Re: Was Robbed At Gunpoint Tonight
You're welcome - sorry you needed it. It's a pain to replace everything but your Amazon doesn't sound like the brightest bulb on the marquee - too strung out to do much beyond the basics. Sorry to say she was probably making a living hooking on the streets until her face melted with the meth. Her "friends" on the other hand are probably fences and ID thieves who pay her a pittance to get a lot. I like Bryan Cranston but can't watch Breaking Bad because meth and its cousins have such a bad effect on users/dealers/family members and the labs are such a danger to everyone, not to mention an environmental disaster. We get the occasional amateurs driving up from Pennsylvania to pilfer from local farmers' tanks.
With credit cards your loss is limited to $50 per card if you report it right away; debit cards don't have the same protection, depending on issuer. Usually you'll get most, if not everything, back that was in your accounts.
I also carry very little on me: Non-drivers ID, one credit card ($500 limit), my BJs membership card, stamps and $30 cash. I do have an address book with family names and mailing addresses and phone numbers but all of that is already on the internet. I have a pair of password protected 8GB flash drives on which I have family photos and account information (investments, checking, savings, passwords etc.) which I update as needed and leave the most recent one in my safe deposit box, so once in a while I might have that in my purse but they're going to have to know a long ago address that doesn't exist anymore to figure out the password. I never use family names, birthdays, etc but stick to fictional characters or deceased teachers or neighbors from back in the day.
Last edited by Auburn Annie; 01-04-2010 at 04:22 AM.
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