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GPS Stolen, think I found it on Ebay...
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: melarky on January 19, 2007, 05:33:44 pm ---I can't beleive it, I got a call from the Detective, he has my GPS sitting on his desk waiting for me to come pick it up!
I'll be swinging by after work to go get it and meet with him. I always hoped this would be the way it worked out, but I always kept that bit of doubt at the front of mind to help soften the blow if I never saw it again.
Thanks for all of the comments on this, I will update this if anything else happens, but I think it's smooth sailing from here (and I'll put my GPS in my house when I'm not using it ;) )
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WOW! Congrats! Now... sell it on ebay! ;D
NiN^_^NiN:
Hey congrats man thats great news glad it worked out :)
What about the guy who stole it? something has to have happened to him saying he found it and putting it up on ebay stright away shouldnt go unpunished.
ChadTower:
Awesome. Sometimes the system works.
There has been a huge rash of car breakins in my town, almost all of them to get a brand new GPS from the dashboard. I have no idea why think it's safe to leave an expensive item stuck to their dashboard in plain view. The paper said something like 20 cars were broken into over the weekend. How many people bought these things and are also dumb enough to leave them in the car?
melarky:
Thanks everyone. I have the GPS back in my possession finally :)
I met with the detective briefly and he shed some more light on the subject. He confirmed that it was a kid, aparently he has had some problem with the law in the past (nothing as serious as theft, but has a lead foot and a temper and gets into fights pretty often).
He said he was sure the kid stole it, but didn't have enough proof to make it stick, so they are just going to keep their eye on him. I asked if anyone else had reported the other stolen items he was ebaying, and he said no. I told him I almost didn't report mine, but ebay required it, he said never hesitate to report these things (no matter how small they seem), because usually the theif never just steals once, and when he finally does get caught, they sometimes have a bunch of other stolen items that the theif can't remember where he stole them from, and if no one has filed a report, there's no way to get the items back to the owners (makes sense).
I plugged the GPS in to make sure that it still worked as soon as I got out to my car, and it came right up, but somewhere along the way, someone set a Password on user 1 (will have to contact the manufacturer and find out how to reset that). Again, I'm really happy that I got this back, I never expected to see this thing again, and I can't believe I actually have it back now. Thanks again to everyone for the comments and help.
shardian:
--- Quote from: melarky on January 22, 2007, 01:22:49 pm ---
I plugged the GPS in to make sure that it still worked as soon as I got out to my car, and it came right up, but somewhere along the way, someone set a Password on user 1 (will have to contact the manufacturer and find out how to reset that).
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But you are sure it is yours, right? ;)
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