ouch mobunny, we all make bad choices in our lives.

double ouch!

Yeah. Whoo. You really got me. Boy, I'm such an idiot.

Hm... Nope. that was just vicious.

I'm sure Mata Rocks was a great place for you. My only contention was that it wasn't great if you had a problem. I'm sure many people can be wonderful when nothing goes wrong.

The issue here, however, is that something went wrong. And when it went wrong - the staff at Mata Rocks were rude and worse than not helpful. That was my experience. And incidentally, I'm not looking for sympathy. I was just sharing my story.

I am kicking myself for allowing myself to get involved in this type of discussion (which I hardly ever do) and am deleting my earlier posts.

I've tried to keep my dog outta this fight but afraid I gotta come down on the side of Mobunny. I have known the owners and staff at Mata Rocks for 7-8 years and have found them to be curtious, friendly and helpful in every respect. Had they not been, they would not be able to compete and grow in a very competative business in SP. Anyone, especially someone from NY, knows better that to leave valuables just laying around, period! When I first read his initial report, I thought he was related to the honeymooners and the "coke buy on the pier". Thats how funny I thought it was. Oh well, I know I'm gonna catch hell, just couldn't help putting my dime's worth in. :p

Dan, sorry you had such a negative experience. Everyone does spontaneous or somewhat ill-advised things while just trying to relax and let loose a little. I could have just as easily been burned on my trip. You have a better attitude about it all than I would have. Thanks for sharing.

Sure, you disagree, you explain why. Or, you can just call the person stupid.

But Dan seems pretty cool about it, so there you go. Maybe he'll go on to become a brilliant prosecuting attorney, beating the daylights out of defense attorneys who dare to suggest the victim is to blame. :-)

Or perhaps he'll sell out and work at a big NY law firm...

The only real antipathy I still hold against the Mata Rocks staff and owners is their refusal, at this point, to mediate with the police and obtain a copy of our police report. Obviously it would be rather ridiculous for one of us to fly down to Belize to get a copy. And we've already wasted over $30 in futile phone calls to the station.

I would honestly give them 5 stars or whatever if they just did me that small favor. After all, it's around $800 in insurance we're talking about - and all they need is a police report to finish processing the claim.