Car Broken into. What to do?

[Uabassoon]

There has been in a major problem with car burglaries in our complex lately. This is the second time my car has been hit. The first time I had left a door unlocked. They really didn't take anything, maybe a few CDs but most of them were just mixed CDs that I'd made and weren't really worth anything. I was annoyed and felt a little violated but that was about it.

A little while ago I hopped into my car to go to the store and noticed that my passenger seat was pulled forward, I had been looking behind the seats for something last night so I didn't really worry about it. Then as I was leaving the store and went to open my passenger door I noticed this!



What should I do. I heard that if you call the insurance agency then your premiums go up? Is this true? I don't want to make them go up for something like this because I know I can fix it for almost the same price or less as the decutable.

Should I file a police report? I've never delt with a situation like this before so I'm not really sure how to handle it. Is there really anything they can do or am I just wasting their time? I know that several people have called before about their cars, but nothing has yet to happen.

Oh you want to know what they stole out of the car? A carton of cigarettes! That's right, that's the only thing in my entire truck that they took. All of this hassle for some cigarettes! I guess it's a sign that I need to quit.

[Rachel]

If you think you can get it fixed for about what the deductible is, I would not call the insurance company.

And, yes, it is a sign you should quit smoking!

[Uabassoon]

Thanks Rachel. I was really confused as to what I should do. I was leaning towards not calling, but I guess I wanted someone else to agree with me.

I really didn't want to call my parents for advice because my dad is out of town and I don't want to talk to my mom because she would freak out. I could just picture her lying in bed dreaming that I live in some horrible crack den of a neighborhood because my car was broken into. So I'd prefer not to worry her!

I'm kind of leaning towards not calling in a police report, I mean it's not like I expect them to track down the guy who stole a half carton of cigarettes.

I'm at least cooling off now, I was feeling so angry and confused and just horrible when I first saw what happened to my car.

[Lady's Human]

I wouldn't call the insurance company, but I would call the police. Even if all they do is lift the prints, chances are that this isn't the only offence the perp has committed, and they can add it to the list of charges against the individual.

[Uabassoon]

I wouldn't call the insurance company, but I would call the police. Even if all they do is lift the prints, chances are that this isn't the only offence the perp has committed, and they can add it to the list of charges against the individual.

I didn't think about that. Will they still be able to find prints if I touched the handle? I was fiddling around with it to see how bad the damage was.

[Lady's Human]

Possibly, and they should be able to separate your prints from the prints of the preson who did it.

[Uabassoon]

Ok the police report has been filled out. It said that they would notify me after they have decided if further invesitgation is necessary.