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Label your equipment

Posted by Chel in organization on 12 8th, 2008 | Comments

When buying or after you receive an iPod or any expensive gift for Christmas, have it engraved or label it somehow.  One piece of contact info will allow someone to (hopefully) contact you to return it.

A friend recently lost $1,200 worth of camera equipment.  No one has a way to contact him because he didn’t have it labeled in any way.  When replacing the equipment, he chose to have it engraved.

Also, if stolen, it makes it more complicated for the thief to resale as they’ll have to replace the engraved part first. (Or etch it off but the damage will look suspicious.)

Even simple labels from a label maker work, easier to remove, but they allow your contact info to be found.  Whitney Hoffman labels everything this way after losing her Zoom H2 on the beach this summer.

Please label your toys this holiday season.  It might not happen to you but better safe than sorry, right?

  • At blogworld this year, someone lost their camera. The cool thing was, they had a label on it with their twitter ID... He was contacted and viola...the camera was returned to it's rightful owner! (Of course that might not always happen, but it did this time around so it was pretty cool).
  • It's always a good thing when people are honorable enough to return the equipment to its rightful owner. Any identifying information is helpful. I recommend a phone number because not everyone knows what Twitter is!
  • The Brother label maker is awesome for this, and I use it to label all my gear, especially when I attend conferences. It's helped us out many times- great advice, Chel!
  • Thanks Michelle for the reminder. Also, record model and serial numbers and store them physically and online (google docs or somewhere) so you if stolen you can give it to the police to help recover it.
  • Good idea Scott! I'd also recommend insurance if you can do so. It'll be replaced in the event it's not found.
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