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20-05-2006, 11:58 AM
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I parked my car yesterday in Manchester city centre at around 9.30am and as it was raining very hard (!) I had to duck into the boot and grab my umbrella. As I opened it the umbrella turned inside out and I had to drop my bag and rescue it.
All was well with the working day (as usual) and when I returned to my car it crossed my mind why my parking receipt had moved from near the gearstick to on top of the arm rest. Then I realised, I hadn't locked the car and some nice person had capitalised on this and relieved me of all my CDs in the glove box. I had locked the glove box but this had been forced off.
This thread is for theraputic (sp?) reasons. So, D'OH!!!!!! There, that feels a little better. No point bothering with the insurance I would suspect.
Anyone else had any D'Oh! moments to rival this one....... makes you feel better when you share it.
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20-05-2006, 3:13 PM
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20-05-2006, 3:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Abbeygoo it was raining very hard, a duck in the boot grab my umbrella. : | It must have been raining very hard for that to happen.
A slight edit on your words
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20-05-2006, 3:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Abbeygoo ...... No point bothering with the insurance I would suspect........ | None at all, I'm afraid. You're very lucky your car wasn't stolen, because if it's left unlocked the insurance won't want to know.
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20-05-2006, 3:38 PM
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I have had sooo many Do'hs you wouldn't believe.
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20-05-2006, 3:40 PM
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Hint...Copy your CD's use the copies in the car.
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20-05-2006, 3:45 PM
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Originally Posted by treacle Hint...Copy your CD's use the copies in the car. |
Thats what I do.
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20-05-2006, 4:50 PM
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Originally Posted by treacle Hint...Copy your CD's use the copies in the car. | Thanks. A few people have said that to me today. Horse, stable door, bolted, comes to mind! Another life lesson learned .....
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21-05-2006, 12:44 PM
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HI Abbeygoo,
Sorry to hear this has happened. I lived in Manchester a few years ago, and always found it to be a nice place to be. It's a shame to hear that some unscrupulous git has gone and screwed you over.  Hope you're not getting too down about the whole thing.
Oh, I don't suppose you parked the car near anywhere that has a security camera, did you? Might be worth seeing if they saw anything, or got anyone on camera acting "suspiciously" (and I'm not talking about acting like a total chav, either)!
Good Luck!
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21-05-2006, 12:48 PM
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Thanks Pooch.
Lived in Manchester all my life - don't think it's a problem with the place, more a problem with my brain. I think they probably just chance walking round car parks seeing if anyone has left their cars unlocked. Not too sure if a security camera (or the police) would be much help.
As I said when starting the thread ...... D'OH!
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21-05-2006, 1:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick_UK None at all, I'm afraid. You're very lucky your car wasn't stolen, because if it's left unlocked the insurance won't want to know. | who would know if he couldnt check its locked |
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