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Lodge2004 wrote:As a side note, I was amazed at how many people are completely unwilling to take any stand against those who victimize them. After my burglary and the perp's subsequent shopping spree using stolen checks and ID, I was completely unable to convince ANY merchant or other victim to press charges. In one exchange, I spoke with a U-Haul representative and told him that I knew the location of two of his stolen trucks and would divulge that information if he would agree to press charges for their theft. He declined, so I told him "good luck on finding the trucks." It was the most frustrating and depressing experience I've ever had.

Let's look at the money side. U-haul is after all a business (a franchise one at that; decentralized) so actions taken are based on the almighty dollar. Quite simply, it will cost money to get involved in legal action to recover the trucks, will take months to resolve, and they may end up having to write the trucks off anyway as being unuseable. On the other hand, writing it off as theft is either a tax break for its replacement cost, or covered by insurance. Either way, it's resolved quickly and costs less to simply let it go. Virtually every business that deals in tangible goods makes arrangements for theft or loss that end up cheaper economically than using the government to attempt to recover it.