Braidyn McClelland just wants the scooters he got for Christmas back after they were taken from his grandmother's house in Blenheim, and swapped for a pair of rollerblades, which are too big for him.
Braidyn, 8, received a rip-stick and a razor scooter from his dad and Santa which were stowed away out of view behind a stack of chairs on the verandah in Weld St on Monday night. Grandmother Donna MacDonald noticed on Tuesday afternoon the scooters were missing and later found a pair of used black and gold Bauer FX rollerblades in her vegetable garden.
She did not know if the rollerblades were stolen and said nothing else was taken.
Braidyn missed his new scooters, especially as he had planned to use them for a drifting competition yesterday with his dad, she said.
"He's really gutted. He says `I miss my scooter, Nana, I just want to get outside and ride them'," she said.
Ms MacDonald remembered hearing noises outside the house early on Monday morning and regrets not investigating properly.
The security light was turned off because it shone directly into her bedroom window and was often set off by the cat, she said.
She reported the theft to the police, but said it was not high on their priority list.
The thief would have been "prowling around" the property because the vegetable garden, where she found the rollerblades, was at the back of the house, she said.
She had "spent a lot of petrol" driving around the streets looking for the scooters and was checking what children were riding on the streets, she said.
Parents would notice if their child got a new scooter and she hoped Braidyn's would eventually be returned, she said.
Poor trade: Braidyn McClelland's new scooters were taken on Monday night and a pair of used rollerblades too big for him were left in their place
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