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I don't think any vendor made it home without losing something this year. We've discovered several "unexplainable" inventory discrepencies as well.
You probably will see the SWE at the show next year but without any product or at least far less to sell on site (this isn't just due to theft, but more because our costs will be lower and can just pass a discount on to customers instead). We'll have several computers set up and approximately a 10% discount (you won't get hit by tax either if you live out of state) on anything you buy that day from our website at the show, and we'll ship it from the store as the order is placed and you'll have it as early as Monday. The store will be open during the show for a change and will also have a sale going on as well.
Shows are too expensive for vendors to be getting robbed at. As Kadir suggested, keep an eye out on others as you walk around the show. As vendors get discouraged (some already are just by the sheer cost of going) the quality of the shows inherently drops. Much like #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& I have several guys getting paid whose only job is to watch.
Sorry to hear you to got hit Kadir.
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