I hate people.

[Imbrium]

I live in a nice, middle-class neighborhood that's quiet and normal with one exception - the crack house up the street (long story... everyone in the neighborhood hates them and the cops have tried in vain to catch 'em doing something - they were even staking out the house at one point due to suspicions of a stolen car ring).

I'd bet anything one of those a$$hats or one of their a$$hat friends is to blame for the nasty surprise I just got when I went to check the mail - someone drove into my mailbox in a way that you couldn't possibly manage to do while sober (came all the way across the opposing lane and jumped the curb) and didn't even have the freaking decency to leave a note:

I have no idea who to even call to fix a mailbox, how much it'll cost, whether it's worth filing a homeowner's insurance claim (if it even covers this), if I should file a police report, etc... waiting for my aunt to text me back and tell me what to do. I seriously hate people.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh my GOSH! I would be fuming! Yes people suck. Thats one of those things where you'd have loved to have had a camera to capture the idiots who did that.

No advice on how to deal either homeowners insurance might not be the route to go because of deductible and rate increase depending on cost.....? police report is free so maybe file one just in case?? Who knows, there could be a string of incidences and filing one could help.......

But UHg, that just is horrible...........

 

[Imbrium]

yeah, I'm guessing it's not worth bothering with homeowner's insurance... dunno how much it'll cost to fix, though. if it's bad, I might just clean up the stray bricks and leave it as-is.

 

[whitelop]

Holy hell! That is some serious mailbox damage!

I don't know about homeowners insurance, but I would probably file a police report, like Lisa said, it might help.

As for the brick replacement. Its easy to do. You could probably look on criags list and find someone trying to get rid of old bricks, youtube how to make a brick mailbox like that, and to get brick mortar is $5 for a 60 lb bag.

Do you have a HOA? If you do, they might not like you leaving the mailbox as is. They could fine you.

Or, you could take all the brick out and put up a post mailbox instead.

Those are just my thoughts on it. That really sucks though and it really sucks that you're neighbors are a$$holes!

 

[lauratunes12]

Our car was broken into a couple months ago(it was locked, the window was broken) and because we were away from home for a jewelry show my mom was doing, she had all her jewelry, tools, and cash box in there. They took it all, her whole business. They found the tools and beads on the side of the road, broken, just recently. Money and made jewelry had obviously been sold/kept. Her insurance agent also got lazy and never got her started on business insurance, so almost none of it was insured.

People suck, sorry about your mailbox!

 

[littl3red]

Reasons why I hang out with non-humans more often than my human peers. :X It's hard to find the good in them sometimes.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

When we lived in CA, there was a similar problem. The owners daughter was a crack head, with all of the usual all hours problems. The neighbors all got together and sued the owners and got a judgement for their troubles and the damage to their property values--the parents had to sell the house to pay the judgement which solved the "crack-head" problem. I'd talk to the neighbors and an attorney.

 

[Nela]

Bah that just sucks! Reminds me of the time when some drunk kids hit our (was living with my parents at the time) house with their car. Yep, drunk driving on an icy street. They hit a parked pickup truck that was parked on our street, lost control, hit my grandmother's brand new car that was parked in our driveway, our lamp post, and crashed into the house wall, hitting the gas main. Luckily, it was only slightly shifted and didn't cause a leak but yeah, we all had to be evacuated in -40C weather and had several emergency trucks at the scene to check the house. People indeed suck. I hope it will not cost you too much to fix. I imagine it would be unlikely that they can catch them. *Hugs*

 

[LakeCondo]

You might want to get a security camera. I'd suggest one of the fake ones, but that wouldn't deter a drunk.

 

[holtzchick]

Awb that's horrible! I hate substance abuse of any sort and dealing with addicts of any kind can be difficult to say the least. I don't think that should be claimed through insurance either :/

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

That sucks Warning: bad joke follows. Maybe since they obliterated the mailbox, whatever dumb-butt did it didn't know where to leave a note? Told ya it was bad, sorry

 

[Imbrium]

it might be a better joke if they actually HAD obliterated it instead of just dinging up a corner, lol. I think I'm gonna take a walk up the street today and see if there's damage on one of the vehicles at the crack house to make sure I'm thinking angry thoughts in the right direction >.>

and Nela, that's HORRIBLE - certainly puts my mailbox woes in perspective!

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Years ago, when I was at a friends hose we heard a huge crash and ran out in the front in time to see a bunch of kids piling out of a car and running down the street--5 of them. They had lost control and broadsided a neighbors car after going across their lawn and ending at the driveway. I jumped on my bike (dual purpose motorcycle) chased them all down and herded them back under threat of bodily harm so they could wait for the police. Under age, drinking, and stole the car of another passed out idiot that took it without his parents permission. Fun night for me.

 

[whitelop]

Larry, that made me laugh. That sounds like a crazy night! hahaha.

Every time I read this thread it makes me think of my own mailbox mishap. hahah. It was like 5 years ago, I was driving down my street at 7 am going to work, I looked down for something and took out my neighbors mailbox! My car pulled to the right a little. It didn't hurt the mailbox, just took the passenger mirror off my car! That mirror was never put back on.
Also, about 3 years ago, this girl I know was driving through our old neighborhood and took out a mailbox. She hit a 6x6 post that was cemented into the ground and did serious damage to her car. She hit the mailbox because she was distracted by the man who lived in the house, who was very fond of doing jazzercise in his underwear in front of an always open picture window. He did this often, as teenagers we would walk by and get the full view. I guess that day she was caught off guard by his actions and could not pull her gaze away.
She never did fess up to hitting that mailbox, but he had to have known it was her. It still makes me laugh and I can still see him doing his jazzercise.

 

[Blue eyes]

That's hilarious, Morgan, about the jazzercise creep. I bet that taught him a lesson!

 

[daisyandoliver]

Every winter our mailbox gets taken out by a snow plow.. My neighbors too. Our three mailboxes are next to each other on wooden posts and I guess it's hard to miss them? Makes my dad VERY angry lol.