yoyo theives

[Jansen]

Come on now guys

[yoyo-boy]

@Studio42

1: How are they being stolen? Are people leaving stuff out? Are lockers being broken into(are schools even allowed to have lockers anymore? They banned them where I live in like 1988…)

2: Why are you bringing your yoyos to school? I’m kinda mixed on the topic, but it seems to me some sort of personal responsibility is in order regardless.

3: I carry a LOG of all my yoyos that are with me when I go out to yoyo meets. I can tell at a glance if everything is put away properly. But when you’re carrying a yoyo case and a bag with a fixed amount of yoyos in it, it become easy real fast to see “too many holes” or “not enough in the bag”.

Considering my collection is growing and so are the cases I carry to yoyo meets, it’s essential to keep an active and accurate inventory.
(I also keep a listing of items I want in case BST opportunities present themselves, except I BUY!)

4: Why not get a small luggage-type lock to put on your backpack, assuming 2 zipper pulls. Are you putting your stuff in an area easy to get to? Maybe get a YYE Competition bag, lock that up, put that in your backpack and secure the backpack up as well. Harder means more time.

Also, maybe put your initials in Sharpie inside the bearing recess? Just an inconvenient way to mark, will be hard to remove and should help you get your stuff back.

5: If the club is before school, where are people leaving their backpacks? I typically take my stuff around with me.

Let’s step up the common sense practices and just make a little extra effort to stay organized and keep your stuff secure.

yes we have lockers. i have a heli pro dakine backpack so no lock. when we leave the club, they walk by and slyly open the backpack and take the yoyo

[anonyo]

@yoyo-boy

yes we have lockers. i have a heli pro dakine backpack so no lock. when we leave the club, they walk by and slyly open the backpack and take the yoyo

I say you need to step up your counter-measures. Put the yoyo(s) in an area they can’t easily get to.

Nice backpack, by the way. Makes me want to get one. It also looks like with the twin zipper pulls on some areas, locking it might be possible. I got a case recently and it has locking latches. An idea like that might be in order. I forget this one company that makes cases, but I have a couple used for holding CD’s and I’m gonna yank that stuff out and re-line it with foam for carrying yoyos. It has a dial-type combo lock.

It also sounds like if you can, run a video camera to catch the thieves in the act. Present that to the principle.

However, at the same time, I always kept an eye on my stuff and was typically in control of it or it was locked in a locker(or my car when they took away lockers). I feel a bit more effort is required. Place items at the BOTTOM of the backpack so they have to DIG through it, which can mean time and/or noise. Put bells on the pulls so those can make some noise too. Although that’s a bit too much.