14 Dec 2009
In case you hadn't heard, we got robbed this weekend. We were dog-sitting for some folks in town, and stopped by our house to grab some things to have the please of finding a kicked-in back door. We're not sure if they were just stupid or what, cause they definitely missed some stuff that was worth more than the Wii, Xbox (original, not 360), and DVDs and games they stole. The Police came and dusted for prints and everything, but didn't find any, so they probably had gloves on (not completely stupid I guess).
They took the box that we had all our games and manuals and stuff in, and I had smartly written the Wii's serial number in the Wii manual... But, since I had registered the Wii online, I was able to get the serial number from Nintendo's website. I was pretty disappointed however, that Nintendo had no desire to tell me what IP addresses (if any) my Wii connected to them with, even though their privacy policy (and common sense) dictates that they log connections for 24-48 hours. Pretty stupid.
So, if the thieves try to pawn my xbox or Wii, the pawn shop has to check the serial number against the police database, which now contains both. So, all that was left was trying to remember what games and dvds we had... That was not nearly as fun. So, let this be a warning to you: save yourself some trouble, take pictures of your stuff and save the serial numbers for your more expensive/pawnable items somewhere safe. Yeah, it's just stuff, we don't NEED any of it...
That said, we have renter's insurance with USAA, and I have a bad feeling that we'll be making out better than the bandits in all this. Minus the stress, claims process, door replacement, and police paperwork of course.