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I live in apartment complex where there are a lot of teen age boys with lots of time on their hands and nothing to do so they sit around in front of my door and they keep coming and knocking on my door and asking for sodas and I finally got tired of it because I'm not a vending machine. I live on disability and can barely afford to get by from month to month and I can't keep giving stuff away and I like my privacy so I finally told them no and to stop knocking on my door. Well the next morning I get up to go out and do some grocery shopping and my license plates are gone.
I know I shouldn't make assumptions but it's sort of obvious what happened they see me pull into the parking lot all the time and they know which truck is mine. So anyway I call the police to come out and file a report and these kids are sitting there laughing while the police are at my door, they inform me that they have to de register my vehicle so I have to go through all the process of getting it inspected and re registering it again and I just don't have the money right now and if I leave it in the parking lot the pple at the complex will have it towed away. I can get a one day temporary registration and drive it out of town to my parents house out in the country and leave it there until I can afford to get all the things done to get it permanently registered.
The other problem is that I think the transmission is going out and it a forty mile drive to my parents house by freeway and if I it goes out completely I will just be stuck by the side of the road and I won't be able to afford to hire a tow truck so I will have to somehow get it the rest of the way but I don't know how. and it will take me a really long time to save up money for the repairs.
But when I finally am able to get it fixed and get it back and park it at my complex these kids will be free to steal the plates again or jam sticks in the door lock or pour sugar in my gas tank and everything else you can imagine because I can't watch it constantly. I just signed a new lease so I have to stay here for at least another nine months and I couldn't aford to move even if I decided to break the lease which would make it really hard to rent somewhere else because it would be on my record that I skipped out on a lease and I sure can't aford to buy my way out of the lease.
So I'm just so upset right now and I don't know what to do I can't leave it here for months with no plates or insurance on it. and I don't know if I can drive it away but I have to make a decision by September 19th when my insurance runs out. I know I'm really rambeling here but I just don't know what to do there is no way for me to win. What do you think any ideas?
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I know I shouldn't make assumptions but it's sort of obvious what happened they see me pull into the parking lot all the time and they know which truck is mine. So anyway I call the police to come out and file a report and these kids are sitting there laughing while the police are at my door, they inform me that they have to de register my vehicle so I have to go through all the process of getting it inspected and re registering it again and I just don't have the money right now and if I leave it in the parking lot the pple at the complex will have it towed away. I can get a one day temporary registration and drive it out of town to my parents house out in the country and leave it there until I can afford to get all the things done to get it permanently registered.
The other problem is that I think the transmission is going out and it a forty mile drive to my parents house by freeway and if I it goes out completely I will just be stuck by the side of the road and I won't be able to afford to hire a tow truck so I will have to somehow get it the rest of the way but I don't know how. and it will take me a really long time to save up money for the repairs.
But when I finally am able to get it fixed and get it back and park it at my complex these kids will be free to steal the plates again or jam sticks in the door lock or pour sugar in my gas tank and everything else you can imagine because I can't watch it constantly. I just signed a new lease so I have to stay here for at least another nine months and I couldn't aford to move even if I decided to break the lease which would make it really hard to rent somewhere else because it would be on my record that I skipped out on a lease and I sure can't aford to buy my way out of the lease.
So I'm just so upset right now and I don't know what to do I can't leave it here for months with no plates or insurance on it. and I don't know if I can drive it away but I have to make a decision by September 19th when my insurance runs out. I know I'm really rambeling here but I just don't know what to do there is no way for me to win. What do you think any ideas?
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What a nuisance!
Here's what I'd do. Talk to complex management, explain that your plates were ripped off while your truck was parked on their property and see if you can work something out for permission to keep the vehicle where it is until you can re-register.
Then, once re-registered with the one-day temporary registration, I'd say a prayer and head out to your parents. If it conks out, then I'd worry about towing at that time.
While you're speaking to complex management about your truck, I'd mention the hoodlums littering your doorstep. Do you know the parents of any of these boys? If not, I'd make a visit and politely introduce myself (not confrontational at all). Just be friendly. Then if you have further issues with the teens you have already met the parents so discussing your concerns will go smoother than a cold call to complain.
Good luck, Christopher. I think this can work out but I'm sure sorry you've had to deal with the hassle of having your plates stolen.
Also, do they have any security guys to try to get rid of those kids from your door? I know you'd be running the risk of more retaliation. Hard call. Good Luck to you! It must be awful having such menacing kids hanging outside your door.