Holy @#!! I've just been robbed :(

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minendo

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Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: acemcmac
lol.... who steals a game cube?!?! ;)

on a more serious note... srry to hear about all of that :(

that really sucks...

Someone who TRIED to steal my XBOX but left it after they realized that the HD Pack was tangled up and the case was taken apart (XBOX split in two. Good place to look for fingerprints)

I hope you realize that they are not going to fingerprint anything. They will take a report and that is it.

Sorry to hear about your loss.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Mo0o
It's a sign from god that you really shouldn't have bought the gamecube

Do you have any idea how BOOOOORING the XBOX is? Besides, I own one of those too. They just couldn't take it because it wasn't screwed back together after my latest upgrade. They certainly tried to... It was in two pieces :(

What was taken doesn't at all reflect my taste in games. They only took modern stuff that may be worth something at a pawn shop... Not realizing that I have valuable Japanese imports and rare Genesis and SNES collections. They left the $380 sealed in-box imported Sattellaview and as well as the Super Famicom! Two $318 Dr. V64jr 512mbit was left right there next to the N64 with a standard Dr. V64 256mbit underneath. I THINK they took a boxed copy of Paper Mario Story, but I have a second with the box and manual stored elsewhere.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: acemcmac
lol.... who steals a game cube?!?! ;)

on a more serious note... srry to hear about all of that :(

that really sucks...

Someone who TRIED to steal my XBOX but left it after they realized that the HD Pack was tangled up and the case was taken apart (XBOX split in two. Good place to look for fingerprints)

I hope you realize that they are not going to fingerprint anything. They will take a report and that is it.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Actually, when we know who to suspect... They will. They'd better. They told us not to touch anything until the investigator arrives tomorrow.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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I didn't even know there was a such thing as renter's insurance. Certainly never had it offered or mentioned to me. Thought you had to own a home to get theft coverage :(

Could the landlord's insurance policy cover it considering that I live in her home? Not even sure if she has one though :(
 

rh71

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sorry to hear about it... but they're only games. I know there's a lot, but it's better than getting a laptop or the like jacked... with your personal info and all...
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: rh71
sorry to hear about it... but they're only games. I know there's a lot, but it's better than getting a laptop or the like jacked... with your personal info and all...

WHAT?! Are you crazy? NO. It is NOT better.

I had my laptop at work and I'd rather have it stolen instead three times over. It's not worth nearly as much and I'd never leave personal data on the laptop (Or any computer for that matter). All usernames are "Anonymous" "Anon" and other derivatives. Nothing which can be abused is ever stored, encrypted, plain text or otherwise. Plus, a laptop can be replaced with ANY similarly spec'ed system. A collection can only be replaced by buying the same exact items all over again. Have you ever heard of a laptop collector?! Anyone with an obsession or passion for *laptop computers only*?! I would have rather had them take my 820GB RAID5 fileserver in the next room (SWEAR TO GOD) but they didn't. It's worth far less sentimentally and financially.

They took thousands of dollars worth of games and hardware (I've counted over $3,500 so far). Much of it is not easily replaced. ALL of it was purchased and obtained new.
 

rh71

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I've been robbed before. They took a brand new laptop and a camera I loved. Over $2500 worth of stuff.

Chill. It's just material stuff. You'll calm down after a few days. The only reason I feel bad for you is because you didn't have renter's insurance... not because of some collection. Hope you find out who it is.

Suspect someone you know or knows you if they came just during the hours that someone is usually not home. Our thief came within a 2 hour window also. At least they didn't hurt our dog.
 

RobCur

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it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. also does she lock the door at all time? but still there is less likely that anyone come into your home without knocking unless you know alot of people that want to steal from you like complete strangers. 12 to 12 right? hmm, you are gone for a long time lol and who would sleep more then 12 hours a day? certainly not me or anyone that I know of.
btw, does she have a job? does any illegal drug? if no job and does illegal drug, then you can be sure that you can bet your money on her.
i feel for you but you are also at fault for not locking your door because you cannot trust anyone that is not your family, she is a complete stranger like anyone else.
when you say mental, so she has learning disability and is legally receiving funds, food stamps from the government?
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: RobCur
it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. .. ?
good advice, if the thief went to an upper floor to steal games instead of looting the downstairs it does sound like an "inside job."

It might be worth snapping a pic of the daughter, then hitting the local game stores and pawn shops to see if anyone brought in a collection that was similar to yours.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: RobCur
it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. also does she lock the door at all time? but still there is less likely that anyone come into your home without knocking unless you know alot of people that want to steal from you like complete strangers. 12 to 12 right? hmm, you are gone for a long time lol and who would sleep more then 12 hours a day? certainly not me or anyone that I know of.
btw, does she have a job? does any illegal drug? if no job and does illegal drug, then you can be sure that you can bet your money on her.
i feel for you but you are also at fault for not locking your door because you cannot trust anyone that is not your family, she is a complete stranger like anyone else.
when you say mental, so she has learning disability and is legally receiving funds, food stamps from the government?

She's "Mental" as in she is receiveing "help" for being a psycho, not for having downs syndrom, autism or anything else. Mostly behavioral problems probably related to drug use. She's certainly under restrictions that would detect drug use considering that she will be going to jail soon and was already on probation, but someone in a red Saturn arrived shortly after my brother got home and was seen with a bag of pot. No doubt, paid for by my stuuf :|

You see, I believe we saw that car another time when we came home... And discovered that someone was in our room. We parked behind it, but paid no attention because we figured it was one of the family member's cars (It's not uncommon to see 6 or more cars there because of my brother and I and their family's cars.). We smelled cigarette smoke in our room when neither my brother nor any of our friends smoke. We found the back door open and when we looked outside the red car was gone. The PC was on and not in sleep mode but there was no recent file access or browsing history and no one had erased the browser history (meaning that someone had simply bumped the mouse). The landlady brushed it off saying that the smoke was probably from her chain-smoking daughter in the basement simply filtering upstairs. I told her it was not and had never smelled at all, and certainly not that strongly then suggested that perhaps someone just had to use the bathroom (My friends keep using theirs :roll: ). She didn't contest. Anyway, the person in the red car had a bag of pot. Almost certainly, the daughter was not asleep and they simply decided to sell my stuff for pot regardless of whether she would get caught violating parole or whatever. Perhaps it was just for him but no doubt, she was in on it. One would have to walk right past her sleeping in the living room to go up the stairs to my place as I do every night and someone who was not invited or allowed in would probably not be so bold. Not unless they had weapons and planned on cleaing the place out. Which they certainly did not do. They left controllers and required components left and right. Also, they ignored heavy items (PCs, HDTV, etc).

They never gave me a key to the house and never lock their own doors. My rooms upstairs do not have locks. It was impossible for me to lock ANYTHING. Is there some law that require a landlord to have functioning locks? Like plumbing? Please say yes :(

I work Wednesday (8H), Friday (8H), Saturday (12H) and Sunday (12H). Wednesday is the only day that both my twin brother and I work. My brother was only gone between maybe 5p and 7p so the landlady's daughter did not have to be asleep for 12hrs, only a little more than 2hrs. It wos not someone that knew my schedule but was someone who knew I was gone.

The landlady is still in the hospital. I don't know if she has homeowners insurance for theft but even if she did, would it cover this? Technically, I am living with her. If she wants to claim otherwise, I'd like to be able to show that the landlord is responsible. I always lock everything possible and have been very scared that just such a thing would happen without locks.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: RobCur
it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. .. ?
good advice, if the thief went to an upper floor to steal games instead of looting the downstairs it does sound like an "inside job."

It might be worth snapping a pic of the daughter, then hitting the local game stores and pawn shops to see if anyone brought in a collection that was similar to yours.

I dunno. Legally, a pawn shop would be forced to give up merchandise known to be stolen. They'd probably play dumb and avoid putting it out for a few months if they so much as suspected such. That may fare well at the game trade in shops as you suggest. Thanks!
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: RobCur
it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. .. ?
good advice, if the thief went to an upper floor to steal games instead of looting the downstairs it does sound like an "inside job."

It might be worth snapping a pic of the daughter, then hitting the local game stores and pawn shops to see if anyone brought in a collection that was similar to yours.

I dunno. Legally, a pawn shop would be forced to give up merchandise known to be stolen. They'd probably play dumb and avoid putting it out for a few months if they so much as suspected such. That may fare well at the game trade in shops as you suggest. Thanks!
Most people are pretty genuine in spontaneous situations.

If you find a picture of her that has a good likeness, and bring it in, most people will just tell you if they honestly have or haven't seen the person.
 

VTEC01EX

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Landlords are required to maintain functional locks... but it sounds like they were functional, just not used. Sorry about your loss :(
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: CZroe
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: RobCur
it could be the daughter if she is desperately in need of money, you say she took money out of her mom's atm? that is a possibility that she is a thief. .. ?
good advice, if the thief went to an upper floor to steal games instead of looting the downstairs it does sound like an "inside job."

It might be worth snapping a pic of the daughter, then hitting the local game stores and pawn shops to see if anyone brought in a collection that was similar to yours.

I dunno. Legally, a pawn shop would be forced to give up merchandise known to be stolen. They'd probably play dumb and avoid putting it out for a few months if they so much as suspected such. That may fare well at the game trade in shops as you suggest. Thanks!
Most people are pretty genuine in spontaneous situations.

If you find a picture of her that has a good likeness, and bring it in, most people will just tell you if they honestly have or haven't seen the person.

I do believe she had a friend do it. That's what she did with her mother's ATM card. She was home when we got home and someone else arrived with pot in a bag later. I'm almost sure that she sent him off to trade it for pot or pot money somewhere. :( Sure enough, he was gone when the cops got there and my friend couldn't read his plate.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: VTEC01EX
Landlords are required to maintain functional locks... but it sounds like they were functional, just not used. Sorry about your loss :(

Not quite. I may have a chance here... If I don't have a key, they are certainly not functional for me ;) Not only that, but the front door has been damaged the past few weeks. It has been impossible to close right but someone hammered it a little so now it latches but only if you pull from the inside. Also, considering that one of them was home when we left, the doors should not have been required to be locked by anyone but that person.

Time-sensitive question from my brother: Does anyone know how to use or if there is something like AIMsniff for Windows?
 

RobCur

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ebay? that is only if she has a computer and is selling stuff on the internet so I doubt it. well you know people who are on crack, pots etc will do anything for money even if it means robbing someone else.
it is the their addiction that needs to be dealth with through rehabitation like mental hospital. what i mean is that you can place a lock on the door into your room, you have that right. its really simple, you can do this for future prevention. don't think you can get the pawnshop to give back all your stuff without paying them any $$$ because it's not their fault. you can ask for proof that landlord's daughter did sell your stuff which is enough to convict her or make them pay/buy back all your stuff. this will be a tough one because they will ask you "why didn't you lock the door?", their only excuses. mental daughter? that sounds pretty scary imho. I would lock myself in a room at all time afraid she would do something really crazy like in your case.
 

CZroe

Lifer
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Originally posted by: RobCur
ebay? that is only if she has a computer and is selling stuff on the internet so I doubt it. well you know people who are on crack, pots etc will do anything for money even if it means robbing someone else.
it is the their addiction that needs to be dealth with through rehabitation like mental hospital. what i mean is that you can place a lock on the door into your room, you have that right. its really simple, you can do this for future prevention. don't think you can get the pawnshop to give back all your stuff without paying them any $$$ because it's not their fault. you can ask for proof that landlord's daughter did sell your stuff which is enough to convict her or make them pay/buy back all your stuff. this will be a tough one because they will ask you "why didn't you lock the door?", their only excuses. mental daughter? that sounds pretty scary imho. I would lock myself in a room at all time afraid she would do something really crazy like in your case.

The ladlord freaked out and said I couldn't put up shelves or pegboard or do anything to her walls. I assume that means the door too. Plus, if the landlord is responsible for providing me with functional locks, then I should've made them do it but at least they can be held responsible.