So, someone broke into my garage (well, technically didn't break in) because I have two side doors and I cannot lock one because I don't have a key, so long story short, some crooks got into my garage and ransacked both my cars.
Luckily, they were either a) not too bright; b) very young; or c) got spooked.
Like an idiot, I left my wallet in my car, which is something I've NEVER done in the six months I've lived in the new house. Having said that, I had $220 in my wallet, all of my important docs and credit cards.
They ran up about $2,000.00 on two different cards before the mastercard and visa stopped the cards on their own. The charges were being run up betweeen 1am and 4am. What the heck is open at the hour??? Well, mostly gas stations and a couple of "all night" grocery/convenience stores.
Both cards have fraud forgiveness, so we won't be liable for the amounts charged.
My biggest worry was all of my important information. My US SS number. My Canadian SIN number. My driver's license, attorney ID for both NY and Ontario etc.... What a pain in the a$$.
I decided to take a walk up and down my street and low and behold, the crooks dumped my wallet sans the money and credit cards. ATM cards still inside and ALL other important stuff. Whew!!!
Biggest thing though is that my garage has a lot of expensive power tools and ALL of my detailing supplies. All told, I would guess I have close to $5,000 worth of tools and supplies in the garage and possibly more. Not a single thing stolen.
Had the lock changed on the door today. I now have a key and will be putting a security system on the garage doors as well.