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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1396159, member: 66"]I would. Thieves have been using this exact method to rob dealers coming home from shows for over 50 years. Dealer stops parks their car close and goes into the restaurant to eat and then watch as their coins are ripped off. It happens all the time and then the next dealer does the exact same thing. No dealer on the show circuit doesn't know of another dealer who has been robbed in this manner. But then we hear about the next dealer going into the restaurant and losing his coins. The dealers don't learn and think "Oh it will never happen to me.".</p><p><br /></p><p>Basic security, you NEVER leave your coins unattended. If at all possible you travel with someone else so you don't have to stop. If you get something to eat you use drive thrus. You use your cell phone to make sure that there are people waiting for you when you arrive or to summon the police incase of a breakdown or flat tire. Use a credit card at the pump if you have to get gas so you don't have to leave the vehicle to go in an pay. Have a U bolt attached to the floor or frame of you vehicle that you can chain your coins to. Most robberies like this depend on speed. If they reach in and grab you case and it doesn't move they aren't going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out why and how to defeat it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1396159, member: 66"]I would. Thieves have been using this exact method to rob dealers coming home from shows for over 50 years. Dealer stops parks their car close and goes into the restaurant to eat and then watch as their coins are ripped off. It happens all the time and then the next dealer does the exact same thing. No dealer on the show circuit doesn't know of another dealer who has been robbed in this manner. But then we hear about the next dealer going into the restaurant and losing his coins. The dealers don't learn and think "Oh it will never happen to me.". Basic security, you NEVER leave your coins unattended. If at all possible you travel with someone else so you don't have to stop. If you get something to eat you use drive thrus. You use your cell phone to make sure that there are people waiting for you when you arrive or to summon the police incase of a breakdown or flat tire. Use a credit card at the pump if you have to get gas so you don't have to leave the vehicle to go in an pay. Have a U bolt attached to the floor or frame of you vehicle that you can chain your coins to. Most robberies like this depend on speed. If they reach in and grab you case and it doesn't move they aren't going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out why and how to defeat it.[/QUOTE]
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