Most houses it seems you can just peek in the window to see what kind of TV they have, its also not like it is an extreme rarity to find a 55" TV in peoples homes these days. its not like the side of the truck said, “Secure Faberge Egg Delivery”.
One of our fellow Dopers (Crafter_Man, I believe?) boasted of a similar strategy, but pluralize “gun,” strike the word “hidden,” and add kids to the mix (as I recall).
I presume he’d consider your “extreme” friend a gun-hating liberal pussy.
Perhaps the OP is just suggesting that the Geeks use a vehicle painted slightly differently, like perhaps this.
Fuck it, you’ve convinced me it’s stupid to take personal responsibility. I’ve now unlocked my wireless, set it to broadcast, uninstalled my anti-virus/firewall, changed all my passwords to password (or Password1 if they require a capital an a number), and plan to make my banking pin my birthday.
You are a weird no-middle-ground kind of guy.
If I were wanting to jack home theater systems, I’d hold up the truck before it got to the customer’s house, and get the stuff still boxed up. That’s gotta be easier. The installation crew is certainly less attached to the merchandise than the householder is to the security of his home.
Its the middle ground that always opens up and swallows you. At least in the movies.
Agreed, one time I had a plumber come by to fix a leak, the very next day someone steals my boiler. In the future, I’ll demand that the plumber use an unmarked truck, that way the thieves won’t have any idea that my home has indoor plumbing.
I’m installing a fake outhouse next week, that should throw them off the scent.
Are you old?
Because you sound like the kind of guy who will call the cops on the no-goodniks who are hanging out in the park because they are listening to hippity-hop music on their crazy transistor radios.
If the homeowner had done their research they would have known about the “ROB ME” sign that was parked outside their house for hours and would have chosen someone else to do it.
Or maybe they did.
What do you have against people taking individual responsibility for their choices?
-Joe
I just can’t see this being an issue. Unless you live in the hoodiest of hoods in which case you are already a target, and should take appropriate measures, I can’t see this being a big deal.
Most burglars really aren’t all that smart. Where I live, it tends to be a crime of opportunity. They are looking for a house that doesn’t have an alarm, that has an entry that has an obstructed view and that by preference has an open window that they can get in.
My neighborhood got hit by some burglars who were eventually caught. If they found a house with an open window, that where they hit. If the house didn’t have an alarm company sign, that’s where they hit. At least one of the houses didn’t even have a TV worth stealing. They certainly weren’t spending hours on stakeout looking for a house with a Best Buy installation truck. Ironically, they were caught by the police coming out of my neighbor’s house by a police cruiser on a drive by.
Seriously? Or is this a joke, like (I hope) the bear trap thing?
Maybe he means he closed the curtains.
Why would they thieves care about the empty boxes?
Presumably the TV would be easier to sell or fence if it’s in its original packaging. We all know that some very gifted and detail-oriented thieves live in emack’s neighborhood.
Hell, if we keep making fun of him, he might start following the Geek Squad van and robbing people to prove his point. Emack, follow the Country Curtains truck and burgle yourself up some drapes.
I’m pretty sure that is illegal.
Sounds like you need to move to a better neighborhood
Because half the time its stuff like diapers. It probably makes more sense to work for UPS driving a truck than steal the stuff they leave on doorsteps.
Is this the first time you have encountered Emac?
Why would a bear want to steal a flat screen TV?
I’m kind of confused. If the OP buys a new car, do they key the hood to make it less appealing for thieves?
Do people really take a magic marker and black-out the name of the product on the box? What good does that do? Or did I just woosh myself?