culprits are, but was helpless.

Seething with anger when I read this. What lawlessness.

dot · 8th April 2011, 22:11

No activity in the last seven days on this once active thread. Does it mean that the logo stealing epidemic is dying down? Furthermore, don't notice new cases of logo theft these days. Are my eyes cheating me? Can we usher in a new era of freedom?

jatinpatel · 8th April 2011, 22:45

@dot it might be the case that logo theft racket has gone down since All car manufacturers and OEMs have reduced the prices of New logos ridiculously which kills this racket instantly.

download2live · 8th April 2011, 23:43

^^ Is there any concrete news of Logo prices dropping? And if yes by how much? Any Skoda, VW owners?

Rock 'n' rollz · 8th April 2011, 23:48

I was charged INR 850 for Fiat pair.

msprabhakar · 9th April 2011, 05:52

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Originally Posted by download2live

^^ Is there any concrete news of Logo prices dropping? And if yes by how much? Any Skoda, VW owners?

I was charged about Rs 1,700 for (Vento's) front VW logo.

noopster · 9th April 2011, 07:48

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Originally Posted by dot

No activity in the last seven days on this once active thread. Does it mean that the logo stealing epidemic is dying down? Furthermore, don't notice new cases of logo theft these days. Are my eyes cheating me? Can we usher in a new era of freedom?

You dreamer you! The epidemic is by no means over. Every day I spot VWs, Skodas and recently even Hyundais with their logos ripped out.

On recent Aurangabad trip, was parked next to a silver Vento and the owners were apparently sympathising with my missing logos (I was inside having breakfast, friend told me) and actually wondering when their own ones would do the vanishing act.

Like msprabhakar reported, everyone incuding the cops knows who's doing this. It's just apathy and the thought that "it's just a cheap logo" that keeps this kind of thing perpetuating.

AkMar · 9th April 2011, 13:07

Yesterday I saw intracity Volvo of NMMT (Navi Mumbai municipal transport) with its front logo missing! I am wondering whether this too is a case of theft! What makes me think so is that everything else around the logo was intact, just the logo was missing.

mxx · 9th April 2011, 19:08

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Originally Posted by prateekm

Eradicate it from the roots only then you can stop this. You arrest 100 teenagers practicing this, another 100 will join the gang, but if the police arrest the sellers, maybe it would come to an end.

Instead of waiting for others to take action, if the stupid owners stop buying from these unauthorized sources, if will have more effect.

dot · 9th April 2011, 19:16

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Originally Posted by jatinpatel

@dot it might be the case that logo theft racket has gone down since All car manufacturers and OEMs have reduced the prices of New logos ridiculously which kills this racket instantly.

Are you sure about this. It is a very good news if all OEMs have reduced prices.

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Originally Posted by noopster

You dreamer you! The epidemic is by no means over. Every day I spot VWs, Skodas and recently even Hyundais with their logos ripped out.

Damn, my dreams are dashed.

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Originally Posted by AkMar

Yesterday I saw intracity Volvo of NMMT (Navi Mumbai municipal transport) with its front logo missing! I am wondering whether this too is a case of theft! What makes me think so is that everything else around the logo was intact, just the logo was missing.

Quite possible that the Volvo logo occupies a rare and prized position in some boy's collection.

noopster · 10th April 2011, 18:54

that is easy to do, right? blame the victim!

i dont buy any logos from chor bazaar and nor do a lot of affected owners on this thread. please don't insult us by calling us stupid, thanks!

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Originally Posted by mxx

Instead of waiting for others to take action, if the stupid owners stop buying from these unauthorized sources, if will have more effect.

ajay_satpute · 14th April 2011, 14:42

Damn! This logo stealing is no longer restricted to any particular brand.

Yesterday I saw a spanking new white Jaguar in Baner with front logo stolen.

From Jaguars, BMWs to Hyundais, Fiats with VW and Skoda as most affected brands. This has got to stop somewhere and soon enough.

Xehaust · 14th April 2011, 17:52

Someone tried to rip the rear three pointed star from the C. Thankfully, the front has the Sports grill instead of the logo ornament.
The rear logo broke but did not come off completely. Even though it looks crappy for the time being with a half broken logo, im extremely happy it broke rather than come off

View Poll Results: Would do/would you do if your car fell prey?
Get new parts from an authorized source,everytime.	217	37.22%
Hit the grey market/chor bazaar, everytime.	65	11.15%
Use an authorized source the first time, got fed up the second time and gave in to an unoffical source.	173	29.67%
I dont care, just let the parts remain off.	128	21.96%
Voters: 583. You may not vote on this poll

8th April 2011, 22:11	#499
dot Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ban Chang Posts: 1,681 Thanked: 732 Times	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India No activity in the last seven days on this once active thread. Does it mean that the logo stealing epidemic is dying down? Furthermore, don't notice new cases of logo theft these days. Are my eyes cheating me? Can we usher in a new era of freedom?
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8th April 2011, 22:45	#500
jatinpatel BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mumbai Posts: 610 Thanked: 196 Times View My Garage	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India @dot it might be the case that logo theft racket has gone down since All car manufacturers and OEMs have reduced the prices of New logos ridiculously which kills this racket instantly.
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8th April 2011, 23:43	#501
download2live Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: - Posts: 1,147 Thanked: 1,144 Times	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India ^^ Is there any concrete news of Logo prices dropping? And if yes by how much? Any Skoda, VW owners?
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8th April 2011, 23:48	#502
Rock 'n' rollz BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 287 Thanked: 21 Times	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India I was charged INR 850 for Fiat pair.
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9th April 2011, 13:07	#505
AkMar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,183 Thanked: 2,604 Times	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India Yesterday I saw intracity Volvo of NMMT (Navi Mumbai municipal transport) with its front logo missing! I am wondering whether this too is a case of theft! What makes me think so is that everything else around the logo was intact, just the logo was missing.
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14th April 2011, 14:42	#509
ajay_satpute Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pune Posts: 1,955 Thanked: 1,704 Times View My Garage	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India Damn! This logo stealing is no longer restricted to any particular brand. Yesterday I saw a spanking new white Jaguar in Baner with front logo stolen. From Jaguars, BMWs to Hyundais, Fiats with VW and Skoda as most affected brands. This has got to stop somewhere and soon enough.
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14th April 2011, 17:52	#510
Xehaust BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 846 Thanked: 81 Times View My Garage	Re: Car logo theft / monograms stolen in India Someone tried to rip the rear three pointed star from the C. Thankfully, the front has the Sports grill instead of the logo ornament. The rear logo broke but did not come off completely. Even though it looks crappy for the time being with a half broken logo, im extremely happy it broke rather than come off Last edited by Xehaust : 14th April 2011 at 17:53.
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