Just remember, the more you do try and secure your establishment, the more people will
feel inclined to get through it/steal it. We don't have any intentional security
measurements in place, and haven't had a problem in 3 years with people stealing
equipment. Our machines are kept behind the main desk now, but that's because we're
fitting 16 stations into a 20x14' area. (And they aren't squished together). Also, to
put it bluntly, just don't be an ass to people. If you have other employees that might
be there when you aren't, make sure they treat everyone with respect. It may sound
silly, but get to know as many of your customers as possible. Unless you really,
really want to have a nice cold, corporate feeling store:) But it will help.
We're using pretty expensive headsets (+$100.00), and up until about 4 months ago, we
were using fairly standard mice/kb's.
Of course, maybe we're just really lucky, is crime/theft a heavy problem in your area?
(We're based in a city of around 110,000 people, and theft isn't a big problem here)
You're situation might be quite different from ours.
- Josh Williams
- Digital Ops
>
>From: David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:45:42 -0000
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [cc] Keyboard, Video, Mouse, Audio
>
>Lessons splessons.
>
>How often would you leave a valuable item in the open with nobody keeping
>an eye on it?
>I can't think of many places where it would still be there the following
>day, even if you wrote."This is the property of..." all over it.
>
>Where the hell can you conduct business these days without encountering
>opportunist scumbags?
>
>The more security in protecting yourselves from unwanted pilfering, the
>better. Bolt it /strap it/ glue it down if you have to, even so, the place
>does not need to look like Fort Knox to be thief unfriendly. Cameras are
>also a good deterrent.
>I must admit that with all the concern about individuals getting into your
>machines and causing damage, the waters have been muddied, there is far
>more to worry about with theft and vandalism.
>There are ways of tagging even relatively small items that set off alarms
>as you leave a premises. Smaller scale of the average shop tagging system.
> This would act as a detterent to those opportunists who would walk off
>with headphones, mouses, PC's keyboards etc.
>It costs about ?0.03 (3p) per tag. The detector equipment (loop) for
>entrance points cost about ?1000 - 3000 per door.
>
>Regards
>
>DaveS
>
>
>
>
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