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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7929817, member: 105571&quot;]Thanks for the post.&nbsp; Nice to see someone acting as a clearinghouse and intermediary to the law enforcement community.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I scoured the site looking for any compilation of data such as number of incidents per year and total $ per year and found no data of any kind.&nbsp; I would have thought if the site wanted to galvanize people into action and response that a data-driven appeal would have some merit.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick scan of news reports listed on the site seemed to indicate that the big bucks were in counterfeiting, not theft.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to deny the trauma to the dealer who stopped for dinner after a show where the the thieves followed her and broke into her car while she was inside dining.&nbsp; But she broke the first rule which is don&#039;t leave your coins alone.&nbsp; I know a major national dealer who packs his lunch and eats on the road.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know and didn&#039;t ask what he does about calls of nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every LCS I deal with has an electronic lock on the door and will buzz you in if they know you or your appearance doesn&#039;t raise the hackles.&nbsp; Some require a prior appointment.&nbsp; This year I sold over $100k in gold coins to one dealer under those circumstances and both he and I were armed and he drew the shop curtains while we conducted our business.&nbsp; We trusted each other, we just didn&#039;t trust anyone outside our little circle and that is only prudent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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