05-12-2006, 06:03 AM
Aloha,
Okay, so I've been lurking for quite some time and thought I would finally come forward to tell you my theft story.
A little background: We live on the mainland and have owned a small home in Hawaiian Shores for five years. My son lives in it full time and we visit not often enough. We love, love, love Puna.
When we first purchased our Puna home, we had a bed we had purchased delivered to our home (our realtor let them in), so that when we arrived late, we could at least "go to bed". The bed was stolen within two hours of delivery and the door pried open and destroyed to gain entry. Of course we filled out a police report and of course nothing ever happened.
We had an alarm installed right away (Alert Alarm) and our son has a dog (IMHO that's one reason you see so many dogs in Puna) and we have not had any more problems. Our home is on a dead end street and we do see cars cruise by who look shady. My son says he can recognize thieves on the lookout.
You know, Captain Cook got himself killed because he was chasing thieves who stole his row boat. I remind myself of that to keep a perspective on the whole theft issue.
I look forward to meeting you all some time and really enjoy the forum.
Mahalo - Gloria
Okay, so I've been lurking for quite some time and thought I would finally come forward to tell you my theft story.
A little background: We live on the mainland and have owned a small home in Hawaiian Shores for five years. My son lives in it full time and we visit not often enough. We love, love, love Puna.
When we first purchased our Puna home, we had a bed we had purchased delivered to our home (our realtor let them in), so that when we arrived late, we could at least "go to bed". The bed was stolen within two hours of delivery and the door pried open and destroyed to gain entry. Of course we filled out a police report and of course nothing ever happened.
We had an alarm installed right away (Alert Alarm) and our son has a dog (IMHO that's one reason you see so many dogs in Puna) and we have not had any more problems. Our home is on a dead end street and we do see cars cruise by who look shady. My son says he can recognize thieves on the lookout.
You know, Captain Cook got himself killed because he was chasing thieves who stole his row boat. I remind myself of that to keep a perspective on the whole theft issue.
I look forward to meeting you all some time and really enjoy the forum.
Mahalo - Gloria