Marking Your Camera Equipment
Jan 4, 2019 08:33:48 #
IDguy wrote:
Saw this on the Today show:
https://www.today.com/video/rossen-reports-how-new-dna-tech-can-help-get-stolen-items-back-1418854979983
It appears perfect for marking camera eqipment. The kit really is only $5.
It allows you to register what you mark. Something I need to do anyway.
https://www.today.com/video/rossen-reports-how-new-dna-tech-can-help-get-stolen-items-back-1418854979983
It appears perfect for marking camera eqipment. The kit really is only $5.
It allows you to register what you mark. Something I need to do anyway.
That is a really cool idea! And the price is right. $5 to mark 100 items!
Jan 4, 2019 08:35:44 #
billnikon wrote:
Interesting idea. But I sell my stuff all the time, can you remove it once it's on, and can you de-register it when you sell your stuff?
Good question
Jan 4, 2019 09:22:25 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
sloscheider wrote:
How do they make a profit? I only made a brief look around their website and didn’t find any mention of cost.... annual database fee? Maybe law enforcement pays?
They say they get paid by insurance companies. They ask your insurance company when you register.
Jan 4, 2019 09:26:43 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
billnikon wrote:
Interesting idea. But I sell my stuff all the time, can you remove it once it's on, and can you de-register it when you sell your stuff?
Good questions. Suggest asking them.
They say you can transfer items: https://protechdna.com/database
I noted you can add codes and items to your account. So your buyer can do that. And you probably can remove the item from your list. I understand that they are linked to the national database so your changes should update it also.
Hopefully it isn’t easy to remove.
BTW I see I made a mistake above. I claimed it doubled your chance of recovery. They claim it increases 50 times!
Jan 4, 2019 09:40:56 #
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
All of my equipment has serial numbers and are recorded with both the manufacturer and my insurance company.
Jan 4, 2019 09:58:27 #
There are so many applications it is hard to believe. I was the COO for a China project a few years back to place this marking material on every gas container so that only approved tanks could be refiled with propane and each refill station would have a reader. They were having too many fires caused by fake tanks that would leak. It could be used on all types of materials to tell original items from fake such as custom bags, shoes etc.
Jan 4, 2019 10:01:00 #
IDguy wrote:
Saw this on the Today show:
https://www.today.com/video/rossen-reports-how-new-dna-tech-can-help-get-stolen-items-back-1418854979983
It appears perfect for marking camera eqipment. The kit really is only $5.
It allows you to register what you mark. Something I need to do anyway.
https://www.today.com/video/rossen-reports-how-new-dna-tech-can-help-get-stolen-items-back-1418854979983
It appears perfect for marking camera eqipment. The kit really is only $5.
It allows you to register what you mark. Something I need to do anyway.
.... I just pee on my camera equipment .....seems to mark it well - as other people just seem to stay away from it.....
Jan 4, 2019 11:31:32 #
This is great if the police dept. will cooperate. I had my iPad stolen in LV. I was able to tell the police where it was by using the find my phone app. They said that unless someone was hurt, they couldn't help me.
Jan 4, 2019 11:34:48 #
Smudgey wrote:
This is great if the police dept. will cooperate. I had my iPad stolen in LV. I was able to tell the police where it was by using the find my phone app. They said that unless someone was hurt, they couldn't help me.
That is just wrong! Did you try to retrieve it yourself? Then, if you got hurt in the process, the police would come!
Jan 4, 2019 11:38:48 #
xt2
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
Appreciate your passion, however, your DNA is basically legally accessible without warrant from anything you touch outside of your home. Think of it as a marker left behind on the barber shop floor, the water glass at a restaurant, & the garbage at In & Out Burger, etc.
Cheers!
Cheers!
trainspotter wrote:
Nobody gets my DNA without a warrant....NOBODY!
Jan 4, 2019 12:08:45 #
GrandmaG wrote:
That is just wrong! Did you try to retrieve it yourself? Then, if you got hurt in the process, the police would come!
I figured that I am not trained in fighting crime and the police are. It wasn't worth getting shot over.
Jan 4, 2019 12:12:22 #
So I'm wondering how many police departments would actually have the manpower and the equipment to do this. When my stuff was stolen, the police told me immediately that they would not actively search for most of the stuff, as it was too easy to get rid of.
Jan 4, 2019 12:14:20 #
"That is just wrong! Did you try to retrieve it yourself? Then, if you got hurt in the process, the police would come!"
Ask Orenthal James Simpson how that worked for him in Las Vegas.
Ask Orenthal James Simpson how that worked for him in Las Vegas.
Jan 4, 2019 13:08:22 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
OK....to ALL you clowns....giving me the "business"..........to the response about not giving up my DNA.......it was JUST a JOKE! go back to setting your white balance. (for the freak'n record), I KNOW DNA is on everything we touch. CHEERS!
Jan 4, 2019 13:09:19 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
People who come to mind:
Your physician
Your dentist
Your barber
The dishwasher at any restaurant you eat at
Whoever pumps your septic tank
Your physician
Your dentist
Your barber
The dishwasher at any restaurant you eat at
Whoever pumps your septic tank
DirtFarmer, I'd say that's pretty darn accurate, but more importantly, pretty darn funny
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