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Mathius

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The unthinkable finally happened
« on: June 11, 2013, 04:55:41 PM »
Over $500 worth of my game collection was stolen last weekend. I lost most of my Wii and 360 games. A few of my SNES games including Chrono Trigger. I lost Sinistron and Side Arms for the Turbo/PCE. Thankfully the rest of my Turbo/PCE collection remains. I didn't lose any systems either. I am deeply saddened by this because a family member is the culprit. He crept into my game room when he came over for Sunday dinner. Once I discovered what had happened I called around to the local game stores to see if I could locate anything. Good news is I did find where he hocked them, and I alerted the management there that the games had been stolen. Bad news is the only way I can get them back is to file a police report and send my brother to jail. I am going to go up there tomorrow to see if I can buy back what they paid for everything. They told me that he has been in there for the last two weeks selling my stuff so this isn't a new occurrence. I am heartbroken at this course of events mainly due to my brother's actions. Chrono Trigger is also a game that I cherish and seeing it's empty space on the shelf nearly gave me a heart attack.

I feel like I am rambling. I just need to get this stuff off my chest by sharing it with my friends here. Thanks in advance for listening.
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 05:14:51 PM »
Oh wow, that sucks big balls :(

Didn't you find out much faster about the missing stuff,
after your mean brother came over? maybe the CT could have been saved.
how about sending him an invoice for the caused damage?
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Why did he just do such a thing to his own family?

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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 05:28:28 PM »
Funnily enough noticing the games missing didn't happen right away until I started going through my Super Famicom games. Macross and Parodius weren't in their assigned spots which started me thinking. I know my brother has been dealing with a terrible drug addiction but I never thought he would stoop this low during one of his visits. He doesn't know that I know yet. Tomorrow the shit hits the fan.

I can't afford to buy the games back but thankfully my mother has stepped in to loan me the cash to do so. If my parents weren't alive I would probably press charges but I don't have the heart to do so. They are dealing with enough as it is.
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2013, 05:55:15 PM »
Wow, what an a$$hole! I have a problem with a clepto-sibling myself and became estranged with her (again) after she stole my ratchet set out of my car and other issues prior to that that I won't go into, etc. I had replaced the brake shoes for a neighbor's car, fixed the parking brake too, and he had come to me again for a tune up to replace the spark plugs. So I went to my car to find my ratchet set, but I couldn't find it! I spent like a half hour tearing it apart trying to find the damn thing! Then I remembered I had given the clepto my keys the day before or so when she asked me to find something in it. I should've walked with her to make sure, but I mistakenly showed her trust. Sure enough, I drove to her house, she denied it all, but by the end of it, with her own stupidity and absent-mindedness, I discovered where she had hidden it! She tried to grab it back from my hands, but I wouldn't let go and she went all f*cking psycho! That was ~2 years ago maybe, I dunno, but I ain't talked to her since and don't plan to again either!

I say press charges if you can! Don't let him get away with it! Know that if you didn't actually see him steal the games (as a witness) and there's no, say, security video of him doing it, and if he denies it entirely to the police, they wouldn't be able to arrest him... He has to self-incriminate. So, pffft, in actuality, you probably couldn't get an arrest even if you really wanted to... Anyhow, that shit just pisses me off. To get set back like that by someone in your own family, bad enough if you got broken into by strangers who could give a f*ck, but that it's your own brother and you were the one that let him in, etc...
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2013, 06:44:53 PM »
Bro, I'm so sorry to hear about this.  I bet your gf was equally pissed.  I hope you get your stuff back.  Not sure if you want to share the exchange with your brother when you confronted him?
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2013, 08:23:12 PM »
Invite him over to play Parodius and see how he responds.


That shit sucks.   If any of my family members tried stealing my stuff, there would be hell to pay.
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2013, 09:32:10 PM »
I would go for pressing charges. When he sold the stuff to the game store he should have been required to hand over driver license info or a state id in compliance with pawn shop laws. I would have a police report filed and inform them you know where the stolen merchandise is located. The store will be required to hand over the goods to the cops. Your brother could probably use the jail time to dry out, or maybe even strike a deal with the prosecution to enter a rehab program for a lighter sentence.

Not doing anything will just send the wrong message to your brother that you will put up with anything cause he is family. Addicts in families always do things like this because when their victim is close family they know the victim is less likely to do anything about it. He will end up stealing from others soon and after he has hit enough family with theft he will move on to friends, then just start robbing houses or other forms of theft to get money for his addiction, which will start putting others at risk.

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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2013, 10:02:10 PM »
Oh man, I'm so sorry :(

This is horrible.  I hope it works out.

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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2013, 01:33:06 AM »
... I lost ... Side Arms

NOOOOO!!!!

I feel some of your pain...I got broke in and lost all my Saturn games a few years back (left the SS console, but took the broke PS2...silly criminals). At least you have some hope of recovering some of the titles even if it will cost you. Josh and I will keep a eye out for Sidearms for ya' :)
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2013, 01:53:27 AM »
matt do you know what all you lost?
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2013, 01:56:00 AM »
You know, the whole break in burglary thing makes me really glad I chose to get out of renting a house and back into a apartment. Being on the top floor at the corner end of a building makes it impossible for anyone to break in here without using a ladder and making a big scene of it. The old house I rented had way too many exposed areas in the back of the house for someone to exploit. My old neighbor's house was the same and he would always ask me and my kids to keep a eye on his place when he had go on extended leave for work.

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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2013, 01:57:47 AM »
Side arms or special? :)
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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2013, 02:00:42 AM »
Mathius, comrade, my deepest sympathies.

Clearly, there are no simple solutions that will fix things swiftly.

If it will cheer you up, I can send you some über-crappy Wii games (Hannah Montanna, Naked Bros.)... Just say the word  

* The games are so bad, you don't actually need to play them. Instead, you will find new hobbies, such as scissor-sharpening, to occupy your time.



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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2013, 02:10:57 AM »
Damn :(

Hope your brother is able to recover and that you get your stuff back. What a crappy situation, sorry you had to go through it man.

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Re: The unthinkable finally happened
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2013, 02:12:15 AM »
Sorry to hear that Mathius,

This has always been a worry of mine as well.

It's good to hear you'll be getting your stuff back, sorry it had to happen like that.
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