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<p>[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 562345, member: 11786"]If I might make an observation, that strikes me as a rather obvious, visible act.</p><p>So I'll toss this out--was this guy working alone, or in tandem with somebody else? A common scenario I've seen in retail is where somebody makes a deliberate scene, while an accomplice commits the main crime. So, while this guy deliberately pockets some cheap poker chips and makes a scene, did perp #2 get to work and <b>grab something valuable</b>? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just throwing that out there--it's a commonly seen method in theft on high-end items.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw a few odd things on Saturday, such as one guy sitting down at Jack's coins with a big plastic bag on his lap. As I was going through some IHCs to buy, I noticed this guy looking at me periodically. When Jack had to get away from his table, his neighbor took over and I stood up to walk over to the albums where this guy was sitting. As I approached this guy, he gave me this nervous, intense look...picked up his bag and walked over to the exonumia area. Now, what am I supposed to make of that--get all suspicious or just blow it off? At some point your mind begins to fill in blanks, where possibly nothing exists. :rolling: Still, it's a stupid move to look at coins with an open bag close at hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 562345, member: 11786"]If I might make an observation, that strikes me as a rather obvious, visible act. So I'll toss this out--was this guy working alone, or in tandem with somebody else? A common scenario I've seen in retail is where somebody makes a deliberate scene, while an accomplice commits the main crime. So, while this guy deliberately pockets some cheap poker chips and makes a scene, did perp #2 get to work and [B]grab something valuable[/B]? :confused: Just throwing that out there--it's a commonly seen method in theft on high-end items. I saw a few odd things on Saturday, such as one guy sitting down at Jack's coins with a big plastic bag on his lap. As I was going through some IHCs to buy, I noticed this guy looking at me periodically. When Jack had to get away from his table, his neighbor took over and I stood up to walk over to the albums where this guy was sitting. As I approached this guy, he gave me this nervous, intense look...picked up his bag and walked over to the exonumia area. Now, what am I supposed to make of that--get all suspicious or just blow it off? At some point your mind begins to fill in blanks, where possibly nothing exists. :rolling: Still, it's a stupid move to look at coins with an open bag close at hand.[/QUOTE]
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