Being safe in rough neighborhoods

**Sirscrapalot** · 08-07-2013, 07:36 PM

Well mister Billy,

Brojer offered some good advice, go with your gut. I will add to it by saying..tell someone else where your going. Leave the address, time your going, the guy's contact number, with that person. If you have a cell, call them when you get there, or close an tell'm..if you don't call them back in 15 minutes or whatever you feel is a good amount of time, to call the police. Just remember to call them! Heh. Or even...call them right before you get there an ask them to call you back in 5 minutes, an have some kinda code set up. As in..if everything is ok, use something like.."Yes dear, I'll get it on my way home, shouldn't be long." Have one for if things aren't an you feel even more concerned. An then tell the guy you gotta go.

Granted my advice is probably overly cautious but you only got one life, I'd rather be super silly cautious then not an be screwed, ya know? I always have something on me to defend myself, whether a can of pepper spray, a big ass bat, tools of some kind, a pocket knife, etc. I don't bring the guns with me, or none of that. That's for the protection of my family, an home. If you got dogs..maybe bring one with you, or bring a buddy. Now granted my sand bar doesn't have many places like this, an I know most the folks I'm going to pick up from when I do such things, but the above is what I would do in the city or bigger areas where you have bad side's of town, etc.

I find just being aware is good defense. Don't stand close, don't be led off alone, stay in view of other houses/people if you can. Don't go in the house if your concerned at all. Have him bring the stuff out. Just make an excuse for why you can't come in, etc. Again better safe then sorry.

Likely nothing to worry over, but again..better safe then sorry.

Good luck an let us know how it turns out! Edit to add: I forgot you were hard of hearing till seeing your reply to Brojer..change call to text in my advice.

Sirscrapalot - The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense. - Jerry Smith or so QuotesDonkey says..haha!

**billygoat** · 08-09-2013, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Good luck an let us know how it turns out!

Sirscrapalot - The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense. - Jerry Smith or so QuotesDonkey says..haha!

Hope you don't mind I left the quote up there. Will get back to that in a minute.

First of all, it all turned out well. We had a few more back-and-forth emails and the things he said put me at ease.

I only had $35.00 on me and the first thing I told him (in person) was that either I could write a check for the difference or we can load up the truck and ride together to the nearest ATM. He accepted choice #2 with no reservations. Only bummer was that the ATM I was going to got pulled out by my bank, so I had to pay an extra $2.50 in ATM fees at a bank a few buildings down or drive out to another branch. C'est la vie.

Now to the quote: Without common sense, the door to safety will hit you in the arse.

**eesakiwi** · 08-14-2013, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by billygoat

~ I could write a check for the difference or we can load up the truck and ride together to the nearest ATM. He accepted choice #2 with no reservations.

The first thing I thought of was getting robbed of the cash you bring to the deal.

Then I thought about saying "I will not bring Ca$h, but we will go to a nearby ca$hflow machine & get the ca$h"

Then I thought about that, maybe better not to mention "The closest cashflow machine" as that may give them the idea of having someone hide by the machine before you get there & you getting robbed of ALL the money in the cashflow account....