Hard lesson learned

[cbrestorations]

Don't travel with a lot of cash,  I got jumped at a rest stop, and had 20k taken from me. Was going to buy a charger. Just sharing a hard lesson so hopefully it won't happen to u guys.

[Stevearino]

DAMN.

[Alaskan_TA]

Police report?

Description of the perps?

Place & time it happened?

[Baldwinvette77]

Holy shit dude 

[cbrestorations]

I have the police report and spent 5hrs driving around that area looking for them, but all I had was a silver 4 door Camry looking car. No plates. Cops pretty much agree I'm fucked. I'm still headed to North Dakota to work for a month. Just sucks

[Bronzedodge]

Look at the bright side, you're not in the hospital with bills for that coming.   

[BDF]

  Glad you are still alive!

[lukedukem]

How did they know you had the cash. Or was it just some random chance. That really sucks

Luke

[BIGBLCK11]

That really sucks.  Sorry to hear it.  I hope they get what's coming to them someday.  

[F8-4life]

Thanks for being honest about your situation here..if this is true it is crazy!
It would help more if you explained the situational event..
I am so sorry for you, I cannot even begin to understand how it feels to be screwed like that.
I would suggest a bank wire situation in the future maybe..
this is actually a great subject for this forum..should be a stick thread on how to buy a charger safely!

[CDN72SE]

Very sorry to hear what happened, glad you are okay though. That's a lot of money.

[cbrestorations]

Probably have to sell a charger or 2 or 5 chitty ones to get my money back, sucks.

[1970Moparmann]

Sorry to hear this!   Wow.....    Two other fellow members on here were pretty nervous when we did a trifecta deal with cash..... 

[Lennard]

Thanks for being honest about your situation here..if this is true it is crazy!
It would help more if you explained the situational event..
I am so sorry for you, I cannot even begin to understand how it feels to be screwed like that.
I would suggest a bank wire situation in the future maybe..
this is actually a great subject for this forum..should be a stick thread on how to buy a charger safely!

If this is true?  Why would someone lie about being robbed of 20 grand?

[VegasCharger]

Sorry Chris, that sucks man.

[TPR]

Rotten luck man. At least you are OK.
TPR

[hemi-hampton]

Could it have been a inside job? who knew or did you tell about the transaction. Bummer, glad your OK. Where I live in Detroit you might not get out alive. LEON.

[Kern Dog]

Holy shit, man!
I can't imagine what a shitty year this has been for you. I also don't see you as a guy that flashes his cash in peoples faces. Someone must have known about the bankroll somehow. Did you post somewhere where you were going? What you were buying? It is possible that this is random but for that to be the case, the assholes must have really been lucky.

[Charger_Fan]

Facebook...have you posted much of your goings-on on that POS interweb pit? If so, my bet is on what that infestation of a shit-hole that place has become.

Sorry man, but glad you're still here to tell about it.

[Laowho]

SHIT

edit: Hey thanks CB. Most wouldn't post it, but it gives some (weird?) shared relief to those of us who've been ripped off but stayed in quiet shame about it. But as for "lesson learned," not sure about that. Are we supposed to become less human or other than we are b/c there are more parasites in the world than there are organisms? Anyway, we've often talked about how unfortunate we are to be so far, else we'd have hit you up for work when we got the car. If you'd raise your rates, maybe nudge them more toward half of what shops charge, you'd recover this. Maybe more importantly, you'll know later in life that it was nuthin but a thing. Bein old I get to say that.

[dual fours]

You say "Jumped" meaning you did not see it coming? Strong arm or armed? I say they where quittances of someone that knows you or your routine. I'm glade you walked away unharmed. 20 grand even in Franklins is a wad hard to hide. Did the Rest stop have cameras? You were not 'packin' I presume, that's a hard one to do over State lines sometimes. It feels strange sitting in a stall with a Colt in my hand locked and cocked, it really puts you on edge just waiting for the stall door to be kicked in.

[chargerboy69]

Wow, that really sucks. That kind of money does not grow on trees and would take most of us quite some time to re-coup. Just this week I went to pick up a "new" car myself.  The seller asked for cash but I insisted on a cashiers check for this very reason.

This is also why I always have something holstered . . . depending on which state I am in.  It may not help in every situation, but can help even the odds a bit.

[ACUDANUT]

20K in cash and you did not have a Gun with you ?

[Homerr]

20K in cash and you did not have a Gun with you ?

Or a bank card to make a cash withdrawal? 

Sucks tho!

[cbrestorations]

I had a gun, was in the truck. I was out of the truck. It was a random act. It's a long story where I thought someone was hurt at a rest stop. The one who loured me over must have seen me move the cash as I had just left a gas station and used $100 out of the stash. I got bear hugged while another took the cash. I had my truck and trailer they were in a sporty small car. Ran around for an hr trying to find them, gone. Cops took another hour to get there. I only posted this as a warning for others. I wasn't going to but thought ide share to make others aware

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

I had a gun, was in the truck. I was out of the truck. It was a random act. It's a long story where I thought someone was hurt at a rest stop. The one who loured me over must have seen me move the cash as I had just left a gas station and used $100 out of the stash. I got bear hugged while another took the cash. I had my truck and trailer they were in a sporty small car. Ran around for an hr trying to find them, gone. Cops took another hour to get there. I only posted this as a warning for others. I wasn't going to but thought ide share to make others aware

This sounds like a terrible situation, but the lesson in all this is painfully obvious:

Someone claims to be hurt, tell them you will summon an ambulance or other help.
Someone tries to hug, or otherwise touch me, I'd take a few steps away, and keep moving.

I see weird things all the time, or situations which make little sense. I don't roll down my windows or help people while traveling. Sorry.

Sorry for your loss.

[Nacho-RT74]

I could say you were in Venezuela!

Thanks God you are safe!

[Cncguy]

That's why I carry a handgun

[RallyeMike]

Sorry to hear this. Being frank about it is a good warning to the rest of us.

Sometimes you have to deal in cash because that's the only way some people will deal. The very few occasions that I travel with a wad, I have kept the spending money separate from the wad, and the wad out of site. $20k in hundreds is only a little more than 1/2" high stack (more for older bills) - it's not hard to conceal.

[dual fours]

Sorry to hear this. Being frank about it is a good warning to the rest of us.

Sometimes you have to deal in cash because that's the only way some people will deal. The very few occasions that I travel with a wad, I have kept the spending money separate from the wad, and the wad out of site. $20k in hundreds is only a little more than 1/2" high stack (more for older bills) - it's not hard to conceal.

Yep, keep the $ separate, a stack of 20K folded in half would then be over a inch. He did not say if the scum took his wallet and cell phone, which they like to do around here with the loot. But you called the cops so I guess you had excess to a phone.
It would be interesting to see the location of the incident on a map. This costly situation will make you much more suspicious and cautious of your surroundings I'm sure.     

[Vegas_Nick]

Wife and I drove from Vegas to Cabo. Camped all over Baja, slept on Baja beaches, hung with the federales, hit all sorts of checkpoints and all the time had $1,000 US hidden all over the truck. Never a hitch. THIS kind of shit goes down on our soil. Let it be a warning to everyone. NEVER let your guard down. Hell, I won't even eat in a restaurant with my back to the door anymore!

[darbgnik]

This kind of thing happens everywhere, even in friendly apologetic Canada. Before we were together, my girlfriend was lured into getting robbed, under the guise of helping people. But it was knives, not guns, as it was still Canada.

I sold a Lamborghini Gallardo a few years ago, and the guy showed up with a gym bag full of stacks. Why, I have no idea. Maybe he thought it was cool to carry that much coin. Was a weird feeling carrying it all to the bank in a shoebox on the passenger seat, as he kept the gym bag. Hahaha. I wasn't thinking my chances of getting robbed all of a sudden would go up, but I did consider how many times I'd leave it unattended in the process.....

I'd be upset, but remember it's only money..... albeit a fair chunk of it. Money can be made again, lives cannot. In the end this story has a positive ending, you are here to talk about it.

[XS29L9Bxxxxxx]

I don't care to deal in cash, anyways, and would not trust someone who tried paying me the same     Wire transfer, simple and easy.

And again, why "help" people? Call an ambulance/police, etc.   It's like the person who wants to "talk" at the gas station, as they wander about. GTFO!!

[Tmb84]

Sorry for your loss.

Here in norway, europe We must stop if someone clearly have health issues, if not you can be sued to not give first aid and life crisis help..

[Montclaire]

No video from the gas station?

[Mike DC]

   
It sounds like the situation was hard to avoid in the big picture.  Even if you hadn't given anyone any chance to see the big cash wad, they might have rolled you anyway just looking for a few twenties in your wallet.  Sometimes shit happens.  Sorry man.  

It probably doesn't feel very helpful to hear this, but you really are lucky not to have gotten hurt.  Plenty of people in your shoes have gotten killed for 1% of that amount.  

[Nacho-RT74]

Well, I can be killed for just a smartphone here!

[ACUDANUT]

No video from the gas station?

Excellent Idea !!!
Don't all gas stations have CCTV these days ?
This Country is going to Hell. I just got back from Colorado Springs.  What A shock. Glad I carried a gun on me.

[aerolith]

Tuff break cb!

I got robbed of an R/T Charger back in the 90's too, a different kinda 'daylight robbery', but I still lost a rare UK Mopar...
Heard its back in NY State now, was a famous Charger over here, very fast and coolio car called LFN 7.

Hope you can get your money back somehow, someday?

God sees everything and he puts things right...

[Moparsaver]

This is Very disheartening.   Especially after losing your dad recently.  I'm very sorry on both fronts.   

[JB400]

Why didn't you take someone else along with you when you were carrying that much cash?

[Lennard]

Why didn't you take someone else along with you when you were carrying that much cash?

Brilliant idea!  I'm sure Chris didn't thought of that!
Maybe it's because he was going from Las Vegas to buy a car in Texas and then haul it to North Dakota to store it at his buddies ranch and work there for a month on cars, and didn't want me or someone else to take a month off from work? I don't know... just a guess.

[cbrestorations]

No video from the gas station?

Excellent Idea !!!
Don't all gas stations have CCTV these days ?
This Country is going to Hell. I just got back from Colorado Springs.  What A shock. Glad I carried a gun on me.

I looked for cameras, it was a rest stop not a gas station. They prey on truckers who most likely can't catch them once in their car

[1974dodgecharger]

Sorry to hear this Chris.....good lesson for us all of us be armed and ready and not help those in need. 

rant:  Yes im selfish I hate to say it only because I been scammed many times also nothing like Chris situation. 

hope you recover from this man....

[redgum78]

   low life pieces of shit.
I almost always carry cash to buy a car and wounder if the empty car trailer is something that catches the attention of these sorts of people.

[tan top]

 crikey , CBR sorry to hear this  , glad your ok ...

[Aero426]

How did you wind up stopping at a rest area if you had just gotten gas?     Usually, after I get gas, I'm ready to go for a while.     

Where does one keep 200 one hundred dollar bills secure on their person?      That is more than normal walking around money.

Not being critical.   Just trying to understand. 

[lukedukem]

How did you wind up stopping at a rest area if you had just gotten gas?     Usually, after I get gas, I'm ready to go for a while.     

Where does one keep 200 one hundred dollar bills secure on their person?      That is more than normal walking around money.

Not being critical.   Just trying to understand. 

He said that he thought someone was hurt so he stopped.

Luke

[440]

Sadly this why you don't stop for anyone in Oakland California or a handful of other cities in the Bay Area for that exact reason.

[alfaitalia]

I'm sure you are right when you say it was a a chance robbery and they got lucky.........but being the deeply skeptical bloke I am, I would be looking long and hard at anyone I knew who new I was travelling with a large amount of bangers. Hmmm....!

[tan top]

I'm sure you are right when you say it was a a chance robbery and they got lucky.........but being the deeply skeptical bloke I am, I would be looking long and hard at anyone I knew who new I was travelling with a large amount of bangers. Hmmm....!

yeah that's true .... makes you wonder ... not necessarily   the guys you know , but friends of friends that might of been talking about it , & some shady low life  guys known to them or over heard it / have been listening etc ,

[Aero426]

How did you wind up stopping at a rest area if you had just gotten gas?     Usually, after I get gas, I'm ready to go for a while.     

Where does one keep 200 one hundred dollar bills secure on their person?      That is more than normal walking around money.

Not being critical.   Just trying to understand. 

He said that he thought someone was hurt so he stopped.



Luke

Yes, I got that.      But how does he wind up stopped at the rest area after just getting gas?    Did someone approach him as the gas station?      

[ACUDANUT]

Wife and I drove from Vegas to Cabo. Camped all over Baja, slept on Baja beaches, hung with the federales, hit all sorts of checkpoints and all the time had $1,000 US hidden all over the truck. Never a hitch. THIS kind of shit goes down on our soil. Let it be a warning to everyone. NEVER let your guard down. Hell, I won't even eat in a restaurant with my back to the door anymore!

So if your truck is stolen, the result is the same.  never put all your eggs in one basket, without you protecting the nest.

[Mopar Nut]

That sucks, glad to hear you are ok though.

[Laowho]

 
Always lookin for a proper place to put things...(let ya know when I find it)

http://healthskillet.com/brave-girl-plays-dead-to-rescue-starving-dog/

Just in case yer tempted to blame yerself, or "should all over yourself."

[bigdsul]

20K in cash and you did not have a Gun with you ?

The last time I carried cash on me to buy a car was with a gun. I took 16k in cash and my carry 1911 with 4 mags if .45acp. If someone wants my hard earned cash they have another thing coming.

OP I'm so sorry for your losses. Losing the cash and the car isn't something I'd ever want to imagine.

[cbrestorations]

How did you wind up stopping at a rest area if you had just gotten gas?     Usually, after I get gas, I'm ready to go for a while.     

Where does one keep 200 one hundred dollar bills secure on their person?      That is more than normal walking around money.

Not being critical.   Just trying to understand. 

Let me dog piss, no place to go potty at a gas station

[Troy]

  low life pieces of shit.
I almost always carry cash to buy a car and wounder if the empty car trailer is something that catches the attention of these sorts of people.

I hadn't honestly ever thought of that but it makes perfect sense. The odds of someone having cash probably do go up if they have either just unloaded a car trailer or are on the way to load one up. I bought a car in Long Island NY once. I didn't take cash. Turns out, my bank doesn't have branches in NY either so that was all sorts of fun. The cash would have been a whole lot easier to hide than the car though!

The whole situation sucks. Sorry it happened!

Troy

[toocheaptosmoke]

Man, that really sucks to hear.       

There's been a few times when I was suddenly in a situation where you should stop to help somebody or do something, but then after the fact realize if it was a setup I'd have been had.  Carrying isn't the end all be all either, there's a million scenarios that could happen.   Not as easy to do either when you're travelling through states that have different laws or don't honor your permit. 

[Laowho]

Man, that really sucks to hear.       

There's been a few times when I was suddenly in a situation where you should stop to help somebody or do something, but then after the fact realize if it was a setup I'd have been had.  Carrying isn't the end all be all either, there's a million scenarios that could happen.   Not as easy to do either when you're travelling through states that have different laws or don't honor your permit. 

That's why the American Red Cross includes gun training in their CPR classes now. At first it was only a 3d World thing. Their slogan, "Take a Life to Save a Life," even had its own wristband. Thanks Lance.

[cdr]

Don't travel with a lot of cash,  I got jumped at a rest stop, and had 20k taken from me. Was going to buy a charger. Just sharing a hard lesson so hopefully it won't happen to u guys.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!  that REALLY sucks,    very sorry that happened to you.

[fastmark]

Sorry to hear this man. Glad your ok. But you did make some mistakes. I've been lucky but I keep a sharp eye out at all times. I carry ALL THE TIME. Concealed.  I interupted a buglar at one of my rentals before he could make an entry. The cops let him off since he had not gotten in. It was noon. He came back afterward with a baseball bat and chased me inside the house. He was a 25 year old marshall arts trained punk. I pulled my 1911 and decided he did not want to play with me anymore! Face it, to a young punk, we are easy victims. My Colt saved my life. You should have seen his eyes when he saw the hole in the end of my .45! He ran away very fast. My point is, I was watching out for him and he charged me when I went out the front door to get a tool from the truck. Never let your guard down.

[ACUDANUT]

Also, never travel anywhere alone. 

[alfaitalia]

Also, never travel anywhere alone. 

Isn't that a sad state of affair's. Too scared to travel alone in your own country. I can honestly say there is nowhere I know of I would not go alone in the UK....in the daytime at least. And no one is armed (firearms at least!!!) here of course. All a bit frightening looking in as an outsider. But if you guys like its as it is...its your country I guess.

[Lennard]

Also, never travel anywhere alone.  

Isn't that a sad state of affair's. Too scared to travel alone in your own country. I can honestly say there is nowhere I know of I would not go alone in the UK....in the daytime at least. And no one is armed (firearms at least!!!) here of course. All a bit frightening looking in as an outsider. But if you guys like its as it is...its your country I guess.

Yes, we get it. The United Kingdom is fantastic.  
Just ask all those truck drivers that are being attacked by illegal immigrants and getting no protection from the government/law.

[cdr]

Also, never travel anywhere alone.  

Isn't that a sad state of affair's. Too scared to travel alone in your own country. I can honestly say there is nowhere I know of I would not go alone in the UK....in the daytime at least. And no one is armed (firearms at least!!!) here of course. All a bit frightening looking in as an outsider. But if you guys like its as it is...its your country I guess.

Yes, we get it. The United Kingdom is fantastic.  
Just ask all those truck drivers that are being attacked by illegal immigrants and getting no protection from the government/law.

He just cant help himself, what a F__kTARD!!!!

[Mopar Nut]

 

The thief could have been notified in advance.  

[Aero426]

I had my truck and trailer they were in a sporty small car. Ran around for an hr trying to find them, gone. Cops took another hour to get there. I only posted this as a warning for others. I wasn't going to but thought ide share to make others aware

Your early post in the thread said they were in a car like a Camry?   Your follow up calls it a sporty small car.  I find this odd.  Most car guys I know would not confuse the two. 

When you got jumped, what happened to your dog in all this mess? 

[alfaitalia]

Also, never travel anywhere alone.  

Isn't that a sad state of affair's. Too scared to travel alone in your own country. I can honestly say there is nowhere I know of I would not go alone in the UK....in the daytime at least. And no one is armed (firearms at least!!!) here of course. All a bit frightening looking in as an outsider. But if you guys like its as it is...its your country I guess.

Yes, we get it. The United Kingdom is fantastic.  
Just ask all those truck drivers that are being attacked by illegal immigrants and getting no protection from the government/law.

I never said the UK was fantastic at all..why do you guys insist on taking what I say and twisting it. We have a lot of problems..and I feel that Brexit (the worst political decision in my life imo) will only make things much worse both politically and financially. All I said was that it's sad that you don't want to go somewhere alone for fear of been robbed at gun point.....surely any normal person would agree with that! Cbrestorations could have be killed..just for a few dollars.The British lorry drivers being attacked are on the other side of the Channel in France...nothing to do with us.. and French police are armed (unlike here) and I'm sure are doing their best with limited resources.

And as for the idiot cdr....well what can I say. Calling members names like a spoilt kid every time you hear something you don't like about your country ..it's far from perfect too you know...like most counties I guess. I'd love to know if you would  be man enough to do it to my face.....? Easy to be the big man online. Patriotism is great...being deaf to anyone else's opinion of your country (like N Korea is now) causes big problems.

I'm outspoken, read a lot and have an opinion on most things. Obviously a small number of you cant handle that. (Sorry to those that pm me support). So although I've said it before and then found it impossible to resist.... I won't be posting on any post vaguely political. Happy cdr!?

[Kern Dog]

A LOT of Americans were in favor of BREXIT and still are.

[cdr]

Also, never travel anywhere alone.  

Isn't that a sad state of affair's. Too scared to travel alone in your own country. I can honestly say there is nowhere I know of I would not go alone in the UK....in the daytime at least. And no one is armed (firearms at least!!!) here of course. All a bit frightening looking in as an outsider. But if you guys like its as it is...its your country I guess.

Yes, we get it. The United Kingdom is fantastic.  
Just ask all those truck drivers that are being attacked by illegal immigrants and getting no protection from the government/law.

I never said the UK was fantastic at all..why do you guys insist on taking what I say and twisting it. We have a lot of problems..and I feel that Brexit (the worst political decision in my life imo) will only make things much worse both politically and financially. All I said was that it's sad that you don't want to go somewhere alone for fear of been robbed at gun point.....surely any normal person would agree with that! Cbrestorations could have be killed..just for a few dollars.The British lorry drivers being attacked are on the other side of the Channel in France...nothing to do with us.. and French police are armed (unlike here) and I'm sure are doing their best with limited resources.

And as for the idiot cdr....well what can I say. Calling members names like a spoilt kid every time you hear something you don't like about your country ..it's far from perfect too you know...like most counties I guess. I'd love to know if you would  be man enough to do it to my face.....? Easy to be the big man online. Patriotism is great...being deaf to anyone else's opinion of your country (like N Korea is now) causes big problems.

I'm outspoken, read a lot and have an opinion on most things. Obviously a small number of you cant handle that. (Sorry to those that pm me support). So although I've said it before and then found it impossible to resist.... I won't be posting on any post vaguely political. Happy cdr!?

LMFAO!!!  keep attacking my country & I will keep attacking you. you keep doing it & I will not be silent .

[ACUDANUT]

Who can protect you folks in the UK ??.  It ain't your so called "Police", with no guns.  You don't bring a belly club to a gun fight.  
I love the English, but this is the 21st Century here.  Your Gov. Needs to wake up and smell the tea.
Also, your Women need to learn what a Razor is for.  Who loves a women with hairy armpits, hairy legs and a hairy V. ?  
What a Wanker.

[440]

LMFAO!!!  keep attacking my country & I will keep attacking you. you keep doing it & I will not be silent .

If only people had the same views about Confederate statues  

[alfaitalia]

Who can protect you folks in the UK ??.  It ain't your so called "Police", with no guns.  You don't bring a belly club to a gun fight.  
I love the English, but this is the 21st Century here.  Your Gov. Needs to wake up and smell the tea.
Also, your Women need to learn what a Razor is for.  Who loves a women with hairy armpits, hairy legs and a hairy V. ? 

Haa haa....that's the German/French ladies not the Brits....our ladies are well shaved!!....you guys do like to confuse us with the mainland European lot....we are a very different species. The rest I cant comment on ....due to being or political nature! Suffice to say that our cops don't have guns because they don't want them. They get a chance to vote on it every few years and always vote no....and the public don't want them to carry either (at least not routinely....we do have armed response officers for emergency use)) as only a relatively tiny number of illegal firearms exist in this country so there's not a lot to protect us from.......Ive never seen a real handgun in real life....just on the TV! I would consider what I've just said to just be a statement of facts rather than a comment of a political nature!!! LOL!

[ACUDANUT]

Damn, no German girls for me then. LOL 

[ACUDANUT]

LMFAO!!!  keep attacking my country & I will keep attacking you. you keep doing it & I will not be silent .

If only people had the same views about Confederate statues  

I hear you Brother, They just took down the Daughters of the Confederacy "statue" Here in Mo.  I guess they were Racist too.  What a F-ing disgraceful thing to do.  This country is headed for bad times I am afraid.
The South will rise again.