Thanks for the comment. If there is one thing that I learned from the experience it’s to not back down; even when the hellion b!tchs come knocking at the door.

As a fellow geek, dumpster diver, electronics hobbyist, and Vicki’s brother, I am behind you 100%. The hellion b!tch who is the owner of that Curves needs to get a grip on herself.

It’s a shame you gave the computer back to them. I wouldn’t have, no matter how loudly they screamed. Once it’s in the dumpster – fair game.

Have a great holiday, and don’t take any crap off idiots like that. They are learning hard lessons the hard way, and they deserve no sympathy.

Thanks for your comments…

“I’d really like to know who they are just to know if I have any contact with them inside the facility while I’m there; I’ll watch my back if they’re around.”

It was the owners of the Curves; keep in mind that each Curves is independently owned and operated.

Happy Christmas

First, let me say I’m relieved to hear the computer was found by a decent person rather than a criminal; Thank You. Second, I’m disturbed that in this day & age, someone could be so stupid as to just take a computer out & throw it in the dumpster! Third, I’m worried that the people who own/run the place would act like thugs & go to your house demanding you give it back or they’ll call the police!? I’d really like to know who they are just to know if I have any contact with them inside the facility while I’m there; I’ll watch my back if they’re around.

Thanks again for being honest, and I appreciate the posting. I like to know what kind of people I’m dealing with.
Merry Christmas.

I am what you’d call a “little guy” if what you mean is to say is that I don’t have an army of lawyers and what not to defend me… as for easily scared? I admit that after the owner and her husband showed up at my door screaming (the owner screamed at me, her husband acted pretty civil and even seemed annoyed by his wife’s actions) at me about calling layers and the police I did get scared. At their request I returned the computer, and replaced the original post with a “retraction” of sorts. A few days later I came to my senses, removed the “retraction” and put the original post back up – I didn’t like the feeling of being pushed around.

The funny this is that they [the owner(s)] were really, really concerned with me posting a retraction/apology on this site… this post has gotten maybe 3000 views since it was published. What they [the owner(s)] should have really been concerned with is the 13,000+ views its gotten over at the Consumerist… I don’t imagine they asked them to remove the post from their site; realizing that the Consumerist isn’t the “little guy”. I imagine that they [the owner(s)] thought they could punk me around and I’m a bit ashamed to admit that they succeeded… for a little bit anyway.

I put the original post back up because I don’t feel that I did anything wrong. What I posted is truthful and accurate. In the days following the owner(s) showing up at my house (screaming at me loud enough for neighbors to hear) I grew a pair and decided to republish.

Thanks for the comment… I don’t think I will be receiving an apology form the owners any time soon. while I do believe that they learned their lesson regarding proper data disposal; I don’t think that they felt they did anything wrong per se.

What I’d really hope the owners would do is to apologize to their clients and train their employees on how to properly handle issues like disposal the of a computer so that something like this does not happen again.

It’s a shame they felt they had to threaten you when you were trying to HELP THEM!