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