Thanks Everyone....

[unforth]

Jason and I just wanted to say thanks to everyone. We really, really appreciate all the support, sympathy, advice and whatnot.


We filed a police report. They said that in a way it was very good that a lot of the items were a. valueless to other people and b. very distinctive, and that there was actually a chance (though not a very good one) that we might get some of it back. Still, neither of us are silly enough to get our hopes up. It was amusing to file in my report that I had two books entitled "Changeling" and CD's entitled "Nyao," "Help Computer Mix," "Kiroro no Mori," and other fun geek stuff.

I called our car insurance company, and yes, the items would have been covered under Homeowners/Renter's Insurance, which I've been meaning to sign us up for since last August. Meaning to. Ah well.

All told, we've tallied up the value of the lost items to about $1200 - $1300. This is made up substantially of only a small number of the items. The CD's were about $700, including two import CD's from Japan that were $35 each, and numerous other punk compilations and such. We'll probably post a list soon. Fortunately, we'd ripped a substantially percentage (though not all) of them, so all is not lost. Jason's backpack was about $100 by itself. The other big thing was one I didn't remember until the evening - my camera was in the backpack. Consulting with my mom (since the camera was a gift and thus I didn't know how much it was), adding in how much we spent on a case and a memory card, that was about $300.

Over all, though, not that much of sentimental value was lost (he mix CD's are a sentimental thing for both of us, every mix we'd ever made pretty much was in the car, except my current mix - in my CD player in my coat, and Jason's current mix, in the car CD player, which was thankfully spared...also, my sewing and Jason's dice were only really of sentimental value) and things that just cost money are replacable.


Thanks again, you all are awesome. :)

And yes, we'd love music from people! We'll happily provide CD's, and heck we'd happily burn some of ours in exchange. ;)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It may be a bit late, now, but on an off-chance, it may be a good idea to provide a description of your bags and some of the less-pawnable objects and put them on a flyer. You could drop copies off with the trash companies as well as post a few in the neighborhood and the neighborhood pawn shop offering a $75 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the bags, cross stitch, and books. Perhaps, if it was dumped, someone will grab the stuff rather than throwing it out.

I dunno, just a thought.

*hugs*

[sapphohestia.livejournal.com]

That was me. Dunno why I got logged out.

[closetgnome.livejournal.com]

Well, glad to hear that it seems to be under control...many hugs, and hope everything gets going better, and again, let me know if you'd like any CDs. We don't have a lot of punk, our collection is pretty eclectic; you're more than welcome to pop by my house anytime and come see what we have, as long as you don't mind clutter and cats :)

eep

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

i sorry, dude. just checked your livejournal while on lunch at work. like i said, i shall get/bring goodies to you. *huggles with love and kissesy*

[gollumgollum.livejournal.com]

Totally lame. I'm sorry--my window got busted out in NYC a few years back, and while the only thing they stole was my hoodie, it had a bunch of patches on it that are irreplaceable. So, while mine wasn't *nearly* as lame as yours, i know how you feel. And i'm sorry. It sucks, a lot.

What kind of music do you two like/listen to/want to hear more of? I have access to a fairly good sized music collection.

-kate-

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel about the patches, my backpack had some buttons on it that are almost certainly irreplaceable. :( As for music, we're pretty eclectic...a lot of people have been offering, so we were thinking we'd ask for CD's of whatever people are into right now. And thanks. :)

[gollumgollum.livejournal.com]

Wurd, yo. I'll throw you together some cds, although i'm not very good at knowing whatever people are into. (; I can help with some of the punk stuff, though.