I showed my Rolex Daytona to a bartender in my LA hotel a few years
back. I went to bed that night and left it on the nightstand. When I
woke up the next day, it was gone. Too bad, It was one of the nicest,
most authentic counterfeits I've ever seen. Paid $35 for it on New
York's Canal Street.
Paul
On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Bob Shell wrote:
On Feb 24, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Cotty wrote:
When someone asks me what kind of camera I have, I just reply: "Three
grand", because let's face it, that's ultimately what every Joe
wants to know.
Now that's practical.
Not sure I'd recommend that. You could be talking to a thief, or be
overheard by one, you know. Better to say something like, "Oh, just
some old thing I dragged out of the closet".
A few years ago a friend of mine was talking to the bell captain at a
hotel where he had stopped in to look around for possible interesting
photo locations. They got to talking about cameras, and he showed the
bell captain his Leica gear from inside his camera bag. They talked a
bit longer, and then he left and walked home. As he unlocked the door
of his apartment he was hit over the head with some sort of club and
came to to find himself tied up and some guy ransacking his apartment.
All of his camera gear and a bunch of other stuff was taken, and it
took him hours to get someone's attention and get free. He recognized
the thief as someone he'd noticed hanging out in the hotel lobby.
Not only did he lose all his camera gear and some other valuable
things, he had problems for several years from where he was hit on the
head. He died, and I've never been sure the head injury wasn't a
contributing factor.
With camera gear as expensive as it has gotten, you can't be too
careful who you let know its value.
Bob
