Safe Purse, Safe Wallet - Tips for Safe Shopping
Making post-holiday returns? Or maybe getting those terrific shopping deals? Either way - here are quick tips to keep your purse and wallet secure and safe while deal-hunting.
Zip It. Choose a purse/bag with a strap and a zipper and keep it closed.
Keep ‘Em Separated. Keep your keys and phone separate from your handbag. Why? If [...]
Stop - That’s My Purse w/My Phone, Wallet, Makeup … oh crap….
Make your life after a purse or wallet theft as easy as possible.
How? Keep a copy of your wallet’s inventory form in a safe place at home and at your office.
Why? So you have the information on hand when you call credit card companies about the theft. It also helps jog your memory about what [...]
Tom Cruise Shows Up at Law School
Socialite Life mentions that Tom Cruise (who is currently filming in Boston) showed up at an entertainment law class at Harvard.
I don’t believe anyone famous showed up while I was in school (of course, we’d have to take into account that there were many days when I wasn’t actually in class, so I may have [...]
Quick Tip: Home Theft - Don’t Touch Anything!
Home broken into? Don’t touch anything - especially food in the fridge!
Thieves might take food or even meds from the medicine cabinet. Notify the police - the write down what’s missing or eaten. This might seem trivial, but it could catch your thief because of the fingerprints left behind on the medicine cabinet and throughout [...]
Reader’s Home Burglarized - Send Advice
What is it with the burglaries this summer? A reader contacted us over the weekend about a home burglary (he was out of town at the time).
While the burglars didn’t take much (thankfully), and he’s going through the Get Help - Theft page item by item.
However, he’s also concerned that they did take enough personal [...]
Orlando Bloom, $500K Theft and Insurance
Orlando Bloom’s home was broken into and it’s reported  that he lost up to $500,000 of jewelry, cash and artwork. We hope he has a home inventory and riders to cover these items.Â
Be sure you have enough insurance coverage for a theft, fire or disaster. Two years ago, after doing an article on insurance, we realized our home [...]
Changing Purses Ladies? Take a Picture.
I was reading a favorite blog, Luxist, when I came across their Handbag of the Day, the Lanvin Reporter Bag, pictured here. It reminded me of when we were writing about purse theft….
Usually when an outfit changes (or a mood…..) women change purses, and often there is sorting, filing and throwing of contents.
We were asking [...]
Disaster of the Day - AIG
Since you and I own 80% of AIG, I’d like a few words with the CEO on why he’s rewarding bad employees with multi-million dollar bonuses.
If I lost m/billions of dollars for a company, I’d get fired no matter what my employment contract said.
Keep whatever you have left safe. Here are some good tips.
Teach your [...]
Home Break In - Tips from a Theft Survivor (2 of 2)
Here are Elizabeth’s last five tips. Missed part one? You can read it here.
If you can, find photos and receipts of any of the missing items for insurance purposes. Having trouble? Many stores keep a list of customers and their purchase. For example, it’s pretty easy to find receipts for good jewelry. Another good tip? [...]
Home Break In - Tips from a Theft Survivor (1 of 2)
Here’s a real life home theft experience sent into us from Elizabeth.
Coming home after a family event, she and her husband found a door open and realized that they’d been broken into.
After her experience, Elizabeth has 10 great tips to pass along.
Be sure to have a home inventory list! They had one and it [...]
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