I'm booking round-trip tickets to Bahrain. Looks like it's as
easy as taking candy from a baby over there.
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Paul Balles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote on
Sat, 09 Dec 2000 10:19:04 +0300
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At 01:00 PM 12/08/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Paul, what do you consider to be an area that is free of "lurking
thieves"?
Bahrain, where I'm located, for one. I've also been in shops
in the US and=
=20
the UK where lots of valuable "collectibles" grace the places
without being=
=20
nailed down, covered by cameras or other theft detecting devices.
In some of those places, the feeling of being "at home" would
dissuade=20
property removal. After all, people who are made to feel at
home don't=20
steal from their hosts.
>If you were familiar with our location you would understand
the chuckle I
>got when reading it.
If I was in a location where I had to be constantly on guard,
I'd cry=20
rather than chuckle.
>Our store is located in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It is on
>a very busy intersection in a good demographic area, less than
a mile from
>some of the most expensive homes in Vancouver. Our store is
located on the
>ground floor of an apartment building where the 'cheapest' unit
sells for
>more than 300k. You really can't find many areas in a North
American city
>that would be considered better, in this respect.
Better for what? For thieves who will walk off with anything
they find not=
=20
tied down? That's worth a chuckle!
>I've spent many years, not only in the cybercaf=E9 business
but in managing
>retail store programs and theft is always a concern, regardless
of where=
you
>are located.
How unfortunate!
>David mentioned security tags and sensors. We have those installed
across
>our front doors, primarily to protect or software retail area.
All they
>really do is cause thieves to open software packages and remove
the jewel
>case, leaving the package and sensor tag behind. The people
who do this on=
a
>regular basis know how to get around these systems, and they
all have weak
>points that can be easily exploited.
Perhaps you're playing into the thieves' hands by giving them
a=20
challenge. I've had thousands of dollars worth of antique prints
and=20
paintings along with loose CPU's, camcorders, bric-a-brac, plants
and=20
flowers, a library full of books and magazines, etc. all over
the place on=
=20
two floors and in five rooms that would be easy to pilfer from
if I was=20
challenging thieves rather than hosting guests. My guests come
from all=20
over the world: Arabia, Egypt, S.Africa, India, Pakistan, Philippines,=20
USA, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, S.America, and even Canada,
to name a=20
few. If there's been a thief among them at home, they've restrained
their=
=20
urges when visiting us.
>It would be great to live in a world were everyone is as honest
as we view
>ourselves to be, but that is not reality - at least not in any
of the parts
>of the world that I've traveled through.
Those parts of the world could use some revision. Many people
are crazy=20
enough to have businesses in New York city You'd have to be
a lunatic to=20
want to be in business in a place where you've got to look over
your=20
shoulder out of fear of muggers or carry a gun in case of a holdup.
Yes,=20
Ron, I've been to the places you refer as well. But, as I said
originally,=
=20
I just would not want to set up a business in those places.
>Although most people are generally honest, it only takes one
or two to=20
>cost you big bucks and inconvenience
>your customers.
I suppose that the one or two like that would feel uncomfortable
at my=
parties.
<snip>
Paul B.
***The Idea Gallery***
P.O. Box 54565
Adliya, Bahrain
(973)714828 / fax: (973) 771847
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.ideagal.com=20
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