Thieves broke my window.

Something that I believe helps is to tint your windows just dark enough to obscure viewing inside (not so much that it's dangerous to drive though!). Here in Florida, you can actually get a waiver for tinting windows. Just tell your eye doctor that your eyes are extremely sensitive to light and have him/her sign the paperwork. Costs 8 bucks for the life of the vehicle, and you can tint them as dark as you want....legally! Most people don't know that one here, and illegally tint their windows anyway. I'd rather have a "get out of jail free" card if needed for only 8 bucks.

I run mine at about 20% (which is basically just matching the rear tint on the front windows). Once I put a sunshade in the windshield, you really can't see anything inside the car. I don't think most "snatch and grab" thieves are going to bother with a car if they can't see their obvious easy target. They also wouldn't be able to see you "hiding" things, as the tint obscures their view of you before you exit the vehicle. Just food for thought, and certainly won't deter the determined thief if they think you have something they want.
 
If they only took a hidden purse then they watched you hide it. Same thing happened to my wife a few years ago. They basically only do this in order to A)Get whatever cash you have and B) Use your credit card locally to buy gas or some item, usually in the first 15 minutes.

So if you want to prevent this from happening again then pay attention to the people watching when you or your wife go to "hide" the purse or something. Also those of you that have phones, Ipods, tablets or nice GPS units in plain sight you are now just a target.

Note: After talking to police and learning about this type of crime and the methodology of it we started searching the side of the roads up to a mile away from the crime. You see, my wife had two brand new pairs of prescription glasses ($1200 worth of trifocals) she had just picked up + pictures she was taking to get scanned of her grandmother. We found the purse in one of the ditches beside the road about a mile from the scene of the break in. Inside everything was still there minus her VISA credit card and about $100 in cash. Even her wallet was still in there with all her other cards.

Right after it happened, we started calling everyone and then called LifeLock. We were assured we would be fine (by LifeLock) and the only charge so far was for $75 at a gas station. The VISA people took care of that and we still have a LifeLock subscription.

Moral of the story: Watch before you hide stuff.

Someone broke into my truck awhile back and stole my climbing bag, my neighbor two doors down found it in their backyard the next morning.. I'm guessing they didn't have any use for belay devices and quick-draws! Point is this is a good tip on trying to recover stolen items.
 
Alright, had my window replaced today. A&M Glass seemed to do a good job. I think it looks good.

Also when I got back to my building I found my console vault waiting for me. That is already installed.
 

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