Who here has been a robbery victim? - Blu-ray Forum

Fors* · 09-18-2009, 02:44 PM

In light of what happened to one of our members, I would like to know if anyone else out there has been a robbery victim themselves.

I used to work at McDonalds when I was 16, and one night after closing the place, a guy with a gun jumped out of the bushes and made myself and 3 other co-workers (including the manager) go back inside. He made the manager re-open the safe, but not before she screwed up the combination twice. The guy started to get real restless, eventually holding the gun against my head telling her to hurry up or he would blow my head off. She eventually opened the safe and he took the bag and ran. Thankfully no one was hurt. They caught the guy a week later, but not before he held up a gas station and killed an attendant.

That was when it hit me that he really meant he would blow my head off and how lucky I was to still be here.

The point of this thread is to realize how lucky we are sometimes, even in times when things go bad or something bad happens to us. Things could always be worse. I guess it all becomes a matter of perspective. So, anyone else out there been robbed and would like to share their story?

Psychonaut · 09-18-2009, 02:51 PM

I saw the last 3 Star Wars movies in the theater. Does that count?

Fors* · 09-18-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Psychonaut

I saw the last 3 Star Wars movies in the theater. Does that count?

Only if someone was pointing a gun to your head when you bought those tickets, otherwise you have no one else to blame but yourself.

Deadset · 09-18-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by forsberg21

I used to work at McDonalds when I was 16, and one night after closing the place, a guy with a gun jumped out of the bushes and made myself and 3 other co-workers (including the manager) go back inside. He made the manager re-open the safe, but not before she screwed up the combination twice. The guy started to get real restless, eventually holding the gun against my head telling her to hurry up or he would blow my head off. She eventually opened the safe and he took the bag and ran. Thankfully no one was hurt.

Holy crap dude! That is spooky. I've never had that happen to me and hope that it doesn't. Glad everyone was ok in your situation.

I've had my car cleaned out before, they did over 3k worth of damage breaking into my acura. Ah! I actually baited them again since the cops wouldn't do anything about it. I had a group of guys with bats waiting and we chased them out. They drove away though, that was it.

I've had to load my gun a few times at our old house due to punks, they were going around trying to break into houses. I told them to come on in (basically telling them they'd get a mouthful of lead), yelling at them through the door as I cocked my shotgun. They ran away. I had already called the cops, but you gotta be ready. Cops just clean up.

MaCruz · 09-18-2009, 02:58 PM

Twice! Broken into when I drove my dads car. Once during Christmas back in 2000, and one by a hobo in the parking lot.

Lord_Stewie · 09-18-2009, 03:03 PM

I have. Was Walking on Campus to get to class I was with my classmate, and was on a phone with the Police since they towed my car for some reason

so anyways some guy with a hooded mask approached us pointing a gun at us. Started calling us names and what not and the officer was still on the phone. The officer said hold on sir I can hear what is going on, we are sending someone your way. After what felt like hours this guy got my wallet and classmate's wallet and both our phones. Then a Police car pulled up on the other side of the road, instead of turning towards us on the right side the cop goes left. Anyways the Robber saw the police car and ran off.

Glad no one was hurt.

Fors* · 09-18-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Deads3t

Holy crap dude! That is spooky. I've never had that happen to me and hope that it doesn't. Glad everyone was ok in your situation.

I've had my car cleaned out before, they did over 3k worth of damage breaking into my acura. Ah! I actually baited them again since the cops wouldn't do anything about it. I had a group of guys with bats waiting and we chased them out. They drove away though, that was it.

I've had to load my gun a few times at our old house due to punks, they were going around trying to break into houses. I told them to come on in (basically telling them they'd get a mouthful of lead), yelling at them through the door as I cocked my shotgun. They ran away. I had already called the cops, but you gotta be ready. Cops just clean up.

Too bad you couldn't of gotten a hold of one or two of them....

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Originally Posted by shadblz

I have. Was Walking on Campus to get to class I was with my classmate, and was on a phone with the Police since they towed my car for some reason

so anyways some guy with a hooded mask approached us pointing a gun at us. Started calling us names and what not and the officer was still on the phone. The officer said hold on sir I can hear what is going on, we are sending someone your way. After what felt like hours this guy got my wallet and classmate's wallet and both our phones. Then a Police car pulled up on the other side of the road, instead of turning towards us on the right side the cop goes left. Anyways the Robber saw the police car and ran off.

Glad no one was hurt.

So, he still got away with your wallets and phone? That stinks!

Moefiz · 09-18-2009, 03:07 PM

Back in the 80's came home from school and find our apartment in Queens NY broken into...TV, VCR and some of my mom jewelery gone the apt was a mess what ever they could have taken for the time there were in there they took...

Early 2000 ...CD changer stolen from my car, they pop the trunk and just took it everything else was there...

Working in retail, I have seen my share of shoplifters pushing some car air freshers in there pocket or a bottle of Armor All down there pants....

ShockWave · 09-18-2009, 03:14 PM

Twice same car was broken into. Civic 96.

When I would visit my wife when she was at UF. Someone broke into my car and stole about 200 cd's, this is back when we didn't have Ipods and stuff. The worse part is I just bought a 500 dollar R/C truck I only ran once that was in the trunk.

The second is when we first got married and lived in apt. Stole more cd's, radio and a gold ring.

Chordata · 09-18-2009, 03:18 PM

Not in my adult life, but as a child, our house was broken into while we were on vacation.

I recall being very scared when we came home. Felt very violated, even as a young kid.

The f'ers even stole my little piggy bank, that probably had a very small amount of change in it.

The police found out who did it (a neighbor a few blocks away), but nothing was recovered.

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Originally Posted by Psychonaut

I saw the last 3 Star Wars movies in the theater. Does that count?

No, it just raises questions about your intelligence if you saw it once, didn't like it, then paid to see it two more times. I bet you even have the DVD...

Secretagentnumber6 · 09-18-2009, 03:27 PM

When I was younger my brother left the front door open at my dads house and someone wandered in while we were sleeping and took my dad and his girlfriends money out of their wallets.

Also my dad's house was burgularized when I was like 14. They stole all my video games and guns. Luckily the police recovered most of it when my dad caught the kids that did it coming back for more.

And when I was working at hollywood video I had some scammers come in and rent games, after they left I had noticed they were acting weird and I looked on the game shelves and noticed the cases for the 4 games they rented were missing. Luckily I caught on to them quick because I looked outside and noticed they were at the Blockbuster across the street doing the same thing. I called Blockbuster and warned them, and they refused to rent to them, then the guy had the balls to come back over to my store and cuss me out. I told him I expected the games back on friday and to leave or I would call the cops. He left and of course the games never came back. Also the guy knew nothing about games and rented games that were like 5 years old and would fetch no money if he sold em. Funny in the end I guess.

Porkchop Express · 09-18-2009, 03:31 PM

I've had a car stolen while going to school in Detroit, so no suprise there. I also had a car get broken into, although they did not take anything I still had a broken window to repair.

b0bby · 09-18-2009, 03:47 PM

as a young immature teenager i was robbed with my friends while skipping school. the school academically was the best in the city as far as what it offered (IB/AP/etc) but was located in and around bad neighborhoods. back then name brand clothing was popular in school with things like tommy hilfiger/polo/timberland/etc (you know you had them too). it was kind of funny because one of my friends just got a new pair of timberland boots and he made some comment like "if someone wants to mess with us they are going to have to talk to Tim" meaning his boots. so we walked up a busy road going to mcdonalds and this guy comes up with a gun telling us to give him money. i was a kid with just a few bucks here and there no wallet so i just gave it to him. he then asked me to take my jacket off and boy was a i pissed. i had a thin tommy hilfiger anorak and my buddy had a tommy hilfiger fleece lined nylon jacket. i clearly thought HIS jacket was better than mine but the robber took mine. either way we were all safe and didn't get hurt other than our feelings. pretty much never skipped school on foot again. afterwards we asked my friend where was Tim at while we were getting robbed. we all look back at it and laugh at the hilarious "talk to Tim" comment and how stupid we were.

Uniquely · 09-18-2009, 03:53 PM

I was mugged once, and had all of the sound gear stolen out of my car.

SquidPuppet · 09-18-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forsberg21

In light of what happened to one of our members, I would like to know if anyone else out there has been a robbery victim themselves.

I used to work at McDonalds when I was 16, and one night after closing the place, a guy with a gun jumped out of the bushes and made myself and 3 other co-workers (including the manager) go back inside. He made the manager re-open the safe, but not before she screwed up the combination twice. The guy started to get real restless, eventually holding the gun against my head telling her to hurry up or he would blow my head off. She eventually opened the safe and he took the bag and ran. Thankfully no one was hurt. They caught the guy a week later, but not before he held up a gas station and killed an attendant.

That was when it hit me that he really meant he would blow my head off and how lucky I was to still be here.

The point of this thread is to realize how lucky we are sometimes, even in times when things go bad or something bad happens to us. Things could always be worse. I guess it all becomes a matter of perspective. So, anyone else out there been robbed and would like to share their story?

Scary story man.

What happened to one of our forum members?

Deadset · 09-18-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Scary story man.

What happened to one of our forum members?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=114349

Uniquely · 09-18-2009, 04:11 PM

My family owned a jewelry store when I was a kid. One time the store was robbed at gunpoint, and my grandmother and aunt and the employees there were made to lie down at gunpoint. Another time, two men went to the home of the watchmaker and kidnapped him and his wife; left their kids sleeping in their beds. They took them to the store and made them unlock it and robbed it. The watchmaker and his wife were able to give the police enough info about the kidnappers that they were caught. One had a spiral notepad with the address of everyone that had keys... including my parents.

mikejet · 09-18-2009, 04:15 PM

My parents house has been broken into three times in 29 years. Once when I was little, then again as a teenager, then again this year.

My car has been broken into at a Sheriff monitored metro station. There was an apology note from the Sheriff that said:

"Looks like your car got broken into. Sorry. Feel free to see a deputy to file a report."

When I was in the parking lot the next day I saw a deputy in the parking lot watching a portable DVD player.

The last time they broke into my parents house, they tried to steal their safe. They didn't realize it is reinforced with concrete.

It's weird to because my parents live in a really nice part of LA.

Psychonaut · 09-18-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by O_V_N

No, it just raises questions about your intelligence if you saw it once, didn't like it, then paid to see it two more times. I bet you even have the DVD...

I've been bamboozled!

Chordata · 09-18-2009, 04:19 PM

I'm a star bamboozler.

09-18-2009, 02:44 PM	#1
Fors* Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Pottstown, PA Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:142 Trading Score:11	Who here has been a robbery victim? In light of what happened to one of our members, I would like to know if anyone else out there has been a robbery victim themselves. I used to work at McDonalds when I was 16, and one night after closing the place, a guy with a gun jumped out of the bushes and made myself and 3 other co-workers (including the manager) go back inside. He made the manager re-open the safe, but not before she screwed up the combination twice. The guy started to get real restless, eventually holding the gun against my head telling her to hurry up or he would blow my head off. She eventually opened the safe and he took the bag and ran. Thankfully no one was hurt. They caught the guy a week later, but not before he held up a gas station and killed an attendant. That was when it hit me that he really meant he would blow my head off and how lucky I was to still be here. The point of this thread is to realize how lucky we are sometimes, even in times when things go bad or something bad happens to us. Things could always be worse. I guess it all becomes a matter of perspective. So, anyone else out there been robbed and would like to share their story?

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09-18-2009, 02:51 PM	#2
Psychonaut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Second left after Wal-Mart Blu-ray collection:111	I saw the last 3 Star Wars movies in the theater. Does that count?

09-18-2009, 02:58 PM	#5
MaCruz Community Gaming Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Jacksonville, FL Home Theater Gallery:160 4K collection:104 Blu-ray collection:958 DVD collection:18 MA collection:394 Digital collection:570 iTunes collection:527 Prime collection:192 Blu-ray reviews: 23 Trading Score:139	Twice! Broken into when I drove my dads car. Once during Christmas back in 2000, and one by a hobo in the parking lot.

09-18-2009, 03:03 PM	#6
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	I have. Was Walking on Campus to get to class I was with my classmate, and was on a phone with the Police since they towed my car for some reason so anyways some guy with a hooded mask approached us pointing a gun at us. Started calling us names and what not and the officer was still on the phone. The officer said hold on sir I can hear what is going on, we are sending someone your way. After what felt like hours this guy got my wallet and classmate's wallet and both our phones. Then a Police car pulled up on the other side of the road, instead of turning towards us on the right side the cop goes left. Anyways the Robber saw the police car and ran off. Glad no one was hurt.

09-18-2009, 03:07 PM	#8
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	Back in the 80's came home from school and find our apartment in Queens NY broken into...TV, VCR and some of my mom jewelery gone the apt was a mess what ever they could have taken for the time there were in there they took... Early 2000 ...CD changer stolen from my car, they pop the trunk and just took it everything else was there... Working in retail, I have seen my share of shoplifters pushing some car air freshers in there pocket or a bottle of Armor All down there pants....

09-18-2009, 03:14 PM	#9
ShockWave Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Orlando, FL GO GATORS Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:119 Blu-ray reviews:1	Twice same car was broken into. Civic 96. When I would visit my wife when she was at UF. Someone broke into my car and stole about 200 cd's, this is back when we didn't have Ipods and stuff. The worse part is I just bought a 500 dollar R/C truck I only ran once that was in the trunk. The second is when we first got married and lived in apt. Stole more cd's, radio and a gold ring.

09-18-2009, 03:27 PM	#11
Secretagentnumber6 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:St Louis Area Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:212 Trading Score:4	When I was younger my brother left the front door open at my dads house and someone wandered in while we were sleeping and took my dad and his girlfriends money out of their wallets. Also my dad's house was burgularized when I was like 14. They stole all my video games and guns. Luckily the police recovered most of it when my dad caught the kids that did it coming back for more. And when I was working at hollywood video I had some scammers come in and rent games, after they left I had noticed they were acting weird and I looked on the game shelves and noticed the cases for the 4 games they rented were missing. Luckily I caught on to them quick because I looked outside and noticed they were at the Blockbuster across the street doing the same thing. I called Blockbuster and warned them, and they refused to rent to them, then the guy had the balls to come back over to my store and cuss me out. I told him I expected the games back on friday and to leave or I would call the cops. He left and of course the games never came back. Also the guy knew nothing about games and rented games that were like 5 years old and would fetch no money if he sold em. Funny in the end I guess.

09-18-2009, 03:31 PM	#12
Porkchop Express Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Detroit,MI Blu-ray collection:261 Blu-ray reviews:4	I've had a car stolen while going to school in Detroit, so no suprise there. I also had a car get broken into, although they did not take anything I still had a broken window to repair.

09-18-2009, 03:47 PM	#13
b0bby Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2008 Location:North Carolina Blu-ray collection:153	as a young immature teenager i was robbed with my friends while skipping school. the school academically was the best in the city as far as what it offered (IB/AP/etc) but was located in and around bad neighborhoods. back then name brand clothing was popular in school with things like tommy hilfiger/polo/timberland/etc (you know you had them too). it was kind of funny because one of my friends just got a new pair of timberland boots and he made some comment like "if someone wants to mess with us they are going to have to talk to Tim" meaning his boots. so we walked up a busy road going to mcdonalds and this guy comes up with a gun telling us to give him money. i was a kid with just a few bucks here and there no wallet so i just gave it to him. he then asked me to take my jacket off and boy was a i pissed. i had a thin tommy hilfiger anorak and my buddy had a tommy hilfiger fleece lined nylon jacket. i clearly thought HIS jacket was better than mine but the robber took mine. either way we were all safe and didn't get hurt other than our feelings. pretty much never skipped school on foot again. afterwards we asked my friend where was Tim at while we were getting robbed. we all look back at it and laugh at the hilarious "talk to Tim" comment and how stupid we were.

09-18-2009, 03:53 PM	#14
Uniquely Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Mobile, AL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:171	I was mugged once, and had all of the sound gear stolen out of my car.

09-18-2009, 04:11 PM	#17
Uniquely Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Mobile, AL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:171	My family owned a jewelry store when I was a kid. One time the store was robbed at gunpoint, and my grandmother and aunt and the employees there were made to lie down at gunpoint. Another time, two men went to the home of the watchmaker and kidnapped him and his wife; left their kids sleeping in their beds. They took them to the store and made them unlock it and robbed it. The watchmaker and his wife were able to give the police enough info about the kidnappers that they were caught. One had a spiral notepad with the address of everyone that had keys... including my parents.

09-18-2009, 04:15 PM	#18
mikejet Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:29	My parents house has been broken into three times in 29 years. Once when I was little, then again as a teenager, then again this year. My car has been broken into at a Sheriff monitored metro station. There was an apology note from the Sheriff that said: "Looks like your car got broken into. Sorry. Feel free to see a deputy to file a report." When I was in the parking lot the next day I saw a deputy in the parking lot watching a portable DVD player. The last time they broke into my parents house, they tried to steal their safe. They didn't realize it is reinforced with concrete. It's weird to because my parents live in a really nice part of LA.

09-18-2009, 04:19 PM	#20
Chordata Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Home of N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	I'm a star bamboozler.

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