Baren*eh*ked_canadian

I would put a siren on it, it doesn't call the cops or anything, but it should scare the crap out of the theif

peaceandjoy

Wow, did not realize this was a rather common thing? Here (upstate NY) it's not unusual to have them hit by snowplows, but then the town replaces them - eventually.

I do think kids need more supervision. Last night, we were coming home a little after 9PM. Not quite dark, but getting close. Several kids (10-12 yrs old, I'd guess) were riding their bikes in the school bus loop. Yes it's lit and yes, it's not the road, but still - shouldn't kids be in by then? They might have been safe where they were, but still had to ride home. I don't think I was allowed to be out of the house past 9PM until I was 18!

swimmom

We also live in the country - kindof. We have one of the plastic mailboxes. A few years ago the front door to the mailbox was destroyed, being rather cheap - I took the back door off and put it on the front then covered the back with tan ducktape. All has been well until this spring - someone cuts a square in the duck tape - weird!!!!

Shemjo

I live in the city and one of the selling points when I bought my house was that there is a slot in the outside wall and the mail is dropped through into a box in a closet! Never had that problem when I was home and we had a road side mailbox. But here in Missouri, they are marketing the brick and mortar mailbox stands and I see lots of them!

tlrnhi

I'd let them try to sue for that!
Idiots for running into it. I can see if the mailbox jumped out in front of them, sure, sue then........

k3n

:lol:

Skeat this is so awful for you - probably teenagers like you say. If they're bored why don't they go read a book? That's what my Mom used to say to me if I said I was bored! :mrgreen:

I heard a case in the UK of a man who had an allotment and his shed kept getting broken into and vandalised and the police just weren't interested. Anyway one day he got so fed up with coming down to find his stuff wrecked AGAIN so he wired the shed up to the mains. Then HE was prosecuted for potentially causing bodily harm to the vandals! I also heard that if a burglar is injured in your home for example by falling because of an unsafe bannister, YOU can be sued for negligence! It's a crazy world. :shock:

PrettyKitty

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That's so funny!

Skeat

I heard a case in the UK of a man who had an allotment and his shed kept getting broken into and vandalised and the police just weren't interested. Anyway one day he got so fed up with coming down to find his stuff wrecked AGAIN so he wired the shed up to the mains. Then HE was prosecuted for potentially causing bodily harm to the vandals! I also heard that if a burglar is injured in your home for example by falling because of an unsafe bannister, YOU can be sued for negligence! It's a crazy world. :shock: [/quote]

Not here....you have the right to protect your property and we actually thought of wiring the mailbox to give them that electricity of love:)But, I want to catch the troll at it...and, if it is who we are thinking it is...he's in his 20's! Our last mailbox lasted for awhile for we bought one of those cheap plastic ones and lined it w/wood....so, when they drove by and hit it...it would hurt! They finally took a knife to it and cut it to pieces. So this one is no fun...I have it on the top of the post (for nowI can't mount the box since they cut off the other one at the post!)tied on w/bungee cords...so, hitting it, it will drop....hopefully no fun!:)Wish me luck, camera was on last night and by the looks of it...I still have the mailbox today...darn!

jbud2

All familiar stories! We have replaced our mailbox so often, mostly after it was hit in accidents. We moved here in 1976, and our mailbox was vandalized within a month. They left their screwdriver and we gave it to police. Snowplows do a lot of damage, too. There was an accident here in the spring with police involved and we got all the information this time. So we got a new mailbox and gave the bill to his insurance company. That mailbox is 4 months old. It won't last a year. I have bought old used mailboxes at yard sales too, instead of replacing them with new ones!!

kwhite

Drive a large steel pipe in the ground and fill it with cement. Mount the box on top. When the idiots hit the post with the bat they will regret it. The immovable object thing. That will make a good video.