Keep vigilant. Fair/warm weather is bringing out the thieves
 

Gotta keep that head on a swivel, these days. One of my co-workers had her car broken into, and had her bag purse stolen. The thieves were watching her, and knew she would be going for a run because of her clothing. 20 min later, she comes back to car with a broken window. She contacted the credit card companies, immediately, but there were already charges going on the cards. Tap is fast and easy!

This happened in Fort Langley, yesterday afternoon. There were a lot of people around, and this still happened. These thieves have a clear MO, and it will likely happen again. No matter where you are, be aware!

Hope everything is ok with her friend. The worse thing about getting wallet stolen is that is a batch to call everything to let them know and get replacement for it (CC, ID, drivers liscense, health care card etc etc). That's why when I go swimming I only carry $20 cash and my house keys with me. I don't take my wallet just can't trust those lockers......

As someone who works on vehicles for a living and sit in 30 different cars a day, I can’t stress this kind of thing enough. Just about every car I get into has gps on dash, keys left in cup holders (usually apartment/building keys with gate remotes), purses and bags on seats. Change and cards left in cup holders..... seriously. It’s kind of insane

If you’re going for a run and need to leave your wallet in the car or something, put it in the trunk with the spare tire. Every thief is going to open the console/glove box/trunk, but under the trunk mat is probably the safest place (that’s where I usually find a condom stash/weed in people’s cars lol)

My sister have had her sunglasses stolen from an underground parking lot. At fist she didn't notice it was stolen just though maybe she put it somewhere else but then she notice the changes in the cup holders went missing. Now she leaves nothing valueable in the car.

Never leave anything visible in my car, like literally nothing in the car.
One time though I was parked by china town eating with the family, my fiance brought along a gift box she made for her bridesmaid invitation and left in on the back seat. Bum walks up and smashes my glass in broad daylight and takes the box.
Nothing valuable in the box but there were custom ordered cards in there that couldn't be replaced which pisses me off.
Checked my dash cam and there were people nearby when it happened that didn't even flinch when the glass shattered.

https://i.ibb.co/bsVmtMS/glass.jpg

You can see him peeking through every window as he walks by in the video. Is also dragging a cart, likely to toss in all his findings
Glass breaks a minute after this frame

#nothingtolose

Having one of those moments again, where I'm glad I left Vancouver FeelsGoodMan

a wallet or a purse in plain view any where in the fucking world where there is known homeless people who inject on the street.....well maybe not japan but what the fuck?

:facepalm: This just in,the Sky is Blue.

is it possible to crowbar the back doors open on a sedan without setting off the alarm?

my whole block got hit a couple months ago, and not a single car alarm went off

Laws are slap on the wrist too. Basically any punishment is better than their current living.

if that's happening,possible some nerd near by has the codes copied from every automaker programmed into a wireless keyfob and is using it to unlock car doors wirelessly..


or...breaking the hood open and shorting the car battery to shutdown the alarm system.

my truck was entered, and I was entered because me or my wife must have forgot to lock it last week, but thankfully nothing was stolen.

my pair of oakleys, her sunglasses, quite a few different gift cards, nice gloves, lulu yoga mat in the back etc.

Nothing taking just spread out on the seats.

Now, the next interesting bit of info is i've been seeing the same two scrubby homeless couple around my neighborhood. this morning saw them again and the woman went into the house across the street from me while the guy waited on the street with their bikes. they have backpacks, sleeping mats etc. i'm assuming the people renting across the street who look suspicious in their own rights (with two small kids) are up to something. very suspicious.

this is near coquitlam center.

... :ifyouknow:

haha it felt like it

Remember to lock out the remote trunk release as well. My window got smashed 2 weeks ago outside my house in Vancouver. They didn't enter the car at all, nothing missing, nothing was out in the open other than a couple umbrellas and the snowbrush/ice scraper.

Best I can figure is they tried the trunk release, and it didn't open and they moved on. Couple other cars were broken into a few weeks before the block over too.

The "enter" sexual innuendo has never been stronger. Haha!

Our cul-de-sac got hit a few weeks ago. More than one person checking for unlocked cars. Five people were hit and more up the block. They chose recycle night so residents think it's people checking for bottles/cans/etc. My wife is terrible for leaving her vehicle unlocked. I always hit the lock on the remote on both our vehicles when she goes to bed just to be safe.

I would not have pegged my area for such a brazen attempt considering it is a cul-de-sac with limited escape routes. I feel like crime in general is getting out of hand everywhere.

Car break in wasn't as much for a few years and now it's back again.

Here's my thread from 2014:
https://www.revscene.net/forums/6920...break-ins.html

In the work parking lot I spotted a bunch of trophies in the backseat of my co-worker's car. I called her on it and told her to take them out and at least put them in the trunk. She said they're just trophies for kids, they aren't worth anything. I told her, doesn't matter, they look like stuff inside a car, worst yet they're shiny.

Less than a week later her car gets broken into at Metrotown...she had a laptop and iPad in the back seat under a sweater!!

I live in a decent area, nowhere near downtown, and yet I know for sure somebody comes by very often, probably nightly, to check cars. I remember washing my car and the next day seeing fingerprints on the back window.

Problem is, the city has no guts to do shit about it. The courts and city hall don't want to fix it. People who live downtown have to deal with people with power tools stealing their bikes and breaking into their underground parking repeatedly, apartment breakins, theft from vehicles in broad daylight, etc.

my little isolated cul-de-sac within a cul-de-sac in Richmond just got hit. my car, some neighbors, all got shit stolen from their cars. The weirdo didnt take my dash cam or my 200 dollar dog seat but took my 5 dollars worth of change. I guess I was lucky I left my car unlocked, otherwise, I would have had to replace the glass and the tint.

speaking of thieves :S

That looks like 41st and knight?

Smoke bombed.