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25 December 2009, 04:58 AM | #1 |
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'Tis the Season for Stealing a Rolex
Police seeking suspect who stole $39K Rolex
Associated Press 5:57 AM CST, December 24, 2009 TROY, Mich. Authorities are still searching for a man who stole a $39,000 diamond-encrusted watch from a suburban Detroit jewelry store. Troy police say the suspect walked into Tourneau Watches at the Somerset South mall shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday and asked to see an 18 karat gold Rolex Presidential wristwatch. Police reports said immediately after a store employee placed the watch on the suspect's left wrist, the man sprinted to the parking lot, jumped into a 2000 Ford Taurus driven by another man, and fled. |
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Oh man not again...
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And the AD was an idiot! If the store was mine, no one would try on a watch unless they were locked inside a room first. and the watch was handed to him through a small door. Same procedure for exiting the room as well. Watch goes in the safe and the buyer is let out of the room. |
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25 December 2009, 05:16 AM | #4 |
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I'm sure that would be a very popular store. Customers love being locked into rooms.
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Unbelievable!
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At least no one was hurt. Shame people have to resort to this.
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25 December 2009, 05:21 AM | #7 |
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Merchants around here are too tight to hire extra security for the Holidays. I'm thinking that they wish they would have hired the off duty officer for $25.00 an hour.
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25 December 2009, 06:53 AM | #8 |
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I agree, merchants need to hire professionals at this time of year for added protection.
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Well at least jewelry stores have insurance for this kind of thing, I assume.
I've noticed some ADs I've been to have armed guards, some have unarmed guards and others have no visible guards at all, I'm not sure why they have different approaches. |
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I have been to that store at Somertset Mall. The first thing i saw was 5-6 big guys in suits watching the door. Where was those guys? They also have like 5-6 sales people they as well, they stock alot of watches. Ron
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25 December 2009, 05:32 AM | #11 |
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That's sickening. Hopefully it will be recovered unscathed...
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25 December 2009, 05:42 AM | #12 |
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I Want One!!!!! Karis Pick Me Up At The Back Of The Mall.........
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Unbelievable. I guess nobody told him he needed to pay for it first!
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No one was hurt.
That is the most important thing.
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25 December 2009, 06:37 AM | #15 |
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Coming soon to a pawn shop near you .....
As John Prine says "it's a big old goofy world.."
A few months ago I was in an AD in NC and asked to see the GMT2c from the show case. The saleslady ask for my drivers license before getting out the watch. I laid my id on the soft pad and then removed my yg Day-Date and placed it next to the license so I could try on the GMT. The poor lady picked up my watch got a very embarrassed look on her face and actually apologized for asking for my id. I just laughed and told her "no problem, I understand". Best, Mike |
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This type of thing always seemed very easy to do...I guess that's why it's so common. Oh well, insurance saves the day.
Where's the video?
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25 December 2009, 11:24 AM | #19 |
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To me stealing a Rolex is like stealing a car. VIN numbers cannot be removed easy on both. So why do it?
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25 December 2009, 11:57 AM | #20 |
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I'm glad no one was hurt, at my AD the salesperson releases the door to let customers enter or exit.
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With the way Rolex is and parts and checking SNs, I would think the watch will resurface sometime in the future.
here is the real question. If it is returned to Tourneau. Will they sell it as new or used? |
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NEW, and with a PREMIUM because "this watch was in the NEWS!"
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People should understand that is why some AD's ask for an ID before they whip out a watch. I would imagine a diamond encrusted Rolex would stick out like a sore thumb in Flint, MI.
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25 December 2009, 11:09 AM | #24 |
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Nah...
Make that Toledo, OH.
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Maybe he was tired of their horrible customer service.
Im glad no one was hurt though, and it IS a shame people will steal what they want instead of earning it. He will get caught Im sure, and jail is no fun. Nothing is worth losing your freedom. |
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The sales people have to stop giving the watches to people!!!! They still never got the guy in Orlando that ran out with a 35 thousand dollar Rolex at the Mall at Millennia.
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I live right in the area.
Somerset Mall is one of the most exclusive malls in the country.... What a shame. Troy police will get the guy, I have NO doubt about it! Troy is not a city to mess around.
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25 December 2009, 10:49 AM | #28 |
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I can't really speak to the troy police, but Somerset is more like one of the most exclusive malls in Michigan. But I'm pretty sure anyone from anywhere is allowed in, so it's really not that exclusive.
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Is that the big beaver road on exit 69?? I laughed so hard when I saw that. I was there staying in Pontiac...
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This sux!! NO wonder we all get a bad name because some idiot decided to run away with the watch???? What were they thinking....
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