Uh oh, someone's vandalising our neighborhood!

[pomtzu]

Now that's scary!!! Do you have outside lights that you can leave on all night? Flood lights would be ideal, but any light is better than nothing. Light the place up like a darn Christmas tree if you have to. Vandals don't like lights since they can't do much dirty work without been seen.
Please be careful, and don't risk a confrontation with them - just call for help if necessary. Sounds like a bunch of kids getting bored with their summer vacation and looking for some action. Here's hoping that they get caught and this will end quickly.

[JuniorxMyxLove]

we have a few motion activated lights out front, and then a bunch of little ones that light up the front walk way, but half of them are broken and the motion one is VERY hard to get lit up.

i'll have to talk to my dad about fixing some/putting more up, it makes a lot of sense hahaha.

yep, last night my mom called the police as soon as my sister woke her up - no searching for people here! Although, they're probably just teens (heck, i probably know them!) but yeah, I don't want to meet up with them.

We also switched my mom's car with my sisters for a garage spot. Now the old convertible gets to be safe inside while my mom's big black cadillac (lols, it rhymed) sits out in the driveway. Much easier to get molasses off, eh?

thanks for the idea, when my dad gets home I'll mention the lights thing. maybe i'll have my mom put the suggestion up on the website (she's the web master). we've got some beautiful homes in our neighborhood and it stinks that they're getting so...beat up.

[pomtzu]

Years ago I had a friend that had a similar problem, and he fixed it for good one evening.
He had a starter pistol - not a real gun - but looks like one and plenty noisy too. He heard the vandals outside his place again - he stepped outside and fired it in the air - and they took off like a bat out of hell - never to come back again. They probably had to high-tail it home to change their britches!!!
Not saying that your parents should do that - but it's something to think about.

[Alysser]

I guarentee you it is teenagers. We had that problem around halloween, although it was more down the block. School was in session then, I can only imagine how bored these kids get. It makes me mad that these kids are so bored with their own lives they feel the need to ruin your stuff, that you paid for and earned. I was bored all summer, I got a job. They could easily do the same...anyway hope you catch these crooks. And I agree, DON'T risk a confrontation with them, they could have some sort of thing they would use to hurt you. I highly doubt they'd hurt you but it's not worth the risk, they are probably just a bunch of bored cowards.

[kitten645]

I think the starter pistol idea is BRILLIANT!!! LOL! Or a cap gun. I'd also invest in a huge flood lamp to switch onto them when there's signs of trouble.
I deal all summer with bored rich teens in my store. It really bugs me that they don't find a more productive use of their time than coming in and playing with merchandise and breaking stuff. I call them the "children of the corn"
Good luck! I know it's nerve racking.
Claudia

[Hellow]

Get a shotgun, step outside, fire it in the air. They will run. Very, very fast.

Thank god I am normally occupied with school and computers, otherwise I might be out doing this.

[K9karen]

How about one of those loud blaring blow horns? I'm tempted to get one and keep it in the car and use it next time some idiot cuts me off.

[pomtzu]

Get a shotgun, step outside, fire it in the air. They will run. Very, very fast.

I certainly would not recommend a real gun of any kind in a situations like this, that is why I relayed the story of the starter pistol. Nobody's going to get hurt with a starter pistol. Can you be absolutely certain of the same if there was a real firearm involved????