Heads up on stolen books

[01TheDude]

sorry to hear this-- is there any video surveillance of the storage area? seems like it would take several trips to grab this much stuff. I would tempted to install one of those wild life motion video capture devices inside on of my lockers if I had this much expensive stuff in it.

 

Another angle or possible people of interest might have a storage locker near yours-- and at some point saw you putting the stuff in there and then decided to move it into their own locker instead.

 

Not sure if this was touched on but how long between trips to the locker before you noticed the stuff missing (or was it a broken lock?)?

 

anyway-- good luck finding your stuff.

 

 

[Comicdey]

sorry to hear this-- is there any video surveillance of the storage area? seems like it would take several trips to grab this much stuff. I would tempted to install one of those wild life motion video capture devices inside on of my lockers if I had this much expensive stuff in it.

 

Another angle or possible people of interest might have a storage locker near yours-- and at some point saw you putting the stuff in there and then decided to move it into their own locker instead.

 

Not sure if this was touched on but how long between trips to the locker before you noticed the stuff missing (or was it a broken lock?)?

 

anyway-- good luck finding your stuff.

 

 

Good points. I wonder if someone else got a new locker that day. Pretty easy move if so?

[cheetah]

In the wonderful world of incompetence, I know the name and phone number of who stole the books. His employer has his address. Despite repeated promises from the Sheriff's office to contact me, they have yet to do anything. Meanwhile, my estimate of $100,000 worth of books are in the hands of an apparent meth addict. .... me but the world is full of stupid people who don't give a .....

 

Sorry for being a drama queen. I'm just a little fed up with this.

[comicdonna]

Forget the sheriff dept. My wife reported men fleeing from a house she has for sale. The sheriff said they could get there in a few weeks. Call the state police.

[kav]

Do what Chip did. Go down to the sherriff's office and talk to the supervisor.

[VintageComics]

In the wonderful world of incompetence, I know the name and phone number of who stole the books. His employer has his address. Despite repeated promises from the Sheriff's office to contact me, they have yet to do anything. Meanwhile, my estimate of $100,000 worth of books are in the hands of an apparent meth addict. .... me but the world is full of stupid people who don't give a .....

 

Sorry for being a drama queen. I'm just a little fed up with this.

 

Unbelievable.

 

Escalate it until someone does something.

[MrBedrock]

Unbelievable.

 

Escalate it until someone does something.

Yeah, escalating it with the police is a great idea. Maybe they will taze you.

[cheetah]

I will go by the sheriff's office tomorrow.

[VintageComics]

Unbelievable.

 

Escalate it until someone does something.

Yeah, escalating it with the police is a great idea. Maybe they will taze you.

 

Politely escalating gets you a polite tazing.

[kav]

Get address. report screams/gunshots. Cops burst in, find stolen property.

[JazzMan]

Get address. report screams/gunshots. Cops burst in, find stolen property.

 

[kav]

Addendum:

Report you heard yelling-something about I'm THE ONE WHO STOLE THOSE COMICS SO I'M THE ONE KEEPING THE MONEY!

Then the gunshots

[Jaylam]

So if these were contractor workers, how did they know where to find your storage unit? Is it on the property they were working or another location. Also, what clued them in there were valuable comics there?

[budsbundy]

In the wonderful world of incompetence, I know the name and phone number of who stole the books. His employer has his address. Despite repeated promises from the Sheriff's office to contact me, they have yet to do anything. Meanwhile, my estimate of $100,000 worth of books are in the hands of an apparent meth addict. .... me but the world is full of stupid people who don't give a .....

 

Sorry for being a drama queen. I'm just a little fed up with this.

So you have talked to the contractor and he says it's his employee?

 

 

[walclark]

Maybe a call to the mayor's office might help motivate the Sheriff.

[kav]

[fantasyland15]

Just came across this thread. Sorry to hear of the hassle you having to contend with. Best wishes for a happy outcome.

[Jaylam]

My brother had a similar incident with his baseball card collection several years ago with a contractor doing some electrical work in his house. He had these cards tucked away inconspicuously in one of his bedroom closets, not even close to where the electricians were working or should have been. Lo and behold the cards come up missing. Kind of a no-brainer coincidence so he confronted the contractor about it and of course at first they denied it, so he contacted the police, but also threatened to write the local newspaper about his experience, (this was a fairly well known contractor in the area). Apparently the contractor decided he didn't need the bad publicity or maybe being investigated for other thefts so the cards magically reappeared with a hefty apology and something about how this was the work of one lone worker who was subsequently fired.

[cheetah]

There may be some news coming up in the next hour.

[Sqeggs]

My brother had a similar incident with his baseball card collection several years ago with a contractor doing some electrical work in his house. He had these cards tucked away inconspicuously in one of his bedroom closets, not even close to where the electricians were working or should have been. Lo and behold the cards come up missing. Kind of a no-brainer coincidence so he confronted the contractor about it and of course at first they denied it, so he contacted the police, but also threatened to write the local newspaper about his experience, (this was a fairly well known contractor in the area). Apparently the contractor decided he didn't need the bad publicity or maybe being investigated for other thefts so the cards magically reappeared with a hefty apology and something about how this was the work of one lone worker who was subsequently fired.

 

Yeah, unfortunately these stories are too familiar. We never let people work on the house unless one of us is home. If we unexpectedly can't be home, we cancel on them (using an excuse other than that we won't be home), despite whatever complaints they may make. Seems paranoid, but we've had friends and neighbors who have suffered these kinds of thefts.