This is a little long, sorry.
Last weekend, my BIL & his family went to a wedding out of town. They came back home on Sunday, briefly, before going out to dinner. They were gone about 45 minutes & when they returned home they found that someone had stolen t.v.s, a dvd player, all of my little niece's dvds, all of their movies, all of my nephew's games, his xbox, all of his Jordan shoes that he had collected since he started working, tools...& the theives tried to break into my nephew's car to steal his tools that he uses for his work (they didn't succeed). On the bright side, the theives thought they had broken one of the tvs & left it...my dh was able to fix it so the family could still have some entertainment.
My BIL is pretty sure who it was...some "friends" of my nephew's that he has known since the 3rd grade (nephew is 22)...and the scary thing is...is that it is suspected that one of the theives had been hiding in the laundry room closet when my BIL briefly stopped by the house - everything was messed up & knocked off the shelves - if my BIL had discovered the theif, it would have become a very dangerous situation.
Anyway, Their bills are coming due and there isn't any money to replace what was taken. So I really wanted to help them. I shared what had happened with my group members (I moderate a "Recycle" group...kinda like Freecycle) & a few people are willing help. One has an older xbox that BIL can use to play donated children's dvds for my niece, until they can afford to replace their dvd player.
Here's where the venting comes in...I also put the word out on Craigs list & the Freecycle group. I can understand that around Christmas time that there are people who love to pull scams, but my BIL's situation wasn't a scam...these people were violated.They worked so hard to afford what little they had & some heartless animals, who were too lazy to work for what they wanted, decided to help themselves to things that were not theirs. Anyway, I cannot believe just how hateful people can be...especially on CL...all I was trying to do was to help my BIL's family & I received horrible, careless, thoughtless,envious emails from people I didn't know...they didn't care that the family was violated...some expressed the idea that the family deserved what happened to them & bashed me for trying to help them......then CL flagged & deleted my post.
I can't believe that some people delight in attacking other people who are just trying to help others...it makes me sad
Last weekend, my BIL & his family went to a wedding out of town. They came back home on Sunday, briefly, before going out to dinner. They were gone about 45 minutes & when they returned home they found that someone had stolen t.v.s, a dvd player, all of my little niece's dvds, all of their movies, all of my nephew's games, his xbox, all of his Jordan shoes that he had collected since he started working, tools...& the theives tried to break into my nephew's car to steal his tools that he uses for his work (they didn't succeed). On the bright side, the theives thought they had broken one of the tvs & left it...my dh was able to fix it so the family could still have some entertainment.
My BIL is pretty sure who it was...some "friends" of my nephew's that he has known since the 3rd grade (nephew is 22)...and the scary thing is...is that it is suspected that one of the theives had been hiding in the laundry room closet when my BIL briefly stopped by the house - everything was messed up & knocked off the shelves - if my BIL had discovered the theif, it would have become a very dangerous situation.
Anyway, Their bills are coming due and there isn't any money to replace what was taken. So I really wanted to help them. I shared what had happened with my group members (I moderate a "Recycle" group...kinda like Freecycle) & a few people are willing help. One has an older xbox that BIL can use to play donated children's dvds for my niece, until they can afford to replace their dvd player.
Here's where the venting comes in...I also put the word out on Craigs list & the Freecycle group. I can understand that around Christmas time that there are people who love to pull scams, but my BIL's situation wasn't a scam...these people were violated.They worked so hard to afford what little they had & some heartless animals, who were too lazy to work for what they wanted, decided to help themselves to things that were not theirs. Anyway, I cannot believe just how hateful people can be...especially on CL...all I was trying to do was to help my BIL's family & I received horrible, careless, thoughtless,envious emails from people I didn't know...they didn't care that the family was violated...some expressed the idea that the family deserved what happened to them & bashed me for trying to help them......then CL flagged & deleted my post.
I can't believe that some people delight in attacking other people who are just trying to help others...it makes me sad