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> I'd have to have something astronomically valuable or personally significant ... Precisely what's described in TFA. "A presidential platinum Rolex watch wor
by Jedd 6y ago
> I'd have to have something astronomically valuable or personally significant ...
Precisely what's described in TFA.
"A presidential platinum Rolex watch worth $64k (sold for $32k)"
"A 5.8-carat diamond ring appraised for $46k (sold for $23k)"
Or, more poignantly (but perhaps less factually specific) from the intro:
"A few days later, a retired mechanic named Charlie buys your grandfather’s watch for $150 ... and ... a nurse from Florida becomes the proud new owner of the scarf your mum knitted you for Christmas."
The first couple may be something you'd overlook if $-reimbursed by insurance, but I could imagine circumstances where the last couple of examples would inspire a ceaseless search.
- chrisseaton 6y agoThey're listing outlying extreme cases. Most people aren't travelling with a $64k watch in their checked baggage. It says this in the article only a third of it is worth selling at any price. > In the end, only about one-third of the items in baggage end up for sale
- Jedd 6y agoI think GP was referring to people that desperately wanted their belongings back. I understand that a lot of business flyers would write off their underwear, toothbrush, and gym shoes -- but I don't think GP was suggesting those people should be dumpster diving in Alabamaba. (I'm in Australia, and I really don't have any idea how inconvenient it is to get to Alabama, and to then dive through a warehouse of bags, assuming it's even possible.) > They're listing outlying extreme cases. Most people aren't travelling with a $64k watch in their checked baggage. It says this in the article only a third of it is worth selling at any price. Totally agree - but the point is that in some cases (npi) there clearly were valuables worth the effort, at least from a naive calculation perspective.
- jakemal 6y agoThe kinds of people who own watches worth double most people cars most likely have enough money to make losing it a minor inconvenience.
- quickthrowman 6y agoAs well as the money to pay for theft/loss insurance on their 64k platinum Rolex Day-Date w presidential bracelet. There are also multiples of this watch for ~$25,000 on chrono24, it’s not as desirable like the steel rolexes are.
- ghaff 6y agoThough, not to victim blame, but who on earth puts things that are very valuable and aren't even bulky or heavy in their checked luggage? I rarely check luggage (and in >1M miles of travel have never had it permanently lost) but I don't even check things like a favorite pair of custom-made hiking boots.
- ryandrake 6y agoI don’t know how “pointing out how somebody did something colossally risky and/or stupid” became Victim Blamimg but I agree with you. Don’t check any luggage you absolutely need to keep.
- mcguire 6y agoWell, you fly from Perth or wherever to Chattanooga, TN, rent car, and drive the hour or hour and a half southwest to Scottsboro. Follow the signs from that point. Good luck! :-)