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ewstanley
07-22-2022, 07:58 PM
I am looking for help in locating my chair that was taken from the front of my villa last night.
I am having my driveway refinished, and I had put a chair that had an Amazon sign on it that I had place of Amazon deliveries. It was located on my property, approximately 10 feet from the street.
My neighbor saw a woman in a reddish golf cart go onto my property and take my chair. She told the woman that I wasn't giving it away. I live in Largo near the Bacall Recreation Center so if anyone knows of anyone that might have mistakenly taken my chair would you kindly tell them to return it.
Thanks.

JohnN
07-23-2022, 06:50 AM
I hope you get your chair back.
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

ThirdOfFive
07-23-2022, 06:57 AM
I hope you get your chair back.
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.
True words. If you want to get rid of something and don't want to go through the trouble of selling it (or the low monetary value it has doesn't warrant the effort) just put it out near the street either on your driveway or the adjacent lawn, on the afternoon before your scheduled trash pickup. There are people who cruise the various villages looking for just those kinds of things. We've gotten rid of several items this way: an HP printer that worked fine except for the auto paper feed, a table with a glass top that lived in our lanai and needed a bit of work to be presentable, etc.

This is just a guess on my part but before we moved here, the area we lived in had a lot of online auctions. If people collect this stuff for free and then auction it off, I can see where it could bring in a pretty good income.

RICH1
07-23-2022, 07:13 AM
Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you

ThirdOfFive
07-23-2022, 07:42 AM
Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you
(Heavenly music plays in the background...)

Dusty_Star
07-23-2022, 07:59 AM
Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you Stealing is never right.

Worldseries27
07-24-2022, 05:39 AM
i am looking for help in locating my chair that was taken from the front of my villa last night.
I am having my driveway refinished, and i had put a chair that had an amazon sign on it that i had place of amazon deliveries. It was located on my property, approximately 10 feet from the street.
My neighbor saw a woman in a reddish golf cart go onto my property and take my chair. She told the woman that i wasn't giving it away. I live in largo near the bacall recreation center so if anyone knows of anyone that might have mistakenly taken my chair would you kindly tell them to return it.
Thanks.
people are creatures of habit. Stake out your driveway you may get lucky she probably passes there every day

Vleka
07-24-2022, 08:02 AM
I am looking for help in locating my chair that was taken from the front of my villa last night.
I am having my driveway refinished, and I had put a chair that had an Amazon sign on it that I had place of Amazon deliveries. It was located on my property, approximately 10 feet from the street.
My neighbor saw a woman in a reddish golf cart go onto my property and take my chair. She told the woman that I wasn't giving it away. I live in Largo near the Bacall Recreation Center so if anyone knows of anyone that might have mistakenly taken my chair would you kindly tell them to return it.
Thanks.

When this happened to me I put a sign up asking that this person to please return my chairs. (There were two of them)
The next day we caught a women unloading them from her van. She was quite embarrassed and apologetic.

OhioBuckeye
07-24-2022, 08:09 AM
Not trying to be funny, but this is the way society & America is changing. I say we have to treat everybody like they’re thieves! Protect everything you own.

Driller703
07-24-2022, 11:04 AM
I hope you get your chair back.
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

When will people learn this? If you leave it anywhere near the road, especially the night before trash pickup, it’s gone!

Bogie Shooter
07-24-2022, 11:27 AM
Not trying to be funny, but this is the way society & America is changing. I say we have to treat everybody like they’re thieves! Protect everything you own.

Changing? You mean in the past no one ever stole anything? 🤔

Marathon Man
07-24-2022, 12:04 PM
Stealing is never right.

Not trying to be funny, but this is the way society & America is changing. I say we have to treat everybody like they’re thieves! Protect everything you own.

Way to harsh folks. As others have said, leave it near the street and you are offering it up (intended or not).

jimjamuser
07-24-2022, 01:13 PM
Changing? You mean in the past no one ever stole anything? 🤔
I think that in the past people stole less in the US. And there are different values in different countries. For example in Japan a few years ago there was a tsunami where there was cash floating around in the streets and the Japanese citizens all picked it up and returned it to the banks. Likely, that would not happen in the US - either past or present.
........In 1992 when I was in California, I would marvel at the way abandoned automobiles left on a street or highway would gradually turn into automobile skeletons. As I would drive by for the next week, 1st I would see the car placed up on stones or blocks and the wheels and tires removed. Then the next day the engine might be gone. Then, the doors, hood, and trunk would be gone. Gone girl or gone parts in this case.
........People say that fads and social change happen 1st in Ca. So, here in Fl. we may be early in that Ca.trend where people are scavenging for furniture and tools left near a road. If these trends continue, I would suggest now or in a few years that - if your car breaks down on the side of a road that maybe you should call AAA quickly and not walk away from it. Or it might end up a skeleton of its former self - and quicker than you think. Just saying!

ElDiabloJoe
07-24-2022, 02:45 PM
Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you

The response of enablers and victims-to-be.

OhioBuckeye
07-25-2022, 09:30 AM
Changing? You mean in the past no one ever stole anything? 🤔

That’s EXACTLY what I mean!

Bogie Shooter
07-25-2022, 11:24 AM
Changing? You mean in the past no one ever stole anything? 🤔

That’s EXACTLY what I mean!

:1rotfl:

Tvflguy
07-25-2022, 02:56 PM
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

Doesn’t work all the time. I asked my wife to stand real quiet about 3’ from the street. No takers.

Eg_cruz
07-25-2022, 03:14 PM
Don’t worry about what’s gone, focus on what you have….that lady needed a chair and you provided her comfort…Bless you
I need a new car will that work if I come just come get yours…..hahahaha

Bilyclub
07-25-2022, 05:34 PM
Doesn’t work all the time. I asked my wife to stand real quiet about 3’ from the street. No takers.

We have a reincarnated Henny Youngman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AXDCTlZQL8

ewstanley
07-26-2022, 05:37 AM
I hope you get your chair back.
Just FYI, around here, anything you put out within 10 feet of the street, people will assume you don't want it and haul it off.
Doesn't much matter what sign you put on it.

The chair was behind caution tape, under a tree, behind a heavy planter and behind a landscape retaining wall.
I've been here over ten years and never had anything like this happen.
That's theft - whatever you want to call it go right ahead.

retiredguy123
07-26-2022, 06:30 AM
I would call it theft.

Bogie Shooter
07-26-2022, 07:27 AM
The chair was behind caution tape, under a tree, behind a heavy planter and behind a landscape retaining wall.
I've been here over ten years and never had anything like this happen.
That's theft - whatever you want to call it go right ahead.

Picture Answers a lot of questions and would have avoided all the speculation………..if included in OP.

Wyseguy
07-26-2022, 07:59 AM
I think that in the past people stole less in the US. And there are different values in different countries. For example in Japan a few years ago there was a tsunami where there was cash floating around in the streets and the Japanese citizens all picked it up and returned it to the banks. Likely, that would not happen in the US - either past or present.
........In 1992 when I was in California, I would marvel at the way abandoned automobiles left on a street or highway would gradually turn into automobile skeletons. As I would drive by for the next week, 1st I would see the car placed up on stones or blocks and the wheels and tires removed. Then the next day the engine might be gone. Then, the doors, hood, and trunk would be gone. Gone girl or gone parts in this case.
........People say that fads and social change happen 1st in Ca. So, here in Fl. we may be early in that Ca.trend where people are scavenging for furniture and tools left near a road. If these trends continue, I would suggest now or in a few years that - if your car breaks down on the side of a road that maybe you should call AAA quickly and not walk away from it. Or it might end up a skeleton of its former self - and quicker than you think. Just saying!

What is a JimJam and what is it used for?

Wyseguy
07-26-2022, 08:00 AM
Doesn’t work all the time. I asked my wife to stand real quiet about 3’ from the street. No takers.

Try it the night before, umm, you know. Try it the night before .,,,pick up