Got robbed, agian

[94STXRanger]

So my mom, step dad, sister, and I moved into our current house about five years ago. Its a pretty nice neighborhood and all. Not long after we moved in, my dodge neon annoyed got broken into, they took the cd player. Next was my sisters friends car, cds stolen. A few years later my parents van had a busted out window one weekend. Nothing in it so nothing was stolen. So then this morning my step dad asked if i had any thing valuable in my moms car, since i was driving it due to truck issues. I told him no just my back pack. He is like well it got stolen. Bastards busted the passenger window out, and stole a freaking back pack. Granted there was about 150 worth of history and auto books in there. Keep in mind these all happend in our driveway.
So anyway, got robbed again, lost all my Suspension class, brakes class, eletrical and electronics class, and history class info/papers/notes/books stolen.
Now im looking at another couple hundred in books and lost all the auto info i was trying to keep for reference from my last semester classes.
shitty day.

 

[fordboi415]

i would start investing in car alarms dude

 

[Sunk]

Yeah or some motion sensing lights... something after that many incidents.

Still sucks though.

 

[97BlackBetty]

So how nice of a neighborhood is this? Ive lived in the same house for 18 years, until i left for college. In that time only three houses in the neighborhood had been broken into. Two of which were the kids aquaintances that had been to the houses previously, and only one that was an actual robbery. No cars have ever been broken into. Fast forward to a year and a half ago. A new subdivision was built next door. Houses start at a million plus and go from their. Since that subdivision went in 4 of my neighbors houses have been broken into, my neighbors corvette Z06 was stolen (he owns multiple dealerships) and several houses have been tp'd and egged. Its BS, its like these kids have nothing else to worry about so they cause as much trouble as possible.

 

[Shoeboy]

buddy of mine had his car keyed 3 times in one month so he got pissed off and set up video cameras facing his 2 car parks, and the doors and windows on ground level, about a month later (a few days after oct 31) the same douche bag threw a pumpkin at his car, took out the windshield, driver side window, driver side mirror, and put a huge dent in the door and bent the bracket the mirror mounts to. Called the police and they said they couldn't do much as there were no witnesses, he gave them the tape, the guy was arrested that week, and my buddy got his car repaired and had the kid chriminally charged for damages and clean up, and lost pay due to having to take a few days off work to get a windshield installed and side window installed, after a new door was put on, and painted. The cameras paid for themselves that one time, and since his house in on a corner, and he has a walk out bastment, with no fence around half the back yard (including one car park), the cameras have paid off more then once. It only cost him about $750 for 5 cameras and having them wired into the recorder (he did the work himself with his father). Might be worth a better investment then a car alarm, I've noticed with car alarms most people just look and look away, or just don't even bother with it, if you get them on film, thats a different story.

Side note, I live in a nice area, not to posh, but its better then a lot of areas in Calgary. There have been two houses on our street that hasn't been broken into, ours, and one other small house a few doors down. Our house and the other are both small houses, and in a large house area, the small houses are just left alone, that, and when theres a shitty looking Dakota sitting in front of it, it kind of deters theft, even more when its left unlocked most of the time. I do agree with the "kids not having anything better to do" part of things. For "kids" in our area, there are two main ages 19-21, and 13-16, just how people had kids in our are, odd, I know. Generally the kids that cause the most problems I have found hasn't been the "poor" kids, but the "rich" kids that have everything paid for. They don't work for anything and have everything given to them. They don't know what its like to earn anything. I'm proud to say I'm 20, and have been saving my money for the last 2 years, and I have saved up $25k, on top of $10-15k in tools. I'm better off then all these little rich bitches who drive the BMW and Mercedes that Mommy and Daddy bought for them when they got their license. I worked my ass off to get where I am now, and I worked my ass off to pay for my first car and the insurance and everything that went with it. It was a 1987 Plymouth Caravelle and I got made fun of for it by these kids, and now most of them are moving out with their McDonalds and Berger King jobs and can't afford the rent and I just sit back and laugh. Ok, I'm now way off topic, but ya, sorry to hear about the books and notes, the books are the cheap part, its the notes that are hard to replace. But like what was said, I'd look for a car alarm, motion sensor lights, or a video (with night vision feature) or something to help prevent this from happening again.

 

[Destroyer000]

i think its time to get a big ole dog outside an name him beast! haha

 

[94STXRanger]

We have a motion sensing light that was on. Im gonna look at alarms at work. The neighborhood isn't that bad. Down the street there is some pretty crappy housing that me and a friend know some blacks kids live there who are nothin but trouble and suspicion. I suggested cameras to my parents tonight. They suggested moving. Its fricking stupid some dumb shits want to bust up a car and get next to nothing. I have the only window that views the driveway, and usually get up once in a while to look out. I think i might get some kind of camera and monitor for my room. I keep a few bats and a maglite handy.

 

[Maverick]

Put a sticker on your car that says "nothing inside this car is worth dying over".

 

[MrE_Powers]

a cheap video system that is motion based and records to the computer will help

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Couple thoughts...

1) German Shepherds make great pets. Anyone who has entered my parents yard that their German Shepherd doesn't know, and if no family member is present to tell the dog it's ok, gets bit. Period. A few strategically placed signs warning of a dog will cover your butt from a lawsuit as well.

2) Motion lights and alarms don't bother thieves much anymore. Cameras are a better way to spend money.

3) A reputation as someone you DO NOT want to mess with works wonders.



Speaking of #3... Up at college there was a wave of people being caught alone and beat up after dark (I used to often walk lakeside at night), and people's cars getting messed with began my second year there. My one "buddy" started spreading a rumor that I was a crazy redneck dude. I didn't bother to try to stop the rumor, my "buddy's" car got messed with once and both myself and my trucks were left alone. Rumor had it that I'd shoot anyone gettin near my trucks....lol

 

[metalmacguyver]

definately get a video camera. its probably the same people. set up some kind of bait too.


after reading this, i am putting that tailgate lock from my old truck in my new one this afternoon.

 

[Ranger44]

A dog.

 

[odie1969]

dude it is amazing how cheap camera system are. my father is working a scrap yard setting up the network system and they were having problem with employees taking money. so the owner asked him to set up a video system so he bought camera from frys electronics from 10-50 dollars and most of his cameras are wireless going straight to a computer that records approx every 3 secs. so if I were you I would go grab a couple of the wireless cameras set them up in opt. site and have them record to your computer, to save memory just erase the video if nothing happend that day or couple of days, what ever you are comfortable with. but good luck with what ever you do, also I do agree it is bullshit that they want to move. o also most of the cameras come with signs to put up def. a good idea.

 

[Psychopete]

More than likely a neighbor, you probably know who is doing it. Most people are pretty fucking shady.

If it's possible, wire a 120V AC buzzer to a motion detector. That way when it goes off, it will wake you up when you're sleeping, plus you can catch them in the act yourself. My brother did this when he had a Dodge Caravan with 13" spokes many years ago, had to get a bat a couple of times..

Pete

 

[MAKG]

If it's possible, wire a 120V AC buzzer to a motion detector. That way when it goes off, it will wake you up when you're sleeping, plus you can catch them in the act yourself.

Interesting idea, but I think the buzzer will just get ignored and probably turned off after the 579,354th time the neighbor's cat sets it off.