Horror stories of losing $100s of $1000s of gear in just minutes at DVinfo.net

James Emory · August 23rd, 2005, 06:08 PM

Just when you thought YOU had a bad day. Here are some horror stories of people and companies around the world losing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gear in just minutes by individuals and theft rings.

www.broadcastvideo.com/netpolice/index.htm

Boyd Ostroff · August 23rd, 2005, 06:24 PM

And the big question that this raises is... are you insured?

Don't just assume that your homeowners policy will cover you, talk to your insurance agent and get the coverage you need!

James Emory · August 23rd, 2005, 06:36 PM

I wonder how many of these claims may be insurance scams. Some of the incidents are downright scary. There is one incident in Brazil where 10 guys came in with automatic guns and just took everything. Then there were the one's where one guy distracted the gear owner at his truck or loading dock while the other guy went to the rear of the truck or loading area and proceeded to offload the gear. At an event that I worked on a couple of weeks ago, a $7000.00 plasma screen was stolen from our ball room at a luxury hotel. There are cameras all over that place but they had the balls to take it anyway. They did find out who did it. It was the deejay from the last performance that night! What a dumbass!!!

August 23rd, 2005, 06:08 PM	#1
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Horror stories of losing $100s of $1000s of gear in just minutes Just when you thought YOU had a bad day. Here are some horror stories of people and companies around the world losing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gear in just minutes by individuals and theft rings. www.broadcastvideo.com/netpolice/index.htm

August 23rd, 2005, 06:24 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,787	And the big question that this raises is... are you insured? Don't just assume that your homeowners policy will cover you, talk to your insurance agent and get the coverage you need!

August 23rd, 2005, 06:36 PM	#3
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	I wonder how many of these claims may be insurance scams. Some of the incidents are downright scary. There is one incident in Brazil where 10 guys came in with automatic guns and just took everything. Then there were the one's where one guy distracted the gear owner at his truck or loading dock while the other guy went to the rear of the truck or loading area and proceeded to offload the gear. At an event that I worked on a couple of weeks ago, a $7000.00 plasma screen was stolen from our ball room at a luxury hotel. There are cameras all over that place but they had the balls to take it anyway. They did find out who did it. It was the deejay from the last performance that night! What a dumbass!!!