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Old 01-23-2010, 07:48 AM   #51
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So I become the next victim of a laptop theft. After I've been half way around the world, I make a rookie mistake and pick up a hitchhiker in the Dominican Republic and she leaves along with my laptop I had on my rear seat. Fucking bitch!

I used to hitch hike a lot back in a day when I toured around Europe so it always gave me great pleasure to give back to the "community". As anyone who's picked up hitchhikers before can confirm, you typically want to make people whom you give the lift feel comfortable so when she threw her bag on the rear seat I didn't make a big deal out of it - she wants to have room for herself to sit comfortably... right? Then when she went in and out of her bag a few times to get a lipstick and what not, I still had my fucking head in the gutter. Fucking newb. I can't believe I wasn't being suspicious in a POS country like Dominican Republic.

So anyway, call me an idiot - I have been calling myself that for days. My laptop is gone and everybody is telling me that it's gone for good. I filed a report with the DR police who didn't even ask what she looked like or where I dropped her off. They just wanted my passport number so they can file a report and put it on the shelf. I had pictures from my travels so far on it, most of which I did not have backed up (fucking newb, call me an idiot again...). I had contacts, emails and all that shit that I failed to back up. My life as of late was all about adventure and I neglected the need to back up as I have neglected to need to pay for some LoJack shit for laptops and... most importantly - never trust anyone and always be suspicious while on the road.

Anyway, I know I am not the first person to have had their laptop stolen. I remember several people over the years bringing that shit up on GFY. Has anyone had luck recovering their laptops? If so, whom or what did you use? Can anyone recommend good private investigators in the Dominican Republic? I have already paid some thugs form the POS and got a few leads. I want my laptop back and am ready and willing to pay to get it back. Anyone with practical advice on what a guy could do to recover it? I want to believe that impossible is possible. Too much value went with that one machine

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Old 01-23-2010, 07:52 AM   #52
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that's rough, I wouldn't count on getting your laptop back...
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Old 01-23-2010, 08:14 AM   #53
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Three fucking words... Dominican Republic.......avoid at all costs
Are we supposed to pick the 3 words?
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Old 01-23-2010, 11:59 AM   #54
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my area of the Bronx is like living in DR, my wifes laptop came with a year of LoJack, but not sure how well it works out of the states.
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Old 01-23-2010, 12:03 PM   #55
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Screwed......so screwed. I feel your pain.
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Old 01-23-2010, 12:12 PM   #56
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2 kinds of people in this world... those who make backups and those who have not yet lost their data...
My brother says a very similar phrase. Two kinds of people in the world, those that have had a hard drive fail on them, and those that are going to have a hard drive fail on them.

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Old 01-23-2010, 01:36 PM   #57
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Old 01-23-2010, 02:25 PM   #58
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Yes of course the police don't care. You're just another gringo.

First off don't pay any local thugs anymore money. The people with the most knowledge available to you are probably the cab drivers IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD (this part is important) as it happened in. Look for where cabs are hanging out together. Supermarkets, malls. They may not be marked as taxis. Unofficial taxis are just as good if not better for this purpose.

If you really want the laptop back, offer a reward over and above what the cab driver can probably buy it for. A few hundred dollars will motivate the shit out these people and cab drivers will hustle hard to make a buck.

The cab driver will also probably try to rip you off if he can find it, by saying it's costing more to buy, so you'll have to pay him more. I'd consider maybe just offering a big chunk up front, say $500 for the laptop no questions asked.

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Old 01-23-2010, 02:32 PM   #59
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Old 01-25-2010, 01:19 PM   #60
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Yes of course the police don't care. You're just another gringo.

First off don't pay any local thugs anymore money. The people with the most knowledge available to you are probably the cab drivers IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD (this part is important) as it happened in. Look for where cabs are hanging out together. Supermarkets, malls. They may not be marked as taxis. Unofficial taxis are just as good if not better for this purpose.

If you really want the laptop back, offer a reward over and above what the cab driver can probably buy it for. A few hundred dollars will motivate the shit out these people and cab drivers will hustle hard to make a buck.

The cab driver will also probably try to rip you off if he can find it, by saying it's costing more to buy, so you'll have to pay him more. I'd consider maybe just offering a big chunk up front, say $500 for the laptop no questions asked.

Good luck.
Good advice buddy. I've done something similar but not through cabbies. There are no taxis in town where I picked her up. The town is not a tourist trap as it has no beach or anything of interest to foreigners and locals can't afford cab rides. People here ride old motorcycles mostly (it's not unusual to see 5 people on one fairly aged beater). However there's a group of guys who hang around the area where people try to hitch a ride to Santo Domingo every day helping organize loading and unloading of people taking either a bus of gua gua (local van transport). They make a couple hundred pesos each day this way. I bumped my offer to $1,000 reward for info that will lead to recovery of laptop and droll kept flowing as it's the sum that's way more than any of them will see in their entire lives.

Laptop is the worst thing you could get stolen as it?s not just the hardware, but also data that?s inside. I?m gonna remain positive and believe that boot password I had on that machine will serve as powerful deterrer that may force potential buyers out of buying. I?m sure BIOS could be reset in some way, but it already involves a lot of hassle. Hard drives are most likely replaced or wiped out so OS password won?t do much, but I?m glad I kept the boot password active at all times. I also suppose it?s not a big deal getting a replacement power adapter which I still have in my possession so I don?t consider it a major win on my part.

Good advice buddy. I've done something similar but not through cabbies. There are no taxis in town where I picked her up. The town is not a tourist trap as it has no beach or anything of interest to foreigners and locals can't afford cab rides. People here ride old motorcycles mostly (it's not unusual to see 5 people on one fairly aged beater). However there's a group of guys who hang around the area where people try to hitch a ride to Santo Domingo every day helping organize loading and unloading of people taking either a bus of gua gua (local van transport). They make a couple hundred pesos each day this way. I bumped my offer to $1,000 reward for info that will lead to recovery of laptop and drool kept flowing as it's the sum that's way more than any of them will see in their entire lives.

Laptop is the worst thing you could get stolen as it?s not just the hardware, but also data that?s inside. I?m gonna remain positive and believe that boot password I had on that machine will serve as powerful deterrer that may force potential buyers out of buying. I?m sure BIOS could be reset in some way, but it already involves a lot of hassle. Hard drives are most likely replaced or wiped out so OS password won?t do much, but I?m glad I kept the boot password active at all times. I also suppose it?s not a big deal getting a replacement power adapter which I still have in my possession so I don?t consider it a major win on my part.

If I do happen to be one of 3% of people who recover their laptop, I?ll buy a permanent marker and will write across the case stuff to identify it as my property. I?d advice doing that to everyone who has a laptop. Label it with some nasty writing. It could say your name and email address or phone number or whatever else to make it look like it?s a property of a particular person so if anyone but that person is seen with it, it instantly makes it look like they are using a stolen unit. It?s somewhat akin to watermarking the images you put on the web ? watermark your laptop as well cause you never know when it could slip out of your control. This way if you are reporting the theft, you?re not just gonna say that it?s a black HP laptop, You will be able to say that it?s a black HP laptop with big ass silver marking across it which reads ?fill in the blank?.
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Old 01-25-2010, 02:10 PM   #61
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Are we supposed to pick the 3 words?
LOL@3 words

but seriously pornask, backup your shit. theres plenty of cheap ways to do it. these days a tiny 16G memory card can hold more shit than a cd. if you wont then at least buy a laptop with that fingerprint access thingy
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:42 PM   #62
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wrong place imho
So you bumped it why?
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So you bumped it why?



it just took my attention
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