Well my friday sucked!!!

[Finnster]

Someone smashed my window in my car to steal a little GPS Garmin unit this week. This was at work, where we have security cameras all around. Ins won't cover much due to deductibles, so I'm SOL on the window and the GPS I got as a gift.
Hopefully they might be able to catch them. Usually smash and grabs are a complete write off.

Appearently the car they were driving was an Escalade. wtf.

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Someone smashed my window in my car to steal a little GPS Garmin unit this week. This was at work, where we have security cameras all around. Ins won't cover much due to deductibles, so I'm SOL on the window and the GPS I got as a gift.
Hopefully they might be able to catch them. Usually smash and grabs are a complete write off.

Appearently the car they were driving was an Escalade. wtf.

Dont leave valuables on display- theres a big drive by the government at the moment trying to educate people leaving things like GPS units, laptops, bags/rucksacks and other items on display insiode their cars- anything that can be snatched basically, even if the car is locked & on your own driveway. CD players with removeable facias is a good thing, remove the faceplate & put it in the glove box, same too with the GPS unit etc, and hide any other large items in the trunk or under the seat where they cant be seen by theives walking past (looking for stuff to steal).

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Dont leave valuables on display- theres a big drive by the government at the moment trying to educate people leaving things like GPS units, laptops, bags/rucksacks and other items on display insiode their cars- anything that can be snatched basically, even if the car is locked & on your own driveway. CD players with removeable facias is a good thing, remove the faceplate & put it in the glove box, same too with the GPS unit etc, and hide any other large items in the trunk or under the seat where they cant be seen by theives walking past (looking for stuff to steal).

Honestly I've had my car broken into so many times (5?) I think it really doesn't matter. A coworker of mine has a softtop, which some crackheads cut open (it had a zipper) and climbed thru (rather than just pulling the lock open) just to steal the pennies in the ashtray and some burned CD-Rs. Dumbasses.

Another guy I was talking to had his car broken in and the thieves popped the hood (bonnet) and stole the battery. Neither had anything out.

I've hid things, had things covered, had car alarms, dark tinted windows, and nothing has ever stopped anyone really intent on messing w/ your stuff. I've always lived in nice areas too, not some crappy part of town where you "expect" these things.

Cops never catch anyone, and insurance only covers so much. You really can't have any nice things w/o some theiving MF'er out to mess it up.

What I am REALLY REALLY REALLY glad about is that I had my Savage in the back in the trunk. Thank F'ing god they didn't go back there. I would have killed somebody then. I was actually happy after I opened the trunk and saw it still there. What they stole wasn't worth much.