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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tall Paul, post: 23359727, member: 114635&quot;]Many years ago I worked as a sales rep selling colored gemstones. I traveled in 22 states and was always on the lookout for suspicious behaviors. I was insured as long as the bag of stones was in my possession at all times. In other words, if I left my car for a hotdog and the bag was removed from the car I was screwed. My boss required that I cold call customers so that a robbery could not be prearranged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately during six years of traveling I was never robbed. I was once followed for over 100 miles. A common trick was for Columbian gangs to follow you and at an opportune time they would puncture your tires. This was especially common in cities. I knew of one diamond dealer who was robbed before he made a prearranged sales call. Another colleague was robbed in Northern CA. when he went to check into his hotel and still another was robbed after he placed his bag on the conveyor belt of the airport x-ray machine and someone jumped in front of him with pockets full of metal that set off the alarms. The 20 seconds of delay and confusion allowed the thief enough time to grab the bag and pass it off to a confederate who hid in another suitcase and calmly walked out of the airport. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another trick was to distract you by squirting mustard or some similar substance on you. My wife and I were in Barcelona when some gypsies did this to us. We were getting on the subway when they squirted coconut oil on our jackets and a &quot;kind&quot; gentlemen offered to hold my jacket while I cleaned the oil off of my wife&#039;s jacket. He was one of the thieves and I did not give him my jacket. There three of them working together. Sue and I got off at the next stop and headed back to the hotel keeping a tight grip on our valuables. We did not walk directly to the hotel, we got off a stop after the hotel stop and doubled back to make sure we were not followed. My experience as a traveling sales rep paid off big time that day. </p><p><br /></p><p>One cannot be too careful. After the diamond dealer got robbed he had a guard travel with him. Another dealer traveled with a very well trained Doberman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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