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Old 05-26-2010, 03:36 AM
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Lady Enters Security With $24,000 Rolex, Leaves Without, Suit Alleges - The Consumerist
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Old 05-26-2010, 06:08 AM
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SO, I shouldn't bring my $24k Rolex on my next flight?

Who the hell pays that much for a WATCH??!?

Dumba$$
(the watch owner, not the OP)
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Old 05-26-2010, 06:59 AM
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Not when it's worth more than the annual wages of our "security".
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Old 05-26-2010, 07:27 AM
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Just goes to show the continual degradation of our society. Nobody has any morals anymore. I find it interesting that the "security" agents were unwilling to call the police. Just tends to cast a little doubt on those particular individuals and their motives. In fact, I would say they are the ones who most likely stole the watch. It's a shame, but I wouldn't take something that valuable with me for just that reason.
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Well, maybe I'm not one to talk (I wear a $3300 Omega Speedmaster), but that's a perfect example of not knowing your rights/TSA rules (On the otherhand, it's a perfect example of TSA ignorance of their own rules/requirements). She in fact did not have to take the watch off. I never do. I walk through the metal detector with my watch on and have never had it go off (if it does, then I get the special screening, no big deal to me) nor have I ever been told by a TSA official that it has to come off.

She also could have requested a private screening which would include a required witness.

I worry more about other passengers swiping my watch or laptop than I do TSA employees. TSA should have never told her she had to remove the watch, but she could have saved herself by knowing the rules.
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