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primitive forgot to lock car
« on: February 02, 2013, 08:18:49 PM »
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Gidney N Cloyd (10,025 posts)    Sat Feb 2, 2013, 06:47 PM

Welllll, I guess I have to start locking my car more often.

Was about to head out and hit the tollway so I went to confirm the little stack of ones I usually keep in in the center console. Gone. As was the coin holder. And my Trac Fone.

Total replacement value so far (haven't checked much else-- car is a shambles as usual) probably $70.
 
What sucks the most is not knowing for sure where and when it happened or whether it even was one of those most likely times/places I'd not lock up. I'd bet in the last 4-5 days but that's as close as I can narrow it.
 
Should I bother calling Trac Fone?

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trof (43,183 posts)    Sat Feb 2, 2013, 07:12 PM

1. Most car burglaries are from UNLOCKED cars.

jeez

There has been a rash of them in our locale.

How hard is it to lock the damned car?

And not leave anything valuable in it?

Don't mean to pile on, but come on?

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Gidney N Cloyd (10,025 posts)    Sat Feb 2, 2013, 07:40 PM

3. I tend not to lock up in my own driveway. Other places I'm much, much more cautious.

I might leave it unlocked if I run into the 7-11 and can see it, for instance. On the other hand I lock up at work because there's lots of students coming and going.

The thing is I live in a very low crime neighborhood and I guess I get complacent. But I don't even know for certain that it was in my driveway where it happened, either.
 
Anyway, I'm not all that put out or even getting that "violated" feeling by losing $70. It might be the cheapest life lesson I've had since I touched a hot stove as a little kid-- even in safe neighborhoods there are people looking for opportunities like this. And their probably looking for a quick 'grab' of something out in the open.

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Grammy23 (577 posts)   Sat Feb 2, 2013, 07:33 PM

2. It might not hurt to call them and report the phone as stolen.

When you replace the phone, if you get another Trac phone, you should be able to transfer the minutes you had on the stolen one to the new one. This is what would happen if you were just buying a new phone and had an old one with minutes still on it. Not sure how they would handle the situation for a stolen phone. My Trac phone that I'm using right now has about 3800 minutes on it...I got a Triple Minutes for Life of the phone deal when I bought it, so I would HATE to think of losing all those minutes. That's worth a lot of $$$ So I'd contact them, especially if you have a bunch of minutes on it.
 
They have some pretty good deals that give you Double or Triple Minutes for life. QVC sells the trac phones, too, and they have some pretty nifty deals, including Smart Phones and double/triple minutes.
 
OH and for goodness sake, take that one second and lock your doors. I NEVER, EVER leave my car unlocked and seldom leave valuables inside. If I have to leave something in it, you can bet the doors are locked. Why make it easy for someone to rip you off? If they are going to steal from you, at least make them work for it.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 08:25:03 PM »
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Gidney N Cloyd (10,025 posts)    Sat Feb 2, 2013, 06:47 PM

Welllll, I guess I have to start locking my car more often.

Was about to head out and hit the tollway so I went to confirm the little stack of ones I usually keep in in the center console. Gone. As was the coin holder. And my Trac Fone.

Total replacement value so far (haven't checked much else-- car is a shambles as usual) probably $70.
 
What sucks the most is not knowing for sure where and when it happened or whether it even was one of those most likely times/places I'd not lock up. I'd bet in the last 4-5 days but that's as close as I can narrow it.
 
Should I bother calling Trac Fone?

Actions=consequences dummie. It was probably one of the juvies that you are oh so adamant that shouldn't serve any time for crimes like this.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 08:26:50 PM »
I don't see a problem with this.  That person probably needed the money, phone, and minutes more than the primitive.

Why are the other primitives encouraging the gidney primitive to steal back those minutes from the person who needs them more?
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2013, 08:42:15 PM »
Welcome to. The 0bama economy yiustupid shits. Own your pooyr decision making.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2013, 08:43:19 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on February 02, 2013, 08:26:50 PM
I don't see a problem with this.  That person probably needed the money, phone, and minutes more than the primitive.
Why are the other primitives encouraging the gidney primitive to steal back those minutes from the person who needs them more?
You have a point.
Doesn't seem long ago that a primitive posted about some poor young lad that stole their groceries.
As s/h/it, observed the thief running away, he had a needing look on his face.
Primitives cried.
Maybe this particular thief had a need for a trac-phone.
Primitives need to be far more compassionate.
Selfish little bastages.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2013, 08:58:55 PM »
We should ban criminals.....











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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2013, 09:04:11 PM »
Quote from: Skul on February 02, 2013, 08:43:19 PM
You have a point.
Doesn't seem long ago that a primitive posted about some poor young lad that stole their groceries.
As s/h/it, observed the thief running away, he had a needing look on his face.
Primitives cried.
Maybe this particular thief had a need for a trac-phone.
Primitives need to be far more compassionate.
Selfish little bastages.

That would be the brain damaged primitive, from late 2011:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,66294.0.html
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2013, 09:06:03 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on February 02, 2013, 09:04:11 PM
That would be the brain damaged primitive, from late 2011:

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,66294.0.html

:rotf: That's twice you've done that today.  :lmao:
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2013, 09:09:06 PM »
Quote from: Skul on February 02, 2013, 09:06:03 PM
:rotf: That's twice you've done that today.  :lmao:

Well, there is a public dossier on the brain-damaged primitive, besides the other one.

"DainBramaged in the DUmpster"
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,82728.0.html

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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2013, 09:09:17 PM »
We forgot to lock our car once at home. They left the money in the center, but they stole my mom's radar detector. About a month ago they didn't break in again, but instead they stole the car antenna.  :mental:
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2013, 09:14:29 PM »
Quote from: ColonelCarrots on February 02, 2013, 09:09:17 PM
We forgot to lock our car once at home. They left the money in the center, but they stole my mom's radar detector. About a month ago they didn't break in again, but instead they stole the car antenna.  :mental:
They needed a fishin' pole to help feed the family.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2013, 09:16:46 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on February 02, 2013, 08:58:55 PM
We should ban criminals.....

Or at least stealing. If we could just have some sort of government control, like maybe a law against stealing, it would have prevented this problem.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2013, 09:18:02 PM »
Quote from: Skul on February 02, 2013, 09:06:03 PM
:rotf: That's twice you've done that today.  :lmao:

I use a customized google search to locate stuff like this.  I have one that is set to search only CC, and another to search only DU.

If I can remember key parts of the stories, I can dictate for it to only return results with those key parts in it; i.e. "groceries" "dainbramaged".

Google sure makes finding things you remember a lot easier.  :-)
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2013, 09:25:33 PM »
Quote from: Skul on February 02, 2013, 08:43:19 PM
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As s/h/it, observed the thief running away, he had a needing look on his face.
Primitives cried.
Maybe this particular thief had a need for a trac-phone.
Primitives need to be far more compassionate.
Selfish little bastages.

Right. He should just think of this as helping someone in need. I mean, come on....this was dummie's special day of giving something back to the community in a charitable way for the poor soul that neede it more.   :lmao:
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #14 on: February 02, 2013, 10:06:51 PM »
Quote from: Lacarnut on February 02, 2013, 09:25:33 PM
Right. He should just think of this as helping someone in need. I mean, come on....this was dummie's special day of giving something back to the community in a charitable way for the poor soul that needed it more.   :lmao:
Just as BH, pointed out in that old DUmp thread.
Who's to say that trac-phone couldn't have fed his children for a week?
Pawn it for pennies, buy crack, smoke same.
Children are safe because DUmbass is passed out in a drug induced stupor.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2013, 05:29:08 AM »
<-----Pickup is in driveway unlocked with keys in ignition,doesn`t live near a leftist hell hole.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2013, 05:41:04 AM »
Quote from: Carl on February 03, 2013, 05:29:08 AM
<-----Pickup is in driveway unlocked with keys in ignition,doesn`t live near a leftist hell hole.

You live in the same rural America I live in.   :-)

ETA:   You look like you don't belong here, and don't in fact belong here - you will never make it off the main road without being pulled over.   Neighbors also know who belongs and who doesn't - we look out for each other.

Everyone owns a gun here also.   :afro:
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2013, 06:15:17 AM »
Oh, about 12 or so years ago, the apartment complex that we used to live in was hit with a rash of car burglaries.  Cell phones and the like were taken from cars.  I had an old Jeep Cherokee at the time, which I couldn't keep locked because the ignition key had been changed, and I didn't have the door key.  Well, one morning I come out to the Jeep, and sitting on the passenger's seat was a box of Golden Saber rounds in .38 Special that I had in the glove box.  They must have gone through the thing and not found what they were seeking.  Oh well . . .

I got rid of the Jeep shortly after the WTC attacks.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2013, 07:58:09 AM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on February 02, 2013, 08:26:50 PM
I don't see a problem with this.  That person probably needed the money, phone, and minutes more than the primitive.

Why are the other primitives encouraging the gidney primitive to steal back those minutes from the person who needs them more?

Quote from: Skul on February 02, 2013, 08:43:19 PM
You have a point.
Doesn't seem long ago that a primitive posted about some poor young lad that stole their groceries.
As s/h/it, observed the thief running away, he had a needing look on his face.
Primitives cried.
Maybe this particular thief had a need for a trac-phone.
Primitives need to be far more compassionate.
Selfish little bastages.

I think I know why the DUmmies are hating on the cell phone thief.

Thief needed it for a job interview.  

DUmmies hate jobs, and workers who have non-union jobs.
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2013, 08:08:32 AM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on February 02, 2013, 08:26:50 PM
I don't see a problem with this.  That person probably needed the money, phone, and minutes more than the primitive.

Why are the other primitives encouraging the gidney primitive to steal back those minutes from the person who needs them more?

That's an excellent point!
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Re: primitive forgot to lock car
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2013, 08:13:59 AM »
Maybe it was a taxpayer stealing back the Obamaphone that Obama stole tax money from to pay for it. You know what I mean.
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