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$150,000 worth of jewelry is suspicious. Who spends that much on jewelry? Who needs that much in jewelry accessible to wear out to dinner on the spur of the moment?
Who are you to say what people need? They may not need it but they desire it and there's nothing wrong with that.
Who are you to say what people need? They may not need it but they desire it and there's nothing wrong with that.
Nope, nothing wrong w/ it. But for heaven's sake, don't leave valuable jewelry in a drawer where someone could walk off w/ it. The article said nothing about security systems, locked doors . . . sounds like the assumption was made that just b/c the house was in an upscale neighborhood, the occupants were immune from crime. That is my point. Be it $1500 worth of jewelry or $150,000 . . . take some time to protect your investment.
Insurance can never bring back the sentimental attachment this woman had to her mother's jewelry. Don't make it easy for someone else to rip off your memories! Keep valuables in a safety deposit box, get a security system, lock your doors and pay attention . . .
not to make light of it but how many times do you really have to change rings, necklaces or earrings? keep a small amount in the house and the rest in a vault. change out every so often so that most of it is in the vault. keep a couple rings and some necklaces. Some of the photos on the news were elegant pieces which are probably worn once or twice a year. have to think sensible nowadays.
What woman wants to drive to the bank every time she wants to change her ring, necklace, or earrings?
Roll your eyes if you want. I not only keep my valuable jewelry in the safety deposit box, I have a separate box for the bulk of my sterling silver flatware. So do my sisters. So do my parents.
You are talking to a Southern girl here. My family has already gone thru/ losing their gold, silver and valuable jewelry once (except for the cache of sterling they did not find down by the creek).
So you do whatever you want w/ your stuff. Someone can break in my house and they are not gonna find anything much to haul off.
not to make light of it but how many times do you really have to change rings, necklaces or earrings? keep a small amount in the house and the rest in a vault. change out every so often so that most of it is in the vault. keep a couple rings and some necklaces. Some of the photos on the news were elegant pieces which are probably worn once or twice a year. have to think sensible nowadays.
Thank you for the voice of reason, NJ. I sure have not found this to be a big deal in my life. And when I leave my house, I am not anxious about what I have left behind.
back in the NE that was definitely normal and much more then that for an average family..but it doesn't matter I agree with the above poster about not blaming the victim...we each can buy and chose what we want out of life...it is just a shame that these people exist to take it away from us!
Yikes! Average? I came from the NE and I don't believe most of my friends or neighbors had that amount of jewelry. I do agree that the sentimental loss would be the worst. And while I feel safe where I am, I will put the jewelry my mother left me in a safe deposit box because of its sentimental value. Really it's not like I take it out and look at it everyday anyway and very rarely wear it. There are a few item I tend to wear on a regular basis.
I still think this individual made some "money" somewhere else, could be drugs, could be ID theft, god knows how...but what are you going to put it into? Jewelry and a big house. There is just NO reason that somebody would own THAT much jewelry for any other reason unless they were Greenwich or Palm Beach rich. If I really did have that much jewelry, no way I would ever leave it in a house like that, you have to be naive to think burglars don't target upscale neighborhoods.
The fact the house wasn't ransacked, the thieves went straight for the jewelry says that most likely, the thieves had been there before. Or possibly, I guess, they targetted a neighborhood, picked a random house, and figured that anyone in that area probably had a lot of jewelry.
This doesn't make it the victim's fault. I mean, sure, if you want to make sure valuables are safe you can keep them in a safety deposit box, but most women like to WEAR their jewelry. I guess the best thing to do is to have it in a fireproof safe at home where you can get to it, a large enough safe that can't be carried out.
What kind of world it is, when we can't keep our jewelry in our jewelry armoires in our bedrooms because "someone might" break in a steal it.
I'd need to know more to make judgements though. Does this lady have kids? How old are they? Who are their friends? Has she had any work done on the house lately? Any relatives into drugs or debt? Who has been at the house recently? etc...
Yikes! Average? I came from the NE and I don't believe most of my friends or neighbors had that amount of jewelry. I do agree that the sentimental loss would be the worst. And while I feel safe where I am, I will put the jewelry my mother left me in a safe deposit box because of its sentimental value. Really it's not like I take it out and look at it everyday anyway and very rarely wear it. There are a few item I tend to wear on a regular basis.
Thank you so much for posting!!! I was feeling like some kind of weirdo for doing what my family and friends have been doing forever . . . we just don't take chances. I personally don't want to have to worry about my jewelry. Insurance simply cannot replace sentimental pieces that have memories attached to them.
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