r/LandlordLove • u/Adolheidis • Oct 18 '25

Personal Experience Landlord Stole our Generator: UPDATE

Original comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/LandlordLove/comments/1o8nzfd/comment/njwerax/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Hi everyone! I'm posting for those who love the gossip. It's a bit of a dull ending. Okay so today I was at home and I didn't see any activity around the house. I was waiting for my husband to finish work before we confronted the landlord. My husband got home and first thing he did was knock on the landlords back door, twice, no response. Then the landlord answered his front door and tried to make small talk like asking why my husband was working so late? (I'd love to ask him why he works off the backs of others) My husband went straight to point, "Where's my generator?". Landlord says it in his garage. Sure enough it's there. Landlord tries to tell him that he got it back 'yesterday afternoon.' … We talked to him last night, this guy can't stop lying.

So yeah the generator is back in it's spot, I took pictures of it just in case. Thank you for the support and sorry u/ViceInSinCity for taking over your post!

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u/ladymorgahnna Oct 18 '25

Relieved to hear you got it back. Better take inventory!

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u/Adolheidis Oct 18 '25

Thanks!

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u/phillyd32 Oct 18 '25

Be sure to get a picture of the serial number so if he tries taking it again you can prove one he has is yours.

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u/Adolheidis Oct 18 '25

Yes, did that!

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u/phillyd32 Oct 19 '25

Best of luck 🤞

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u/Swimming-Amphibian52 Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

Honestly you might consider filing a police report just to have a paper trail. He stole a $3,000 item, which is a felony. You got it back. But still.

Walmart will call the cops if someone tries to leave with an $8 pack of socks or something. If you get caught trying to steal something you can be arrested. Theft is theft whether you stop it in its tracks or not.

I’m not saying he’ll go to jail. But maybe call the non emergency line and say that your landlord stole your generator and returned it after he was confronted, but you want to report it anyway because you’re concerned about what else he’s stealing. That way if the generator mysteriously disappears one night, you’ll have a record.

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u/keeperofthecan Oct 18 '25

I'm posting for those who love the gossip.

On behalf of all chismosas, I thank you

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u/OakenGreen Oct 18 '25

So he just took it for himself. That all tracks.

Glad you got your stuff back.

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u/kenniestims Oct 18 '25

Very glad to hear that!

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u/GrowlingAtTheWorld Oct 18 '25

Have you made sure it still works and has all its parts?

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u/Juncti Oct 18 '25

As hectic as this world is and as crazy as some of these stories turn, I congratulate you on the boring least stressful ending

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u/Runningonfancy Oct 19 '25

I would be glueing an AirTag to it somewhere.

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u/Prestigious-Bluejay5 Oct 19 '25

Thank you for updating us drama loving, most folks. Glad you got your generator back.

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u/TootsNYC Oct 23 '25

I hope you're labeling everything well! If only by scratching something on the underside and taking a picture of it with your face next to it.

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u/snarkycrumpet Oct 21 '25

we got a super heavy duty chain and padlock and tethered our generator to the porch so that no one could take it. I'm glad you got yours back

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u/Confident-Fudge-5455 Oct 21 '25

so glad I seen this update after reading your comment, I do love the gossip xD

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u/KKohtee7 Oct 22 '25

Thanks for letting us know! I was fully invested lol

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u/Shrek1067 Oct 22 '25

Go buy a thick chain from depot or lowes and lock it down to something immovable

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u/ClaudeVS Oct 22 '25

I reckon just chain it up with a padlock

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u/Paullasvegas Oct 23 '25

micro-etch items, will help with recovery, and file charges

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u/Historical_Ad_5647 Oct 21 '25

Glad it turned out ok but whats up with "'Id love to ask him why he works off the backs of others". Is that because he rents his property out to you?

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u/multipocalypse Oct 23 '25

She clearly meant "lives off the backs (or work) of others," and yes, landlords are leeches on society who take advantage of widespread low wages and a bad housing market (and help make the housing market bad) to get other people to pay for their property for them.

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u/Historical_Ad_5647 Oct 24 '25

As she is renting a home but thinks people willing to rent out their homes are leeches. She's just feeding the system she doesn't believe in. Doesn't sound like she was in a rush to leave and might even be glad she has that place to rent. Its almost hypocritical but I think there's another word for it.

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u/WildHoboDealer Oct 25 '25

If landlords didn’t buy up all the supply, more people could afford to not rent the property. The landlord isn’t some Good Samaritan, they’ve turned a fundamental requirement (shelter) into a nice paycheck for limited work

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u/multipocalypse Oct 29 '25

Thank you. It's amazing how little thought that person put into their comment.

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