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We all have a very strong, mutual view on stealing or robbery. Unless you are a robber or a thief, then you have the exact opposite view but you get what I mean. It is discouraged. No one likes it and no one wants to be on the bad end of it. We all heavily discourage it and teach our children against it from the very beginning. Whenever we see or find out someone has stolen something, our first instinct is to report that person. But here’s the big question…what if your own child steals something from someone? Now that is something that makes you think a little before deciding whether to file a report or not. That would put you in a bit of chaos.
That is exactly what happened with Reddit user u/toohottooheavy when his son stole a $2000 figure from OP’s brother’s rare toy collection. The son had opened the packaging of the action figure which had resulted in it losing all its value. This angered OP’s brother who threatened to sue him and call the police. OP had no idea what to do.
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Source: u/toohottooheavy
1. Did the toy mean that much to the brother that he is willing to call the police on his nephew?
2. OP, with his family, went to his brother’s house for dinner where his son requested if he could see his uncle’s rare and expensive toy collection.
3. Turns out OP’s son had stolen a toy from the collection. OP felt terrible about this.
4. The brother had footage to confirm that his nephew had stolen a Boba Fett figure from his collection.
5. OP quickly took the figure back from his son but he had already opened the packaging…a major turn-off for figure collectors.
6. The figure had a value of $2000. The brother hung up the call after realizing its packaging had been opened.
7. The brother called OP again and asked for a complete replacement or else he would get the police involved.
8. OP cannot afford to pay for the figure in full and is worried about the police getting involved in the situation, potentially him getting sued. He feels terrible about what his son did but still thinks his brother is somewhat overreacting.
Source: u/toohottooheavy
OP soon shared an update on the matter:
9. After entering major chaos, the couple decided to would sell their son’s nonessential items to pay his uncle back.
10. OP called his brother to confirm everything as he offered to pay in full.
11. OP confirmed that the figure was indeed valued at a whopping $2000.
12. OP’s brother decided he won’t be suing anyone after his insurance agreed to pay him for the figure. But in order to get the payment he would have to file a police report against his nephew for stealing.
I personally think they shouldn’t pay the brother and she should file a police report directly against OP’s son for stealing. He is 15 years old, he knows very well what stealing means and how bad it is. He needs to understand that, maybe he has forgotten about it because of the attractive value of the figure. If OP settles things by paying, his son will never learn his lesson and may steal something again in the future. This way he will get a genuine warning and the fear of being sent to jail may actually make him stop doing it again.
Let’s see what happened next. Scroll down below to continue reading!
Source: u/toohottooheavy
13. The couple had decided to pay the brother back for the loss but they changed their mind.
14. Uh ho…there was a lot more to it than just stealing the figure. This is big freaking news.
15. My goodness, this kid did an analysis of the value of the figure on the spot and decided to steal it on the go.
16. And this is why OP has agreed with his brother to file a police report against him or his nephew in order to have the insurance pay him the value of his figure.
17. Some called this a harsh treatment but OP wanted to teach his son a lesson in time before he completely lost his son to the world of thieving and robbery forever.
Source: u/toohottooheavy
Here’s what the internet had to say. You guessed it! It is about the age of the son:
18. That is exactly what I thought. That final paragraph in the original story shocked me when I got to know the kid wasn’t a kid, he was a mid-way teenager.
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19. At 7 you probably don’t even know how to spell the words robbery or stealing. At 15, you are fully aware of what it is and its consequences.
20. I genuinely thought the kid liked the toy and picked it up. Didn’t know he had plans to make a profit from it.
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