Quote Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore View Post
I've sometimes left my wallet in my cart, I leave my door unlocked sometimes, I have packages delivered to my address when I'm not home unless they are high value. Nothing has ever gotten stolen that way. Ok really the only theft I've ever encountered other than some fraudulent attempts on a credit card, is there was awhile that people liked to break into my car, maybe partly because at that place it was in the back where it wasn't visible, maybe because I got some expensive radios on advice once and they got stolen a few times. It's been over a decade. I don't have expensive radios, my car is no longer in the back, it doesn't get broken into.

I DO have a car steering wheel lock, I don't want a car stolen, that's big money and a big pain, even though I have some theft insurance on it so I wouldn't take the full hit.
We’ve had a car stolen too. It was a giant pain. We didn’t have any insurance on it other than liability (of course) and that’s fine because we can take the hit. This was one of those times where I didn’t put the club on because I was wrangling dogs. Anyway DH found our car parked about a mile away. He had been driving up and down streets looking for it for a few days because that was The criminals did—Steal the car. Dump it soon after.

That was more than $1000 in repairs to the steering column. It’s kind of interesting adventure because even though we made a police report, the police did not find the car, we did. And then when we found the car we had to call the police because it was registered as a stolen vehicle and we dare not drive it because they might pick us up in this “stolen vehicle” Ha ha. They sent the police van that helps victims get cars with damaged steering columns started, but that technician was unable to help our car. So DH went home got his tool kit and came back and got the car started. He Was definitely the hero in this saga.