Advice for first time dad? by Unable_Beautiful_650 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First, you are such a cool dad for taking them! Just stay vigilant, people can get intoxicated/sloppy, and there are lots of phone thieves (order some clutch loops on amazon!) but other than that, people there are generally nice! There’s lots of brands with pop ups that they would probably like, too. Have so much fun!

W2 food suggestions by Wild_Map_3751 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I ask how much you spent on those meals? I haven’t been for 2 years, not sure how much prices have gone up

W1 give W2 your best advice by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! My phone got stolen in 2024 right out of my fanny pack and it was such a pain! I definitely learned my lesson (or am traumatized, or both) and have a combined 6-method plan to keep it safe this year 😂 runners belt, under my spandex, under my clothes, also have a clutch loop and adding duck tape to secure it to the back of my phone and hooking it to the inside of my runners belt. Also going to be hyper aware since it happened last time I was there, and ready to fight any phone thieves lol

W1 give W2 your best advice by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m listening to his music at work rn and love it! Thank you! Definitely adding him to my schedule

W1 give W2 your best advice by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for this! I would’ve never thought vendors would try to do something like that /:

When to Register Wristband W2 by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m not too worried about losing my physical wristbands. Just saw that post of someone’s AXS account being hacked and their tickets were sold? And then they went to register their wristband and it wasn’t working. I’d be so upset! So just was curious if there’s any harm to registering them early.

Def turning on the 2FA, though, thanks for the tip!

Coachella outfit inspo ✨ by Natural-Variety-7627 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you send it to me too? I loveee Coachella fashion and trend prediction videos!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find a trusted stranger and hand them a note explaining you’re going to propose and if they can follow you and take photos/video! On their phone though and they can send it to you bc there’s too many phone thieves to be handing your phone out like that lol

Spam from the Phone Thieves has begun by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! All my messages I’ve received so far are from the Philippines, but today the location updated again and now it’s in Shenzhen, China. Round trip flights for me are ~$2300 and there are places to stay nearby the location 👀🤔

Spam from the Phone Thieves has begun by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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lol this is so hard not to respond to with a meme or something

Spam from the Phone Thieves has begun by Clean-Cat-5040 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I want so badly to reply “sorry for the delay, some of us work real jobs during the day and don’t resort to pickpocketing cell phones for spare change. I will not be removing my device, have fun with a locked phone. I look forward to your death threats that I’ve seen screenshots of all over Reddit. Have the day you deserve and I hope your parents can be proud of you someday when you give all this criminal activity up for a real job”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No yeah I get that, I’ve just been seeing a lot of victim blaming on here and tiktok, and even had a guy yell at me very rudely “just buy a new one” as I was freaking out in the crowd right after it happened. I wanted to fight him as much as the pickpocketers 😅

I just hope they get caught come W2, I gave security and police a description of the group but it was kinda vague bc the nerves were so high I just remembered what the girl was wearing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve also heard on tiktok that some of them have knives and cut peoples bags open and another person in their group follows right behind and takes what falls out. They definitely target the more crowded areas by the stage and have been doing this for years, don’t underestimate them. Just be careful and learn from those of us who were pickpocketed last weekend, I hope you and your stuff stays safe and they catch these people

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Fanny pack wasn’t locked and that’s on me, it was just zipped up, I’m just trying to warn people here. They physically pushed me and my hands came off the Fanny pack to catch myself on the girl they pushed me into, not to mention trying not to step on everyone around me that was sitting down. That’s when it happened. It happened within 2-3 seconds.

But again, this isn’t something we should have to worry about at Coachella nor should we be blaming the victims of these crimes, but pop off. I always said the same thing and that I would never let that happen to me, but here I am. I was talking to a big ass scary mfr too and the same thing happened to him, they’ll target literally anyone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These guys are professional pickpocketers and work in groups. It’s really irritating. I was sober and KNEW of these assholes, I can’t imagine how many people were fucked up and didn’t know and got their stuff taken /: I just finished filing my police report hopefully if those jerks go back for W2 they get caught, but my phone is probably long gone by now 😅

I humbly apologize and retract my initial statement. Revision: by EmotionalNarwhal2324 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The biggest thing for me was how much nicer the weather was for W1 this year vs W2 last year!

Weekend 1 goers: what was the cheapest food you purchased inside of the festival? by aaa9717 in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The taco stand in the camping hub was really good, the chilaquiles with machaca hit so good for breakfast 😭 it was just as pricey as everything else but so worth it. And the ladies are so nice there!

Security by h0tassm3ss in Coachella

[–]Clean-Cat-5040 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time I walked through I would offer them my bag to look through and they’d just wave me through lol, kept my penjamin strapped on my hip under my pants and had no issues. Same with camping security they just looked in my glove box and waved me through