So do you remember me writing abut how we were ripped off in January? Some asshat dude or dudes had some sort of passkey that allowed them to easily open the doors of any GM vehicles and plunder our goodies.
Remember that story? No? Well, these asshats took our DVD player with my mom's new Mama Mia! DVD inside and our Garmin Nuvi navigator.
We talked to the cops and 16 other GM vehicles broken into that same night from the same general location. And we talked to the insurance agent (we ultimately decided against submitting a claim — we've since replaced the navigator [and then promptly broke the new one ... doh] and my mom lent us her portable DVD player). And nothing ever came of it ... until today.
We received a letter from the Lakewood Police Department saying they had caught the jokers who had been traveling around the state gleaning all the goodies out of people's GM cars.
They caught the guys and they had a shitpotful of stolen goods with them.
So, here's the conundrum: The only way to claim our stolen property is make an appointment for either Friday July 10 or Monday July 13, then drive four hours over the Continental Divide and look through all the crap these jerkwads stole in hopes that our sad little DVD player and navigator are there.
We've got my mom's DVD player (which is way better than that jacked up old one we had). But I'd really like to have my navigator back.
Is it worth the time and money? What would you do?
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
Chevy and GM owners BEWARE!
Saturday morning we decided we needed to get out of town for a spur-of-the-moment trip.
We loaded up our Chevy Trailblazer, strapped in the DVD player (upon which my mother and daughter watched — and sang along to — Mama Mia!) and set the navigator to Aspen then back to Glenwood Springs for the night.
Aspen was fun but snowy.
After lunch we made our way back to Glenwood Springs to soak away our stresses.
Sunday morning as Bill and I went to get breakfast we overheard a family discuss that their car had been broken into even though no windows were broken and there was no other signed of forced entry.
We quietly decided amongst ourselves that they had left their doors unlocked.
That was until Bill went to get our car and found our DVD player and navigator missing with no signs of a forced entry.
It turns out that 16 Chevy and GM cars parked in hotel parking lots in downtown Glenwood Springs had been broken into.
Our car and the windows were covered in road grim and mag chloride. We could have easily seen signs of someone using a jimmy to open our car doors.
There were no usual marks on the outside of our car. And it was the same for at least 16 other Chevy or GM owners.
After making a report with the police and watching the detective take a fingerprint from the outside of our car, we learned that the thief or thieves probably had a pass key that allowed them entry into our cars.
They didn't take everything from inside like a tweaker would — my cheap sunglasses, our CDs, the iPod adapter, etc. were all left behind. Instead they just took the electronics that are worth something and easy to sell.
It definitely put a damper on our trip, but it could have been worse. They could've broken a window which would have made a long, cold trip home. They could've gotten more stuff. They could've stolen the entire car.
So while I'd still like to kick whomever it was in the ding dong (and maybe the face), it's just a bummer instead of a disaster.
We loaded up our Chevy Trailblazer, strapped in the DVD player (upon which my mother and daughter watched — and sang along to — Mama Mia!) and set the navigator to Aspen then back to Glenwood Springs for the night.
Aspen was fun but snowy.
After lunch we made our way back to Glenwood Springs to soak away our stresses.Sunday morning as Bill and I went to get breakfast we overheard a family discuss that their car had been broken into even though no windows were broken and there was no other signed of forced entry.
We quietly decided amongst ourselves that they had left their doors unlocked.
That was until Bill went to get our car and found our DVD player and navigator missing with no signs of a forced entry.
It turns out that 16 Chevy and GM cars parked in hotel parking lots in downtown Glenwood Springs had been broken into.
Our car and the windows were covered in road grim and mag chloride. We could have easily seen signs of someone using a jimmy to open our car doors.
There were no usual marks on the outside of our car. And it was the same for at least 16 other Chevy or GM owners.
After making a report with the police and watching the detective take a fingerprint from the outside of our car, we learned that the thief or thieves probably had a pass key that allowed them entry into our cars.
They didn't take everything from inside like a tweaker would — my cheap sunglasses, our CDs, the iPod adapter, etc. were all left behind. Instead they just took the electronics that are worth something and easy to sell.
It definitely put a damper on our trip, but it could have been worse. They could've broken a window which would have made a long, cold trip home. They could've gotten more stuff. They could've stolen the entire car.
So while I'd still like to kick whomever it was in the ding dong (and maybe the face), it's just a bummer instead of a disaster.
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