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walkingtwig said:everyone knows you only report a crime when you are going to sue someone..
...or collect from the insurance company.
walkingtwig said:everyone knows you only report a crime when you are going to sue someone..
This has happened to me and a couple of friends in Sydney on more than one occasion, I think it's as equally likely to happen in many major cities in the world. (outside the ridiculously safe ones such as Scandinavian countries ...etc).Gringoboy said:The car has been broken into twice and the spare wheel taken also.
My bicycle was nicked last week, almost from under my very nose, despite the fact it was chained and padlocked to a rail.
trennod said:Any figures on robberies etc could never be reliable here. No one even reports them.
Actually, it's also one of the "crimes" that's quite high in Sweden too. Though mostly from drunk people wanting to get home I think.lamarque said:Lol nicked bicicles happen between 2 and 4 times a month in Amsterdam, but that is not to compare lol is a really safe city just have that problem that people steal bikes lol. Just make me fun when you mention that make me remember old good times in that city.
Gringoboy said:During the last three years my shop has been held at gunpoint twice. The first I reported, the second one I didn't. They'd be halfway to Cuba by the time the typewriter had been unpacked by the police anyway.
Waste of time.
The car has been broken into twice and the spare wheel taken also.
My bicycle was nicked last week, almost from under my very nose, despite the fact it was chained and padlocked to a rail.
I worry for my soon- to- be- wife as she has to see clients in some pretty rough areas. We keep in touch throughout the day.
Btw, this has all happened in Olivos.
We are ultra careful with what we do now, but we can't live in a cage.
All we can do is endeavour to reduce the risk.
bomber said:This has happened to me and a couple of friends in Sydney on more than one occasion, I think it's as equally likely to happen in many major cities in the world. (outside the ridiculously safe ones such as Scandinavian countries ...etc).
Another friend of mine was robbed at gunpoint in Perth twice, supposedly the safest capital city in Australia.[/quote]
Yeah but gringoboy has just given examples of about 6/7 different crimes that he has been personally affected by in the last few years. Hows that for a strike rate? Dont agree with you it would be normal for most major cities in the world, outside of Latin America. You also need to take in to account the fact that most people are more careful here.
With respect to the bolded part, thats terrible, how the hell did that happen? The reason I ask is I am originally from Perth. Did he work in a 24 hour service station or something?
lamarque said:Well i suppose is a point of view and a valid one for sure, but for me if someone steal me the insurance company pay for it and anyway i never carry that much money more than an iphone and enought money to do what i have to do in any case, but if someone kill me then there is nothing else to do and no one to fix the situation the same if someone of your family or friends get killed that is unfixable.
nicoenarg said:. You can't buy insurance against feeling insecure.