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Risks in Showcasing your Collection?
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<blockquote data-quote="edd_jedi" data-source="post: 443389" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Thefts are rare but they do happen. It happened to me 10 years ago. I thought my collection was safer at my parents house because they are almost always in, and I lived on my own in London at the time and was out of the house 12 hours a day, which seemed much more risky. What I didn't consider is that I had lived in that house for 20 years and many friends knew where I lived. The thief had been to the house several times because he was a friend of my brother. He must have guessed or taken a chance that the collection was still there, or perhaps he could tell from my limelight photos as he knew what the house and my bedroom looked like.</p><p></p><p>I must admit it has spooked me from limelighting too much stuff. I don't mind showing individual items or small selections, but showing one photo of your entire collection is basically a shopping list for thieves, so I don't do it any more. Yes it is a shame as I have a pretty decent collection again and would like to show it, but as it has happened to me before I have good reason to be wary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edd_jedi, post: 443389, member: 2"] Thefts are rare but they do happen. It happened to me 10 years ago. I thought my collection was safer at my parents house because they are almost always in, and I lived on my own in London at the time and was out of the house 12 hours a day, which seemed much more risky. What I didn't consider is that I had lived in that house for 20 years and many friends knew where I lived. The thief had been to the house several times because he was a friend of my brother. He must have guessed or taken a chance that the collection was still there, or perhaps he could tell from my limelight photos as he knew what the house and my bedroom looked like. I must admit it has spooked me from limelighting too much stuff. I don't mind showing individual items or small selections, but showing one photo of your entire collection is basically a shopping list for thieves, so I don't do it any more. Yes it is a shame as I have a pretty decent collection again and would like to show it, but as it has happened to me before I have good reason to be wary. [/QUOTE]
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