Yesterday, when my wife came home from seeing a friend of hers, she left the garage door open overnight. As a result, some enterprising person seized the opportunity for personal enrichment for no work, relieved us of our cd�s.
So, I�m sitting here thinking, yeah, the are only cd�s. A few hundred dollars worth, but big deal, they can be replaced.
I only hope they like jazz, cause whoever they are, they got some of my best stuff. I do find it upsetting to think that most likely, they are going to toss the jazz or get rid of it without realizing they have some good stuff.
I'm off to seach the cd cases to see what's gone.
[ November 22, 2003, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: Jay the Obscure ]
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
Why were your CDs in the garage?
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
They were in my car.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
A couple of years ago, my wife gave me a cd portable cd carrier for my car that was pretty big and I filled it up. A count of empty cd holders reveals that I lost...
56 jazz/swing 30 pop/rock
I�m not sure how many my wife lost, but they got her car too.
*sigh*
Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :
Got renters or homeowners insurance? Typically, it will cover anything that is taken from your car in a break-in situation....
Just a little something I found out when my car was stolen a few years ago...... sorry 'bout you havin' to deal with that.... people suck.....
~Liz
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Step 1: file a police report and get a copy of it to keep. Step 2: go t your local pawn shops and look for your stuff. If it's there, call the officer handling the case. The officer can get your stuff back from the Pawn Shop and find out who sold it there.
It's a shot in the dark, but I got a camera back that way once.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Step 3. Buy a spindle of blank CD-Rs, copy all your CDs, and keep those in your car.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
and mark them, for easy identification later....
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
It would be refreshing to find out if the people who stole the CD's actually stole it because they liked jazz. This would show that, even though they are petty criminals, they actually have some taste in music.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Nice of them to leave you with your cars, anyway.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
Nim - The Eternal Optimist
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
I assume you had your cars unlocked as well then? Guess they didn't know how to hotwire your car. Be glad.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Sorry to hear about your CDs getting lifted. But this presents an excellent excuse to: Buy an iPod! Or better yet, make the parents of the kids who stole your CDs buy you an iPod.
[ November 23, 2003, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: Balaam Xumucane ]
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Yeah, well lifing cd's is a far cry from boosting a car.
At any rate, they are gone. Such is life. Now that I have a computer that has a cd burner, I think that I'll make use of TSN's idea.
And I'll start building my collection again.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
quote:At any rate, they are gone. Such is life. Now that I have a computer that has a cd burner, I think that I'll make use of TSN's idea.
And I'll start building my collection again.
If you download all of the songs you had, then you have stolen them from someone else, and all is even in the world. Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Actually, thats an interesting point. Hypothetically speaking, since you have all the cd-cases, liner notes, etc. except for the actual CD it wouldn't be all that different from a practical point of view if you downloaded the songs and burned them instead of buying them. You could almost think of the insurance money as paying for the time and labour involved in tracking it all down Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
This is actually great opportunity to start over and find some new good artists, or old ones you never took time to listen to, Jay.
Coltrane, Hartman, Gloria Lynne? Especially that last one, that's like wiping your mouth with silk that is.
Everytime my HD's been broken or data has been lost, I always end up with a fresher collection and some new names. It's like the black death, opens up a whole plethora of opportunities!
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Among those lost were some of my John Coltrane:
"A Love Supreme" "My Favorite Things" "Giant Steps" "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman"
And
"For Trane" by Johnny Hartman
As for Gloria Lynne, I can't say that I've heard of her. Though now I have an excellent opportunity to look.
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