So today someone tried to steal my nice 1-Up Bike Rack.  I had taken the rack off my vehicle to load some boxes onto my truck and laid it in the grass next to my sidewalk.  Since I was only going to be gone for a few minutes and was in a hurry I left it there long with the wooden 2x4 I use to separate my truckbed.  I come back from my errand and the rack is gone.  I looked around and noticed fresh lawn mower tire marks on my neighbors lawn.  She had her lawn mowed today and I asked if she could call the company. (Missed my calling as a Detective I think)

Much to my surprise the company admitted that the crew took the bike rack. So I then called them and the lady told me that their crew thought it was trash and that it was laying in the road.  I explained to her that the funny thing is that the piece of wood (that in fact does look like a piece of trash) that was laying right next to the rack was still right where I had left it..  The bike rack is supposed to be returned tomorrow.  For their sake I hope it does.

Granted I do share some of the blame for being lazy, but still it pisses me off.

Sad thing is they were more than likely only taking it to sell it as recycled salvage at WYSE! 

The Cycle Path wrote on 11/14/15 at 6:29am:


Yup it's useless without the key.  That solid chunk of aluminum would have brought in a pretty penny.

FredRubble wrote on 11/14/15 at 11:51pm:


I would have believed that if that was their story.  But they claimed that it was in the roadway.

I would be pissed too. If it was a trash or maybe moving company I MIGHT could see it as a misunderstanding.....but a lawn care business? Since when do they do nice things for people that aren't paying them and help clean up the streets(assuming they say it WAS in the street, not on your lawn)?

it's not a grill, D.