By Gail T.** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3426) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:36 pm: |
I was just talking to a friend and telling her about our attempted break in to my van last week, and how the thieves are probably looking for high end radios and DVD players. She told me of a new target. GPS owners that program in "home" and have the unit mounted on the window are the new target. The guys break into the car, snatch the unit, and hit home, knowing that you're at the mall, theater, doctor, etc, and are taken right to your home knowing that you aren't there. They figure they have a little time to break in and see what they can steal.
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By ***Boat Chick****Tink*** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #7205) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:41 pm: |
Gail, never even thought about that! We take ours off and keep it with us, don't even leave it in the car. What theives are also doing, is they look in the windshield, and they see the "mark" that the suction cup has made, so they know there might be one in the car. We had a boat neighbor that had his car broken into at the marina, and they took his.
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By *Linda* (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3074) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 3:42 pm: |
Those darn thieves are creative.
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By Sue from NJ (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #816) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 4:04 pm: |
Gail - there is a flaw in that reasoning. Just because I'm at the mall doesn't mean my husband & kids are with me.
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By Gail T.** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3428) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 4:13 pm: |
Sue - understood. I thought that too. But this came from a police warning that my friend had heard, and I figure the smart thugs would case the home to make sure it was empty......
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By Vince DePietro (Bonaire Beach Condo ) (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1717) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 6:31 pm: |
I have a Garmin portable dash mount so it does not stick to the window. I simply move it onto the floor & no one can see anything. Also a lot easier to move it from car to car. It works great!
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By Boom starts with a Tara (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #8477) on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 8:46 pm: |
I really had to chuckle when my car was recently broken into.... the only thing in there was a really old mp3 player, a really old portable cd player and my briefcase (which they took) that only held forms and paperwork to fill out for setting up Red Cross shelters.
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