In any case, sorry to hear that your GPS was stolen. The police won’t ever find it though. Even if you had a serial number, you’ve only got a slight chance of ever seeing it again. The police have better things to do with their time than try to find out if every item that came out of a drug raid was reported stolen. Well, maybe not better things to do, but other things to do. I still want my GPS back.

These people come in from the city by going through backyards. They hop fences until they make it to their target street. Then they go around and loot where possible. Our street doesn’t have street lights! Damn it!

I had a Garmin C330 and I loved it. They too forgot to take the power cord, like morons. Eventually the battery will run out and it’s useless.

Stupid drug dealing scumbags.

I live about 4 streets away from low income housing in the Rochester City District. I hate it hate it hate it. I want to catch them in the act, because it seems pretty frequent on my street and circle.

I’d call the police and then tackle the pieces of filth.

It’s just a good idea to move a bit farther out towards areas like Spencerport. Then the vast majority of criminals wouldn’t be in walking distance from their drug houses.

I’m checking with local pawn shops, but I think I’m pretty much screwed. Sorry to hear that happened to your friend. It’s a sickening feeling, more so for him I’m sure because he bought all that insurance.

If they charge his credit card for the GPS, he could theoretically do a chargeback. I think this would force AVIS to prove that he was responsible for it, as opposed to telling him that he is. The people at the front desk and who manage the places probably don’t have a lot of experience with that sort of thing, but corporate AVIS probably does.

Unless he files a police report, they’re going to claim that he could have stolen it, thus paying a mere $40/day for a $700 GPS. Without a police report, there’s no official record of a theft.

I’m not a lawyer, and this shouldn’t be taken as legal advice, but I would file a police report. If they charge his credit card, do a chargeback and wait it out. They will have to prove he is responsible for those charges in the eyes of the credit card company. If he took out every type of insurance they had and it still wasn’t covered, they’re going to have a hard time selling that to the credit card company. They might check their paperwork and find that the employee who explained his responsibility was wrong, or they might not want to deal with the hassle of the paperwork with the credit card company.

At the very least, he’s likely to be responsible for some sort of deductable and will probably have to pay a few hundred bucks no matter what. I think most policies have a minimum deductable of $500, but that depends on the state that you live in and the insurance level you signed up for.

Again, not legal advice. Just what I would think about.

My friend rented a car from AVIS and his GPS got stolen on Sunday. He had taken all the possible insurance coverages form AVIS almost about 40 $ a day he paid for the insurance. Some sucker stole the GPS system and the rental company syas that the GPS was not covered in the insurance. Even the LDW which ideally covers theft did not cover the GPS system. My firend is having to pay some $700 for the streetsmart c550. Any workarounds you have in mind for this issue?