When I got to my first job of the day, I opened the door to get my M12 impact, and the box I keep it and a few other cordless tools was gone. I borrowed an impact from the customer, finished the job and started back tracking through my day to check security cameras. (I made two non work stops, one supply house stop, and got gas. I am the boss and can do what I want to) The supply house could only see the front of my van on the camera so I couldn't be sure if it got stolen there or not. After the supply house this morning, I stopped at Walgreens to get a prescription filled. It wasn't quite ready, so I had to wait an extra couple of minutes. I explained this to the manager six hours later when I went back. She went and looked at the video and came up to tell me to call the cops. (customers aren't allowed to view the video). An officer came and looked at the video, told me all about it. A red Chrysler mini van pulled in two minutes after me, was there for three minutes, and I came out five minutes later. I was there a total of 10 minutes. The driver of the van got out and walked all around my van checking the doors which were locked. His van was blocking the view of my side doors, so they couldn't tell how he got into mine, but he did. He said there is a view of the van with the license plate, but it isn't legible, the detectives can probably enhance it though. I told him I estimated about $1000.00 was taken. He gave me a case number, told me a detective would contact me next week, and we both left.
When I got home, I was sitting back pouting about getting robbed and it occurred to me that I didn't see my leather tote full of stuff I rarely use. Went out to the van and sure enough, It's gone too along with my propane torch and a flashlight.
So far, what I know is missing is up to $2439.00 to replace it. Who knows what's missing that I have forgotten about.
And I just think, if my prescription had been ready when I got there, I would have caught the s.o.b in the act when I was leaving and hopefully beat him to within an inch of his life. I may be a 47 year old fat man, but in my mind, I am still the 30 year old power lifter and strongman competitor that I used to be.
I put a call in to my insurance man when I thought it was just the $1000.00 worth of cordless tools. We both decided that by the time I paid the deductible, it probably wasn't worth it to put in a claim. I have since put an itemized list together and emailed it to him.
I have heard somewhere before that if there is an insurance claim on stolen property and the cops know who it is, the insurance company goes after the thief to get their money back and it won't affect the policy holder. Does anyone here know if that is true? I wont hear from the agent until Monday.
When I got home, I was sitting back pouting about getting robbed and it occurred to me that I didn't see my leather tote full of stuff I rarely use. Went out to the van and sure enough, It's gone too along with my propane torch and a flashlight.
So far, what I know is missing is up to $2439.00 to replace it. Who knows what's missing that I have forgotten about.
And I just think, if my prescription had been ready when I got there, I would have caught the s.o.b in the act when I was leaving and hopefully beat him to within an inch of his life. I may be a 47 year old fat man, but in my mind, I am still the 30 year old power lifter and strongman competitor that I used to be.
I put a call in to my insurance man when I thought it was just the $1000.00 worth of cordless tools. We both decided that by the time I paid the deductible, it probably wasn't worth it to put in a claim. I have since put an itemized list together and emailed it to him.
I have heard somewhere before that if there is an insurance claim on stolen property and the cops know who it is, the insurance company goes after the thief to get their money back and it won't affect the policy holder. Does anyone here know if that is true? I wont hear from the agent until Monday.