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Yesterday while I was at work my apartment was burglarized. I got home to find my door closed, but the door frame was split in half so that nothing was really holding it that way. They didn't get all the expensive things in the place, but they sure got some good stuff. Luckily not my PC will all my data, but they did take: my laptop, my camcorder, my digital camera, my projector, my Wii, all of my Wii games and GameCube games (for playing on the Wii) as well as half of my PlayStation2 games (accidentally?) and pretty much all the accessories for all those things. Oh yeah, so if already used my Wii friend code, go ahead and send them some nasty message.

Luckily I have renters insurance, if you don't have insurance, let this serve as a warning get yourself some damn renters insurance. Nothing taken was really that irreplacable and some of the things I'll even be happy to have to replace. Still, what isn't replacable is feeling secure in this apartment. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. At the very least I can trasfer to an identical apartment not on the ground floor, although this place has had break-ins on every floor. I can buy myself an alarm system, too. What I really want is a standard metal door frame, not one made out of one by, a safer neighborhood, and a complex that cares about the security of the front door/gate. I might be able to replace a door frame here at my own expense but I'm considering moving to a place that already has all 3 of those things.

I don't know why they picked my place. I keep the shades down for exactly this reason, so that no one can see in and see all my awesome stuff. The night before, while I was watching the superbowl on my projector, I ordered a pizza and the delivery guy commented that I had the perfect setup for a superbowl party, so I can't help wondering if that had anything to do will everything disappearing the following day. Why do people have to suck?

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*hug*

I told your story tonight while I was gaming and my friend Rodney has just moved, so he has decided to also get some renter's insurance.

[info]childofmetis — 2/07/2007 03:19 am

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Wow, that surely sucks. Can I do anything to help?

[info]aneras — 2/07/2007 03:48 am

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According to the dude at Nintendo I talked to when I called, no, because of their privacy policy he claims they don't have a way to trace a particular Wii's usage. I can't imagine that they couldn't, but I understand if they choose not to have their software log or report enough information to do it, and I don't suppose my Wii is worth them modifying their server (and breaking their privacy policy). It would be good PR, though, "Wii recovers stolen property." He did say they'd flag it so that if anyone tried to register that serial number they'd call me.

[info]sparkyb — 2/07/2007 11:16 am

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Wow, sorry to hear about this man. I hope the insurance company doesn't give you too much of a hard time with replacing things. At least you didn't get hurt or anything. And it's probably a good reminder that possessions and gadgets ultimately don't mean that much in the scope of life.

My dad was robbed at (shot)gun-point a few months ago, in the cozy suburbs of Connecticut. It's a scary world out there...sometimes.

[info]matthewljacobs — 2/07/2007 04:19 pm

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this might make you wish you'd had an xbox in your collecion too:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/xbox-360-thief-calls-tech-support-gets-caught-235157.php

[info]rczero — 2/08/2007 10:17 pm