# So we're at home today, trying to figure out exactly what is missing...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 9, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161 "2008-10-09T14:01:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/1 "2008-10-09T14:01:01Z")
Looks like about 50 DVDs and a currently unknown number of CDs & Playstation games have walked out over the past few days. We think [the young man who had been staying with us for a little bit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10077661#post10077661) had something to do with this; he’s the only around here with a key (his mom gave us that back last night). It’s possible that someone came in through the balcony but, being three flights up, that’s not very likely.
Naturally, the creep(s) didn’t leave the cases and we don’t have receipts so getting anything out of our homeowner’s insurance isn’t likely, either. Damn.
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### Author:  [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/2 "2008-10-09T14:24:29Z")
Sorry to hear - especially when trying to help someone out
Are you sure he didnt make a copy of the key before it was returned?
And dont be too surprised if you can slide a plastic card between the door & frame to pop the door open.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/3 "2008-10-09T14:49:17Z")
> [@Pixilated](#):
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> Are you sure he didnt make a copy of the key before it was returned?
It’s possible, but we only gave him a key for the knob. He didn’t have one for the deadbolt, which we don’t usually lock.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/4 "2008-10-09T14:58:37Z")
No good deed my friend.
Sorry this happened.
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/5 "2008-10-09T16:31:48Z")
You are changing the locks right now, right?
You don’t really need receipts but it is likely your claim would be less that your deductable.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/6 "2008-10-09T19:58:51Z")
> [@DrDeth](#):
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> You are changing the locks right now, right?
Just paid the condo fee & mortgage, not sure if the condo association would cover the expense. We’re just keeping both the knob and deadbolt locked until we can get the knob changed. The only ones with keys to both are the maintenance staff and ourselves; I doubt maintenance was involved.
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### Author:  [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/7 "2008-10-09T20:12:31Z")
Wow, that really sucks. Sorry to hear that ☹
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/8 "2008-10-09T20:14:31Z")
What have you lost? I can look through my collection and see if I’ve got any replacements…
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/9 "2008-10-09T20:33:40Z")
> [@Kythereia](#):
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> What have you lost?
AC is still checking her stuff. I’m missing:
Band of Brothers
Kingdom Hospital
Firefly
The Muppet Show seasons 1 & 2
The 10th Kingdom
John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
Pink Floyd: Pulse
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/10 "2008-10-09T20:38:02Z")
So, is there a good possibility that you can track him down and rip his throat out?
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/11 "2008-10-09T21:13:27Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> AC is still checking her stuff. I’m missing:
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> Band of Brothers
> Kingdom Hospital
> Firefly
> The Muppet Show seasons 1 & 2
> The 10th Kingdom
> John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
> Pink Floyd: Pulse
Sent you a PM. 😉
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/12 "2008-10-09T21:41:27Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> AC is still checking her stuff. I’m missing:
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> Band of Brothers
> Kingdom Hospital
> Firefly
> The Muppet Show seasons 1 & 2
> The 10th Kingdom
> John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
> Pink Floyd: Pulse
Nothing is worse than a theif with good taste. Have you phoned his mother regarding the seeming evaporation of your goods? You seem to have been in contact with her recently.
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### Author:  [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/13 "2008-10-09T21:48:12Z")
Keep an eye on the local pawn shops. Odds are you’ll be able to get most of your original stuff back for a fraction of the original cost. In fact, if you see everything you lost in one pawn shop, it might be worthwhile to drop a dime to the cops; pawn shops require i.d. when you sell them things.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/14 "2008-10-09T21:51:12Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#):
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> So, is there a good possibility that you can track him down and rip his throat out?
Finding him isn’t a problem; proving that he’s involved is.
> [@Cluricaun](#):
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> Have you phoned his mother regarding the seeming evaporation of your goods?
Yeah. Pretty much all she’s done is return the key and tell him he isn’t coming here anymore.
**Marlitharn** : pawn shops is a good idea. We’ve already checked other places that take used DVDs.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/15 "2008-10-09T22:08:55Z")
AC is missing:
Air Bud Spikes Back
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Atlantis: Milo’s Return
Agent Cody Banks
Aladdin (2 disk special edition)
Bambi & Bambi II
The Black Caldron
Brother Bear
Beauty and the Beast (special edition)
Balto & Balto II
Cars
Cinderalla (platinum edition)
Dumb and Dumberer
Drawn Together season one
102 Dalmations
Dinosaurs seasons 1, 2, 3 & 4
E.T. (2 disc limited collector’s edition)
Finding Nemo
High School Musical
Home on the Range
Harry Potter and the Socerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Incredibles
Kronk’s New Groove
The Lion King (platinum edition)
The Lion King 1½
The Land Before Time 2, 9 & 10
Laughing out Loud
Lilo & Stitch 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Matrix Revolutions
The Muppets Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
Narnia (silver box)
Pokemon 4 Ever
The Princess Diaries (regular and special editions)
Piglet’s Big Movie
Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Pocahontas (2-disc set)
Robots
Sinbad
The Santa Clause 1, 2 & 3
SpyKids 3D: Game Over
Shrek: The Story So Far
Shrek the Third
Tarzan II
Unbreakable
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/16 "2008-10-09T22:14:36Z")
Whoa!:eek:
Maybe you should file a police report and check that homeowners policy. That’s like $2000+.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/17 "2008-10-09T22:17:08Z")
> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Maybe you should file a police report
They’re on their way now that we have a list.
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/18 "2008-10-09T22:24:10Z")
Major bummer, dude.
I hope you’d at least burned some of those cds to an MP3 player…
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/19 "2008-10-09T22:30:21Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#):
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> I hope you’d at least burned some of those cds to an MP3 player…
We think only a few CDs were taken but we can’t be sure because we don’t have an inventory for those. The ones we know about had been copied to iTunes.
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-at-home-today-trying-to-figure-out-exactly-what-is-missing/467161/20 "2008-10-10T00:06:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> AC is still checking her stuff. I’m missing:
>
> Band of Brothers
> Kingdom Hospital
> Firefly
> The Muppet Show seasons 1 & 2
> The 10th Kingdom
> John Fogerty: The Long Road Home
> Pink Floyd: Pulse
I know it’s a drop in the DVD bucket, but I have a perfectly good absolutely spare copy of Firefly. Throw me a PM and I’ll drop it in the mail for you.
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