Comments on: Robbed for the Second Time in Just Over a Year

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:51:14 +0000

I'm so sorry for this! I wish our auto insurance covered theft like renter's insurance does. But, the worst is that this is the section time. I do believe in Karma and that this person's act will lead to some kind of ill for him or her down the road.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:18:23 +0000

Thank you all for reminding me that it certainly could have been a lot worse. I know there are just as many good people in the world as bad people. Donna's story is just awful, but Merveilleux's story restores my faith in humanity.

At least the thieves won't make much money off of my ancient GPS. Thanks benjamin for reminding me of that.

By: benjamin bankruptcy

benjamin bankruptcy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:15:33 +0000

The last time I was robbed was 6 years old when I had my bicycle stollen. I remember the realisation that not all people are nice. I can't believe people are even bothering stealing gps units anymore what are the worth second hand like $10 that can't buy much crack? I don't know i'm not intimately aquainted with the crack ecconomy.

The most important thing is that they didn't trash your car

By: Merveilleux

Merveilleux — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:21:39 +0000

That's terrible.. never leave the doors to your home unlocked. How scary!
-Frightening for Donna as well. Who steals from a baby's piggy bank? Seriously?
There are some awful people in this world but there are also great people.
Last March I was with my family at the zoo and set my purse on a picnic table to take a picture and completely forgot about my purse until about 30 minutes later as we were walking to the gate to leave. I ran back across the whole zoo to the picnic table and my purse was gone but someone had turned it in to the food stand next to it. Everything was still in and I had a lot of valuables in my purse (iphone, wallet with cc's and even my social security card (i don't usually carry that with me).. it would've been a disaster..
So there are some good people left in this world! You can't focus on the bad!

By: Donna Freedman

Donna Freedman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:38:20 +0000

I was burglarized several times while living in Philadelphia, including once as a broke single mom. That time I had practically nothing to steal but they made off with several of my T-shirts, my clock radio and a couple of dollars' worth of change from the baby's bank.
The radio was the hardest part for me: Not only was it my only source of entertainment (the campus radio station played a wide variety of tunes), it was also my alarm clock. For the next couple of weeks I had to have my sister call every morning to wake me up for work.
I take it back: The hardest part was the feeling of vulnerability and the fear that whoever did it might come back when the baby and I were home.
And like you, I was frustrated that I was living a hand-to-mouth existence and someone decided to take something that was really valuable to me. I had to save for a couple of weeks to get enough cash for a new (cheap) clock radio. Sigh.

By: Stella

Stella — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:01:03 +0000

I've had stuff stolen when accidentally unattended at the gym. It really makes me think less of my fellow man (and woman). Yeah, I should have been more careful, but even if the thief didn't know that the item belonged to me, they sure as @#$% knew it didn't belong to them!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:31:24 +0000

Karma will attend to the thieves, but think it could have been worse what if they had taken off with the car ???

By: Revanche

Revanche — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:19:16 +0000

Ugh, sorry about your loss – that's so frustrating. I'm usually more worried about why I've gone and forgotten some normal reflex reaction in those situations, after I get over the frustration.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:04:51 +0000

You've actually been burglarized for the second time in just over a year.