ALERT....huge, huge BB card collection theft....UPDATED

[FUBAR]

Originally Posted by Leon

Jim- please watch your language. I realize most of us have heard worse but we have younger children that read the board. Nothing personal....best regards

My apologies, didnt mean to offend anyone. Its alot softer of what i truly wanted to post(and probably many others ) if thats any consolation. I do get wound up when i hear about stuff like this, especially this type of dollar amount. I cant even begin to imagine how upset this guy must be!

[Kawika]

Although no one has called me on it I hereby acknowledge that my earlier post in this thread was plagiarized verbatim from an older post made by a temporarily exiled Net54er. I thought the writing style would be a tip off. Regardless I am in full agreement with Mr. Dorskind on such matters. A little batting practice on their heads prior to a bilateral orchidectomy doesn't upset this liberal pussy one bit. Hope they catch the asterisks!

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Although no one has called me on it I hereby acknowledge that my earlier post in this thread was plagiarized verbatim from an older post made by a temporarily exiled Net54er. I thought the writing style would be a tip off. Regardless I am in full agreement with Mr. Dorskind on such matters. A little batting practice on their heads prior to a bilateral orchidectomy doesn't upset this liberal pussy one bit. Hope they catch the asterisks!

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Hope you the cards back soon.

Have the police fingerprinted the area where the cards
were? With a little bit of luck they can identify the
thieves.

It would not be bad if they were caught, and they got
in the wrong line of fire, or if you decided to use
their heads as a batting practice.

Here is hoping.....

Dang it, I'm slipping. The random line breaks also were a tip-off.

I must, however, thank you, David, for the opportunity to execute a double quote. Oh, happy day.

[carrigansghost]

I'll keep an eye out in Maine and I Really like Mark's idea for a "lost or Stolen" section. As a security guy, I can assure you that unless you get a real system, they a very easy to disable. It does not take a professional to do it.

Rawn

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Although no one has called me on it I hereby acknowledge that my earlier post in this thread was plagiarized verbatim from an older post made by a temporarily exiled Net54er. I thought the writing style would be a tip off. Regardless I am in full agreement with Mr. Dorskind on such matters. A little batting practice on their heads prior to a bilateral orchidectomy doesn't upset this liberal pussy one bit. Hope they catch the asterisks!

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Hope you the cards back soon.

Have the police fingerprinted the area where the cards
were? With a little bit of luck they can identify the
thieves.

It would not be bad if they were caught, and they got
in the wrong line of fire, or if you decided to use
their heads as a batting practice.

Here is hoping.....

Dang it, I'm slipping. The random line breaks also were a tip-off.

I must, however, thank you, David, for the opportunity to execute a double quote. Oh, happy day.

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble: McDonald to Dorskind to DeWolf. Triple quote.

[Rich Klein]

Not to take this thread in a whole new direction; but this situation is another reason for TPG.

And that reason is,.... I would say especially in a case like this; the thieves would leave the cards in the extant holders and if the cards were either scanned or on some registry with information; then they could be easily tied back to the original collection.

Just a thought as to why TPG has its uses

Rich

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Not to take this thread in a whole new direction; but this situation is another reason for TPG.

And that reason is,.... I would say especially in a case like this; the thieves would leave the cards in the extant holders and if the cards were either scanned or on some registry with information; then they could be easily tied back to the original collection.

Just a thought as to why TPG has its uses

Rich

Absolutely disagree. The TPG slab is an identifier and would always be removed before selling. Even an idiot thief would realize that.

[steve B]

There are lots of thieves who wouldn't figure that out.

Like the guys in CT that called ahead to the bank "we're coming to do a robbery, and want you to get a bag of cash ready ahead of time"

And the house burglar that sold the stolen stuff at a yard sale. Until the neighbors recognised their stuff.

I could go on, but many criminals are far less intelligent than they should be. And that's not a bad thing.

Steve B

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by steve B

I could go on, but many criminals are far less intelligent than they should be.

Maybe they will post on Net54 asking the best way to crack a card out of a slab.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by steve B

There are lots of thieves who wouldn't figure that out.

Like the guys in CT that called ahead to the bank "we're coming to do a robbery, and want you to get a bag of cash ready ahead of time"

And the house burglar that sold the stolen stuff at a yard sale. Until the neighbors recognised their stuff.

I could go on, but many criminals are far less intelligent than they should be. And that's not a bad thing.

Steve B

20 million crimes a year. Don't base likelihood on a few dozen really dumb crooks that make the TV shows.