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Looking for a new dumbbell, or perhaps a surefire way to break into someone's car? One man's bad luck may just be your ticket to toned arms and free cd players. From a Craigslist post this morning: "Some douchebag thief threw a 50 lbs weight into one of my car's windows (parked in Douchebag Central, aka Murray Hill), taking an old CD player walkman from my glove compartment. The CD player was useless but the window cost me $100 to replace. I'd like to recoup the loss. Thankfully, said douchebag thief left the 50 lbs weight in the back seat of my car as a souvenir (You needed to lug around a 50 lbs. weight to do the job of 3 lbs. crowbar? No wonder you broke into my car and not one with something valuable in it. You're an idiot). Now you can benefit from my loss by buying this weight at a discount."
We inquired, but the dumbbell has already been sold! Whoever the new owner is should dust that thing for fingerprints and start a CSI: Craigslist webisode series.
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that's the most compact 50 pounder I've ever seen.
Shoplifting, breaking into cars, what's next, a Gothamist tutorial on tax evasion?!
This weight sold for scrap is worth more than the CD player.
Maybe it is the Maltese Falcon of weights. Somebody needs to scrape it.
Not a bad nomination for best of!
Where did he get a window for $100? Last time someone broke into my car it was $170, and that was years ago. I've learned to leave the doors unlocked.
Yeah, I wonder the same. My car was broken into 2 weeks ago and we got quotes for our broken passenger window that were between $210 and $350. $100? I'd bite.
I got me a window fixed for 80 bucks all the way down bay ridge.
Full glass coverage is a beautiful thing. Typically, glass repairs don't impact rates. That said, we drive a station wagon, wherein all the contents are always visible. We stopped leaving anything of value in our cars LONG AGO. We've never had a break-in.
Some crackhead punched in my window and stole an $11 pair of sunglasses, an old umbrella, a $5 car vac, and a razor scooter from my car. I only care about the scooter. GEICO gives you free glass coverage, so it cost me nothing to replace the window.
yeah, but if you report that your car was broken into your insurance premiums would probably go higher next year that would double the cost of what they paid for the window.
I'm the victim in question (and the writer of the Craig's List ad). I had a used replacement window put in so it was a lot cheaper ($100) than a new one but, surprisingly, not by much. The guy who did my window was Frank at Sun's Auto Glass in Englewood. He was recommended to me by my insurance company, Progressive, of all people. I had a break-in two weeks before in Williamsburg and he replaced that window (the front driver's side) with a new one for about $180 all-in. Both times, he did it within two hours of calling him.
While I may have had luck in getting my windows replaced, I clearly have not had luck parking. Also, I probably won't have much luck in the near future with insurance premiums. My $500 deductible per incident meant all this was out-of-pocket. I didn't even bother to report the second incident to the insurance company (not to worry: they'll raise my rates because of the first one anyway), though I did report it to the police. At least I got a laugh when both Midtown South and 9th Precincts showed up but only after two metermaids tried ticketing me.
How much did you get for the weight on craigslist?
douchebag central, harsh.
Thanks for the followup Lawrence, and sorry to hear of your string of bad luck.
I'm wondering if these increased incidents of break-ins and burglaries is truly an effect of the recession on New Yorkers. I live in Brooklyn as well, and there have been an increased number of apartment break-ins, robberies, and thefts going on.
I got the asking price of $20. Apparently, this particularly-shaped weight was a relatively rare one. I'm sure it was worth a lot more but, c'mon, when would I use a 50 lbs weight? I'm lucky I can open a pickle jar. I'm just happy that the thief/thieves were stupid enough to leave behind something worth more than my old CD player (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/40814118_995c13759a.jpg)
As for crime, we've also had a drop of 5,000 cops during the Bloomberg administration.
aren't weights usually priced at a dollar a pound? you just lost 30 bucks.
True, but who wants 50 lbs of metal that was used in who-knows-what before?
I knew a guy that had some like that, and he swore they were from an old elevator. But he might have been full of crap.
The suspect was described as white teenage male, long hair and wearing a Metallica t-shirt. He was clearly into heavy metal.
"parked in Douchebag Central, aka Murray Hill"
Jen and the Gothamist staff: find me a neighborhood that you won't criticize for who lives there (ie. too wealthy, not hip enough,too hip, too ghetto, too gentrified, etc.)
Are you saying that this poor guy derserves to have his car broken into because his neighborhood might be too expensive for your taste? Get over yourselves.
that was in the original craigslist post.
Noted, but I still hold to my opinon that the Gothamist staff despises just about every neighborhood for one reason or another.
you are lucky that you didn't actually meet the guy who could carry 50 lbs of weight, much less throw it into a car with maximum impact. I know I definitely could not curl 50 lbs on one arm much less two arms.
I parked my car in the West Village once and some jerk stole my battery. A busted windshield is bad but a battery? Coldblooded.
this is the funniest most amusing story ever.
Notwithstanding Lawrence's misfortune, of course.
that it even ocurred to you to post that weight on C'sLst
is Hi–Larious!!
That's not a dumbbell.