chanj wrote:
Actually, come to think of it, it was sent "Registered". Should I go to the PO and ask who signed for it? They got to able to show who signed for it, otherwise, they shouldn't leave it there out on the front door, right?

Or am I going down a hopeless route?

chanj wrote:
I just went to the Post Office, and the nice guy at the package pick up window looked around for 10 minutes, and couldn't locate it.

I live in the VVP area too, and this is so frustrating. Sounds like having the sender file a claim, or filing with my credit card company likely won't help either (given the Post Office has "delivered" it already), but I'm going to try anyway.

Should I bother filing a police report?

Thanks for all the comments / good wishes so far!

chanj wrote:
So - according to the USPS website, my package was delivered last week. However, I looked top to bottom in our building (small brownstone, no door man, and so sometimes packages are left on the front door) and there's no trace of the package.

What can I do now? It was a package from Asia, send as registered mail.

I've contacted the sender already, asking them to file a claim (and hopefully resend the merchandise), but given the fact that the "Post Office" shows it "delivered", will the claim work?

TIA.

mfadam wrote:
I have noticed a ton of broken car window glass around downtown. It seems the perps have no fear of being caught, even though the police did recently get 1 guy. There have been big waves of car break ins for the last 3-4 months around downtown. If the perps thought there was a police presence they'd focus elsewhere. It seems to me they figure the odds of beat cops around downtown at night are minimal.

Does anyone else find this amazing? Has their been an increase in car break ins in other parts of JC, Heights other? I have no idea, but it's really depressing to walk around and see so much broken glass. They don't even clean it up, it just gets spread around...

DouglasReynholm wrote:
use the GPS only if you are going out of the tri-state area, keep it at home. I have a NYC and NJ map in the car, a really nice one, pages, booklet style...cost less than 10 bucks, it's laying right there on the seat..and guess what, no broken windows. and another tip, don't even keep a dime visible. any loose change, hey some idiot might just smash your window for it. no valuables, nothing. no sunglasses, nothing.

DouglasReynholm wrote:
You live in this city, buy a map and save your money and your car from being smashed up.

PBW wrote:
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nikyrob wrote:
Our car was broken into last night. It was parked on York St. along Van Vorst Park. Passenger side window was smashed and a GPS was stolen out of the glove compartment. A police report was filed and the cop informed us that he had three other reports of car break-ins in the Van Vorst Park area he was following up on this morning (all from last night). Nothing was visible in the car. Nothing else was stolen (there was nothing else of value). Some loose change and CD's were left untouched.

On my way to work this morning, I saw a van parked on Montgomery between Grove & Barrow that also had its passenger side window smashed. Car owners were filing a report with the police. Different cop, so there must have been a lot of these last night.

Sucks. Sorry.

Question, was your GPS holder visible? I heard even that can be an enticer. GPS seems to be the common denominator to break-ins, according to someone who went to a police meeting.

fraulein wrote:
Nikyrob, the brunch is no longer an option. I think they were changing things up/experimenting a bit with their hours and such. They eliminated brunch on Sundays but then offered Lunch on Saturdays. I think neither was a success/worth the staff, because they've eliminated both.

They also tried later hours on weekend evenings, but I think they are back to 11 or so. They do have a happy hour on weeknights and I've seen it pretty crowded by the bar, so that may be to stay.

Hope that helps!

Lafayette wrote:
Whoever said stay away from prospect is lost....If you want to know whats going on in bayonne here is a little bit.

32 and Prospect is probably one of the hottest spots right now. Its by the 34th street light rail stop, shopping at stop and shop, you have movie theather, houlihans, hibachi steak house, wendys and dunkin donuts and a bunch of other stores right there.
You have the boatworks coming soon with luxury housing and you have a ferry coming soon at 34th street and i think thats 440....that ferry will be going to battery park nyc.
There is a another big development of commercial stores etc right near there..People are going to be killing to live along Avenue E and prospect arounc 34th -to 25th street from now on.

Just a tidbit......

calamity wrote:
Are these vets reasonably priced? I took my cat to a vet in Montclair who charged me over $100 for a checkup, so I'm interested to know if there's anything in the area that won't charge me an arm and a leg.