Not a good day...

[Mr. Bloom]

Wow! Unintended consequences of having something useful! Frankly, I wouldn't have thought that a GPS would be a target if it involved breaking the glass. Did the parking lot have video surveillance?

[Blueberry]

Wow! Unintended consequences of having something useful! Frankly, I wouldn't have thought that a GPS would be a target if it involved breaking the glass. Did the parking lot have video surveillance?

They're a major target around here too. I don't have one - and that's part of the reason. Cars get broken into all the time for them, sadly

CA

[OakLeaf]

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[Crankin]

That's terrible, Jolt. Even though the GPS in my husband's
car is built in, he has our address in there with a fake house number. I hope the police are nice to you!
Come to think of it, the last time we had anything stolen, it was in Worcester. Someone stole the ASU trailer hitch cap off of our SUV when we were at an AMC dinner. I hope those people are happy they stole Sparky and his Sun Devil nature does something bad to them.

[sfa]

Oh no!!! I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this. My car was broken into once (for a first aid kit! I hope the idiot needed it after breaking my window) and it was such a pain dealing with the police reports and insurance and everything.

I wouldn't spend too much time worrying that this guy now has your home address. It sounds like he was stealing multiple things from multiple victims and has more than likely already sold the stuff off.

Sarah

[Jolt]

Well, the officer came last night and got the report, and when I mentioned my concern about the thief now having my home address he said that really isn't an issue--they have never had somebody use that information to target a home and he said all the thieves care about is getting things to sell, usually for drug money (ugh) and the GPS units are the current popular target. So that was a relief. To whoever asked if the lot had video surveillance, unfortunately it doesn't. I'm getting ready to call the insurance company now so I can get my busted window fixed before the snow comes tomorrow, then I have a job fair to go to.

[Jolt]

OK, so I called the insurance company and there is no deductible for glass (excellent!), and they said I could use any shop so I called the Toyota dealer and asked for their recommendation. The glass guy will come to the house this afternoon and fix the window, and the insurance company will take care of the billing. Unfortunately they don't cover things stolen out of the car so I will be responsible for that part, but can't complain too much since I won't have to pay anything for fixing the window. Now it's time to get ready for that job fair...