Dealers at the national

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by ReefBlue

Bring people with the sole job of watching, not interacting with customers.

.. as opposed to bringing people (and yourself) in for the sole job of socializing w/each other, eating and generally ignoring the customers .. Seriously - I like the idea of a designated watcher.

The question of security cameras came into my mind as well - the Donald E. Stephens hosts shows and conventions all the time, so not just for a one-time, 3 day event - I can see the feasibility of doing this on their part overall as I'm sure theft is a regular, unfortunate occurrence. I thought the Schaumburg Convention Center at the Renaissance (not far and where some shows have been held) has this, but I could be wrong.

Quick add-on: I agree in that not about onus of responsibility being on venue, it's on the individual vendor - - I just think security cameras might act as some sort of deterrent and at least give the party at loss/police something to go on.

[bbcard1]

I think there is a fiduciary responsibility of the promoter to provide an appropriate level of security to their dealers. It seems the level of theft and, apparently, the sophistication has risen to a level that transcends petty shoplifting. I think the promoter needs to do more of the show will suffer...how many $40,000 bats do you have to lose to decide you aren't going back any more?

[batsballsbases]

Hello,
Just to set the record straight the ott bat wasnt taken from this years national. It was taken from the national the year before and returned a few months ago. And as for security I to believe that it cant be up to the venue to supply that type of security system. It is really up to the dealer himself to police his own inventory.

[thehoodedcoder]

Originally Posted by batsballsbases

Hello,
Just to set the record straight the ott bat wasnt taken from this years national. It was taken from the national the year before and returned a few months ago. And as for security I to believe that it cant be up to the venue to supply that type of security system. It is really up to the dealer himself to police his own inventory.

just get a spy cam from ebay with a 32 gig disk drive on it. stuff that puppy in a teddy bear and sit it behind your chair in your booth. total cost....45 bucks.

kevin

[ReefBlue]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think there is a fiduciary responsibility of the promoter to provide an appropriate level of security to their dealers. It seems the level of theft and, apparently, the sophistication has risen to a level that transcends petty shoplifting. I think the promoter needs to do more of the show will suffer...how many $40,000 bats do you have to lose to decide you aren't going back any more?

If someone is caught stealing, they have security on site to deal with detention until the police arrive.

But to monitor every individual for the duration of their visit is beyond the scope of a venue that isn't in the security business.

If you bring several million dollars in inventory to a trade show, it is worth spending a couple thousand on security. It doesn't even have to be a uniformed guard, just a friend of yours who would be willing to stand there. Just keep tossing pizza and burger king over the tables at him and he'll be happy . . . .