The List of Stolen Goods. *sigh*

[icarus]

Stolen from the trunk:
1 pair Snow Shoes (gift for Christmas - this one hurts) - $150
1 blue zippered horseshoe case for Snow Shoes - $50
1 twenty degree synthetic North Face sleeping bag - $200
1 200 weight fleece jacket, size large, black - $100
Coleman red and white 48-quart ice chest - $60
2 stainless steel outdoor cooking pots - $20
2 steel pot grabbers - $5
2 Nalgene jars - $5
2 hard hats, white - $20
One pair extra-tough leather boots (from Alaska trips) - $80
40-piece Craftsman socket set (both metric and standard) - $75
20-piece Craftsman socket set (metric and standard) - $40
6 propane outdoor stove fuel canisters - $40
6 quarts oil - $12
1 case power steering fluid - no idea, $50?
1 package AA batteries - $6
1 Eddie Bauer green zippered duffle bag - $30
Misc. canned food - $10
1 car jack, plus plastic cover - ? $60?
1 star lug wrench - $40

Damage to exterior of vehicle:
Scratches on trunk - ?

Stolen from the interior:
1 Forest Service Annyal Trailhead pass (new, just bought) - $30
1 cigarette lighter - ? $30?
1 back shelf covering car speakers - $75
2 Honda floor mats - ? possibly as much as $40 each since is a dealer item
1 damaged interior dome light, missing plastic cover - ? $50, possibly more if destroyed
Parking meter change - $8
1 AA mini-maglight flashlight - $10
1 first aid kit - $8
1 battery terminal cleaner - $5
Car registration - $8, plus a day off work to go to the DMV
Proof of insurance - on its way
1 12-pack box of tampax - $5

And I'd like to know what the boys need the tampax for.

Comments

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. Those sonsabitches were thorough.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Fuckin' cleaned us out, man. They left nothing behind but the dust on the windshield.

I feel like going out and checking the car again. Whoa this is depressing.

Icarus

[scarah2.livejournal.com]

So they can do fun things like play tennis and go swimming and horseback riding!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I can show them where to insert them - and how hard.

Icarus

[skuf.livejournal.com]

Fucktards.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Typing this was just... ouch.

Icarus

[underlucius.livejournal.com]

am stunned. I have:

spare wheel
tyre iron
jack
pen

HOpe you get it all sorted!

xxx

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

They were after the car. It's a friggin' sports car.

Icarus

[underlucius.livejournal.com]

I know, horrible - what I meant was, I guess is that you must be less innured to theft (lucky you) than me - mine's a sports car too, a Morgan - and I'm SO terrified of it being stolen that I don't dare have anything in it more valuable than a pen. My insurance doesn't cover the stuff in the car. I really wish I lived somewhere else. (like my sister for e.g. where she doesnt even bother to lock the car or take her bag out or even lock her front door of her house!)

When I lived in London, however, I used to leave the doors of the car unlocked so they didnt break the windows to steal it.

too much stress over transport. *thinking of you hug*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It's been interesting to hear from people who are experts about this sort of thing. Car alarm people, police officers, we've even learned quite a lot from our insurance agent.

What I've hated is the people (like WG's brother) who treat it like it's somehow our fault.

"Where did you park your car?" On a well-lit residential street next to BMWs, where do you think? (WG's answer was "right outside the house where we buy our crack, why?")

Then there's the ever-popular "Why did you have so much stuff in your trunk?" (another quote from WG's brother)

Our answer: "Because we thought the blinking red light on the hood that said 'steal me' just didn't do the trick -- it has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that we drive regularly up in the mountains where there's no service station for miles."

It's the whole insult to injury thing that's been really driving me up the wall.

Second only to the knowledge that that the thieves didn't get what they wanted and will probably be back.

Icarus

[muggleangel.livejournal.com]

:(

Maybe the thief was a girl? OR Maybe they stole them for their girlfriend? (although, honestly, what self respecting female would take some hot tampax? I'd feel like I was sticking sin up my vagina) OR, maybe they just thought "Well, while we're screwing these people over anyway, lets make it proper and take the freaking box."

Or, most likely, they just threw everything in a bag. :\

I hate personal theft. You always feel so violated afterwards. Much love in your direction.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They just grabbed everything they could when they couldn't get the car.

Icarus

[thalia]

And I'd like to know what the boys need the tampax for.

Maybe they're going to put them on Ebay.

I'm sorry you're having to go through this. What a horrible experience. And what a bunch of jerks the thieves are. It's scary how thorough they were--they even got the floor mats? I hope there's some cosmic justice in the end.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The scary part is that they came back the next day.

It's one thing to get things stolen. It's another to realize that the thieves didn't get what they wanted and plan to come back.

Icarus

[ajuxliapose.livejournal.com]

Melly has a question - how big was the flipping trunk? :p

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

If you thoroughly inventory what's in your glovebox, you'd be surprised at what's in there. It's like unpacking your purse.

I doubt they were after motor oil, and the outdoor gear's not usually there. It's a sportscar, and it's one of the most popular models to steal.

After having talked to his insurance agent, the police, his mechanic and the car alarm people, WG says, "If I knew what I know now back when I was shopping, I would never have bought this model of car."

Icarus

[mad-martha.livejournal.com]

Either they struck incredibly lucky when they picked your car or they were casing you beforehand. My brother's a police officer, and I'm pretty sure he'd say the latter is more likely. I mean, they seriously stripped your stuff there; it's not like a random brick through the window and snatching whatever they could grab in two seconds.

Dear God, they even took a box of tampax? Presumably they need it to stuff in the gaping holes where their consciences should be. It's no consolation, but ... I'm sure it'll come back on them sometime. I'm a firm believer in cosmic justice and with any luck it'll be something unpleasant at a really bad moment.

Gits.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What we're learning is that our particular type of Honda is unusually easy to get into, so thieves look for cars like ours.

They stole the registration, which we've learned from our mechanic is what thieves will do to go to the dealer and buy a new ignition.

Then they get into your car later, knock out the old ignition, put in the new one and drive off.

Since they came back the next day, we're told by the car alarm people that they were probably checking to see if maybe we were gone on vacation (one reason to hit us on a holiday weekend). Then they'd come back to take the car, and have a few days to get away with it.

As for casing the car... oh yeah, I think so. But not for this shit. I'm pretty sure they weren't after a case of power steering fluid, and they lucked out on the outdoor gear. It's not normally in there.

No. They wanted the car.

The police officer was sure of that. You gotta understand, this is one of the most popular cars to steal: it's Honda, but it's also classified as a sportscar.

Icarus

[angeluszion.livejournal.com]

Ouch, I hope you get some sort of refund for all that or something!

~NAA

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*nods* Thanks. Me, too.

Icarus

[angeluszion.livejournal.com]

Always welcome.

~NAA

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

Wow. But, to agree with someone previously, they probably just stuffed things in a bag (most likely your own duffle or the sleeping bag) without looking.

When my apartment was burgled they even took the modem cord that went to the phone. Didn't take the (rental) phone, thank god, but since the cord was attached to the computer it went too. They took several empty cd cases and a bunch of cheap-ass knicknacks but left all the software. They clearly were in a rush.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yep. *nods vigorously* They grabbed everything at random. They may have even stuffed the goods in a nearby trash bin and came later to pick it up.

Today WG had his head on my lap, half asleep and asked in a small voice, "Why did they take the cigarette lighter?" This has hit him pretty hard. The insurance agent says he's done everything right, and everything in his power, but now that the dust has settled it's hitting him hard.

Icarus

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

Jaysus bloody christ!
I am so , so sorry.
Have the police found any leads?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I think the only lead is that plate number I got. The stuff's gone. My main concern is the thieves coming back.


Icarus

[lherelenfeline.livejournal.com]

gah, have the cops said anything?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

We don't expect to hear from them. The plate number was hopefully helpful in preventing future theft. If I were the police officer, I would have run those plates and paid a visit to their address as possible "witnesses" (eyes open for anything obvious from our trunk). At the very least it would have scared the thieves from coming back and put them in the record as suspects/contacts for future thefts of this nature.

Icarus

[dphearson.livejournal.com]

Damn, girl!

*am feeling yur pain, since my camping and ski stuff is about the same amount as what was kept in the car*

Before the Meth scourge that is going through Portland, I kept stuff in the station wagon of Death. Who wanted my car?

Just ugh.

And that was low, to take the tampons!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

That's one difference between men and women: men have to have the nice car.

I never had a problem with my old ugly Ford Tempo. Except I once got a notice that it was classified as an abandoned vehicle and I had to prove it was driveable.

So what the insurance covers is what was attached to the car. The scratches on the trunk, the back shelf cover, any damage to the stereo, the dome light and apparently the floor mats as well.

WG is eating Ben & Jerry's cookie dough ice cream, and feeling a little better now that it's settled.

Icarus

[lerah99.livejournal.com]

Damn that sucks. Especially the sleeping bag. That's a sweet sleeping bag.

I hope they find the bastards.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well, fortunately for WG that was his "shit" bag, and the really nice ones (yes, that's a plural) were all inside. He has another North Face bag of that type here.

It's the snow shoes and the trail pass that hurt.

Icarus

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, they were thorough. Reminds me of when my boss' house was robbed. They took everything. Apparently backed up a moving van to her house and cleared it out. Even took the roll of toilet paper off the holder. The neighbors didn't do a thing because they'd assumed she has hired movers or something. Crooks suck ass, man.

*hugs for you & WG*

[tigerlilly2063.livejournal.com]

*hugs* That's really a lot. Am so sorry for you two.
Is there any chance to get at least the actual value back from your insurance?
Such things are annoying, especially the time you need to buy the things again.

I always wonder what kind of people thieves are... Sometimes they just get everything which isn't tightened and then there are times when they are just dumb. Once they have stolen an old jacket out of our car but left a golden necklace behind, which lay directly in the front. *shakes head*
It just doesn't make sense.