Theft!
by Bobosan on May.09, 2006, under Main
On Friday, I had all the car audio stuff stolen from my car. In a flash my radar detector, head unit, amp, and sub disappeared. Yes, it was my fauly for leaving it unlocked. I guess I learned a major lesson by trusting that no-one would steal from me in my out-of-the-way, good to do neighborhood. I’ve never really had anything taken from me before this. It’s crazy to feel so helpless, and want to do something to the person who took my stuff, but be unable to do so.
I’m not used to being weak and vulnerable. But thats how I felt. Hell, I still feel that way. I’m still the only house in the neighborhood that has all my exterior lights on, and I’m still the only house in the neighborhood that has been robbed. But, it gets worse. I don’t think your typical car theif would be calm and collected enought to find the handle to pop the trunk,and look inside. In fact, it would take more than one person to carry all of that stuff away in a reasonable time. So, I think it was someone I know, or at least a neighbor who knew I had all that stuff. That’s a more sickening thought than being helpless—the idea that your next door neighbor might have robbed you.
They only stole about $800 at most of equipment. That’s why I didn’t report the theft to my insurance. After my $500 deductable, I would have gotten a check for the rest, but my rates would have raised also. I think that by not reporting the theft to my insurance (and thus not getting my rates raised) would be cheaper in the long run. But for now, I just put a huge charge on my credit card, and I’m really worried about that. I haven’t touched my card in six months, until now, and I was kinda happy at my balance getting lowered. I guess I’ll just have to make some very large credit card payments in the next month to get back on to track to paying my card off. This damn event has shot my budget to hell.
It really took me four days to write this because I didn’t know what I was feeling. I still don’t know for sure. Sometimes I’m still angry, sometimes I’m sad. And then throughout the day, I’ll have the thought come through my head that it was just a stero, and its replaceable, and it’s a small drop of money in a large lifetime. But for right now, I’d just be happy for my replacement stuff to come via UPS today, and have something to listen to while at work.