"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
04/06/2016 at 23:27 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
04/06/2016 at 23:27 • Filed to: None | 0
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About 6 months ago, 3 dudes jumped me because they cut in front of me at a pizza place, and when I asked them not to, the bartender saw them threaten me and he kicked them out. It’s still weird to me. Fractured ribs. They stole my mountain bike.
Flash to a week ago and the same year, color and approximate size bike with the same modifications is on Craigslist. Woohoo! Just need to plot a fake buy get non emergency PD to back me up and take it back. Well the seller ignored my emails, and the emails from a fake account. No contact info, puts me at a dead end.
Today, desperate, I post an ad pointing out the first ad and essentially begging the person who likely bought it to contact me. And wouldn’t you know it, they did. Even though I didn’t have to give him a thing, I agreed on the phone to give him his costs. And in person I threw in an extra $30, although I got the sense that he knew it was stolen and with my new craigslist ad he knew he couldn’t sell it, and it made me want to retract the extra.
The other frustrating part is that the shitheads who touched my bike in the last 6 months have destroyed it. Seriously messed with the seat tube, thrown out the nice parts I put on it. Shit...
Definitely bittersweet. I’ve got an emotional connection to it but it’s barely my bike any more.
valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2016 at 23:39 |
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Fucking sucks, sorry to hear your story.
Did you ever report the incident when it happened?
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option
04/07/2016 at 00:02 |
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Yeah, I called cops day of and filed report day after and to their credit an officer came out and took my statement and even went and looked at video from the pizza place of the dudes, but the dudes were pretty non-descript, so nothing came of it.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/07/2016 at 00:14 |
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Where was this?
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/07/2016 at 00:22 |
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Eugene, Oregon. So when the cop saw 3 generic looking bros in ball caps on the video, they were 3 of about 12,000 potential undergrad men.
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/07/2016 at 00:32 |
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Sorry about your bike. Is the frame still good? I’m sure a LBS can help you out on building it back up....
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/07/2016 at 00:39 |
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Egad. I don’t like that town, never did. It freaks me the hell out every time I’m there after dark...
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
04/07/2016 at 01:53 |
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Frames not bad except some seriously weird and deep scratching around the seatpost. The place where I bought it sounded open to lending a hand. And I worked at a shop in town for a while that I’m sure would give me some help in restoring it, It’s complete but weird stuff has been done to it, like putting a mechanical front disc on it while keeping on a hydro rear and having an 8 speed cassette on 9 speed shifters, and some big but commuter oriented tires instead of mountain were put on it. Just really dumb stuff that I’m guessing we’re supposed to hide it were put on it to be honest.
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
04/07/2016 at 01:58 |
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Eugene is a weird mix of people including the homeless, hippies, and then pretty privileged college kids. It’s a cool city in a lot of ways; I’m a huge running fan and there is no better place for a runner to be, beer is good, close to the mountains and ocean, outdoorsy and it’s a great size as it's not small but also not huge. But property crime here between the homeless and college students is off the charts. Our apartment has been broken into twice and car once and then two bike thefts, all within 10 years, and we are not in the worst area of town or are we the most vulnerable people.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/07/2016 at 10:59 |
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The guys who jumped you were probably the privileged ones. How old are you, if you don’t mind my asking?