Put yourself in the shoes of the thief you are trying to jail Archie, in the following quoted note written by you, then defend the same actions that you claim are preserving gaming history by trying to beat casino security! All of a sudden taking something that someone else thinks they own becomes unimportant if it's something YOU want....

>>>Wayne; It is my opinion that Dealers themselves have to be more security conscious about their inventory. I've seen dealers leave their tables unattended, or engaged in small talk with the dealer next door or behind them while potential customers and "non-customers" are at their table looking through their chip binders and books. Many dealers are short-handed as far as assistants are concerned. I know a couple of table holders who are all by themselves behind their table for the whole duration of the show. Dealers MUST take more precautions to protect their inventory. We are no longer a small-knit closed society where everybody knows everybody else. I know at least one dealer who has set up a mini-camera and VCR behind his table to thwart petty thefts. Others have chained their 3 ring binders to a table leg. The club can do only so much. I no of no theft that has taken place during non-show hours at past conventions. Yet dealers on occassion have "loaned" their table badges to un-authorized persons so they can get onto the floor during set-up which compromises security provided by the club. Dealers have also discarded badges when they left the floor at the end of the show instead of turning them in to show officials, etc. Security is everyone's business. It's too late to say the club should have done more after an unfortunate theft has occurred due to someone's negligence. The club can't post a guard at each table. If this post generates some additional suggestions, or creates constructive controversy, then let's talk about it some more.<<<

Your stripes are showing. You don't really want to talk about it, you don't have the time if it involves you. I won't let you influence new collectors with a two-faced set of values.

Sincerely,

Bob