Coping with the loss of your prized GN'R items?

[Estranged#9]

yikes, sorry dude.  I mean it when i say that my heart aches for you.  The biggest loss to me are those Air Jordans.  Those were probably worth tens of thousands of dollars if they really were in near mint condition.

Luckily I have never had anything important to me or expensive stolen.  I do have a great story about when I was in college in North Carolina.  I was at a friend's house party and there were 30 of us guys there who were all friends.  So of course like any party drifters come and go, both girls and guys.  Well all of a sudden a friend and I see these two assholes trying to steal a keg from our party.  Yes, literally dragging the keg across the yard.  We are dying laughing because we know these kids are fucked.  We call into the house and tell everyone that these two guys are stealing our keg. The 30 of us guys and everyone else at the party curious about what was going on surround these dickheads who are trying to deny it.  Keep in mind we are all very drunk.  We made them kneel on the ground and poured beer all over them, one of our REALLY drunk friends actually pissed on them.  Then we took their car keys and threw them into the woods.  After that we forced them to take their shoes off and strip to their boxers only and made them leave.  This party was in December too so it was freezing.  When you are able to humiliate some one like that who is trying to fuck you over, there is nothing better in life. 

I wish you luck finding everything else.  I do hope those guys go to prison.  I'd press charges against the younger sister too if I were you. 

Ya man the only other thing im as passionate about as GnR! my shoe collection was worth about $14,000!!! i had the first 1985 original Air Jordan in that collection and also about 5 other pair that cost me about 500-700 bucks on ebay!! yes it was a total fucking nightmare for me!!

but i want to stress again its very nice to hear all you guys givin me you input on the situation and how you guys would deal with it!! it helps me hearing it from other GnR fans!! 
 

[Estranged#9]

Well i knew it was going to be a snowballs chance in hell but just to update my luck from the Vegas trip.  Unfortunately i didnt get lucky enough to have come away with some Axl memorbilia! I was hoping good Karma would be on my side since losing "My GNR/ moment" in my house robbery.

I was really hoping to atleast get to meet him or take a pic and that could of "trumped" my lost whistle! the first night ( Friday) i was every so close
to Whistle and Mic.  Actually Rick who does the live streams came up to say hi right before the whistle toss and he's a pretty fast guy he snagged it right before i could get to it! 

Second night i was real close to the stage but he threw it the other side! tried to hang and meet him and Izzy but i guess luck was not on my side!
Oh well i guess il ebay seach for some time and homefully something comes  up ! 

DUDE! That fucking SUCKS. Hopefully charges will be pressed?  I keep my mic and whistle locked up, because my GF knows that'd be the one way to make me go postal. I'll tell you what...it'll be a long shot, but every time they do Paradise, I move and try for both the whistle and mic. I'll be at every remaining show in Vegas, so if I get another whistle, it's yours, free of charge. I'd never charge for anything like that. (ebayers piss me the fuck off.) So sorry again bro, I know I'd be devastated.

Heath you know i can give ya shit now that im back home in the lousy midwest *with no mic,no whistle,no pic,no autograph* ( i want to be a cool kid again) lol jk  but Honestly i know you didnt really expect to get two and thats crazy! But if your offer still stands and i can pay ya good/decent price for you second one! ( in reason) let me know could make my xmas 

[Mr. Redman]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

#9 is cool beans.

[Estranged#9]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

#9 is cool beans.

Ya I still feel like I'm just a bit "off" since I got back! Cold ass weather I'm afraid is here to stay
Guys it was great meeting you! Had a blast having beers and talking GN'R with ya!
Hopefully we can all do it again sometime!
(Il have to start saving now) 

[Mr. Redman]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

#9 is cool beans.

Ya I still feel like I'm just a bit "off" since I got back! Cold ass weather I'm afraid is here to stay
Guys it was great meeting you! Had a blast having beers and talking GN'R with ya!
Hopefully we can all do it again sometime!
(Il have to start saving now) 

Totally a bit off! Landed in Minneapolis Monday afternoon and it was like 4 degrees. Not ready for reality. See you again soon! (Yes I am being positive for the soon part)

Ha, and AFMB - Heath and I have decided you need to come to Minneapolis on the next tour when they hit Minneapolis. We were going to tell you eventually

[Mr. Redman]

Also, it's really odd referring to you people by screenames these days...

[Annie]

My heart goes out to you for losing your stuff Estranged. I would be totally devastated if anything happened to my beloved Bitty Ted of Gisborne. He did get to touch Heath's Axl microphone and whistle. And he partied so hard in Vegas that he lost one of his boots.

[Chief]

Wow that is a bummer of a story...
nothing to say really except that the loss should hurt less after a while.  At least you got to go to vegas right?

I do recommend getting insurance in the future and also keeping a backup of your files and laptop online or somewhere else besides your place.  it's impossible to replace some of that stuff.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

#9 is cool beans.

Ya I still feel like I'm just a bit "off" since I got back! Cold ass weather I'm afraid is here to stay
Guys it was great meeting you! Had a blast having beers and talking GN'R with ya!
Hopefully we can all do it again sometime!
(Il have to start saving now) 

Totally a bit off! Landed in Minneapolis Monday afternoon and it was like 4 degrees. Not ready for reality. See you again soon! (Yes I am being positive for the soon part)

Ha, and AFMB - Heath and I have decided you need to come to Minneapolis on the next tour when they hit Minneapolis. We were going to tell you eventually

ZOMG TAKES ME TO CARBONE'S!

[Mr. Redman]

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

Nice meetin' ya #9!

...and you're right about being back in the lousy midwest. I can't find my mojo to get through the day.

#9 is cool beans.

Ya I still feel like I'm just a bit "off" since I got back! Cold ass weather I'm afraid is here to stay
Guys it was great meeting you! Had a blast having beers and talking GN'R with ya!
Hopefully we can all do it again sometime!
(Il have to start saving now) 

Totally a bit off! Landed in Minneapolis Monday afternoon and it was like 4 degrees. Not ready for reality. See you again soon! (Yes I am being positive for the soon part)

Ha, and AFMB - Heath and I have decided you need to come to Minneapolis on the next tour when they hit Minneapolis. We were going to tell you eventually

ZOMG TAKES ME TO CARBONE'S!

Only if you promise to be mad, bro. Hahahaha. Good one though, laughed my ass off.

[long live the king]

 

[troccoli]

Wow that is a bummer of a story...
nothing to say really except that the loss should hurt less after a while.  At least you got to go to vegas right?

I do recommend getting insurance in the future and also keeping a backup of your files and laptop online or somewhere else besides your place.  it's impossible to replace some of that stuff.

This is precisely my problem.  Of course, I should have insurance for the majority of the items that I can place a value on.  But I do have a number of items that really would be impossible to replace.  So what value do you put on that???  I guess I just got to come up with a number.

[ecwfan]

          I am honestly feeling for you dude. If I was in your shoes , that sob wouldn't have peace. I'd be trying to hunt him down and make him pay me back for my stuff. Sucks people gotta steal.

[Axlspants]

You work hard all your life to get nice things and some mother fucker wants to take it, simply because they can't be arsed to get off their arse's and go to work - cunts!

You just got to keep going to gigs and try and build your collection up again but what a bag of shit that you have to do that.

Good luck man