<< <i>Sorry to hear about it brother, but you can gain some matter of satisfaction by knowing that those types of people generally lead a miserable life. Being a thief is hard work for little pay. A life of jail houses, welfare, fights, and a wretched old age awaits them. >>
Why do some posters need to say that he should have gone to the bank first? Do you think that helps? Dont you think that he already said that to himself?
Advanced collector of BREWERIANA. Early beer advertising (beer cans, tap knobs, foam scrapers, trays, tin signs, lithos, paper, etc)....My first love...U.S. COINS!
<< <i>I have had my car stolen before, and you stand ther for what seems like days, looking in places you KNOW your car wasnt parked, then you finally realize its gone. That does suck, and you got my deepest sympathies, man!!! >>
This happened to me as well. I lived in Chicago most of my life, parking was was always a problem at the last apartment I rented. I left to go to work, walked to the spot where I parked the car... gone. I must have walked up and down the block three or four times before it set in that it was stolen. Best part of the story, Chicago PD found the car, had it towed to the impound lot, charged me $130 for the tow and two days storage, stereo, battery and other items gone. That sucked and I made sure they knew it.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
~HABE FIDUCIAM IN DOMINO III V VI / III XVI~ POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
One day, I saw a fella trying to get into his car near my mom's home. Realizing his struggle, I helped him. After about fifteen minutes we succeeded and he retrieved his keys on the floor and drove off.
My brother came out and said he watched me from inside the home and just laughed. I asked him why. He said : " Last night I see this guy prowling the neighborhood, so I called the cops." The cops told my brother that prowlers like to leave their keys in the car while they're out thieving. They just locked his car and left.
I'm at home now and reading what everyone has writen about this mess and I can tell you all I'm deeply touched by the outpouring of support from this fine group. If I never get my stuff back I have ,at least ,had my faith in humanity restored. You guys are the greatest. It might sound corny but I'm old and I can get corny if i want to. THANK you all for the support and gifts. I need to regroup a little I guess. At least the bast*** didnt get my Lincoln albums. God bless you all. Good night .
<< <i>This kind of stuff really sucks and makes it hard to keep a civil attitude. Stories like this make me want to investigate the costs of those GPS locators that go on vehicle to help with retrieval when they are stolen. Does anyone know the costs of the item and subscription costs for the service, or know any of the vendors of the products. Guess I could do a search but really looking for any anecdotal experience anyone has had with any of them. >>
WHERIFY personal GPS product (for kids) is an awesome product for 'peace of mind'........... it also (unfortunately for me**) doubles as a handy vehicle GPS locater with pinpoint accuracy and a 72 hour battery life. (**About 3 years ago I packed it in my car when moving & my ex-boyfriend tracked me to my new location, used the spare set of keys that he claimed had been returned, and emptied my trunk of all my *most important* valuables, jewelry, coins & documents - alas, the police could do nothing since no one witnessed it.)
It angers me to hear about your misfortune, it surely makes you more so, but at least this was not a life changing incident such as a deabilitating accident.
Good chance of getting your vehicle back and a small hope of getting some of the contents back. Most criminals are not the brightest of people and can at times take junk and leave real valuables. Can only hope for the best and remember its a giant pain in the backside now but like some "crucial" class in high school will have less and less impact as time goes by.
PM your address and I'll send you a small something to help you rebuild.
yes sorry to hear of your loss - I have had my car stolen too right from it's parking place at the apt. in big city. The thieves cleaned it up, filled up gas tank, loaded up trunk with stuff and then got caught. I had to pay the pound to get it back, but guess that was lucky - I even got to keep all the stuff in the trunk and had full tank of gas.
This darn world is really going to pot - I assume? that you live in a larger city? How in the heck did they just come and take your truck from the bank if it was locked. Just doesn't make sense if they didn't have a key -- but I am not a thief so I don't know all their little tricks.
<< <i>I'm at home now and reading what everyone has writen about this mess and I can tell you all I'm deeply touched by the outpouring of support from this fine group. If I never get my stuff back I have ,at least ,had my faith in humanity restored. You guys are the greatest. It might sound corny but I'm old and I can get corny if i want to. THANK you all for the support and gifts. I need to regroup a little I guess. At least the bast*** didnt get my Lincoln albums. God bless you all. Good night . >>
I have had 2 cars stolen....yes hard to believe that but its true! I feel your pain and I would like to donate to you a coin that I won on these boards and paid nothing for (So you can't feel bad about taking it) which is a 1909 VDB PCGS MS66RB. Just send me your PM and its yours!
Someone stole my car when I was a teenager. It was old so I didn't have full coverage on it either. The police found it and I did get it back with some damage, but I lost all of my 8-tracks (if you don't know what an 8-track is read this).
Maybe you'll get lucky and get the truck back. PM me as well and I'll send you something to help restart your collection.
I'd keep playing. I don't think the heavy stuff will be coming down for quite a while!
I just learned a trick to unlock almost any car. Involves a tennis ball. I won't put it in this post but I will tell you in PM if you want to know . Still no news on my truck. Thanks for all the support guys. It means a lot to me . Theives are getting clever.
<< <i>I just learned a trick to unlock almost any car. Involves a tennis ball. I won't put it in this post but I will tell you in PM if you want to know . Still no news on my truck. Thanks for all the support guys. It means a lot to me . Theives are getting clever. >>
I know the tennis ball trick.
It won't work on higher end European cars. It was used years ago in Germany, so they fixed that issue.
The thieves aren't getting any smarter, just importing ideas.
Soon it won't work on any American vehicles either.
Mythbusters had an episode on this last fall. After a bit of practice, they could open most car doors. They called it "plausible". Hell, it's a damned fact!
I got hit years ago, the kill switch worked so they didn't get more than a few feet, but they did get 4 laptops that belonged to customers of mine and I had to replace them, fortunately I had back ups for all of their data. Still, I got a broken window and had to replace the steering column and ignition as well. Altogether, it was very expensive. They caught the guys a few weeks later and there were witnesses who picked them out of a lineup. I wasn't their only victim as it turned out.
My insurance only covered the damage to my vehicle, less $500
They got 3 to 5 years in Huntsville. They were career criminals.
I would have rather they had gotten 10 seconds to face me and my P-89. Would've saved the taxpayers a tidy sum. I'm sure they are out by now and doing the same thing. I kind of hope they visit my driveway some night, in a weird, pleasure revenge sort of way. Bottom feeding scumbags!!
PM me - How about an '06 W Silver Eagle in an PR70 Ultra Cameo slab to help you get started again?
"Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose." John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
I have a 2004-W PCGS PR69/DCAM ASE that I will be sending you, if this year has not been selected by others in the forum. If you were to, by chance get your other coins back, keep this one anyway. Good luck.
P.S. I received your address early this afternoon.
Comments
<< <i>Sorry to hear about it brother, but you can gain some matter of satisfaction by knowing that those types of people generally lead a miserable life. Being a thief is hard work for little pay. A life of jail houses, welfare, fights, and a wretched old age awaits them. >>
Good point curly.
<< <i>I have had my car stolen before, and you stand ther for what seems like days, looking in places you KNOW your car wasnt parked, then you finally realize its gone. That does suck, and you got my deepest sympathies, man!!! >>
This happened to me as well. I lived in Chicago most of my life, parking was was always a problem at the last apartment I rented. I left to go to work, walked to the spot where I parked the car... gone. I must have walked up and down the block three or four times before it set in that it was stolen. Best part of the story, Chicago PD found the car, had it towed to the impound lot, charged me $130 for the tow and two days storage, stereo, battery and other items gone. That sucked and I made sure they knew it.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
My brother came out and said he watched me from inside the home and just laughed. I asked him why.
He said : " Last night I see this guy prowling the neighborhood, so I called the cops." The cops told my brother that prowlers like to leave their keys in the car while they're out thieving. They just locked his car and left.
Don't quit just yet. Learn to laugh !
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
THANK you all for the support and gifts.
I need to regroup a little I guess. At least the bast*** didnt get my Lincoln albums.
God bless you all. Good night .
<< <i>This kind of stuff really sucks and makes it hard to keep a civil attitude. Stories like this make me want to investigate the costs of those GPS locators that go on vehicle to help with retrieval when they are stolen. Does anyone know the costs of the item and subscription costs for the service, or know any of the vendors of the products. Guess I could do a search but really looking for any anecdotal experience anyone has had with any of them. >>
WHERIFY personal GPS product (for kids) is an awesome product for 'peace of mind'........... it also (unfortunately for me**) doubles as a handy vehicle GPS locater with pinpoint accuracy and a 72 hour battery life. (**About 3 years ago I packed it in my car when moving & my ex-boyfriend tracked me to my new location, used the spare set of keys that he claimed had been returned, and emptied my trunk of all my *most important* valuables, jewelry, coins & documents - alas, the police could do nothing since no one witnessed it.)
Good chance of getting your vehicle back and a small hope of getting some of the contents back. Most criminals are not the brightest of people and can at times take junk and leave real valuables. Can only hope for the best and remember its a giant pain in the backside now but like some "crucial" class in high school will have less and less impact as time goes by.
PM your address and I'll send you a small something to help you rebuild.
This darn world is really going to pot - I assume? that you live in a larger city? How in the heck did they just come and take your truck from the bank if it was locked. Just doesn't make sense if they didn't have a key -- but I am not a thief so I don't know all their little tricks.
Well GL and sorry you have to go through this.
Moon`
<< <i>I'm at home now and reading what everyone has writen about this mess and I can tell you all I'm deeply touched by the outpouring of support from this fine group. If I never get my stuff back I have ,at least ,had my faith in humanity restored. You guys are the greatest. It might sound corny but I'm old and I can get corny if i want to.
THANK you all for the support and gifts.
I need to regroup a little I guess. At least the bast*** didnt get my Lincoln albums.
God bless you all. Good night . >>
I have had 2 cars stolen....yes hard to believe that but its true! I feel your pain and I would like to donate to you a coin that I won on these boards and paid nothing for (So you can't feel bad about taking it) which is a 1909 VDB PCGS MS66RB. Just send me your PM and its yours!
Later, Paul.
Later, Paul.
Oh, what city? and what type truck?
I had my lifetime Whitman books taken during a move in '99. I have my own thoughts about it, and they aren't very nice. Sorry to hear about it.
I knew it would happen.
Sorry to hear of your loss. Please PM your address for a few things to help restart your collection.
Maybe you'll get lucky and get the truck back. PM me as well and I'll send you something to help restart your collection.
JJ
Theives are getting clever.
<< <i>I just learned a trick to unlock almost any car. Involves a tennis ball. I won't put it in this post but I will tell you in PM if you want to know . Still no news on my truck. Thanks for all the support guys. It means a lot to me .
Theives are getting clever. >>
I know the tennis ball trick.
It won't work on higher end European cars. It was used years ago in Germany, so they fixed that issue.
The thieves aren't getting any smarter, just importing ideas.
Soon it won't work on any American vehicles either.
Mythbusters had an episode on this last fall. After a bit of practice, they could open most car doors. They called it "plausible". Hell, it's a damned fact!
I got hit years ago, the kill switch worked so they didn't get more than a few feet, but they did get 4 laptops that belonged to customers of mine and I had to replace them, fortunately I had back ups for all of their data. Still, I got a broken window and had to replace the steering column and ignition as well. Altogether, it was very expensive. They caught the guys a few weeks later and there were witnesses who picked them out of a lineup. I wasn't their only victim as it turned out.
My insurance only covered the damage to my vehicle, less $500
They got 3 to 5 years in Huntsville. They were career criminals.
I would have rather they had gotten 10 seconds to face me and my P-89. Would've saved the taxpayers a tidy sum. I'm sure they are out by now and doing the same thing. I kind of hope they visit my driveway some night, in a weird, pleasure revenge sort of way. Bottom feeding scumbags!!
PM me - How about an '06 W Silver Eagle in an PR70 Ultra Cameo slab to help you get started again?
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
P.S. I received your address early this afternoon.
CollectorMan
to feeling violated you also wonder what's the use.
Good luck getting back to where you were.