You sure you didn't sit down to try out a couch or something and lose it then? Seems a little more likely.
Visiting Rome and Naples next week is going to be fun. Especially public transit.one of my professors told a story of traveling on a commuter train somewhere in the Mediterranean. He was aware of pickpockets, and took steps against it. He had his wallet strapped to the inside of his thigh, under his pants. They managed to slice his pant leg and remove the wallet or whatever it was without him noticing. Another rider noticed though and the thieves were caught. He says he felt and noticed nothing.
what the fuck! well, i'm going to just put my wallet in my crotch from now on.one of my professors told a story of traveling on a commuter train somewhere in the Mediterranean. He was aware of pickpockets, and took steps against it. He had his wallet strapped to the inside of his thigh, under his pants. They managed to slice his pant leg and remove the wallet or whatever it was without him noticing. Another rider noticed though and the thieves were caught. He says he felt and noticed nothing.
but he tracked the phone's movement out to the parking lot. I don't think Ikea ever sells floor models do they?
Just a stupid rant thread about indecent humans:
So I was on a trip the last few days in the Naperville/Chicago area, decided to stop at Ikea to browse there show room setup with the gf. I took a few pictures of some TV stands we both liked, then 5 minutes later we both notice my phone is gone! Instantly we used her iPhone to run the "find my iphone" app and saw the phone was somewhere in the store, so we set off the alert sound and a message asking anyone who finds it to call her phone. after about 5 minutes of searching and not hearing the alert at all, we see the phones little gps dot moving into the parking lot. So we ran out there but obviously we weren't going to find anything in such traffic, still we tried calling it a lot, and using the alert message on it. Eventually who ever took the phone turned it off a few miles out. We filed a report at ikea and with the police, and kept monitoring it.
Eventually the phone was turned back on about 45 miles north of naperville. At that point we just assumed the phone was completely gone, issued the remote wipe command and went to best buy and bought a new one (4s instead of a 4) (thank god I was out of contract and could buy at upgrade price).
I realize its just a stupid phone, and an item that can easily be replaced, but I hate that people in this world will steal like that.
what the fuck! well, i'm going to just put my wallet in my crotch from now on.
Not trying to be a dick, but how did you not notice someone reaching into your pocket?
Visiting Rome and Naples next week is going to be fun. Especially public transit.
No, i was wearing some cargo shorts, it was in the front pocket that actually has a space just for the phone to slip into so its fairly easy to grab it when I need it. Sadly this also probably made it easy for someone to grab it.
The thief must have had 100 level in Pickpocketing.
Where you wearing Green Bay attire? If you, that's what you get.
Visiting Rome and Naples next week is going to be fun. Especially public transit.
Haha, instantly what I thought of when I saw his avatar. Honestly though I live in the area and it just sounds like bad luck, I've never been pickpocketed and I keep shit in my back pockets all the time.
Couldn't you have used the GPS thing to show the police where it was instead of wiping it though?
If you had the GPS of it, why not show the police where it is?
If you had the GPS of it, why not show the police where it is?
If I put an remote explosive on my phone, is that illegal?
I'd like the motherfuker who stole it to lose his hand or at least injure him good if he's got it in his pocket. Serves him right.
Shame you can't remote detonate the battery.
#clockedtyea, they definitely wouldn't have wanted to steal one of those.
I was wearing green, but not a packer jersey or anything (though i have done that before in downtown chicago, during the NFC Championship game last year)
As much as I I'd like to maim a thief, you can never know if it was picked up by a good samaritan who didn't know how to use it and was merely taking it to a police station.
HammerOfThor said:You are a monster.
There has to be an app for that.
Nothing would be sweeter then remotely detonating the battery and melting the culprits penis to his thigh forcing him to masturbate by massaging his upper thigh back and forth.
There has to be an app for that.
Nothing would be sweeter then remotely detonating the battery and melting the culprits penis to his thigh forcing him to masturbate by massaging his upper thigh back and forth.
Should have got a Droid.
yea, they definitely wouldn't have wanted to steal one of those.
As much as I I'd like to maim a thief, you can never know if it was picked up by a good samaritan who didn't know how to use it and was merely taking it to a police station.
Probably dropped it, unless you don't know when people reach into your front pocket often.
That was my thought after reading this. I assume he sat in one of the couches to get a better perspective on the tv centers he was looking at, and the phone simply fell out of his cargo shorts.
Actually, here in the Third World instead of pickpocketing you get knifes/guns pulled on you by at least 2 peopleDamn, that's some serious pickpocketing skills. 3rd World-level shit.
You are a monsterof the midway?
Should have got a Droid.
yea, they definitely wouldn't have wanted to steal one of those.
Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said.
The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn't want a Droid -- so they took cash instead.
The third victim also didn't have an iPhone, but the men allegedly refused to believe her and threw her against a fence to search her.
"I think it speaks to the resale value of an iPhone," one student on the Columbia campus said.
In each case, the suspects got away. Police hope someone will recognize them in a newly released surveillance video.
The frightening encounters may be the talk of the campus, but students said they were caught somewhere between amusement and alarm.
"It's insulting they don't want my BlackBerry," said a female student.
"I don't like mine," said another student. "I'm waiting to get an iPhone myself."
Oh man I remember that thread.I was wearing green, but not a packer jersey or anything (though i have done that before in downtown chicago, during the NFC Championship game last year)
We did use the GPS tracking "find my iphone" whoever took it turned it off pretty quickly once they were in the parking lot (I'm guessing they've stolen an iphone before) But for some reason the phone was turned back on about an hour later and 45 miles north. I took a screen shot of the GPS location, but it was just a fast food parking lot. At that point it was pretty much assured the phone wasn't going to be retrieved so I wiped it to insure even if the person could get through the pass lock, they couldn't access my work emails, photos or any other personal stuff. Police wouldn't be able to do much without more evidence anyway.
This month has honestly just been hell on me financially. First the city burst a pipe in my front yard destroying half of it. Then my basement floods (had a thread on that just a week ago, still working on that insurance claim) and now this. Very annoying month.
Should have got a Droid.
yea, they definitely wouldn't have wanted to steal one of those.
@Dreams-Visions Your post reminded me of this news story I read last year
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...ones-No-Blackberries-or-Droids-135633838.html
How does the iPhone even have decent resale value? Can't you remote lock it so nobody else can use it? Or is it just for wiping your data?