All 4 tires

[Kissfan113]

I woke up thismorning, got on the elevator only to have someone tell me my tires had been cut. Someone went around and cut all 4 tires on my truck and 10 other vehicles. I am all kinds of mad but have no idea what to do. The school (who's parking lot it was in) is basically saying sorry man but you are sol, is there any way i can get them to pay for it since i paid 45 dollars to park there and never signed a waiver saying whatever happened was my problem, my insurance is supposed to call me back tomorrow. I am without wheels for the time being i guess. I feel terrible now and have no idea what to do, can't go anywhere cause my truck is setting on 4 flat tires, anyone have any suggestions

 

[JAmos]

Really sucks that you had that problem. The only two things that I can think of is find out what the insurance company says, and find out any possible details about what might be covered since you have to pay for parking.



Jordan

 

[Cummins Thunder]

So this is the second time yall have had vehicles vandalized??



Within two weeks?? right? :--)

 

[surfbeetle]

They will probably get you with the fine print. Yes, you paid to park there but, the school will probably pull out some small technicality that releases them from liabililty which was printed on the parking sticker application or parking ticket etc. Your insurance will most likely cover it and then you pay the deductible and possibly they can go after the school for the money. The whole thing stinks! Good luck.

 

[Kissfan113]

actually second time in 5 days

 

[Kissfan113]

the worst part is my tires were practically brand new. They were new when i bought the truck, still had the little nubs on em. I guess i am gonna try and get some 33 BF Goodrich All Terrains when i get the money for new tires, hopefully soon

 

[WBusa]

You're almost certainly s. o. l. regarding getting the school to cover your loss... count on there being a disclaimer of responsibility somewhere (the school handbook, regulations, somewhere).



I'm assuming your "school" is a college, not a high school? If so, it would be perfectly reasonable for you and other affected parties to request a town-hall meeting with the college's president to discuss what seems to be a growing lack of security on your campus and the school's response to it. Certainly the campus cops should be putting down their doughnuts and patrolling more, maybe putting some cameras in the parking lots, etc. Every college in the U. S. that receives any federal funds (and that's basically every college, everywhere) has to annually report its campus crime statistics to the Dept. of Education. These are widely republished (for example, in the Chronicle of Higher Education), and are by law required to be provided to incoming students. Hence, schools have some motivation, if they're smart, to avoid embarrassment by trying to keep their campus crime down. Look up your school's crime stats in the Chronicle and, if they're high relative to its peers, point this out to your administration and demand to know what's being done to reverse the situation. If they blow you off, do some picketing in front of the administration building and call in the local TV news. Write letters to the editor of the local paper. Embarrass the hell outta them. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.



On the bright side, I think you'll find your insurance will pay for your tires.

 

[Kissfan113]

insurance will pay all but 100. 00 of my tire bill for 4 nw BF Goodrich 265's. I am currently attending WVU Tech in Montgomery WV and properly advise all parties remotely considering it as a secondary school to run away as fast as you can. I am goin to talk to the school president tomorrow hopefully. I have read any and all information i can get my hands on and they have left out the liability waiver in every piece of information i have. I have the form for a parking permit and the student handbook that covers all rules regulation and various policies. I hope i can make them see the light and especially since they are really pushing student retention here at tech. I have a well based claim and should be able to argue against anything they throw out at me. Unless they can show me on paper somewhere that i stated responsibility for my vehicle in their parking lot i am not going to accept no for an answer. I will run them in court, in the Charleston Gazette, and every other news agency i can muster. If they want bad publicity i am the man to see, I have put up with a lot this first semester from poor housing (Deplorable conditions, requested a private, nonsmoking, semiquiet room, and wound up with a roommate that stayed up all night, smoked 2 packs of ciggarettes a day, and Rap music booming through the walls all day and night, not to mention the ball bouncing on the floor above me. ) and i am fed up with all of this crap. I am thinking of looking for a new school come next year. Thanks guys i needed to vent

 

[skobylenski]

Man, that sucks for living conditions. For a school that sounds like it's praying for people to stay enrolled, you'd think they would offer better conditions for learning. I'll give you a hint when dealing with school administrators, parents go a LONG way when it comes to getting what you want. The admin. at most school don't give a hoot about students needs most of the time, and won't listen to students because we're college kids (insert stereotype of party people who get drunk every night), even though most of us are really just good kids trying to get a decent education so we don't have to work at McDonald's for the rest of our lives...



Totally off topic, but what's your major? I've got one semester left here at SUNY (not sunny, or sonny) Cobleskill before I get my Diesel Tech. associates.



Scott

 

[Kissfan113]

You would think they would show or at least pretend to car what happens to their students if nothing more than to keep retention up. I am in a dual degree computer and electrical engineering. I am hoping to find a better location at some other school but it keeps looking like i will be returning to tech whether i like it or not. I do however look for the school to go belly up before i graduate.

 

[jandtjil]

If it were me, I would have a pow wow with the other folks who vehicles have been vandalized and set up a nightly watch (very quietly). Sounds like there was a few of ya to split up the hours amongst. I have No sense of humor when it comes to mindless vandalism, gladly loose some sleep to apply a behavior adj.

Hope your ride gets fixed soon, hang in there.

 

[Kissfan113]

I am now rolling on 285/75/r16 BF Goodrich All Terrains. I will have sopme pics in my readers rigs section before long. I am planning a camping/hunting trip over the next week to try to catch the idiots in action with a video camera.

 

[WBusa]

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