Wow, this brings back memories. 7 or 8 years ago someone broke into my house and stole some stuff, including a 15" 2007 MacBook Pro I had all cleaned up and ready to sell, a laptop issued by my work, a camera, an XBOX 360, and some other stuff. Probably kids, the cop said. And totally my fault, in a way, because I forgot to lock my car, which was parked on the street with the garage door opener in it. Stupid, stupid, right?
Insurance ended up replacing it, probably for more than I could have sold it for. Wasn't that big a deal, really.
Fast forward to many months later, and I get an email from the local Apple Store, wanting to make sure my recent repair service had gone well. I had another Mac by then, of course, but I hadn't been anywhere near the Apple Store or had anything repaired. So I called them and verified that "my" Mac had been brought in, which they did. Naturally they wouldn't tell me anything about who brought it in or whatever, but I called the detective who'd worked the case (which went nowhere) and he called the Apple Store and went from there. I still had the box and everything, and the police report, and clearly the serial number was on the box and registered in my name with Apple.
So the cops get the info and go look into it. Turns out whoever had it, and had paid to have it repaired, had bought it off Craigslist. They never did figure out who they bought it from, but the cops took it from the buyer, so they were out the cost of the machine and the repair (still don't even know what was fixed). The cops bring the computer back to me, minus the charger, and I call the insurance company to tell them I have it again, and they tell me it's mine to do with as I please.
So I gave it to my mom, who used it for years before it succumbed to the nVidia GPU solder debacle and died. Last Thanksgiving I found it in her garage, covered in dust and stuff. Cleaned it up, disassembled it, used a heat gun to reflow the GPU, and it fired right up and is still working to this day, not that I really have any use for it.
Insurance ended up replacing it, probably for more than I could have sold it for. Wasn't that big a deal, really.
Fast forward to many months later, and I get an email from the local Apple Store, wanting to make sure my recent repair service had gone well. I had another Mac by then, of course, but I hadn't been anywhere near the Apple Store or had anything repaired. So I called them and verified that "my" Mac had been brought in, which they did. Naturally they wouldn't tell me anything about who brought it in or whatever, but I called the detective who'd worked the case (which went nowhere) and he called the Apple Store and went from there. I still had the box and everything, and the police report, and clearly the serial number was on the box and registered in my name with Apple.
So the cops get the info and go look into it. Turns out whoever had it, and had paid to have it repaired, had bought it off Craigslist. They never did figure out who they bought it from, but the cops took it from the buyer, so they were out the cost of the machine and the repair (still don't even know what was fixed). The cops bring the computer back to me, minus the charger, and I call the insurance company to tell them I have it again, and they tell me it's mine to do with as I please.
So I gave it to my mom, who used it for years before it succumbed to the nVidia GPU solder debacle and died. Last Thanksgiving I found it in her garage, covered in dust and stuff. Cleaned it up, disassembled it, used a heat gun to reflow the GPU, and it fired right up and is still working to this day, not that I really have any use for it.
