The MacBook saga continues. You may recall that my 1st MacBook took a glass of Zin and insurance did pay for my 2nd MacBook. Love that technology rider on my State Farm policy.
13 days later my 2nd MacBook was stolen out of my car in broad daylight. After a meeting in Denver we put the MacBook satchel onto the backseat floor and my friend’s PC briefcase into the back hatch area. We then went to continue the meeting over a glass of club soda.
45 minutes later we were SHOCKED to find that my car had been broken into with a slim-jim and they had stolen the MacBook… and left the PC! This was in a very nice business area, in front of a Fitness 24, with plenty of passers-by.
As the police offer was dusting for fingerprints he informed us that this is a very common occurrence. That it really is NOT SAFE to leave anything in your car. No kidding …
I’m now on my third MacBook within a 7-week period.
What’s the message here?
One associate said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me, you’re not going to get another one are you?’ Of course I was going to get another! I still wanted one and now more than ever.
The message to me is ‘it’s not what happens to you… it’s what you do with it.’ It’s not WHY ME? It’s NOW WHAT? As in ‘now what am I going to do?’
This time I didn’t get as upset, numb or frustrated. I was more level headed and stayed with ‘what’s the next action?’ without the mental swirl. I had more forward focus than blame or victim thinking.
You might be wondering who paid for the 3rd one. I’ve been trying to use the benefit of my biz credit card that ‘if it’s lost or stolen, we buy you a new one’. Yet, they will only cover my $250 deductible as I found out today. So, that tech rider on my insurance policy is coming through again.
Bottom-line: get tech coverage insurance, back-up regularly and have password protection to boot up. Now I know how important these actions are!
Terri:
I would think your auto insurance would cover replacement of the contents of your car since the car was locked.
When my car was broken into and 30% of my belongings were stolen (the care was packed to the hilt as I was moving from AZ) my car insurance covered replacement value of everything that was stolen.
Good luck. Three’s a charm. You’ll probably have the next Mac for life and it will be your best friend!
laf
PS So sorry you’re experiencing Mac attacks.
laf
@Lissa,
Thanks for the perspective of only loosing the MacBook as a not so bad thing! Too funny re the Mac attacts. So glad they are over!!
Terri