Came back to the Disco last night at Currumbin to discover a side rear window smashed. Inside, the luggage barrier had been levered sideway and was damaged. Apparently the thief was too dumb to simply unscrew the bolts.
Missing were our GPS and UHF radio. More upsetting was a missing bag belonging to our Japanese honeymooning young 'son' and daughter-in-law' which contained about $300 worth of souvenirs and her purse which, unknown to us, she had left in the bag in the car. The purse contained $1000 in yen, credit cards, licence etc.
Cards have been stopped, cash is gone, uhf is covered by insurance and the GPS is a goner. Barrier may be repairable...
Obviously, if we'd known, we wouldn't have let her leave her purse in the car, but she's a real sweetie, its her first time outside Japan and in Japan petty crime is really rare and you can leave your wallet on a train or in a taxi and almost always get it back untouched. Not so here, where some of us are less honest, apparently.
Praise for Brad at the Mantra hotel Surfers Paradise for his help in getting a Japanese speaker at Visa Global for them to stop their cards. Also to the cops for their advice and assistance and to AAMI for rapid processing of the claim.
As for the thief, I'm feeling rather overcome by righteous anger. May you be slowly cooked on a rotisserie in hell, while crows peck your eyes out, fireants crawl up your nostrils and jackals graze on your intestines. And, even worse, may your mother in law announce she's come permanently to live with you!!!
Incidentally, the cops mentioned the Gold Coast is having a petty crime wave at the moment, so be careful where you park. We were in the car park at the Currumbin Wildlife Park where we went to their new 6pm Aboriginal dinner show, which, incidentally, was really excellent and I thoroughly recommend it.
The wildlife park people were rather shocked at the attack on our vehicle and did all they could to help, so thanks to them too.
Anyone else had a similar problem?
Swaggie
Yep,crime city it definitely is,son had the side window of the defer broken,they got nothing much a all,one empty duffle bag,this was on the spit.
We also take the dogs for a run on the beach at the spit every so often & make sure NOTHING is left in the car.I also make sure i park in the centre of the carpark,not near the bush on the sides.
Hope they get hung up by their balls.......
Wizard
Nothing new here I'm so sorry to say. I have lived on Gold Coast for 40 years. In that time I have lost count of the times this has happened to us directly or indirectly.
We had a self storage complex that we had to retrofit a $40,000 secuirty system into. A Motel at broadbeach where our clients cars had smashed windows, or worse had their units entered while they were asleep and wallets taken. We just stared to implement secuirty at the motel and then sold it.
My wife, a marrage celebrant had a side window smashed on her Rav in the car park of the Gold Coast City Council car park while conducting a service in the Chapel. Our picnic set on the back seat looked like a lap top.
I can go on but I think you get the idea. It is druggies. Nothing will stop this except death to all drug dealers. If you dont belive me, talk to a few senior police like I have over the years. The ones who are prepared to will tell you how much money it would take to stop the drug problem under the current system. It is impossible to do win. The drug dealers bugets to sell drugs are far far greater than the police bugets Australia wide to run the whole of the police services, including trying to stop the drug trade.
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YarnMaster
Think I know the feeling, in Darwin I had my winch cable reeled out over the roof and onto the tow bar. Lucky it's broken and no longer connected. Then at the same place about a year later some one nicked the hand winch off my car trailer. Both times in a busy shopping car park.
Easo
I have this theory that its at least partly related to individualism vs. collective or group societies. For example, in Japan, doing this would be seen as bringing shame on your family and you'd be shunned and disciplined by the elders in your family.
Here, it's like, 'Who cares?' The highest crime rates are in the societies which put the most empahasis on individualism.
Wizard
Druggies only think of themselves and their needs.Originally Posted by DiscoMick
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Wizard
In our society that would never happen.
Socialism has made sure that The State is responsible for the punishment of your children. You just produce them and get taxed to fund the "Justice and Welfare" system.
Wizard
Oh yes, another believer in what is truely happening in our country, and why would they want to stop crime. The more anarchy that is created the more they can justify stronger controls on the community.
98 Defender 110 tdi Boomer
A friend related to me he had a very large switch on the battery that supplied the winch to prevent this sort of caper going on.
Fossicker
Put a screw driver across the switch and it is a closed circuit.....
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