Getting burglarized, what to do?
Again we all got killed at work this week, leaving in the sunrise and working until the wee hours for some endless pitches, but also interesting deal driven stuff, valuation and some board meetings. This weekend was supposed to be a sweet one given the Queens Jubilee and the resulting “holiday” following, a great way of shortening a week on both ends.
In addition I had some friends over from Switzerland (crazy bunch of energy traders) so it was time to hit the town hard and go wild to blow off some steem. Come Thursday however I realized that I might have to work the whole weekend given a fairness opinion, lovin it! In addition I cant seem to get to finish some other urgent piece of work so I am not in the best mood as Friday approaches.
Its super early and I am actually arriving at my apartment at around 8pm. As soon as I enter my living room I realize that something is off as one of the paintings is laying on the floor (gladly no Picassos in the place)..I look on the table and my laptop isn’t there either…as I look into my room the Ipad is gone as well. And then I realize that I got robbed…. A lot of other things are gone too, watches, pens, cash, jewelry etc. The TV is still there and so are some more things that you would suspect to be stolen.
Please realize that my apartment is on the fourth floor, and even though the windows are wide open it’s a bit of a stretch to come in through there…While my roommate almost starts crying the police and forensics arrive (yes the whole thing must have cost more than the stuff that was stolen) and suggest somebody climbed through the window, but they can’t find any fingerprints etc. Needless to say I do not have any insurance so there is not much I can do at the moment (technically I now have an excuse why I cannot work from home)..The police dropped by twice more to further question us but needless to say nothing will ever come out of this.
I now realize that all my photos from the past 5 years, a script for a book I was writing on, music etc is gone and I will never see it again, a bit of a bummer I must say.
Do any of you insurance for these kind of things and what should I do the next time around and what should I have done to prevent this?






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Wow, that's terrible man. So
Wow, that's terrible man. So sorry to hear. Best of luck recouping...
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one time my happy meal got
one time my happy meal got hamburglared, no big deal except that hamburglaring bastard stole the Power Ranger toy too
Sorry to hear man. To answer
Sorry to hear man. To answer your question there's insurance for almost any tangible object, but for some things like art and tech insurance becomes too costly. Although most people don't do this, the safest thing to do would be to keep a safe in your apartment for valuable items. Of course, locking doors and windows is a must. Be careful who your roommate lets in as well.
This can happen to anyone, especially in this economy.
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Sounds like an inside job.
Sounds like an inside job. Was any of your roommates stuff stolen.
Third prize is you're fired.
1) Your laptop was stolen.
1) Your laptop was stolen. Change your password on all your major log-ins (e.g. e-mail, Facebook)
2) Report your credit/debit card (obviously...)
3) It's going to be hard, but try to figure out how the burglar got in. If he can get in once, he can get in again.
4) Someone already asked this - did your roommate get any of his stuff stolen?
Oh ya, if you ever catch the guy who did this - castrate him and throw him off a cliff.
Any of your files that are
Any of your files that are important should be backed up on a cloud drive somewhere (dropbox, google drive, etc) and an external HD. Storage is so cheap that it's a no-brainer.
If you're worried about privacy and storing on the cloud, then put everything into a truecrypt archive. Your first upload will be painful, but incremental ones after that will be fine. http://www.truecrypt.org/
For your computers, phones, etc, grab yourself a copy of prey:
http://preyproject.com/
Free for 3 devices and offers some piece of mind.
I also like to keep logmein installed on my computers so I can remote in.
Sorry to hear about your stuff getting stolen. I've had two bikes stolen and it made me wish that my country would go all middle east on thieves and chop off their hands.
got robbed once while living
got robbed once while living with my parents during high school. came home and most of everything was gone. fortunately we had insurance but damn it sucked to know that someone broke in to our house.
Do you have an alarm system? that offers some piece of mind. and would be the first thing I would get after I made sure my privacy online was secure.
i advocate setting up booby
i advocate setting up booby traps all over the house. best outcome is if the guy survives. you can turn him into the cops but it is better to bring him down to the basement and fire up the blowtorch and get out the pliers.
I assume you live in London?
I assume you live in London? Check ebay.pl and ebay.ro in the upcoming days. Schengen ftw!
Next time get police to come
Next time get police to come out and put ID's on all your belongings including jewellery (get unique engravings on it if possible), get insurance (it's really not that expensive, seriously), and include in your filing cabinet a file with photos and receipts of all your belongings for insurance claims and to help the police identify pieces in the jewellery if they find them.
If you own your apartment, get a hard-drive internally fitted in the wall behind a wall mounted TV/Computer if that's what it takes. If they aren't taking the TV because it's too bulky, you can always use a hard drive mounted to a TV and internally wired in the wall. And don't leave your watches, pens, and laptop in easy to access locations. (Personally I never leave home without my laptop, when possible).
Also, learn to back up all your data!
And sign up for I-Cloud before your phone or Ipad gets stolen again.
Then, when it happens again, go to http://www.apple.com/au/ipad/find-my-ipad.html and follow the instructions, to the exact location of your phone or Ipad.
Hunt down thieves, battle with yourself internally to ignore the bubbling rage and anger which is propelling your urge to seek vigilante justice and exact your revenge, before finally deciding to let the federal justice system deal with it, and then report them to the police.
Move outta Hackney
Move outta Hackney
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You're in bloody London. Your
You're in bloody London. Your house got burgled, not "burglarized".
My sympathies. Do you have locks on your windows as well as on your doors?
Angus Macgyver: You're in
You're in bloody London. Your house got burgled, not "burglarized".
My sympathies. Do you have locks on your windows as well as on your doors?
What are locks? Is it like that fish that people put on bagels? Why would he put fish on his doors?
I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
DeanPortman: Angus
You're in bloody London. Your house got burgled, not "burglarized".
My sympathies. Do you have locks on your windows as well as on your doors?
What are locks? Is it like that fish that people put on bagels? Why would he put fish on his doors?
Why would anyone put a fish on a bagel? Sounds disgusting, man. Like anchovy pizza. Except worse.
Angus
You're in bloody London. Your house got burgled, not "burglarized".
My sympathies. Do you have locks on your windows as well as on your doors?
What are locks? Is it like that fish that people put on bagels? Why would he put fish on his doors?
Why would anyone put a fish on a bagel? Sounds disgusting, man. Like anchovy pizza. Except worse.
Joos would
I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
That's the worst, sorry to
Not too sure what your lease
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get a doorman. might be
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