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x1echo OP t1_j8aou0r wrote

Reply to comment by SendMeKittyPorn in Stolen Scooter outside Columbia Heights Metro Station by x1echo

Thanks a bunch for victim-blaming and calling me stupid. I know I fucked up and I feel awful enough about it already.

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DCTom t1_j8b25pl wrote

I wouldn’t call you stupid, just unlucky. I’ve had my scooter for almost five years and have locked it up all over town—often for hours—without any problem. The only sketch i’ve encountered was once i had it locked up outside a fast food joint and someone came in and asked who owned the scooter locked outside? I said it was mine, at which point he said he had an “extra” one just like mine, and would sell it to me cheap. I passed, but mine was still there later…

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SendMeKittyPorn t1_j8aprdd wrote

It's very common knowledge for scooter owners. Friend of mine had his Dultron stolen the same way, he even used a krypto lock Come check our r/electricscooters feel free to read some literature on there.

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x1echo OP t1_j8ara53 wrote

I haven't owned my scooter for more than a year. There were lots of people on the corner, I knew I wasn't going to be long, I parked it outside of a bank, and the thief broke the scooter itself to steal it. I incorrectly assumed that I could go for ten/fifteen minutes in the middle of the day in the middle of a city with it locked.

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[deleted] t1_j8cwqdn wrote

That really sucks. Friend of mine let a homeless dude crash in her place and he stole her Motorbunny Buck while she was at work even though she had the damn thing bolted to the floor.

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