Having thieves in your neighborhood suck

[dquan97]

Parked in my condo's outdoor lot overnight and my wife woke me up at 6 this morning to tell me that someone smashed the driver side window and stole my tomtom one and my backpack for school. Even more unfortunate is that I had a laptop (dell m1330) in there The black backpack was partially hidden in the dark upholstery, but it was taken anyway. They left a black jacket in the driver's seat...probably to muffle the sound of glass breaking. Sheriff deputy took down a report and said finding it is a long shot.

'88 camry stationwagon

I'll be on the lookout on CL for a laptop fitting the specs...isgust;

 

[Terabyte]

why did you leave your stuff in there...

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Terabyte
why did you leave your stuff in there...

Left it in the car after coming home from class. I know...

 

[Mokmo418]

I see 2 things wrong here

-the tomtom: i sincerily hope it was not on its support
-the laptop: you left something worth as much, probably more than the car in it ?

I hope you get your lesson. This probably messes up your semester if most of your notes were in there, i hope you had good backup.

 

[Casawi]

that sucks. Don't you have an alarm, or just didn't hear it?

I am glad I live somehwhere pretty safe IMO.

 

[Captante]

Left in car = left sitting on the sidewalk.

Totally sucks that you got ripped off but I'm not a bit surprised ... never leave anything valuable in a car, even if its out of sight.

 

[Leros]

GPS units are big signs saying "break into this car!".

 

[BabaBooey]

At least they left the car,I have had 2 vehicles stolen in as many years...:|


Thank god for the insurance man...:beer:

 

[OS]

thieves are f-cking bullsh-t, but even when they are caught, the system just slaps them on the wrist and gives them probation. Until the system starts handing out real penalties, it'll keep happening.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: OS

thieves are f-cking bullsh-t, but even when they are caught, the system just slaps them on the wrist and gives them probation. Until the system starts handing out real penalties, it'll keep happening.

I TOTALLY agree. I've had my car broken into twice and stolen once, and I've known plenty of other people who've had their cars broken into. The kicker was some guy who had his car stolen by a gang with a bunch of minors in it...some guy called the cops because they were trying to strip it in an alley, they fingerprinted it and KNEW WHO HAD STOLEN THE CAR, and even with five names they couldn't do more than a month of jail for the only guy above 18. You start to gather that the cops just don't care...

 

[S Freud]

I had my car broken into about a year ago, my backpack was also stolen containing all of my school stuff. Lesson learned is I don't leave anything of value in my car that can be easily seen by looking in the window.

 

[OS]

yeah the system reflects on the cops also. Why the hell should the police bend over backwards to catch minor criminals if the system just slaps them and puts them out again. The juvenile system in particular is the worst for wrist slaps.

when my car was stolen, i was talking to an officer, they were like some people were also caught joyriding as passengers in your car, they'll probably just get probation, do it again, get caught, get more probation.

I talked to alot of people in the system afterward and there are alot of disillusioned people in the justice system. One probation officer was like, yeah i have this kid who raped another kid, they just gave him a couple months in juvenile hall and then probation, she was like i do not go home feeling good everyday.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: S Freud
I had my car broken into about a year ago, my backpack was also stolen containing all of my school stuff. Lesson learned is I don't leave anything of value in my car that can be easily seen by looking in the window.

In order for you insurance to cover you, I'm pretty sure that things of value can only be placed in the trunk and maybe locked in the glove compartment. Anything left loose in the car is probably not covered under a theft-insurance policy. The lesson: either leave valuables in the trunk (so there is no question that it is out of sight) or take them with you.

 

[OS]

my auto policy had a $200 "personal items" limit, it was obviously maxed out real fast.

 

[Shortcut]

Originally posted by: dquan97
Parked in my condo's outdoor lot overnight and my wife woke me up at 6 this morning to tell me that someone smashed the driver side window and stole my tomtom one and my backpack for school. Even more unfortunate is that I had a laptop (dell m1330) in there The black backpack was partially hidden in the dark upholstery, but it was taken anyway. They left a black jacket in the driver's seat...probably to muffle the sound of glass breaking. Sheriff deputy took down a report and said finding it is a long shot.

'88 camry stationwagon

I'll be on the lookout on CL for a laptop fitting the specs...isgust;

That's one expensive lesson to learn, but it's one you'll definitely remember.

 

[Nebor]

That really sucks. In most areas, you could stop someone like that yourself. If you tried to do so in Sacramento, you'd end up being the one behind bars. It's a hell of a city, where some scumbag has more of a right to break into your car than you do to stop him.

 

[Throwmeabone]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: S Freud
I had my car broken into about a year ago, my backpack was also stolen containing all of my school stuff. Lesson learned is I don't leave anything of value in my car that can be easily seen by looking in the window.

In order for you insurance to cover you, I'm pretty sure that things of value can only be placed in the trunk and maybe locked in the glove compartment. Anything left loose in the car is probably not covered under a theft-insurance policy. The lesson: either leave valuables in the trunk (so there is no question that it is out of sight) or take them with you.

Do insurance companies consider thieves unable to pull the lever that opens the trunk?

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: Throwmeabone

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: S Freud
I had my car broken into about a year ago, my backpack was also stolen containing all of my school stuff. Lesson learned is I don't leave anything of value in my car that can be easily seen by looking in the window.

In order for you insurance to cover you, I'm pretty sure that things of value can only be placed in the trunk and maybe locked in the glove compartment. Anything left loose in the car is probably not covered under a theft-insurance policy. The lesson: either leave valuables in the trunk (so there is no question that it is out of sight) or take them with you.

Do insurance companies consider thieves unable to pull the lever that opens the trunk?

You can lock the trunk release lever with makes the trunk inaccessible without the key.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: ColdFusion718

Originally posted by: Throwmeabone

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: S Freud
I had my car broken into about a year ago, my backpack was also stolen containing all of my school stuff. Lesson learned is I don't leave anything of value in my car that can be easily seen by looking in the window.

In order for you insurance to cover you, I'm pretty sure that things of value can only be placed in the trunk and maybe locked in the glove compartment. Anything left loose in the car is probably not covered under a theft-insurance policy. The lesson: either leave valuables in the trunk (so there is no question that it is out of sight) or take them with you.

Do insurance companies consider thieves unable to pull the lever that opens the trunk?

You can lock the trunk release lever with makes the trunk inaccessible without the key.

Depends on the car... can't do that on mine, nor any I've ever owned.

 

[rhino56]

i like having thieves around, they are like prey without consequences. everyone understands when you defend yourself

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: Nebor
That really sucks. In most areas, you could stop someone like that yourself. If you tried to do so in Sacramento, you'd end up being the one behind bars. It's a hell of a city, where some scumbag has more of a right to break into your car than you do to stop him.

it's a trend....can't stop shoplifters either......and even if they are caught, like said above, there really isn't adequate punishment....the return exceeds the risk by far

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Terabyte
why did you leave your stuff in there...

exactly...especially when one sells so much hardware.


To those saying cops don't care...it's not that they don't care it's just that the people that vote say kids are kids so most pro's have a kid to the B&E. Kid gets caught, kid gets let go because he didn't know better. Gang/criminals profit.

They are having 14-15 yo's do the shootings now for this reason.