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Originally Posted by wildwoodfam
Things like this happen ALL THE TIME - this is lake winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, USA, not shangri-la!
Do people really still believe that you can leave things unlocked, or even visible in camps that are vacant all winter and not think some idiot will come along and decide he or she has better use for the item you own?!
We close up at the end of summer and anything that even "looks" valuable, even though we may have purchased it at the Christmas Tree Shop for $4.99, gets put into the interior closets and locked up, the drapes and blinds closed, the doors shuttered, and the bulkhead padlocked. As unfriendly as this may look and seem we have never been robbed - while neighbors on all side report break-ins almost annually!
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You make it sound as if people who have had break-ins are putting out the welcome mat and are leaving the family jewels on the screen porch with a "help yourself" sign attached. Someone who is hell bent on breaking into a home will do so reguardless of how many locks are bolted...albeit some places are easier targets than others and I'm sure that was the point you were trying to make.