What object would be a burglar's first choice

Burglar - What will an object of interest at your home?
By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
July 3, 2008 10:25am CST
to steal from your home?
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17 responses
@littleowl (7157)
18 Jul 08
Hi bala-I think one of the first things to be taken would be anything that is electrical mainly the tv or stereo littleowl
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@balasri (26537)
• India
19 Jul 08
Are they properly earthed?
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@Monkeyrose (2840)
• Canada
19 Jul 08
Why, are you trying to figure out who you should burglarize next? Lol... I don't know that this is the safest question to answer on the internet. THis site is fairly anoyhomous.. but really you could track someone down..... I guess it would have to be my mom's stero... We don't really have anything of super great value though.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
19 Jul 08
A real burgler who reads this responses will be drowned in stereos.I think that everyone needs their stereos to be taken away by thieves.
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• Canada
19 Jul 08
Ah I never use my mom's stero anyways. I have my ipod. I guess that would actually be easier to steal. MOre portable. And you could sell it easily. The stero's older and it would be harder to find a buyer for it. Unless the theif was just using it for themselves. I think I've had too much mylotting today.. TIme for beddy by
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
5 Jul 08
Probably jewelry but most of my expensive keepsakes are in the bank in a safe deposit box. Next would be an antique coffee grinder. We don't keep much cash in the house so the burglar would have a real problem searching for cash.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
No wonder many burglars are out of business nowadays.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
4 Jul 08
I think, if a burglar is given the choice, he would prefer 'gold' items in comparison to any other item, even if it is hard currency. Now a days Gold is touching dizzy hights and have become very dear. (Few days ago two motor-cylce borne robbers, snatched my better half's gold chain from her neck and she simply could not do anything)
@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
It was a terrible thing to happen to her Deepak.I am very sorry.Please ask her to take care.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
8 Jul 08
I appreciate your concern, she is coming to terms, but on see a motor-cyclist, she gets scared..........
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@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
6 Jul 08
If they were smart they'd take my tapestry. i do not think they would though. maybe one of my prints.
@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
I wish that they are not that smart.
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@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
8 Jul 08
I think it would be cash first of all.
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• Canada
19 Jul 08
You keep cash in your house!! Thats really not safe at all. Do you not trust banks?
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• United States
20 Jul 08
I got to listen to a former professional burglar give a lecture about his former profession once. Here's what he looked for. 1) Cash. You don't have to sell it. It is light and portable. 2) Stamp collections. Light and portable and he was an expert just so he would know which stamps to take. No need to take the whole album, only the 'plums'. 3) Coin collections. Light and portable. Again he was an expert on coins so he did not waste effort on the worthless ones. 4) Jewelery. Light and portable. Again he was expert on what to take or leave. This guy would never take a TV, computer, or anything large or common. He wanted only high value and portable. This burglar drove a Mercedes to work, wore a 3 piece suit, carried his 'stash' in a brief case, and only worked in neighborhoods where Mercedes and 3 piece suits were the norm. He got 25 years on his first conviction. He said it was because the police were on to him and suspected him in hundreds of burglaries, all in homes of the rich. Guess what? The friends of judges and prosecuters are mostly rich. OOPS... not so smart after all!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
3 Jul 08
I have an alarm in my house to protect my dogs and my cat. They are priceless for me. Other objects are too heavy to move so burglars would leave everything alone. I am minimalist. Whatever is at my home helps with my comfort not luxury....
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
4 Jul 08
So your alarm, is most important to you........quite interesting...........!!!
@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
May be they will attain their wisdom at your house and become holy looking at the simplicity.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
4 Jul 08
In case someone would like to let my dogs out, I need an alarm. Alarm is responding to everything over 50 pounds. All I worry about is my animals. I don't keep money at home. All costly equipment belonging to my business is under good insurance. The insurance was demanding to have an alarm.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
4 Jul 08
MIMPI - the most precious!!!
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@balasri (26537)
• India
4 Jul 08
I envy that burglar.
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
3 Jul 08
The most obvious would be my large-screen TV which is plainly in sight. There is also a lot of jewelry that my wife owns but that is not as easily found. I would have to think that all my computer equipment would be a catch as it is a lot lighter to get out of the house and is worth a lot of money. Great post Thank you. Zelo
@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
I wish that burglar is uneducated who gets headaches looking at the computers.
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
6 Jul 08
That's some wishful thinking indeed.! Thanks Zelo
• Singapore
4 Jul 08
The first item will be taken away is my wallet because it is reachable and contains lots of money!
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@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
So tempting titaniumsoul
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
20 Jul 08
My Laptop?? But it's secured with password so even if that burglar takes it away, he can't do anything. My TV? Too bulky. My Plush toys? If that stupid burglar dares to take away my plush toys, I'll make sure he suffers. We put all of our other valuables in the bank safe so there's really nothing to steal from my house.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
3 Jul 08
My 24" white Apple iMac Bala. But they'd have to kill me to get it!! I wouldn't want them to steal Goodie either. She's a good wife and a great mother to me!!
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@balasri (26537)
• India
6 Jul 08
Is that the order of preference p1kef1sh ?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
3 Jul 08
That's a good point Goodie. They'd have to kill me twice to get at you. Once on the way in; and again on the way out!!
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• United States
3 Jul 08
If there was a burgler, it's first choice would be the jewelery box in my mom's room. The only problem is, where's the key? If they took the box, they would have no way to open it and would be struggling for days, maybe weeks. That's why its secure.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
4 Jul 08
My be they can hang the box it self around their necks,
• Canada
20 Feb 09
I think that the first thing a burglar would go for upon entering my home would be my brand new laptop.
@balasri (26537)
• India
22 Feb 09
Sounds tempting.That brand new description.
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
21 Feb 09
jewelry most likeley. When I live in NY my apartment got robbed. They took the only gold necklace I had and a TV.
@balasri (26537)
• India
22 Feb 09
Easy clue for a detective.Anyone who is wearing a gold necklace and watching TV should be the immediate suspect.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I would say it would be my computer and Tvs. That would be the fastest for them to get. My jewelery is locked up and other stuff pretty hidden.
@balasri (26537)
• India
22 Feb 09
Looking at the quality of the programs I doubt whether any burglar will lay his hands on a TV.