We just got burglarized

[XemaSab]

While I was sitting here goofing off on DU and bemoaning my retarded thanksgiving, someone opened my bedroom window and made off with my brand new laptop.

Had it two days.

Haven't even turned it on yet.

How lame is that?

:wtf:

And BTW, if you're putting off cleaning your house, it looks that much messier full of cops.

Also, keep your windows locked and don't keep expensive goodies within arm's reach of the window.

But, on the bright side, they didn't take the cell phone (which was sitting on the floor under the laptop) or any of the other myriad goodies that our house contains.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Sorry to hear that.

[southlandshari]

2. Well, that just sucks!

:mad:

They came in while you were in the house? Yikes!

Glad it was someone after electronics and not worse, you know?

:hug:

[XemaSab]

5. Yeah, that's the freaky part

I was going about my dorky business totally unawares.

And the stupid dog was utterly useless. Give her a MilkBone and she's dead to the world.

The dog barks at the slightest provocation (someone walking by acrss the street, the cat, hunger, boredom), but when there's a burglar? No.

[southlandshari]

8. Just glad you are ok!

Got homeowners or renters insurance? Those would cover the loss of the laptop.

Were you alone in the house? :scared:

[XemaSab]

11. We have homeowner's insurance

My mom, the dog, and the cat were all here.

Nobody heard a thing. :(

[Canadian Socialist]

53. You're very lucky

that your dog isn't like my cats were. I swear they would have shown a burglar where the "good" silver was for a Temptations cat treat and a cuddle. But on a more serious note, you were very lucky. After all, it is only stuff. You, on the other hand, are unique and precious and cannot be replaced.:hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

29. I had a similar thing happen..

I had just painted my room. So that night we slept with my window and door open. The only things in my room were a boom box and the mattress that my girlfriend and I were sleeping on.

About 4 am someone tried to crawl in my window. Luckily my roommate heard the guy coming in and scared him away.

[XemaSab]

31. I'm right in the middle of painting too

so probably the window wasn't fastened securely.

I feel so dumb.

Like, it could not have been any easier to steal. :dunce:

[Liberal In Texas]

33. Don't blame yourself. You're the victim. If the window had been locked

it could have been a smash and grab. It is not your fault.

[Liberal In Texas]

3. Well, that sucks! Sorry to hear it. Pretty ballsy burgler to do this

when people are at home.

Now you get to argue with the insurance comapany.

[XemaSab]

9. And one of the most retarded parts

is that when we were leaving the house to go to sacramento (yes, we were gone 8+ hours today when they could have TOTALLY cleaned us out) my mom made a big stink about making sure the doors were locked because "thanksgiving is a really big day for burglaries" and then at dinner we spent half the time discussing lurid tales of home invasion robberies.

Then we get home to find the house safe and sound, and whaddya know?

[Liberal In Texas]

12. Your doggie sounds like ours. Except she did catch a would-be burgler

in our old shed (before we tore it down and put up and new one) one day in the back, they guy was scared spitless. Even our 30 lb. dog barking and charging back and forth isn't something he wanted to deal with. He jumped the fence and headed down the alley as I cursed at him and made a show of pulling out my cell phone. (There was nothing in the shed of value as I knew the rickety door wouldn't keep anyone out.)

Glad you and your family are safe, property can always be replaced. People and pets can't.

[XemaSab]

13. Burglars are retards

Honestly, what kind of loser makes a living ripping off other people's shit?

[Liberal In Texas]

18. I would like to think that they are poor and desperate. But I suspect

most of them are too lazy to get up and slog to work every day like the rest of us.

I have the feeling the guy my dog cornered was an illegal (and I have no proof of that) prowling around alleys looking for stuff (like tools or garden equipment) he could pawn quickly.

[XemaSab]

22. There are a lot of meth addicts around here

and other poor white folks.

The woman across the street had the window of her car smashed and her purse stolen, and she told the cops she saw two people walking down the street earlier tonight that looked just like the people who stole her purse... and were stupid enough to try to use the card at a place that had a video camera. :eyes:

[Liberal In Texas]

24. Yep, I'm sure addicts are a prime cause for burglaries. Which is one of

the reasons I believe we should just let them have the stuff and treat it as a medical condition.

[XemaSab]

25. I'm not sure I'd go that far

but there's definitely something wrong with a system where the penal system is a for-profit entity.

[Liberal In Texas]

28. I realize that that idea has some pretty negative sides. And you are

right about the penal system. We don't do much to rehabilitate anymore, it's more about locking people up and then turning them loose with worse problems than they went in with.

Also, if there were jobs available, that actually paid decent wages, there would be a lot less crime. Drugs are coping mechanisms (escape from a dead-end life) that quickly get out of control.

[XemaSab]

32. Or at the very least

more affluent people are more likely to be shunted towards treatment the first time they get in trouble, instead of the revolving door of drug use, crime, jail, unemployability, drug use, crime...

[Crazy Guggenheim]

4. They might be able to track it if the person gets on the internet.

Not sure, but maybe.

[XemaSab]

6. We have the documentation

so the cops felt pretty confident that they could find it via the serial number if anyone tries to sell it.

But who knows?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. Did you want me to research it?

[XemaSab]

10. No, but thank you.

I'm sure it was a tweeker, and the cops already have a few suspects.

I just don't want asshole fingerprints on it! :(

[NMMNG]

14. That sucks

I hope the police find the perp, and that your laptop is undamaged when they do. I'm thankful, though, that it was all s/he/they took and that nobody was harmed in the process. :hug:

[XemaSab]

16. The only thing more frightening than a home invasion

is your avatar. :hi:

[NMMNG]

19. You don't find the sigline gif worse?

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

23. I had siglines turned off

because I am on a shitty, ancient circa 1998 iMac with dial-up.

Hence the new, spiffy computer with built in wireless.

I guess it wasn't meant to be.... :(

But I just turned the sig lines on, and dude.... my cousins were talking about her at thanksgiving dinner, even!

On one level I feel sorry for that poor woman, but on another level... she just cracks my shit up! :D

[NMMNG]

26. Yes, she is both scary and hilarious

I don't feel sorry for her because her ignorance is by choice. Like the bumper sticker says,

[XemaSab]

27. The thing that totally freaked me out

wasn't so much the part at the end where she snapped, but the fact that she was totally uninterested in anything the other family had to share. The point of the show isn't the money, it's learning from others, and if she wasn't willing to do that, then why even bother?

[NMMNG]

30. That's the way it is with most fundies

Their minds are utterly closed to anything but their way of thinking. Everything outside of the Bible and their Church's teachings are "evil", "dark sided", "of Satan", etc.

[aquaman]

15. I am so sorry....

Is a horrible feeling, over the course of my life my house, different ones that I have lived in, have been broken into. Horrible feeling, you feel violated. We have ADT in our house that we moved in last year. If anyone opens a window, door, or hell even farts I know about it before they have a chance to get in.

[XemaSab]

17. You get into a certain comfort zone

in your own house, and it sucks to have that violated.

:(

[aquaman]

20. No shit.......

I agree, there is no way to describe the emotions that you experience after something like that. My house got broken into when I was a kid, they totally fucked up the house, not only did they steal but also destroyed as much as possible. I am still traumatized by that.

[XemaSab]

21. When I was in high school

we had a landlord who would come into the house during the day and do shit like steal our underwear. :eyes:

But yeah, once you don't feel safe in your own home, it takes a long time to feel comfortable again.

[newyawker99]

34. I am sorry to hear this Xema!

:hug: :-(

[purr]

35. Contact your laptops manufacturer and tell them it was stolen.

I had a friend who had the same thing happen and wouldnt you know it, they used the laptop to go on the internet and they found out who stole it.

I'd give it a shot.

[Bombero1956]

36. any neighbors see you carrying your new laptop?

We had a neighbor who's oldest kid broke into the neighbor's homes whenever he saw their new electronic gadgets when visiting with his friends. When the cops finally caught him and searched his room they found 5 laptops, 16 mp3 players, a portable DVD player and 4 digital cameras. This kid stole just for kicks and a perverse sense of depriving people of their belongings. Now he's being deprived of his freedom.

[XemaSab]

38. OK

Thanks for the suggestion.

It's worth a shot. :pals:

[Deja Q]

37. Shit. That's horrible.

x(

Forensics info will probably assist in catching the fuckers; I doubt they bothered to wear gloves either. Make sure they get locked up for a long time.

[XemaSab]

39. My mom was stupid enough to close the window

They didn't get shit as far as prints. :(

[pitohui]

52. they prob. didn't take prints anyway

a friend of mine and i had a burglary where $10K of newly bought equipment was stolen

they wouldn't take fingerprints

crime lab costs $$$

all that stuff on csi:city of the week is bullshit, they don't take fingerprints & spend the money for nonviolent crime, they can't justify it in the budget

and that does include a home invasion, at least ours was

even the cops were a little shocked the lab didn't take the prints

[XemaSab]

56. the cops took prints

but the cop warned that they were smeary and probably not useable.

The windowsill is now covered with fingerprint crap.

But since I'm painting, I don't really care. :D

[Horus45]

40. Maybe the burglar saw the box in your trash?

Maybe it was the trash collector who broke in.

[Misunderestimator]

44. Oh, now wouldn't that be fun to start suspecting the trash collector

of buglarizing your home every time you buy something new... :crazy:

I suspect it was a bit less sinister, and was simply someone walking by an open window who saw a laptop sitting there for the taking.

[XemaSab]

45. The box wasn't even in the trash

The box was still sitting on the floor of my room.

[hippywife]

41. So sorry, Xema.

:hug:

We've been broken into twice. The last time was two years ago just before Christmas. Our house was ransacked completely from top to bottom. Really is a terrible feeling.

[graywarrior]

42. Ush. I feel for ya.

Someone broke into my Subaru years ago. Popped the lock and took my boom box AND my Dylan tapes. Grrrrrrr.

[XemaSab]

46. Man, stealing your Dylan tapes...

that's WAY over the line. :grr:

[In_The_Wind]

43. I'm sorry Xema!

If the purchase was paid for by you may have a recovery insurance coverage. "If it's lost or stolen within the first 30 days". Some credit card companies were offering that fringe benefit at no charge to the card holder.

[Sabriel]

48. I second checking with the credit card company, if you used one

Better that than a claim on homeowner's insurance, which will raise your rates, most likely.

[XemaSab]

49. There's a thousand dollar deductable

on the insurance, so we probably won't make a claim. :(

And we didn't use a credit card. :(

[Shine]

47. Jeez, that totally sucks, Xema! Sorry to hear it.

It must be an awful feeling to have your home violated like that. May Justice be served on the one who committed this crime. May your home be Safe, Protected and Well. Sending good juju your way.........Cleanse out those bad vibes by burning some sage, lighting a candle or something. Reclaim your space in a powerful way. That's my two cents. :hug:

Blessings to you,
Shine

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. Scary! *hugs*

[pitohui]

51. omg!

that's awful

don't know what to say

i didn't know the thanksgiving holidays were a big time for burglaries, it never crossed my tiny mind

i hope yr insurer coughs up

[Left Is Write]

54. I'm sorry.

That really stinks. :(

[chknltl]

55. Sucks to get burglarized...

The fact that nothing further was stolen, and nobody was harmed is a good thing indeed. For what it is worth: "stuff" is generally replaceable, you are not. I for one am VERY glad that you and yours are safe and sound! I hope they catch that creep!
:grouphug: