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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1936632, member: 37498&quot;]With any luck, these were only part of her retirement savings, not 100% of it.&nbsp; Either way, it is a significant loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>One note about her dogs.&nbsp; People often overestimate the tenacity of their dogs to guard their property.&nbsp; It is certainly possible for someone who is unfamiliar to the dogs to gain access to the property.&nbsp; These were probably golden retrievers or some other pet breed.&nbsp; At most, they might have barked at the intruder, but once inside, they could be appeased with a few treats or some petting.&nbsp; There are a lot of dogs that will only bark at a stranger when there is a person to protect in the house, and will only be aggressive if a stranger tries to harm that person.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find the assumption that it must have been an inside job because of her dogs to be somewhat presumptuous at best.&nbsp; Depending on how thoroughly her house was ransacked, the fact that the burglar(s) found the coins in a non-descript box could be more of an indicator of inside knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s with this live in yard worker?&nbsp; The article says he &quot;came to the property to do yard work&quot;, but he was living in her basement?&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the police are all over him as a possible suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hindsight is 20/20.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure she is wishing she had them securely stored in a SDB now.&nbsp; When I hit the $10k mark, I placed the bulk of my PM in a SDB for two reasons: $10k is more than I would care to lose, and I do not want to give $10k in easy money to a criminal.&nbsp; The only PM I keep at home now are those relatively inexpensive coins that are still in OGP and are too bulky to fit in my SDB.&nbsp; I estimate they are worth less than $3k <i>and</i> they are stored in a properly installed safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have already noted, please learn from this incident.&nbsp; Don&#039;t wait till you experience a burglary that gives you a 20/20 perspective on how you should have had your bullion stored.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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