Someone stole my computer

[Rakehellion]

D: D: D:

99% chance it was a roommate because nothing else is missing from the apartment.

 

[brianmanahan]

1. this is why i refuse to live with people
2. how are you ATOTing? public library?

 

[lxskllr]

That sucks. Could have been a stranger if the door was unlocked, and the machine clearly visible. In and out with reduced risk, and a decent pay off.

 

[Ichinisan]

Well, I'd make some analogy about leaving your car unlocked...but I won't.

 

[Naer]

Steal his girl

 

[MagickMan]

check the local pawn shops

 

[DigDog]

dont ask him if / why he did it. beat the shit out of him as soon as you see him then demand the return.
if he didnt take it, apologize. but make sure to go 1. beating 2. talking

dont let him go into a defensive "i didnt take it" mode.

remember .. beating first.

 

[SKORPI0]

check the local pawn shops

Or Craigslist.... ^_^

 

[Rakehellion]

That sucks. Could have been a stranger if the door was unlocked, and the machine clearly visible. In and out with reduced risk, and a decent pay off.

It was in my room. Nothing else was stolen from the house. Cell phones and such still lying around in plain view.

 

[Rakehellion]

Steal his girl

I'll fuck his mom.

 

[Rakehellion]

dont ask him if / why he did it. beat the shit out of him as soon as you see him then demand the return.
if he didnt take it, apologize. but make sure to go 1. beating 2. talking

dont let him go into a defensive "i didnt take it" mode.

remember .. beating first.

Exactly. Cops can't do shit.

 

[Rakehellion]

1. this is why i refuse to live with people
2. how are you ATOTing? public library?

I'm on my phone. Also I have several other computers around the house that weren't stolen so there's no way it was a burglar.

I usually post from my phone which is why I triple post like a mofo.

 

[ninaholic37]

How much did you pay for the computer? Just curious.

 

[HeXen]

Steal their laptops and sell them for cheap cash on the street, then shrug and say it must have been the same guy that stole yours.

For future reference you might look into hiding it. Create a false floor in your dresser drawer or something. Would be easy, just cut a 1/4 birch board precisely to your drawer. A 2 inch thick 1x2's for a lip around the edges and a finger hole underneath on the bottom of the actual floor so you basically can pull out the drawer, reach your finger under and poke it through the hole to pop up the false floor....kinda a annoying but so is having it stolen.

 

[Brainonska511]

That stinks. Even if you have renter's insurance, they might not cover such a theft. My policy has a specific exclusion for theft by people with access, like roommates.

 

[lxskllr]

Steal their laptops and sell them for cheap cash on the street, then shrug and say it must have been the same guy that stole yours.

Even better, root the machine, and enjoy payoffs for months to come ;^)

 

[WHAMPOM]

D: D: D:

99% chance it was a roommate because nothing else is missing from the apartment.

Quick, activate the GPS Anti-theft Device!

 

[Mayne]

Reminds me of the time I came home from the club with my girl roommates and realized we were robbed. Only thing stolen was a shitty ghetto blaster and my awesome bong. Was too high on acid and shrooms to care at that point...was depressing the next day.

 

[TheGardener]

Are you planning on moving or kicking your roommate out? Theft is a such a personal violation. Call the cops anyway. Will be a form of intimidation if your roommate did take it.

 

[BUTCH1]

That sucks, I'm assuming it was a lappy?

 

[CZroe]

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Karmic burn.

 

[Rakehellion]

How much did you pay for the computer? Just curious.

$2500

 

[CZroe]

$2500

Was it locked?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Quick, activate the GPS Anti-theft Device!

How smart is the roommate? You don't need an anti-theft GPS if he can be convinced it has one.

Wait til he's home, slip out, have a friend call the apartment posing as cop. Leave message that they have a signal on the anti-theft GPS and they'll be going to get it and pick up the perp within the next hour. If he has it, he'll try to dump it or move it ahead of the arrest. Follow him, hilarity ensues.

 

[CZroe]

How smart is the roommate? You don't need an anti-theft GPS if he can be convinced it has one.

Wait til he's home, slip out, have a friend call the apartment posing as cop. Leave message that they have a signal on the anti-theft GPS and they'll be going to get it and pick up the perp within the next hour. If he has it, he'll try to dump it or move it ahead of the arrest. Follow him, hilarity ensues.

Many years ago my brother's wallet fell out of his pants when he was hanging upside-down from a tree. He didn't notice or see it because it was after dark, so he went home and only realized it was missing the next morning. It was missing the money when he found it. The driver's license was removed and tossed on the ground, so the thief knew who it belonged to.

Our friend, who we trusted, had skipped school and was home, but he said that a certain person from the neighborhood had been banging on his door before the bus came... again (he did this pretty often). He ignored it at the time.

Because this annoying guy showed up there predictably, we made it appear to be a set-up that we video-recorded. We simply approached him with a blank tape in hand and pretended that we had already watched it and already knew that it was him. We convinced him by saying "...and don't even pretend that you didn't know who it belonged to! You looked right at that driver's license before tossing it away."

He returned $17 of the $20 on the spot (he had already spent some).