over 300 CD's and car stereo face stolen, mechanic suspected
I was greeted back from my vacation by rain, a taxi driver I knew (that I worked at the hotel with! Now he's a taxi driver apparently.) that almost raped me 2 years ago (didn't get in the taxi tho), a broken tire and a broken water pump totalling $500. I'm also 6 or 7 G's in the hole, and have $50 to my name. Remember the thread about the boyfriend? Well I had to call him up and he's been a saint today helping me deal with this, altho that is still my hugest issue. OMG.
I was in a good mood, driving to the gym before work, as I passed the garage where my broken car was waiting overnite to be fixed and decided I'd better grab the CD's. (GEEZ DUMMY, YOU DIDN'T LEARN WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN 2002????)
It is my fault for leaving them in there, it really is.
But also the stereo face was sitting in my driver's side door, and that's gone, yet the actual stereo is intact.
No broken windows, no signs on the doors of jimmying!
Geez, do you think someone with the KEY MIGHT HAVE DONE THIS?
Too probable to let them fix my car so I took it out of the lot.
I'm numb and will prob be for the remainder of '08 as this awful shit keeps happening in my life.
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Oh hon, that's awful. *hug* Call the garage and give them what for. Jerks. And I'm so glad you saw the taxi driver before you got in the taxi.
It's just a bad start to the year, it won't be all like that.
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My brother and I lost a booklet's worth of CDs when our half-brother went to buy meth and left the car doors unlocked. Niiiice.
//When it rains it pours. & Now you will have unleashed your musical dictates onto the world by this unintended sharing. I spent years making mix tapes & couldn't convert people to liking my faves....
(LOL My best friend said NO ONE would ever steal my CD collection, it's too weird.)
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I leave my CDs in the house, and carry "mix" CDs I've burned in the car. If someone wants to steal those, enjoy.
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Even though a lot of places have signs that say "we are not responsible for lost or stolen items", legally they may be. Call the shop, tell them what is missing and then tell them that you're going to have to call the police and have all the mechanics questioned because it could have been their negligence that led to the theft. If they left the doors unlocked in the lot overnight, it's their fault and they ARE responsible.
Those signs are such bullshit. Negligence = responsible. Doesn't matter what that lying sign says!
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xdamage
I leave my CDs in the house, and carry "mix" CDs I've burned in the car. If someone wants to steal those, enjoy.
That's what I do, too. The only time anything was stolen out of my car, they got my 4-year-old, dropped-a-zillion-times-on-the-pavement Aiwa portable CD player, and a booklet of burned Lifescapes and Loreena McKennitt CDs. (Easy-listening New Age music, essentially.) Have fun with that, crackhead!
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RoseLeigh
It's just a bad start to the year, it won't be all like that.
Heh heh heh. I'm waitin till Feb 2nd. Year of the Rat baby! ;)
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TheTempest
Even though a lot of places have signs that say "we are not responsible for lost or stolen items", legally they may be. Call the shop, tell them what is missing and then tell them that you're going to have to call the police and have all the mechanics questioned because it could have been their negligence that led to the theft. If they left the doors unlocked in the lot overnight, it's their fault and they ARE responsible.
Those signs are such bullshit. Negligence = responsible. Doesn't matter what that lying sign says!
Thank you so much for this! I talked to various people today and kept asking "now where does negligence play into this" type questions.....don't have an answer and I know nothing will come of this, and I'm embarrassed to admit it but I filed a police report...I guess bc since it's an employee that did this, there will be a record in the future if it happens again. But hopefully the world is smarter than me.:-[
The CD that was in the player had been cast to the floor....uh you need the key to turn the vehicle ON to eject the CD.....yea. It was them.:'(
I "stole" my car out of their lot last nite with my other key before they could smash the window overnite to frame a crackhead.....
I'm considering letting them fix it and stealing the car away once again w/o paying the bill, but the question is, what if they sue, and also it's registered to my bf who does not need his credit ruined, so I'm gonna wait till I find out about that....
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That sucks. Sorry that happened to you. Some dipshit threw a brick through my window & stole my face-off (not the whole stereo) a few years ago. I don't think they can even pawn that since it's not the whole thing(?) Such a pointless crime. Shouldn't the mechanic's insurance be forced to cover it because it happened on their property? It really wouldn't be fair for you to have to pay the deductible on your own insurance for it.
I hate those signs "Not responsible for lost or stolen items." That's such bullshit.
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Oh jeebus crap. That sucks ass, especially because of how much you love your CDs...
:( Im sorry
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Alaska
Heh heh heh. I'm waitin till Feb 2nd. Year of the Rat baby! ;)
Yep. I start my new year at my birthday. It will be better.
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omfg i just realized that todd, whether he meant it or not, has jepordized my safety and any revenge action. when he dropped it off, he put my full name and address on the form. I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS ON A CAR REPAIR FORM.
As he told me over the phone, I went WHAT?!??!?! bc i was genuinely SHOCKED and he gets a big giant ego problem as tho this is about him, and I WASN'T EVEN MAD AT HIM NOR COULD I BLAME HIM, and hangs up the phone like the childish piece of shit he is.
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stupid fucking rule-the-world men. they just get to freely give their names and addresses anywhere, (and mine) never thinking twice about safety.
I also forgot to mention, that on my first nite back, i walked literally around the corner to get a sandwich.
i'm walking on the left side of the street, and some jerkoff in a minivan slows down in the street, stops his car ahead of me and it goes like this:
him--"how are you doing tonight"
me--"why are you yelling at me out of your car window"
him--"i really want to hurt you"
me--"really?"
him--"in your dreams"
he then busted a u-turn, showing me that he followed me off the main drag on purpose.
it was so creepy, tho almost hysterical.
i'm so thrilled to know what *really* goes thru mens' minds when they see us walking.
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^ It's even better when you refuse to speak to them and they start insulting you...
That's why I have a BarrioFabulosa atttiude
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hahaha yea. my fave most commonly used insult after ignoring them is "what, you ain't got no love for a black man?" lmao if only they knew who i was dating and also how many times it's been said before.... god once i was walking home from the clinic after testing positive for pregnacy and some guy's making A LOT of noise out of his truck I'm so stressed so I went... "I'M PREGNANT!" and this turned him on even more....:D (i think this latest was also fueled by many ignorative gaps in the "convo" as he was just idiling in the middle of a cold street"
omfg many a journal IS the right thing to do, lately i've been getting so angry and run right to sw....
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Ugh. Men in vehicles annoy me most of the time. Once they hit on me and I turned them down and they called me a "slut". Which was really stupid because if I was a slut I would have slept with them - no?
Did you have the police go to the station where the car was? They should. Especially if you can show the car wasn't vandalized. Just... park it in a garage or far away from the house so they don't come and fuck with you since they know where you live and have your car key. Btw, you better get that back!