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> Vehicle Vandalism
Unfortunately theft is one of the many avenues that bring people to Phoenix Glass. Here are a few tips we can offer that may help you avoid being a victim. Buy a good alarm system for your vehicle.
It
doesn't have to be a super system but be sure it has "a
blinking system armed light"
located in a place where it will be easily seen. Thieves don't
like to risk the attention setting off an alarm will bring upon
them. In most situations they will notice the blinking light
and move on to a vehicle that brings less risk to them being
caught. An alarm system that automatically arms itself is also
a big plus in that it allows you to manually lock your doors and exit
the vehicle without using the remote transmitter. The reason
for leaving your vehicle in that manner is because the frequency of
your hand held remote unit for your alarm can be picked up by someone
using an easily legally obtainable frequency scanner. All a
thief has to do is sit in close proximity to your vehicle and when
you use your remote to transmit a signal to your alarm system, the
scanner will immediately note and retain the frequency it used.
At that point all the thief has to do is tune a small, also easily
and legally obtainable, transmiter to that frequency and they are
good to go.
Don't
ever leave valuable items in plain sight in your vehicle, Never ever leave your purse or wallet in your vehicle! Unfortunately, here at Phoenix Glass, we see this one happen on a weekly basis and we are just one of many Auto Glass Replacement Centers in the Knoxville area. Thieves actually patiently sit in shopping centers, restaurants, movie theaters, exercise gyms, and it's sad to say but even at Churches and watch you tuck them under or behind your seat. You have already shown them where you put it and all they have to do after you go in is to break out a window and grab the purse or wallet and they're gone. It all happens in about 30 seconds but the aftermath of such a theft can cost you a fortune and take days if not months to recover from. It's a gold mine for a thief as they now have your ID, your money, your social security number, your charge cards, your bank cards and possibly your pin numbers if your like the rest of us who write them down because we can't remember them. They even have your address and, in most cases, a womans purse even contains the keys to her home and all the other vehicles she owns. Some of those keys with the computer chips built into them can be extremely expensive and you may have to foot the cost of having new ones made yourself as most insurance providers cover your broken door glass but do not cover the cost of having new electronic keys made. The cost of the keys are just the first part of replacing them. There is the cost of replacing the locks on the ignition, doors and trunk and in most cases there's a cost involved for resetting the vehicles on board computer to accept the new key which can all add up to a very significant costs.
Here are
just a few example guestimates:
Normal
keys and locks $200.00 to $400.00 range per vehicle on average In many cases the thieves will remove the valuables such as money and credit cards from the purse or wallet and ditch them as quickly as possible, usually in a very near by trash can or dumpster, to get rid of the evidence as quickly as possible. After consulting with our Phoenix Glass customer service representatives and we inform them of that several of our customers have recovered most of their items so keep that in mind if it ever happens to you. Getting back some of your things is better than loosing it all. When your staying overnight in a hotel. Be sure to remove all your vehicles contents from your vehicle. Hotels are prime sites for thieves because they know that you are usually tired and in a hurry to get some rest. They also know your more than likely traveling with valuable "easy to pawn" items such as a laptop computer, GPS unit and camera and although surprising it isn't uncommon for people to leave a gun under their seat. Christmas time is prime time for thieves.
When
people do their seasonal Christmas shopping in multi store type
shopping centers they routinely go into a few different stores where
they purchase this and that and after each store purchase make a trip
back to their vehicle to lock up their newly purchased gifts.
What they don't realize is that a thief is somewhere nearby patiently
watching them come and go. When the time is right the thief
breaks into their car full of gifts and in about 30 seconds or less
are gone with all your valuables. It's sad to see a person come
in our store on Christmas Eve shortly after having their vehicle
broken into and having to layout even more money to repair their
broken glass but it happens many times throughout the Christmas
season so do all you can not to let it happen to you.
One
of the most petty acts we have seen,
In that situation most peoples first thought maybe to think that the thief got what they deserved and wearing rubber gloves and using a little pine sol will take care of it but in todays environments it raises serious safety concerns. This is a fairly large subject and beyond the scope of our web site so if you will click the the following link it will take you to the I-CAR web site where they have an article that addresses such a situation.
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