[Elecraft] Serial Number Check for Elecraft gear

[Brian]

Eric is not only totally off base, he's wrong.   When someone steals 
something the thief is to blame. Granny taught us at a very young age, 
if it isn't yours, then you leave it alone.   It's not the victims 
fault.  Ever.  Why would you hire people you can't trust, sounds like a 
better job of screening applicants at your factory might be in order.  
Sure we all should take precautions to safeguard our property.  A thief 
is a thief, always will be a thief.

So I disagree, with Eric.

73 de KB9BVN

Ken of you'd like to continue this discussion, please take it to email 
and off the reflector.  I'll do the same.



On 5/18/2015 3:17 PM, Kenneth Talbott wrote:
> Brian, Eric is not totally off base.  I managed manufacturing and
> engineering organizations all my life.  The occasional incidents of theft
> resulted from a normally good person being overcome by temptation when
> someone didn't secure their purse, locker, toolbox, or other personal
> property.  This is not meant to excuse the perp!  More than once I
> terminated and prosecuted the culprit.  And often I lost an excellent
> employee, one whose services I would have retained had the purse, locker,
> toolbox been secured.  It behooves all of us to avoid placing people in
> situations where their innate honesty is simply overwhelmed by lust for an
> object!
>
> I always mount my mobile radio so it is not visible from outside the locked
> vehicle.  Antenna is a bit more difficult, but I will remove it and place it
> inside vehicle if in doubt.  And I carry a black bath towel to cover any
> article I can't hide.  (Towel always comes in handy at Hamvention!)
>
> I do not know the details of the loss, but do regret that the ham community
> is stained by the mere possibility that the perpetrator was one of us.
>
> Ken - ke4rg
>
> When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.   Socrates
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 2:15 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Serial Number Check for Elecraft gear
>
> Eric...that's the most ridiculous thing I've read today.   How is it the
> KX3 owners fault at all?  Please, explain.
>
> On 5/18/2015 1:06 PM, EricJ wrote:
>> If someone steals your radio, the thief is only partially to blame.
>>
>> Eric
>> KE6US
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