Larinda's "Missing" Dress

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Ballroom has been getting more attention these days. The downside to this is some idiots are going to attempt to take advantage of us. Everyone knows such actions are wrong, and we can make it tougher for them to do it.

By the way, nice dress! Will keep an eye out for it. What a bummer. I'm fearful that some unsuspecting person will buy it or the others mentioned. Totally a bummer.
 
Don't forget to check e-bay or other sites where they might try to sell it. They may try to sell it to someone on the other side of the world. Evil people, if it were stolen, lets hope that it was innocent mistake but since there seem to be other episodes it may not be likely. That behavior is always so disappointing :-(
 
Larinda - suggestion: although you are certainly not so hard to find perhaps posting a formal address where it could be sent anonymously would be helpful. Post it as a separate thread and lock/sticky it so it is at the top of the list and will have only the one piece of information.

With some of the things that have been said on this thread an innocent person who ended up with it accidentally is unlikely to come forward publicly for fear of accusation. A good person in this situation might return it if they had easy out.

As people were there from all over the country it may be someone who is not familiar with your studio and its mailing address. Although your website is in your tagline a sticky thread would make it easy for even the least observant person
 
JohnEdwardFarmer said:
Larinda - suggestion: although you are certainly not so hard to find perhaps posting a formal address where it could be sent anonymously would be helpful. Post it as a separate thread and lock/sticky it so it is at the top of the list and will have only the one piece of information.

With some of the things that have been said on this thread an innocent person who ended up with it accidentally is unlikely to come forward publicly for fear of accusation. A good person in this situation might return it if they had easy out.

As people were there from all over the country it may be someone who is not familiar with your studio and its mailing address. Although your website is in your tagline a sticky thread would make it easy for even the least observant person
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Something like this, not sure what, might work for all the dresses that have been stolen. By posting a sticky thread of such merchandise, this might encourage some folks to check it before buying something, and then inform the authorities. Perhaps the thread could be locked except for use by a moderator putting a new item on or updating a current listing.
 
DancePoet said:
Something like this, not sure what, might work for all the dresses that have been stolen. By posting a sticky thread of such merchandise, this might encourage some folks to check it before buying something, and then inform the authorities. Perhaps the thread could be locked except for use by a moderator putting a new item on or updating a current listing.
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WOW DP I think that is a great idea. :) I also like the idea of keeping it locked.
 
tanya_the_dancer said:
I don't think the dresses would show up on e-bay or be worn at a comp immediately. Whoever took it, will probably lay low for a while and then try to sell the dresses to unsuspecting buyer.
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Probably true tanya, but DF has a long memory, and a far wider viewer-ship than most people realize. So, keeping in mind that whomever ends up with the dress may be entirely innocent, we are actually more likely than not to trace back to the guilty culprit in the end... meaning that their best bet at the moment is to return the dress to Larinda for a reward now, vs. facing charges for grand theft somewhere down the line.
 
dressgirl said:
Ummmm......guys, world not so small anymore and we have more than 1 dress to look for. I emailed Larinda last night, we have had 3 stolen in the last 3 weeks. 2 of them from Philly. We have the person on video. The dresses were taken at 1:30am from our booth. I feel that its a dance person. There is something very specific about how and what was taken that would lead me to believe that. We have installed a very high tech inventory control problem........now that will go further. Think about it. That person won't wear the dress. They are going to sell it to an unsuspecting person in a studio.
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I wonder if there were other vendors whose goods were also stolen.
 
reb said:
  1. Dressgirl will spot the dress
  2. ChelD will video it in action
  3. The emcee (any emcees here?;)) will call out "is there a cop in the house?"
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I run at nearly all southern cali comps so I will be on the floor 24/7. And when I'm not running I do registration so I got my eyes out. I will tackle anyone I see in the dress. Kinda cute and looks strikingly familiar but I'm not sure from where though. I'm running at Emerald on Fri, Sat, and Sun so I'll be your eyes on the floor. Best of luck retrieving your beautiful dress. Very sad though because I usually leave my phone and purse out at comps but it doesn't seem safe to do it anymore. It'll only be a matter of time till me purse or phone goes missing too.
 
P.S. What does th missing coral dress look like? I know of a coral colored dress with pleats that has stoning on the breast part and along the lining around the back.

Also, I just sent a message to the admin of ballroomdancers.com (where tons of dresses are sold online) to keep a look out for th edress being posted on their site for sale. Hope it helps :-)
Whoever took it really has no options as to what they can with the dress. And even if they sell it to someone all we have to do is ask that person who sold it to them. We're after you thief! You can run but you can't hide!
 
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