Stolen Cameras and Gear/ $500 Reward

December 1,2008, all of the equipment for my livelihood was stolen from my car on Kinkaid St in Eugene, Oregon.
At least $30,000 worth of cameras, lenses, gear, including:
Canon 5D Serial Number 0820500706
Canon 20D
Canon EOS IV
100-400 Canon lenses, all my compact flash cards, other lenses, lensbabies, flashes, etc.. No insurance on any. No money to replace.
A gloomy Yule season start! $500 reward leading to recovery or info leading to the recovery. Please email me at skiturn789@yahoo.com or call 541-892-7980 if you have info or suspicions about the thief(s) or if you suspect something on ebay or Craigs List. Thank you. Larry

Sorry to hear that (and welcome to the forum). I hope the thief meets with an untimely death.

I can't imagine why you didn't have insurance on all that equipment, especially considering it constitutes your livelihood.

Mike

Wow that $500 reward would offer me more than 2 years worth of insurance money. Always best to insure, and not leave gear in your vehicle. Hope this is a lesson learned.

i would really start checking all the pawn shops, and start a police report.. check ebay, and craigslist.com. there will be a lot of posts on there im sure.. check the sales part of your news paper.

Best wishes for a safe return of your gear and that the thie(f/ves) learn(s) the error of his/their ways.

do you have renters or homeowners? my policy covers my gear even when im not home if i have it in the car with me.

His home owners might not cover it, but his car might, depending on how high his comprehensive is and whether it covers stolen items.

Sorry to hear about that mate, I'd so do what other people are suggesting with police, pawn shops, ebay, craigslist etc.

Good luck locating and recovering all you hard earned equipment. I'll give St. Anthony a chat, he's never let me down.

Wow, that's the second time someone has had an expensive kit stolen from their car in Eugene this year!

Sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you can get it back.

shannyD wrote in post #6798543
i would really start checking all the pawn shops, and start a police report.. check ebay, and craigslist.com. there will be a lot of posts on there im sure.. check the sales part of your news paper.

This is great advice. THerre have been several high profile stories lately where stuff has been recovered because it was posted on ebay or craigslist.

shannyD wrote in post #6800174
do you have renters or homeowners? my policy covers my gear even when im not home if i have it in the car with me.

Are you sure? I had to have a specific rider to cover my camera gear. It is very cheap. I think it adds something like $75 a year to my homeowners policy.

gjl711 wrote in post #6802356
Are you sure? I had to have a specific rider to cover my camera gear. It is very cheap. I think it adds something like $75 a year to my homeowners policy.

I also need/require a rider to cover my equipment. They want a full appraisal on my equipment and I have yet to get one. Both of my camera bodies were gifts.

FuryMe wrote in post #6802365
I also need/require a rider to cover my equipment. They want a full appraisal on my equipment and I have yet to get one. Both of my camera bodies were gifts.

All I had to do is fill out a form with serial numbers and value. I used the receipt value so if it is lost or stolen I can replace it.

But I do highly encourage everyone with more equipment in your bag than your willing to loose to get some form of insurance especially if it starts getting over that 10k mark.