Real estate and security experts have identified seven signs that burglars look for when deciding whether to target your home. These include lack of visible security measures, signs of absence, or being in a secluded location. Marking symbols are secret signs criminals use to identify houses vulnerable to theft or vandalism. Minimalism aims to remove unnecessary items from daily life, such as flyers, tape, and upside doormats.
Hackers typically target the dark web, a network of anonymous sites and forums, and objects. Target 18 gives the 1st level thief 20 chances with this system, as it is closer to the original values.
Life is easier when you have nothing to steal, and a thief can easily become one kind of specialist or expert. Packing light makes you less of a target for thieves and scammers, as you can walk away while fellow travelers are. Firearms are better than cash for burglars because they are easy to transport and there is always an enormous demand for firearms.
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I answer some questions about the darker side of luxury including feeling vulnerable, storage, and if I’ve ever felt too scared to …
Yes, it definitely does. I work for the government and one of our trainings gave us the tip of not looking flashy to avoid putting attention to ourselves for mugging. There was a police station across the street and there were still many instances of car break-in, mugging, pick pocketing, jumpings, etc. I never wore large luxury handbags to work because of that, especially if I had to go between various office buildings downtown for meetings. I typically wore a backpack and a little Lululemon bumbag as a purse so if I had to, I could drop my backpack and run but still have my personal possessions like my wallet and car keys.
I love my small designer handbag collection but I also know that if I can afford to purchase them, then I can afford to lose them too. It’s unfortunate to think this way but I think overall, it is still worth it. What’s the point of making money if you can’t spend it every now and then on things that you like? 🤷🏽♀️ When purchasing luxury items, use and enjoy them. And also use your best discretion on when and where it is appropriate to wear to avoid making yourself a target. 💝
Great article. Thanks for addressing this. I follow Tamara. It was a horrible event. Oh and when I know I’m going to buy a designer bag I always bring a big shopping bag to put my purchase into. I’m too worried about getting mugged. I had to walk from the Chanel Boutique one day all the way to the train station to get home. Had to walk through crowds too. It’s too risky. It’s hard though when you don’t plan on purchasing a bag. I’d probably still try to get a shopping bag or something to hide my things. So funny …the Chanel boutique I go to at some point even had some supermarket plastic bags to help the customers. Speaking of service. I would least expect that from Chanel considering the negative stories i hear about treatment and service even though my experiences have been good
This have been on my mind for a long time, but recently I have started to buy more designer bags. So what I was thinking was, should you write up the serial numbers on your bags? And have resent pictures of them? Could that be a thing to actually give the police if something would happen, would they even be interested and would it be something our insurance company’s would be interested in. So maybe we could get money back from that? Don’t know just thoughts that have been on my mind. But if you buy from Chanel for example would they do you the service to send it to your home address? I have seen ppl shopping at VCA get a non branded bag with their purchases. I’m not going to stop wearing my bags, but there is a time and place…hm I think I need to buy some less branded bags lol . Great article thank you for addressing it further.
I have a few stories. First: I know girl who is not like us, bag addicted ppl, who just love these items and can go with them even in subway, she uses private jets, privet cars with drivers and she can take her Birkins everyday. But she also was a victim of rubbers, who stoled all her luxury bags from her house… as for most of us…I probably would not take my lux bag into Paris subway, but I use my bags as daily bags in subway in Seoul, because South Korea is one of the safest countries in the world. Of course there is no 100% of safety, but there are so many ppl who use lux bags as daily. So it depends:)
I am french living in the U.K. there are many fake Louis Vuitton bags out there in France that I did not have to be worried about it being stolen. I used to be more worried about wearing jewellery. I live in the south east part of the U.K. so it’s not a problem for me going out with a designer bag either. .if I was living in a bad area I would definitely be careful.
I thought it was surprising that people didn’t start thinking about this when they bought these luxe goods. But people live at the base of active volcanoes and take things day by day, things are good until they’re not for most people. So I don’t think your average person who buys luxe will worry that much until it actually happens (hopefully not) to them. For me my rule is I wear luxe in the right time/place to be seen in such a thing. I go from taxi to restaurant to taxi and back home, or maybe to the country club/social club but I would not just be out and about in a bag that costs thousands of euros or US dollars when ppl all over the world are struggling. It’s in poor taste and ppl feel very justified in “doing what they need to do” to survive.
When my bag got stolen in my car in Chelsea we called the police and they advised it was the 5th theft in the last hour they advised the area is a prime location this happens in as they don’t have any cctv due to The residents of the area being wealthy and not wanting cctv to be watched by the government that’s there there exact words they said to us!
When traveling I always place my designer bag (a few) inside my non designer carry-on. And only wear my designer bags around close friends or family, and tend to use my slg more when traveling in public area & place slg inside my jacket. Also, being on youtube & social media as a luxury influencer or luxury lovers makes us a target already. Stay safe ❤.
Excellent article, Steph! I thought I was the only one who thought like this! 🙃 I live in NYC and during the pandemic things got a little difficult and I did not feel comfortable carrying any luxe items. As a result, I pared down my collection substantially and sold MANY of my luxury work/daytime handbags and invested rather, in higher-end smaller pieces (still expensive as well) that I could carry for dinners/evenings out where I’d travel by private car or ubers. For the daytime, I now opt for more understated luxury like Vuitton Epi, Fendi peekaboo, etc, and even my vintage Kelly! 😊Right now, if it’s a large luxury item and I can’t freely carry it on the bus/ subway–I don’t want it. ***Things are back on track here now and, I did carry my Chanel on the bus today. I just turn it over with the CC facing me. 🤩 **Life goes on and I have to use my stuff!! 😤🤷🏻♀️😄 Great article! Stay safe! 🥰
I actually feel better carrying a bag with minimal logos like the Chanel reissue or a bottega bag. Since those bags are “if you know, you know” I get a little nervous carrying my monogram LV or my classic flap. I felt so sad for Tamara. I have my bags stored at home and if anything happened I would be devastated but as long as I’m safe and my cats are safe. That’s what matters. They are bags at the end of the day 🖤
being a man, just that simple fact probably makes me feel more safe. And I don’t have designer bags, but I do have designer clothes. I would probably be more careful if I was carrying a designer bag, because it’s not just the signal that you have wealth, but the bag itself has value. But generally speaking it has a lot to do with where you go and how you act. I travel alone a lot and in some places like Copenhagen and Berlin I feel perfectly fine wearing designer. I haven’t worn any in Madrid, but I would. In other places it’s different. I was in Skopje (North Macedonia) when nobody was travelling because of corona and just being probably the only white and blonde guy in the city (and dressing kinda nice I guess) clearly made me a target. Nothing happened to me but I was approached by people who I’m sure had no good intents several times. Don’t get me wrong, there’s tons of friendly people in Skopje, but at that time and being alone I just decided to stay at the hotel cafe/bar after dark. But tbh that place had so much fake designer clothes, I’m not even sure wearing designer would have made me stand out more. Generally speaking. You shouldn’t be scared. Be prepared. Think about where you’re going. think about what areas you’re in, what routes you take etc. Nothing wrong with taking the longer route if it makes you feel more safe. Take a taxi if you have to cross a bad neighborhood. Stay in the nicer neighborhoods etc. But don’t be scared as long as danger isn’t in front of you.
I’m cautious where I go in my luxury items never go alone in a unfamiliar area to stop for gas, I’ve had a man walk around car asking if it was mine and he noticed the Louis Vuitton boots I was a little nervous and learned to get gas before I need to stop in a strange area. I live in Los Angeles. So there was a robbery on rodeo drive at a Cafe they took the man’s watch he was wearing.