Keep your insurance up!
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- skully93
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Keep your insurance up!
So a friend lost his buddy to theft a couple weeks back, and this looks awfully familiar...http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/3847555114.html
So, I called up the appropriate detective, with the report #, on his behalf. They didn't care. They said he would have to call, which he did, and they still didn't care.
I realize it's a low-cost item and they can't devote much time to it, but if it just falls right into your lap....
Seems like the best defense is good insurance.
So, I called up the appropriate detective, with the report #, on his behalf. They didn't care. They said he would have to call, which he did, and they still didn't care.
I realize it's a low-cost item and they can't devote much time to it, but if it just falls right into your lap....
Seems like the best defense is good insurance.
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- scullyfu
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would you or your friend be able to go on a scouting expedition to go check out the scoot's vin #? if it is your friend's scoot and he can prove it, has a key, just jump on it ad take off. what are they gonna do?! or, maybe contact the friend's insurance and see if they'd do anything; assuming that he had it totally insured. good luck!
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I second this. Hell, if i was there i'd volunteer to assist.scullyfu wrote:would you or your friend be able to go on a scouting expedition to go check out the scoot's vin #? if it is your friend's scoot and he can prove it, has a key, just jump on it ad take off. what are they gonna do?! or, maybe contact the friend's insurance and see if they'd do anything; assuming that he had it totally insured. good luck!
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It probably won't do any good, but I'd try calling somebody else in law enforcement, to see if they'll bite. Such as a county sheriff or state PD if the city PD doesn't care (you don't know exactly what jurisdiction the perp is in), or reporting it to a different office or even just calling at a different time of day to get someone else - who might be less apathetic about their job - on the phone.
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Call your city council rep and/or the newspaper. You would be surprised at how well that can work.
I would advise against the "test ride into the sunset" If people are willing to sell stolen vehicles who knows what else they will do
I would advise against the "test ride into the sunset" If people are willing to sell stolen vehicles who knows what else they will do
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- Stilts
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I second this. Local elected officials are a huge untapped resource in situations like this.BuddyRaton wrote:Call your city council rep and/or the newspaper. You would be surprised at how well that can work.
I would advise against the "test ride into the sunset" If people are willing to sell stolen vehicles who knows what else they will do
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Excellent point. There is a # "054" on the fender of that police cruiser.Syd wrote:Is that a toy police cruiser in the background of Picture #3? Sheesh, the toy cops are stealing scoots in the Queen City?
That should get some kind of reaction I would think...
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Duh, missed that completely. Where is Francis?michelle_7728 wrote:Excellent point. There is a # "054" on the fender of that police cruiser.Syd wrote:Is that a toy police cruiser in the background of Picture #3? Sheesh, the toy cops are stealing scoots in the Queen City?
That should get some kind of reaction I would think...
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I'm sadly not suprized. Back when I lived in LA, my roommate's and my apartment got robbed, and the police were called immediately. There was a large hand print on the window that was broken, and it was done by a repeat offender. We were told to make a list of everything we could remember that had been stolen, and the estimated value of it all.
Then we were told that the total amount of our stolen possessions was not enough for them to be immediately concerned about.
They did go directly to the offender's house to arrest him... 5 days after he had pawned everything he stole from us. We didn't get anything back.
Then we were told that the total amount of our stolen possessions was not enough for them to be immediately concerned about.
They did go directly to the offender's house to arrest him... 5 days after he had pawned everything he stole from us. We didn't get anything back.