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Originally Posted by bbcard1
I think there is a fiduciary responsibility of the promoter to provide an appropriate level of security to their dealers. It seems the level of theft and, apparently, the sophistication has risen to a level that transcends petty shoplifting. I think the promoter needs to do more of the show will suffer...how many $40,000 bats do you have to lose to decide you aren't going back any more?
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If someone is caught stealing, they have security on site to deal with detention until the police arrive.
But to monitor every individual for the duration of their visit is beyond the scope of a venue that isn't in the security business.
If you bring several million dollars in inventory to a trade show, it is worth spending a couple thousand on security. It doesn't even have to be a uniformed guard, just a friend of yours who would be willing to stand there. Just keep tossing pizza and burger king over the tables at him and he'll be happy . . . .