Comments on: losing it in Renton http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/ (p.s. I now have comments, yay.) Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rhembein http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50829 rhembein Sun, 08 Jul 2007 18:32:17 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50829 oh gosh! sorry! What a creepy feeling that someone would do that to you. I guess you have to look at it from a different point of view to try and put it in perspective... at least you are not in such a state in your life, that you needed to be that person. That would be sad too. I hope you can find another great wallet! And bugger about having to get all that stuff replaced. :( What a pain. ~gyl oh gosh! sorry! What a creepy feeling that someone would do that to you. I guess you have to look at it from a different point of view to try and put it in perspective... at least you are not in such a state in your life, that you needed to be that person. That would be sad too.

I hope you can find another great wallet!

And bugger about having to get all that stuff replaced. :( What a pain.

~gyl

]]> By: Alison http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50063 Alison Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:20:18 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50063 Glad to hear that things have been taken care of. I've had mixed results with writing "See ID" on the back of my credit card. Probably less than 50% of places actually ask for the ID, and I get strange looks if I hand over both the ID and the credit card. The Post Office is the only place I've been that refused to take the card because it wasn't signed. I'm actually in the process of signing up for a card that has my photo on the front. I'm hoping that will be slightly more effective, but we'll see. Glad to hear that things have been taken care of. I've had mixed results with writing "See ID" on the back of my credit card. Probably less than 50% of places actually ask for the ID, and I get strange looks if I hand over both the ID and the credit card. The Post Office is the only place I've been that refused to take the card because it wasn't signed.

I'm actually in the process of signing up for a card that has my photo on the front. I'm hoping that will be slightly more effective, but we'll see.

]]> By: Stacey http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50062 Stacey Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:19:37 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50062 My recommendation is cancel your library card if you have one. My wallet was stolen and I cancelled all the credit, debit, checking, etc...but never thought about the library card. Four years later I went to check out a book and was told that I owed $50 for the "Dragons and Lore" book that I checked out and never returned!! Those damn theives...when did they become literate?! My recommendation is cancel your library card if you have one. My wallet was stolen and I cancelled all the credit, debit, checking, etc...but never thought about the library card. Four years later I went to check out a book and was told that I owed $50 for the "Dragons and Lore" book that I checked out and never returned!! Those damn theives...when did they become literate?!

]]> By: Aku http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50047 Aku Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50047 Horrible coincidence: My BIKE got stolen yesterday. Horrible coincidence: My BIKE got stolen yesterday.

]]> By: Tara http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50022 Tara Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:57:06 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-50022 I second the comments that say you need to sign the back of your credit card -- it is not valid without a signature, so "check ID" doesn't suffice. Where I work, we refuse to process any credit cards that aren't signed, per the vendor's agreement we have with Visa and MasterCard. I second the comments that say you need to sign the back of your credit card -- it is not valid without a signature, so "check ID" doesn't suffice. Where I work, we refuse to process any credit cards that aren't signed, per the vendor's agreement we have with Visa and MasterCard.

]]> By: GiGi http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49939 GiGi Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:17:31 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49939 My two cents: Be aware that filing an identity theft report is a double-edged sword. 6 years later and my daughter still hassles with the DMV about the red flag she put on her license for ID theft...At renewal, they insist on all types of ID, birth certs, recent power bill, etc. to prove she is the TRUE license holder at that address... Next they'll want her first-born. She was told it cannot be removed (the red flag, not her first- born!)...an eternal reminder to keep her license safe. My two cents: Be aware that filing an identity theft report is a double-edged sword. 6 years later and my daughter still hassles with the DMV about the red flag she put on her license for ID theft...At renewal, they insist on all types of ID, birth certs, recent power bill, etc. to prove she is the TRUE license holder at that address... Next they'll want her first-born. She was told it cannot be removed (the red flag, not her first- born!)...an eternal reminder to keep her license safe.

]]> By: GailM http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49927 GailM Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:53:28 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49927 Sounds like you've got a good handle on everything. I worked in customer service for a TV retailer for a few years. If you have your cards on file with any of these type companies you may want to update their accounts with the new information. I talked to a lot of people who over looked these type of accounts when they were replacing their card info. It's not life threatening, but the delays for reprocessing orders can be inconvenient. Sounds like you've got a good handle on everything. I worked in customer service for a TV retailer for a few years. If you have your cards on file with any of these type companies you may want to update their accounts with the new information. I talked to a lot of people who over looked these type of accounts when they were replacing their card info. It's not life threatening, but the delays for reprocessing orders can be inconvenient.

]]> By: wendee http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49901 wendee Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:51:05 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49901 I'm glad you filed the police report. A long time ago my wallet was stolen out of my break room at work - not by a fellow employee - I'm positive, but by someone who snuck back into the room when were were extremely busy (just a few days before Christmas). My credit card was used at Nordstroms (despite the "check ID" AND signature I had on the back) and they went through the drive through at the bank to cash both my paycheck and my quarterly bonus check. They just passed my ID through the little capsule and the teller just passed them back over $2000 in cash. Nice, huh. (Fortunately I was reimbursed by my company). I had no money in my wallet - seriously, less than a dollar. And in terms of cards, etc., just my DL, debit card, one credit card and sadly my full Taco Del Mar card. I was lucky and it didn't take long to do damage control. However, like Chichimama and arasaig, the thieves used my ID to cash other checks they had stolen - they made them out to me and then cashed them. This was in the days before cell phones and I had business owners calling my house yelling at me and telling me I "wouldn't get away with this!" Fortunately I was able to tell them to PLEASE call the police - and leave me alone. What a drag! I'm glad you filed the police report. A long time ago my wallet was stolen out of my break room at work - not by a fellow employee - I'm positive, but by someone who snuck back into the room when were were extremely busy (just a few days before Christmas). My credit card was used at Nordstroms (despite the "check ID" AND signature I had on the back) and they went through the drive through at the bank to cash both my paycheck and my quarterly bonus check. They just passed my ID through the little capsule and the teller just passed them back over $2000 in cash. Nice, huh. (Fortunately I was reimbursed by my company). I had no money in my wallet - seriously, less than a dollar. And in terms of cards, etc., just my DL, debit card, one credit card and sadly my full Taco Del Mar card. I was lucky and it didn't take long to do damage control. However, like Chichimama and arasaig, the thieves used my ID to cash other checks they had stolen - they made them out to me and then cashed them. This was in the days before cell phones and I had business owners calling my house yelling at me and telling me I "wouldn't get away with this!" Fortunately I was able to tell them to PLEASE call the police - and leave me alone. What a drag!

]]> By: monica http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49892 monica Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:01:09 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49892 No new advice about who to contact, just a geeky way to keep it in one place: in my computer 's address book (I use Mac's "Address Book"), I made separate contacts for each credit card company, each bank, the DMV, the Social Security Administration and the 3 credit reporting agencies (Equifax, TransUnion, Experian). Each has the contact 1-800 number and what to do (in notes: "cancel card" "ask for fraud alert on name/account"). Then I put them all into a group called "lost wallet" — super nerdy! Someone sent me the list a while back and I thought that would be a good way to organize it. Reading comments though, I'm going to add the library and my health insurance info too. And, so sorry. It totally sucks. No new advice about who to contact, just a geeky way to keep it in one place: in my computer 's address book (I use Mac's "Address Book"), I made separate contacts for each credit card company, each bank, the DMV, the Social Security Administration and the 3 credit reporting agencies (Equifax, TransUnion, Experian). Each has the contact 1-800 number and what to do (in notes: "cancel card" "ask for fraud alert on name/account"). Then I put them all into a group called "lost wallet" — super nerdy!

Someone sent me the list a while back and I thought that would be a good way to organize it. Reading comments though, I'm going to add the library and my health insurance info too.

And, so sorry. It totally sucks.

]]> By: deborah http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49881 deborah Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:24:04 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49881 sorry about this, i know the feeling, its happened to me before. make sure you cancel library cards and video store cards - thieves like to read and watch movies too {you know, in between jobs} ... and if they are the kind that don't return things {i'm guessing they are} you'll be stuck with lots of fines some day - even worse! sorry about this, i know the feeling, its happened to me before. make sure you cancel library cards and video store cards - thieves like to read and watch movies too {you know, in between jobs} ... and if they are the kind that don't return things {i'm guessing they are} you'll be stuck with lots of fines some day - even worse!

]]> By: arasaig http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49880 arasaig Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:07:06 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49880 When this happened to me I ended up filing a police report to collect the insurance on my phone and good thing I did. The cops showed up two weeks later at 12:30 am, and surrounded my house fully armed. The person had been making fake payroll checks and cashing them using my id. They recovered my license after the woman got into a tussel with a cashier, but she escaped, and they came to the address on the license. No, they didn't check anything before they woke up the whole neighborhood, and I think the only reason I didnt get arrested that night was because I had a copy of the report. When this happened to me I ended up filing a police report to collect the insurance on my phone and good thing I did. The cops showed up two weeks later at 12:30 am, and surrounded my house fully armed. The person had been making fake payroll checks and cashing them using my id. They recovered my license after the woman got into a tussel with a cashier, but she escaped, and they came to the address on the license. No, they didn't check anything before they woke up the whole neighborhood, and I think the only reason I didnt get arrested that night was because I had a copy of the report.

]]> By: megan http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49879 megan Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:05:52 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49879 It's been just about 24 hours and I'm happy to report that everything is taken care of, I even have a replacement drivers license. Apparently all the industries are set up to handle this sort of thing very efficiently, if only it was so easy to change my address or ask a simple question of the same companies when nothing has been stolen. It's been just about 24 hours and I'm happy to report that everything is taken care of, I even have a replacement drivers license. Apparently all the industries are set up to handle this sort of thing very efficiently, if only it was so easy to change my address or ask a simple question of the same companies when nothing has been stolen.

]]> By: Kim http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49878 Kim Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:03:43 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49878 Hi, I didn't take the time to read all of the replies so I don't know if this was mentioned or not. This happened to me once, and my credit card company told me to contact the police just to get them to file a report so if anything does come up you will have proof. Especially, if you think it might have been stolen. You can probably just go to the local department instead of calling them and getting them to send someone out. Hi,

I didn't take the time to read all of the replies so I don't know if this was mentioned or not. This happened to me once, and my credit card company told me to contact the police just to get them to file a report so if anything does come up you will have proof. Especially, if you think it might have been stolen. You can probably just go to the local department instead of calling them and getting them to send someone out.

]]> By: Okwes http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49875 Okwes Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:38:48 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49875 Nothing makes the color drain from your face like this! Much sympathies! Hope all goes well. After this happened to me, I got a wallet chain and i chain my wallet to the purse. Sure it's a little unsightly, but it helps! Nothing makes the color drain from your face like this! Much sympathies! Hope all goes well.

After this happened to me, I got a wallet chain and i chain my wallet to the purse. Sure it's a little unsightly, but it helps!

]]> By: Cindi http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49873 Cindi Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:28:18 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2007/07/03/losing-it-in-renton/#comment-49873 Technically, it is, but no one who has bothered to look at my card has ever refused it on those grounds in the past two years. You can also sign it AND write Please ask for picture ID. Technically, it is, but no one who has bothered to look at my card has ever refused it on those grounds in the past two years. You can also sign it AND write Please ask for picture ID.

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