I am very concerned about theft -- and setting up a booth at the National is always a challenge.
I now LOCK all of my showcases -- and I don't allow anyone to remove a card from my binders. I personally remove all cards and wrappers from my binders. Obviously, I lose customers that way but guess what -- I don't lose cards or wrappers that way.
It's very sad that a high percentage of the large thefts are so called friends that you allow to review your items with limited supervsion. Those are the ones you have to watch out for.
I even had a collector who had asked if my wife could watch his daughter so she was distracted while he stole an expensive pack.
I hope the National will do more overnight security this year. If you walk around the show after it is closed, I always find collectors walking around at almost 6:30 when they should have left the room a half hour before.
Any one have other security ideas for booth holders?
Steve_NY
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