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bighart

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22. I think I would write it off and go buy a new one.

Reply to rdking647 (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 01:21 PM

Feb 2012

I could be wrong but if the police recover it, it may end up being held as evidence for awhile as well. This will be pretty low on their priority list any way, unless you live in a very small town and they don't have anything better to do. Going to retrieve it is not going to end well.

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an interesting diliema. what would you do [View all] rdking647 Feb 2012 OP

Uh, is this even a question? Skinner Feb 2012 #1

Pay a private investigator to retrieve it? n/t Ian David Feb 2012 #2

This is a job for the police. yellerpup Feb 2012 #3

how long do you wait? rdking647 Feb 2012 #9

There is no time limit. yellerpup Feb 2012 #21

You wait until your... LanternWaste Feb 2012 #23

Handling it himself is a very bad idea. MineralMan Feb 2012 #4

he has told them repeatedly rdking647 Feb 2012 #7

People who take pipi_k Feb 2012 #5

I'd get a few friends together and do "The Old Surprise Visit" as in A Clockwork Orange slackmaster Feb 2012 #6

What if it turns out like Big Bang without Penny for backup? n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #18

Wait for the cops. It's OK to call them to check on progress. Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #8

What would Batman do? FSogol Feb 2012 #10

Remember when OJ Simpson went to that Las Vegas hotel room, Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #11

That's what I was thinking nt ecstatic Feb 2012 #20

I would call my state representative socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #12

Call the company that makes the software used to locate the computer... Ian David Feb 2012 #24

This is an interesting dilemma only if one is willing to die for a computer. myrna minx Feb 2012 #13

Dial 911. "I am on my way to {insert location} to retrieve my computer from the people who stole it" ieoeja Feb 2012 #14

Call my buddy in Cicero. AngryAmish Feb 2012 #15

Go in with guns blazing and quinnox Feb 2012 #16

Get a few beers and fuck somebody. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #17

I'd make like Pee Wee Herman in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #19

I think I would write it off and go buy a new one. bighart Feb 2012 #22

So, what I hear most is that: the police won't do anythinbg socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #25