The pikeys were conspicuous by their absence this year, so I think that YES it probably is people within "our community" that are doing the stealing, you have to remember that in the midsts of 10,000 odd people there will be the bad apple/s, these do not worry about our working hard to buy what we need or want for our hobby, they are like parasites and the War and Peace show is like a microcosism of society nowadays.
God I am sounding old