Sometimes you just need to scream!!!
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Judowolf PE
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That really sucks, luckily you weren't home...these days the crooks don't really care one way or the other. Home invasions have been very common in central Missouri recently, don't if anyone else is seeing this trend or if it's just a local thing
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Crazy.
snickerd3
Taking suggestions
that sucks wil...glad it was just thetv they took
blybrook PE
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Ouch! Be glad it was only the TV with door damage. It could have been MUCH worse! Let's just hope they don't try to come back later to recheck the property!
knight1fox3
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That sucks Wil, sorry to hear that.
Judowolf PE
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You can't trust anyone these days...the local utility had tree trimmers clearing our distribution lines near the farm and the mother-in-law happened to be at our house and caught them snooping around my shop, well away from the lines...they came back about two weeks later, she was at our house again in the middle of the day and they "wanted" to know if I wanted to sell some stuff, can't do anything about it, but I hate thet they are snooping around
Judowolf PE
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nah, instead of having our 2 yr old in daycare, I pay the MIL to stay at the house and watch her...the ms wolf travels a lot and instead of having to get my daughter up and going at my normal early before the buttcrack of dawn hour and how late I usually work, it's easier to do this...but they aren't always there, they go to town and her house sometimes
Judowolf PE
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true...she's supposed to be there, or at least with the kid!
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
My "neighborhood" is only 11 houses. No other break-ins have happened on my street, and nobody saw anything unusual yesterday. There have been 2 burglaries in my zip code recently, which is really high for this area, so I'd say that there is one group doing them.
The cop that took my report had just come from one that she said looked exactly the same. Door kicked in and only a few things missing.
My insurance agent confirmed what I thought. They will only pay to replace the cheap, builder-grade front door. I'm going to replace it with a more expensive, more securely framed door. After the deductible, I would only be getting about half of the replacement cost, so I'm not going to bother with insurance. He also told me that 2 non-weather-related claims in a 5-year period is an automatic non-renewal trigger for Nationwide. So if you have insurance through them, keep that in mind.
Judowolf PE
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That really sucks, I believe most insurance companies are like that...
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I'm surprised to hear that, we have nationwide and have had more than two claims on a house in under 5 years and have not had any issues...
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
The key is "non-weather-related." I think some sort of regulations prevents them from dropping you due to weather-related claims. But if you have two burglaries, appliance fire/floods, etc. in that span, they can drop you.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Yes, but is becoming more and more common. It is almost SOP these days.
The insurance industry is dirty beyond belief.
cdcengineer
Sharp as a piece of beach glass
Where's all the work gone? I thought we were in a recovery. DOW at 5 year highs and work is at a 12 month low.
