[MiketheBSG]

Well what could be the worst day of my life has happened yesterday. While I was at work, and between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM, a burglar broke into my home and stole everyone from what's on the title, a 42" Panasonic HDTV, my iPod Classic, my girlfriend's jewelry, and her laptop. This is a serial buglar, who's broken into surrounding homes around mine.

I put in about $26,000 into the stolen equipment.

Fortunately, I have renters insurance so I'll be able to recover hopefully everything. I kept receipts all the way from Game Boy Advance's launch. I've already begun going through several stores recovering lost games. Lots of lost work that will never be recovered, but it'll be good to have everything back.

BTW, Nintendo, if you don't know yet, has the greatest customer service EVER. I told them about the situation, and as we all know, you can't transfer VC or WW games to a new Wii typically, but they hooked me up with their Admin office and have pinged my old account on the old Wii to the new one.

It's gonna be TOUGH finding some of those GameCube games, but I'll see what I can do. Wish me luck!

[bishoptl]

Wow, that sucks. Good for you, keeping track of your receipts. I had a break-in a few years ago and luckily my insurance company was really good about replacing stuff I didn't have a receipt for.

How'd they get in? You don't have an alarm system installed?

[PacoDG]

Damn man, sorry to read about this. That is good to hear Nintendo is helping the way and that you kept receipts (I know so many who don't), but still sucks that you have to put any effort at all into this. Good luck with as much recovery as you can.

[StuBurns]

It really is the worst feeling, getting ripped off.

Feel bad for you, hopefully you'll get it all back and they guy will get caught.

[methodman]

Damn, that sucks, but it's really impressive that you saved all your receipts. I should start doing that too.

[MiketheBSG]

The bastards that did this also hurt my dog. She's almost back to normal emotionally, but man, I've never seen my dog this way.

I also actually kept a log of all my items online (I don't get how thiese burglars didn't steal my computer with this info on it, thank God). It was very easy to organize my stuff for insurance. I also had before and after pictures and movies of my stuff. Heh, I think the adjuster thinks I'm too organized for this to be real.

[Gouty]

Before this deteriorates into the typical GAF super not funny comedy hour, I just want to say I’m sorry this happened. I hope they catch the mother fuckers.


And for another thing, I hope you take the insurance company to the cleaners for all the times we’ve paid for their services and been left hanging due to fine print and their fraudulent nature.

[Teknoman]

Wow that sucks. Last time my place was broken in was back around 2000. Took my Dreamcast games and all my Gamecube games as well as the gamecube. I dont think i've kept any recent receipts...so i'd probably have to rely on personal income to replace everything.

Then again, I think it was some teens who broke into our place then, since the only thing missing was video games.

What really gets me is that your place got busted into during the day.

[KevinCow]

Ouch, that sucks. Good thing you're so organized. I don't even have the receipt from the last game I bought. Hope they catch the bastard.

[MikeE21286]

you seriously have all those receipts? That's nuts.. I think I would drive myself crazy if I did that. Good news that you'll get at least something back though.

[neight]

If you have a pc cam isn't there software that will start recording if it detects movement? Better than nothing and something I've been considering doing myself...

Edit: Oh wait brainfart that won't help if they steal the pc too lol. Although this time you were lucky to keep your pc it seems.

[batbeg]

Wow that sucks. Last time my place was broken in was back around 2000. Took my Dreamcast games and all my Gamecube games as well as the gamecube. I dont think i've kept any recent receipts...so i'd probably have to rely on personal income to replace everything. Then again, I think it was some teens who broke into our place then, since the only thing missing was video games. What really gets me is that your place got busted into during the day.

What really gets me is that you had a Gamecube in 2000. It must've been worth a shitload, man, sorry for your loss ;)

And sucks for you Mike, I know you're by far Nintendo's favorite customer as I've seen you mention your immense game catalogue before :( Awesome they sorted you out, I'm sure once they saw your VC list they couldn't help themselves

[nestea]

Sorry to hear about your dog and it's great to hear that she's recovering but it's a relief your girlfriend wasn't home during the incident.

[Ninja Scooter]

we need to find out who this bastard is and hunt him down. And when we find the asshole, we can take turns busting nuts on his forehead. And when we get tired of defiling that fucktwat, we can get a lighter and singe off his eyebrows. Then we hold the ass shit down and someone plucks out his pubic hairs one by one. Lets see how that dick knob likes that. And just when he thinks he's in the clear, pour rubbing alcohol all over the shit gobbling skidmark's ballsack. That won't be pleasant at all. Then we take a razor blade and start carving pictures of penises all over this dickfart's body, including his ass and face. Real deep so they won't heal up and will remain as scars, so if Mr. Cock-in-his-ass ever goes for a job interview there's no way the person conducting the interview will take him seriously and he won't get the job. Anyway, after that we can pour whatever's left of the rubbing alcohol on the penis cuts. While someone is ripping off his toenails another person can be up towards the front taking a big, steamy fat shit on his chest. Then we'll dress him up like Estelle Getty and hang him from a street lamp, blindfold eachother and beat him up like a pinata until he can guess how many jellybeans are in a jar we'll have sitting on a table next to the street lamp.

[Zombie James]

Holy shit. It's amazing that happened in the middle of the day.

[EmCeeGramr]

we need to find out who this bastard is and hunt him down. And when we find the asshole, we can take turns busting nuts on his forehead. And when we get tired of defiling that fucktwat, we can get a lighter and singe off his eyebrows. Then we hold the ass shit down and someone plucks out his pubic hairs one by one. Lets see how that dick knob likes that. And just when he thinks he's in the clear, pour rubbing alcohol all over the shit gobbling skidmark's ballsack. That won't be pleasant at all. Then we take a razor blade and start carving pictures of penises all over this dickfart's body, including his ass and face. Real deep so they won't heal up and will remain as scars, so if Mr. Cock-in-his-ass ever goes for a job interview there's no way the person conducting the interview will take him seriously and he won't get the job. Anyway, after that we can pour whatever's left of the rubbing alcohol on the penis cuts. While someone is ripping off his toenails another person can be up towards the front taking a big, steamy fat shit on his chest. Then we'll dress him up like Estelle Getty and hang him from a street lamp, blindfold eachother and beat him up like a pinata until he can guess how many jellybeans are in a jar we'll have sitting on a table next to the street lamp.

[neight]

Damnit this has got me worrying. I don't have as much shit as some of you but compared to many around here my room is a treasure trove. Are there do-it-yourself security system kits you can buy?

Edit: Apparently there are but they involving nailing shit on your walls and some also involve sticking cams outside your home. Don't know what I was expecting but I don't want to do that...

[Classic_Gs]

Dang that sucks man, and I hope you can get everything back! I know the feeling, when I was 16, the apartment I was living got broken into and they stole my N64 and PSOne and all my games. I remember coming home that day and my jaw dropped to the floor. Thankfully the neighbors got an ID (long story short) and it was some punk in my complex, so I was able to get my stuff back.

But dang, that feeling of everything missing, is so depressing.

[sien916]

we need to find out who this bastard is and hunt him down. And when we find the asshole, we can take turns busting nuts on his forehead. And when we get tired of defiling that fucktwat, we can get a lighter and singe off his eyebrows. Then we hold the ass shit down and someone plucks out his pubic hairs one by one. Lets see how that dick knob likes that. And just when he thinks he's in the clear, pour rubbing alcohol all over the shit gobbling skidmark's ballsack. That won't be pleasant at all. Then we take a razor blade and start carving pictures of penises all over this dickfart's body, including his ass and face. Real deep so they won't heal up and will remain as scars, so if Mr. Cock-in-his-ass ever goes for a job interview there's no way the person conducting the interview will take him seriously and he won't get the job. Anyway, after that we can pour whatever's left of the rubbing alcohol on the penis cuts. While someone is ripping off his toenails another person can be up towards the front taking a big, steamy fat shit on his chest. Then we'll dress him up like Estelle Getty and hang him from a street lamp, blindfold eachother and beat him up like a pinata until he can guess how many jellybeans are in a jar we'll have sitting on a table next to the street lamp.

Sounds like a pla-...wait, what?!

[SapientWolf]

That sucks. That's why I put all my games in a metal file cabinet with a padlock on it that is disguised to look like a table. Fuck thieves up the ass.

[BocoDragon]

I lost a 60gb PS3 to theft 4 months ago and it still burns.... But that's much worse. I can imagine how you feel....

[nestea]

we need to find out who this bastard is and hunt him down. And when we find the asshole, we can take turns busting nuts on his forehead. And when we get tired of defiling that fucktwat, we can get a lighter and singe off his eyebrows. Then we hold the ass shit down and someone plucks out his pubic hairs one by one. Lets see how that dick knob likes that. And just when he thinks he's in the clear, pour rubbing alcohol all over the shit gobbling skidmark's ballsack. That won't be pleasant at all. Then we take a razor blade and start carving pictures of penises all over this dickfart's body, including his ass and face. Real deep so they won't heal up and will remain as scars, so if Mr. Cock-in-his-ass ever goes for a job interview there's no way the person conducting the interview will take him seriously and he won't get the job. Anyway, after that we can pour whatever's left of the rubbing alcohol on the penis cuts. While someone is ripping off his toenails another person can be up towards the front taking a big, steamy fat shit on his chest. Then we'll dress him up like Estelle Getty and hang him from a street lamp, blindfold eachother and beat him up like a pinata until he can guess how many jellybeans are in a jar we'll have sitting on a table next to the street lamp.

*drops pants*

Lets do this.

[Angelus]

My friend bought his ex wife a brand new 360 for weekends when she has custody of their kids and want to game abit. Some son of a bitch breaks in,takes her tv,360,and a mountain of games. The neighborhood has next to no police force patrolling the area though,you knew it was bound to happen.

I've had my car stolen and its a terrible terible feeling. Well, no matter if its a car or a hobby collection taken away from you....its still a feeling of anger and total despair. Sorry for your loss,and milk the insurance for all its worth. I would.
You pay them,time to collect.

[grandjedi6]

we need to find out who this bastard is and hunt him down. And when we find the asshole, we can take turns busting nuts on his forehead. And when we get tired of defiling that fucktwat, we can get a lighter and singe off his eyebrows. Then we hold the ass shit down and someone plucks out his pubic hairs one by one. Lets see how that dick knob likes that. And just when he thinks he's in the clear, pour rubbing alcohol all over the shit gobbling skidmark's ballsack. That won't be pleasant at all. Then we take a razor blade and start carving pictures of penises all over this dickfart's body, including his ass and face. Real deep so they won't heal up and will remain as scars, so if Mr. Cock-in-his-ass ever goes for a job interview there's no way the person conducting the interview will take him seriously and he won't get the job. Anyway, after that we can pour whatever's left of the rubbing alcohol on the penis cuts. While someone is ripping off his toenails another person can be up towards the front taking a big, steamy fat shit on his chest. Then we'll dress him up like Estelle Getty and hang him from a street lamp, blindfold eachother and beat him up like a pinata until he can guess how many jellybeans are in a jar we'll have sitting on a table next to the street lamp.

Man I was soo sure this was going to end up being a Fresh Prince in Bel Air joke. Now I'm disappointed

[MiiMarioMii]

Holy Shit @ Ninja Scooter.
Oh and damn that sucks, good luck recovering the loss and hope they catch the bastard.

[itxaka]

It was probably someone from Gaf that knew that you have all of that studd from your previous threads.

Anyway, nice to know that you can recover almost everything and Nintendo hooked you up. Really sorry for the dog :_(

[jump_button]

man i dont know what ill do if my games got stolen i have alot of hard to get games too

[titiklabingapat]

omg...

[Haunted]

:(

[Duke Togo]

Sorry to hear that man, it really is a lousy feeling. I hope you find a replacement for most of what you lost.

[Gbeav]

You have 66 Wii games?

[itxaka]

You have 66 Wii games?

It's Mike. Never seen his thread about the 200 VC games?

[Gbeav]

It's Mike. Never seen his thread about the 200 VC games?

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

[catfish]

Are you really going to replace all that old stuff? Sounds like you just got a LOT of money for stuff you will probably never touch again, why not just not rebuy that old stuff?

[Farnack]

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

~insert Indiana Jones fridge gif~

[Divvy]

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

Whelp, took 33 posts for this thread to degenerate to shit, more than I had guessed

Nevertheless, sorry to hear about what happened, but I'm glad you kept so organized.

Also, I hope your dog gets better.

[itxaka]

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

From Mike's thread:

I'm trying to cut back on getting so many games....starting a few months ago I began trying to only get games that get well reviews (unless I'm a really big fan, or think my lineup is missing a certain genre of games, I try not to get games rated any lower than an 8 out of 10). So far it's cut back on my game buying quite a bit. Now without further delay, here's what I have on my Wii, sans my 150 GameCube games. Non-Game Channels 1. Check Mii Out Channel 2. Everybody Votes Channel 3. Forecast Channel 4. Internet Channel 5. Mii Channel 6. Nintendo Channel 7. News Channel 8. Photo Channel 9. Wii Shop Channel Game Supplemental Channels 1. Mario Kart Channel Disc Software 1. Battalion Wars 2 2. Big Brain Academy 3. Boom Blox 4. Bully: Scholarship Edition 5. Call of Duty 3 6. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 7. Elebits 8. Endless Ocean 9. Excitetruck 10. FIFA Soccer 08 11. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 12. Geometry Wars: Galaxies 13. Ghost Squad 14. The Godfather: Blackhand Edition 15. Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock 16. House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return 17. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 18. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga 19. Link’s Crossbow Training 20. Madden NFL 08 21. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 22. Mario Kart Wii 23. Mario Strikers Charged 24. Medal of Honor Heroes 2 25. Mercury Meltdown Revolution 26. Metal Slug Anthology 27. Metroid Prime 3 Corruption 28. MLB Power Pros 29. Mortal Kombat Armageddon 30. My Word Coach 31. Need for Speed Carbon 32. No More Heroes 33. Okami 34. Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection 35. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 36. Rayman Raving Rabbids 37. Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles 38. Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition 39. Scarface: The World is in Your Hands 40. Sega Bass Fishing 41. The Sims 2 Castaway 42. Smarty Pants 43. Sonic & The Secret Rings 44. SSX Blur 45. Super Mario Galaxy 46. Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz 47. Super Paper Mario 48. Super Smash Bros. Brawl 49. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 50. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 51. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam 52. Tomb Raider Anniversary 53. Trauma Center: Second Opinion 54. Trauma Center: New Blood 55. Warioware Smooth Moves 56. WiiSports 57. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 58. Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbados’ Treasure WiiWare Software 1. Defend Your Castle 2. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King 3. LostWinds 4. Pop 5. TV Show King 6. V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack Nintendo Entertainment System (57-$277) Adventure Island Adventures of Lolo Adventures of Lolo 2 Balloon Fight Baseball Bases Loaded Blades of Steel Bubble Bobble Castlevania Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Konh Jr. Math Double Dragon Double Dribble Elevator Action Excitebike Galaga Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Gradius Ice Climber Ice Hockey Kid Icarus Kirby’s Adventure The Legend of Zelda The Legend of Kage Lode Runner Lunar Pool Mach Rider Mario Bros. Metroid NES Open Tournament Golf Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom Pac-Man Pinball Punch-Out!! Renegade River City Ransom Soccer Solomon’s Key Star Soldier Star Tropics Super C Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (IMPORT) Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Tecmo Bowl Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tennis Urban Champion Wario’s Woods Wrecking Crew Xevious Yoshi Yoshi Cookie Zanac Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Super Nintendo Entertainment System (32-$257) Actraiser Axelay Breath of Fire II Contra III: The Alien Wars Cybernator Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure (IMPORT) F-Zero Final Fight Gradius III Harvest Moon Kirby’s Avalanche Kirby’s Dream Course The Legend of the Mystical Ninja The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Metal Marines Pac-Attack Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire R-Type III: The Third Lightning Sim City Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting Super Castlevania IV Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Super Mario World Super Metroid Super R-Type Super Street Fighter II Super Turrican Vegas Stakes Nintendo 64 (14-$142) 1080° Snowboarding Cruis’n USA F-Zero X Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mario Kart 64 Paper Mario Pokémon Puzzle League Pokémon Snap Sin and Punishment (IMPORT) Star Fox 64 Super Mario 64 Wave Rave 64 Yoshi’s Story Sega Master System (2-$10) Fantasy Zone Wonderboy Sega Genesis (45-$362) Alien Solider (IMPORT) Alien Storm Altered Beast Beyond Oasis Bio-Hazard Battle Bonanza Bros. Columns Comix Zone Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Dynamite Headdy Ecco the Dolphin Ecco: The Tides of Time Eternal Champions Gain Ground Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Golden Axe Golden Axe II Golden Axe III (IMPORT) Gunstar Heroes Kid Chameleon Landstalkers Light Crusader Mega Turrican Phantasy Star II Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom Powerball Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu (IMPORT) Ristar Rolling Thunder 2 Shining Force Shining in the Darkness Shinobi III Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Spinball Sonic 3D Blast Space Harrier II Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2 Streets of Rage 3 ToeJam & Earl ToeJam & Earl in Panic Funkotron Wonderboy in Monster World TurboGraphx-16 (31-$188) Air Zonk Alien Crush Battle Lode Runner Blazing Lazers Bloody Woof Bomberman ‘93 Bonk’s Adventure Bonk 2: Bonk’s Revenge Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure Chew Man Fu Cratermaze Devil’s Crush Dragon’s Curse Galaga ‘90 Dragon Spirit Dungeon Explorer Military Madness Moto Roader Neutopia Neutopia II New Adventure Island Ordyne Psychosis R-Type Shockman Soldier Blade Splatterhouse Super Star Soldier Victory Run Vigilante World Class Baseball Turbo Graphx-CD (4-$32) The Dynastic Hero Gate of Thunder Lords of Thunder Super Air Zonk: Rockability Paradise Neo Geo (7-$63) Art of Fighting Baseball Stars 2 Fatal Fury The King of Fighters ‘94 Magician Lord Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy World Heroes

[shagg_187]

See... this is what happens when you whore it out to everyone how many games you own. I bet it was someone from GAF who B&E-ed :/

[knkng]

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

The guy just got robbed...and you insult him. Bravo.

Sorry, about your loss there, but I feel especially bad for the dog. So unfair.

Good luck in recovering your items.

[Gbeav]

People don't hate me, I don't know the guy. And sorry I don't think the wii has 66 games worth buying but good on him. I think Nintendo has a great selection of games on past consoles.

peace

[lolwut]

There is, it's called a trained pitbull and a .22

Worked wonders.

[MiamiWesker]

The bastards that did this also hurt my dog. She's almost back to normal emotionally, but man, I've never seen my dog this way. I also actually kept a log of all my items online (I don't get how thiese burglars didn't steal my computer with this info on it, thank God). It was very easy to organize my stuff for insurance. I also had before and after pictures and movies of my stuff. Heh, I think the adjuster thinks I'm too organized for this to be real.

I felt bad for you before but once I read about the dog I got angry for you. There is stuff you dont mess with, someones pet is right at the top of that list. I wish you and your dog well.

[johnFkennedy]

Fuck this pisses me off. Sorry for all that's happened to you. Now I need an alarm system.

[legend166]

That sucks, man.


maybe I should stop keeping my receipts inside the cases.

[doicare]

Tough break that's a lot of good stuff that must have taken a long while to collect.........on a completely seperate note i have just come across 66 Wii, 228 VC, 30 WiiWare, 151 GameCube and 127 DS games if anybody is interested in buying them.

[CTLance]

Man, sorry to hear that. Hope they catch the asshole and return your stuff.

I don't think the loss of the games is the worst thing, though. 602 savegames. Six. Hundred. And. Two. That really sucks. Hang in there, Mike. At least your dog made it out in one piece. When they broke in near my old place they simply killed the dog. Rather messily too.

Nope, I still don't believe someone has that many useless games.

Classy move. That's just the kind of discussion we need in this thread. Rock on.

[SonOfABeep]

Rough Break. At least you've got renters insurance, and that doesn't cost all that much, like $8 a month. I've got it too incase of anything shitty like that happening, and keep recent pictures of all my things on remote storage online.

Fortunate for us we live across the street from a grade school so I'm not exactly sure, but I think committing any crimes near an elementary school is a good way to get fucked in the ass by uncle sam.

[Acosta]

Woah, really sorry to hear, glad that you are solving some of it it but I can't imagine the rage you must feel of seeing something so unfair. Best wishes.

[Talladega Knight]

Geek

[Mistouze]

Oh that sucks, I feel for you man...