A lesson learned, the hard way
Posted by Isabel on July 9th, 2007. Filed under: Apartment Living, The New House.We got a call a few weekends ago from the managers of our storage unit. It was a courtesy call to let us know that someone had broken into our unit so we “might want to come down and put a new lock on it.”
“Um yeah, we’ll be there in like 2.3 minutes!”
Luckily it was a Sunday so The King could rush right there and check things out. He got to our unit and started to look around to see what had been stolen. He was pretty nervous since we had a lot of big-ticket items in there. Things like tools, Vespa scooters, our Viking range, my bike, all of our CD’s, our guest bed, and of course, my clothes.
The King scouted around the unit and found a lot of over turned boxes, but it didn’t look like anything specific had been stolen. Plus, all that stuff has been in storage for so long, we really didn’t even remember what was in there that might have been stolen.
I’m sure the thieves had specific things they were looking to steal. Things they knew they could sell fast for drug money. They didn’t have the man-power, or the knowledge to know how much the range was worth. And the tool chest was blocked by said range, so they couldn’t even get into it to steal. I’m not sure why they left the brand new weed eater just sitting there or the bike. I guess they hadn’t planned on doing any yard work, and forget about a leisurely bike ride through the city.
The new house is getting closer and closer to being done. The King has promised me that drywall work will begin before the month is over, and we all remember the promise last year that we won’t have to spend another Christmas in the apartment. Plus, we just resigned our lease, only for 3 months.
The King went down to the storage unit again this weekend. It was time to move part of the range out of storage and into the new house for installation. This meant he would be spending a little more time going through the storage unit and could check, again, to make sure nothing of importance was stolen.
He called me once he was down there.
“Did you find any of the boxes of my summer skirts?”
“No, but I found one labeled Isabel’s purses.”
“That’s a start. But nothing labeled skirts, huh?”
“Nope. Just purses. Do you need them?”
“No. Just my skirts.”
The King’s office had all just got new fancy Apple computers when we were getting ready to move. He collected all the boxes from the computers and brought them home for me to use in packing. They were great boxes, so we used them for the things we were putting into our storage unit.
It wasn’t until The King was looking around our storage unit yesterday that he realized maybe this wasn’t the best idea. Every single one of the computer boxes had been cut open and kicked.
I can only imagine that the thieves thought they had hit pay dirt when they broke into our unit and saw it full of computers. That is until they cut them open and realized they were full of crappy things like CD’s, baby books, and maybe even a few summer skirts. And since this pissed them off, they just kicked all the boxes.
Yeah, that’ll show us to use fancy boxes for storage. And crappy locks.
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July 9th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
So they didn’t steal what was in the computer boxes?? Whew. But it serves the thieves right…that’s what they get to breaking into YOUR storage unit.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
So, they took the skirts out of spite?
July 9th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Isn’t the point of a storage unit to keep your stuff SAFE? I’m so sorry. Even if they didn’t take much, knowing that someone broke in and went through all your stuff just gives me the creeps.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
The computer boxes seem like perfect poetic justice for would-be thieves. Too bad there weren’t surveillance cameras to capture their reactions!
July 9th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Thieves suck. I’m sorry that they took advantage of you guys like that and broke into your storage unit. Serves them right that they thought they had hit the jackpot with the fancy boxes! Glad to hear that everything worked out okay, but it still isn’t fair!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
I am so excited that you are getting close to moving into your new house!!! Installation is happening–that’s gotta feel good.
It sucks about the storage building, but thankfully, all your cool stuff is OK.
I can’t wait to see how you decorate the new place. I need some new inspiration!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Oh that sucks! was anything damaged in the boxes when they did this?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Huh. We packed in computer boxes the last time we moved to (that and paper boxes). They were very convenient. Luckily, though, we didn’t have the storage locker/thief issue, though.
I hope you find your skirts. Missing skirts would drive me nuts.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Aww that sucks that your storage was broken into. How crappy is that?? I’m glad nothing major was stolen, but still, I’m sure you guys have a mess to deal with.
Drywall, huh? That’s great news! It’s a race to the finish for us, Isabel. Which one of us will move into our fancy shmancy house first??
July 9th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
I’m glad that nothing of monetary or senitmental value was taken!
What is wrong with people that make them think that that kind of crap is ok?
Yaaaaay for drywall beginning!
July 9th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
Way to tease the thiefs, you meanies.
Actually though – am super glad nothing was stolen. Especially your clothes.
July 10th, 2007 at 12:09 am
what boxes are least likely to get broken into I wonder?
July 10th, 2007 at 1:19 am
You are right, Isabel — I DO love the Old 97’s. Thanks for the link to the free downloads! I had never heard of them before your mention of them, but I’m a big fan now
July 10th, 2007 at 2:05 am
When you mentioned the Apple boxes, I actually groaned, “Oh, no” out loud. I’m so glad they didn’t walk away with anything.
Also, knowing that you won’t be in the apartment for another Christmas is great news. Luke and I still have one such holiday left as renters. Hopefully just the one.
July 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I’m sorry you had your storage unit broken into, but am taking some solace in the fact that you inadvertently pissed off some would-be thieves. You know the look on their faces was priceless.
July 10th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
ROTFL… I would have loved to have seen their faces when they realized they were getting skirts and books instead of computers! HA!
We plan on putting things in storage too before we move next, when it’s time to declutter the house. I imagine the same situation if ours is broke into as we save our computer, tv, laptop and all electronic boxes to reuse too! They are good sturdy boxes! I’ll be SURE to write on them though – very large: SUMMER CLOTHES, PHOTO ALBUMS and such.