Very interesting, and hopefully the scumbags get caught and convicted. Couple of things dealers should do is count the cash themselves with their own hands before releasing the coins; customer not allowed to touch cash after dealer counts it. Other is record cert. numbers on slabbed coins at time of sale. If they are scammed like this, they can report the coins as stolen. Cal
Given the clear closeup face shots and description of vehicle and voice accents, I suspect they will be, eventually.
I watched a follow-up video by the same fellow and apparently these guys have been hitting coin shows going up the east coast.
During my 14 years as a dealer, I had one guy palm a $100 bill on me. That was the only time I got hit, thank goodness.
I had some early dated late medieval coins and a lovely ANACS MS61 PL gold dollar get stolen in my "dealer" days, though I was set up in an antique mall and not always there. The antique mall staff had keys to my case and they showed and sold my inventory for me, then took their monthly cut and gave me a check. It was an inside job. No cameras there at the time, though, and when the cops came to fingerprint my cases, I told them not to bother- I had already cleaned all the glass and wiped them down before I discovered the theft. I cleared the rest of my inventory out of that place the very same night. Unfortunately I could never have proven anything, though I had a solid suspicion of who took the coins from my case. I don't know if the antique mall owners were in on it or not. One of their employees was the thief, I am 90% sure. And I was pretty sure I knew which one. But there wasn't much I could realistically do to prove my case. Lesson learned- obviously one never wants to put one's inventory out in a third-party vendor situation like that unless you've got cameras on it 24/7. This was in the early 2000s, though, when installing such a system of my own would have been cost prohibitive.
Another POS stealing money at a coin show! The video mentions Romanian and that's what I'm thinking, gypsies from Florida! They have a ton of scams and they go all over the US to coin shops and now coin shows! Hopefully coin shop owners have heard of these thieves as part of their scam is the presence of large wads of cash!
Wow! There is a coin store fairly close to where I live. When I was in there I was amazed at the number of cameras they had. They won't allow themselves to be interrupted when showing when sowing a customer the product. The biggest error I see here if my customer counts th money fine, but I do the last count. But, I don't have customers since I don't sell. Wouldn't it just be easier and safer to get a job?
Bad Ju Ju will get em stage 4 cancer in your realm! I left a book of slabbed gold in chair today while talking coins patron said sir that guy just had his hand in your bag! I said ty gave him a ASE . Guy was met at door by security gave me back a 1915s pan-pac $1!
That’s how it would seem to me, too- but obviously there are plenty in the criminal underclass who don’t think that way. I know some like the thrill of taking those risks. Not me. Aside from the morality issues, I’d just be a terrible thief, since I’d be totally nervous and give up the game with my jitters. Sure to get caught. Or if not caught, then demoted to a warmer place in the afterlife.
Although this isn't about a coin show, I learned to not trust anyone when it comes to money. Many years ago, our church needed to raise funds for a church. I was assigned to find a way to earn some money. I was the internal auditor for a major university. I spoke to the Business Manager of the Sports Program and I was given the opportunity to manage the concession booths at the Football games. (Most of you may not have heard of the university, but it was East Carolina University.) Anyway, we operated 4 concession stands for about 8 years. At the end of the game, we had to settle up the cash and as the Internal Operator, I went to the bank with the Business Manager to settle up how much money each booth was to have. We had been spot on or within a few dollars. When we settled up at the end of the 7th year, one of the deposit bags was short exactly $2,000. I knew who operated the booth and what was done, but I couldn't prove it, so our church took it on the chin and subtracted it from our commission. I never would have believed that one of our church members would steal money from the church. Our Pastor told me not to tell anyone one about it, even though I knew who took the money. My father taught me from the time I was able to count money, not to trust relatives, church members, or friends. That was in 1980. I didn't listen to well because I have been betrayed by family, friends, and church members.
I too was cheated (robbed of jewelry by a relative). One of my life observations is where there is money people will steal. Think Willie Sutton. Q. Why do you rob banks? A. Because thats where the money is.
