*update, Im going to confront the neighbors..need suggestions..........**Box stolen out of mailbox by neighbors!

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KokomoGST

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Originally posted by: huesmann
Mail yourself a mailbomb. Don't pick it up from the mailbox, just leave it there for the kids to steal.

'nuff said.

Mail yourself some fresh manure and label it something like "Ipods" or the prementioned "DVD+/-RW"... combine with mailbomb.
Enjoy it when $hit happens. :D
 

I was thinking about leaving a priority box(since i have alot from the post office lying around) in there with "Pirate Treasure" and stuff written on it and have have a balloon filled with ink taped to the box so when its opened ink will go everywhere. Then when im leaving for school and they are at the bus stop covered it ink, ill get my satisfaction.
 

Adrock2001

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Okay, I was the one who sold the HDDs to Phocus. I sent the drives in a CD-RW box that someone sent another HDD to me in. I didn't write anything on the outside.

I taped a BIG label on the outside of the box (half a sheet of paper with my and his addresses on it). The box was for a Samsung CD-RW drive, like THIS ONE!!

If it wasn't that box, then it was a box for a Mad Dog 56X CD-ROM drive. I believe that's correct. Same label setup.

This really sucks man... I hope you get the little fvcktards!!! I would beat them within an inch of their lives and deny I touched them when the police came by. Gloves allow you to do that. ;)

If there's ANYTHING else I can do, PLEASE let me know!!! You hooked me up so well on the drives that I'd like to help anyway I can. From now on, I'll take pictures of all of the packages I send out so that I can cover my buyers. :( This is stupid... Sorry man...
 

sxr7171

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Originally posted by: Phocas
It's a wierd situation, we live in a nice neighborhood (we have the nicest house, worth almost a million while they live in a $110k house). The kids dad (the kids are like 8 and 11) has gone to jail for beating up a guy while roadraging. Im a skinny punk and i have a wife and a kid..... WTF this sucks...

A good neighborhood isn't designed to have that kind of disparity in home values. It's kind of sad, but there's something wrong with that kind of disparity. I feel like a snobby a$$hole saying that, but your situation show why this kind of separation helps.
 

d33pt

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good luck in getting this resolved. i was the one that bought your old mp3 car deck and it was a pleasure dealing with you. deck works great btw.. makes my commute much nicer.

sometimes there's not a whole lot you can do in these situations....
 

FriedToast

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Bump for a bummer of a deal :(

Hope you nail 'em.

The Priority box w/ a "surprise" sounds like a great idea.
 

AnyMal

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Originally posted by: Phocas
I was thinking about leaving a priority box(since i have alot from the post office lying around) in there with "Pirate Treasure" and stuff written on it and have have a balloon filled with ink taped to the box so when its opened ink will go everywhere. Then when im leaving for school and they are at the bus stop covered it ink, ill get my satisfaction.
<Mr Burns> Excellent! </Mr Burns>
 

Originally posted by: Adrock2001
Okay, I was the one who sold the HDDs to Phocus. I sent the drives in a CD-RW box that someone sent another HDD to me in. I didn't write anything on the outside.

I taped a BIG label on the outside of the box (half a sheet of paper with my and his addresses on it). The box was for a Samsung CD-RW drive, like THIS ONE!!

If it wasn't that box, then it was a box for a Mad Dog 56X CD-ROM drive. I believe that's correct. Same label setup.

This really sucks man... I hope you get the little fvcktards!!! I would beat them within an inch of their lives and deny I touched them when the police came by. Gloves allow you to do that. ;)

If there's ANYTHING else I can do, PLEASE let me know!!! You hooked me up so well on the drives that I'd like to help anyway I can. From now on, I'll take pictures of all of the packages I send out so that I can cover my buyers. :( This is stupid... Sorry man...

What was written on the box had nothing to do wiht it.I will be calling the postmaster when i get the cobwebs out of my eyes.
I will be talking to them as to the next step i will be taking, this will not go unpunished.
 

BigJelly

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Originally posted by: huesmann
Mail yourself a mailbomb. Don't pick it up from the mailbox, just leave it there for the kids to steal.

'nuff said.

i was thinking that too
 

Nitemare

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Car battery + copper wire + gator clip + Priority mail box in a metal mailbox...

I love the smell of toasty urine soaked punks in the morning *


*just a wild fantasy not an actual suggestion
 

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Car battery + copper wire + gator clip + Priority mail box in a metal mailbox...

I love the smell of toasty urine soaked punks in the morning *


*just a wild fantasy not an actual suggestion

Thats the best one i heard so far lmao.
What if the mailman gets there first :Q
 

Well i talked to the local postmaster and they told me i was out of luck since i dont have proof. I am thinking of heading over to the neighbors calmly and asking for the package.
Thing is, I just talked to a neighbor today and he had court today for an assault charge.....Good freakin gravy.....
Im thinking maybe i should go over when the wife is alone over there since she seems nice....
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Phocas
Well i talked to the local postmaster and they told me i was out of luck since i dont have proof. I am thinking of heading over to the neighbors calmly and asking for the package.
Thing is, I just talked to a neighbor today and he had court today for an assault charge.....Good freakin gravy.....
Im thinking maybe i should go over when the wife is alone over there since she seems nice....
Yes, do that.. talk to the wife.
 

neovan

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Originally posted by: Phocas
Well i talked to the local postmaster and they told me i was out of luck since i dont have proof. I am thinking of heading over to the neighbors calmly and asking for the package.
Thing is, I just talked to a neighbor today and he had court today for an assault charge.....Good freakin gravy.....
Im thinking maybe i should go over when the wife is alone over there since she seems nice....

you'll be dead after he finds you alone with his wife. please leave us your next of kin before you head over there. btw...good luck.
 

iamme

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Originally posted by: Phocas
he had court today for an assault charge.....

didn't he also get in trouble for a road rage fight?

i'd proceed with caution.....maybe with a friend or two just in case.
 

AbsolutDealage

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I would definately do the balloon/ink deal. Sounds like a winner.

Just make sure to get some super-permanent industrial ink that won't wash off for a couple of days. (Try these, and bust them open to drain the ink. That crap never comes off)
 

Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: Phocas
he had court today for an assault charge.....

didn't he also get in trouble for a road rage fight?

i'd proceed with caution.....maybe with a friend or two just in case.

I am so fvckin pissed of since it seems like there is nothing i can do. Im 6'1" and 160 lbs. Im not a big guy, just a geek surfer. I am really leaning toward setting these little bastards up by baiting them. Its pretty sad that the cops and post master wont/cant do anything when we know who it is.
 

Amused

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Time to buy a post office approved locking mailbox and move on. It seems there is nothing else you can legally do.
 

YellowRose

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If the post office says there is no proof then set up your own sting operation. Set up the video camera to provide your proof.
Then send yourself something in another cd-rw box . If they are dumb enough to do it once they will do it again.
If they do do it and its recorded then go to the police, post office,and fbi. Give them copies of the tape and keep a copy for your self.
 

shimsham

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just let it go. why stir up trouble that may continue after you leave? would be disrespectful to her folks.
 

boardsportsrule

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good luck man, that sucks....confront em and rig up a video tape...no ink or anything they could sue you, and judging from what u have said they aren't the freindliest people....make sure it's not ovbiousyou put the ox in there tho...GL!!!
 

iamme

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Originally posted by: shimsham
just let it go. why stir up trouble that may continue after you leave? would be disrespectful to her folks.

good point. forgot your living with your in-laws. talk to them first.
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: Grouchyoldguy
You live in a million dollar house with an empty wallet on the front porch that was stolen so you went over there and confronted them and they gave it back. Now you're afraid to go after $60 worth of hard drives. Not thread crapping exactly but it doesn't make sense.

How about reading the thread before you start yapping.
 

MrDudeMan

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Originally posted by: iamme
Originally posted by: shimsham
just let it go. why stir up trouble that may continue after you leave? would be disrespectful to her folks.

good point. forgot your living with your in-laws. talk to them first.

i triple this notion
 

Walleye

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alright.. here's what you do. you set up the package you're mailing yourself with a plastic bag inside and industrial double stick tape that will rip apart a sealed plastic bag inside. concealed within is the plastic bag, filled with a bottle or 2 of fountain pen ink. (how you get this inside a sealed bag, is a problem i leave to you.) on the bottom of the box is some sheet metal to give it weight.

when you mail it to yourself, hopefully they wont break it in transit, but the idiots will steal it, and end up covered in ink.

set up X-10 or equivalent camera to catch them in the act :)