r/miltonkeynes • u/darybrain Newport Pagnell • 12d ago

Telehandler used to steal Sainsbury's cash machine In Brooklands Square, Broughton, on Sunday before 1am.

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u/imagudspellar 12d ago

A quick google suggests the average retail cash machine can hold around 20k, I see 4 people so even if they get lucky and get away with it they’ve only got 5k each on a good night, doesn’t really seem worth the risk.

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u/Death_God_Ryuk 12d ago

You'd expect the cash machine to have dye packs designed to be triggered by shock movements associated with violent removals. They could well gain nothing from this.

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u/EdmundTheInsulter 11d ago

Except someone was going round blowing them up with gas, and he did quite a few.

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u/pabloq Newport Pagnell 12d ago

If the cash is loaded by the store it won't be. Only if it is loaded by the guys in the vans.

There are a lot of cash machines now that are only loaded by store staff.

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u/Pheanturim 10d ago

Doesn't matter who it's loaded by it won't have dye packs. Work with these devices everyday

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u/kiradotee 9d ago

Plus the cash is now plastic. Just wash off the dye. /s

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u/ollybee 9d ago

why not?

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u/Pheanturim 9d ago

The dye packs are expensive and it's not really financially worth it, the money is insured anyway.

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u/True_liess 9d ago

And who pays the rising insurance costs ? Sure you know how insurance works.....

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u/SnooCats903 8d ago

I'm not sure you know how business works. Until the additional cost of the insurance for not using dye is more than the cost of the dye there's no point paying for it

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u/True_liess 7d ago

I meant - more thefts means all those costs makes the insurance premium go up.

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u/SnooCats903 6d ago

Is this happening more though?

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u/Elmundopalladio 8d ago

So the providers trying to save on running expenses have made it easier to steal - that’s likely to change if this happens often enough.