Important to note that many gear insurance policies exclude theft from vehicles in their fine print because it is so common. Be very sure that your policy covers theft from vehicles before purchasing.
It's crazy this is happening more and more lately. 3 weeks ago I got my Fx30, Sony lens, mic, Sd card and other things stolen from my car. I never leave equipment in my car and the one time I did, someone stole everything. I totally agree with everything you're saying. I actually have renters insurance and found out they help with stolen items. Overall it hasn't been the best experience but a learning lesson and covering your investment is a must. Thanks for sharing Kofi.
@@KofiYeboah totally understand. I’m telling you I was sick and couldn’t believe it. It reminded me that I was getting to comfortable with everything. Overall, appreciate the content and advice.
My, you are taking this a lot better than I would have. End of the day lesson learned and you keep on keeping on! Creatives have lots of obstacles, effing thieves are just one of them. Hopefully they did not do too much damage to your vehicle as well. Keep moving forward on your path young brother.
Best to get a trunk safe if you have a SUV or sedan. It will slow thieves down or deter them from stealing it during crime of opportunity. Also take six right turns before getting to your destination in case someone is following you home. Worked for 25 years. Also do not use pelican cases if necessary. They scream ROB ME.
@@KofiYeboahI’m more paranoid than smart lol. Also lived in many shady neighborhoods and random hotels when traveling so better safe than sorry. Sorry to hear about your loss.
Oh man, sorry bro! This is such a fear for all of us, sorry it happened to you. I totally get leaving stuff in the car, I do it too whenever I have really early shoots. A buddy of mine had a bunch of stuff stolen one time. Not long after, some of it popped up on a local market in a nearby city. He was actually able to identify it. In the end, He was actually able to catch the perpetrators and get everything back. Not trying to plant seeds of false hope, but just a thought 🙂
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Man! So sorry to hear this! I got my Nikon D90 stolen in 2011 on a rainy day while working my 9-5. Had a shoot the day before and left the equipment in the car in the midst of those early days hustling and bustling. Never did anything like that again -- one of my most expensive lessons. I know you'll bounce back fam!
This is a bad habit of mine but I NEVER NEVER leave lenses or camera in the car. If thieves steal heavy c stands, heavy lights sand bags and grip gear, I might as well pay them money to be a PA because moving that shit is real work.
I feel for you. I had a student stop in front of the restaurant so they could see the car and went in to eat thinking they were safe. Rented Tesla. Nothing was in view. Only inside for 30 minutes. Window out of view was broken and the criminals got access and stole $30K in camera gear, lenses, lights. I am now going through deep hassles with losing my digital idea to a scam/breach. Only a few thousand but the loss of and reconnect to everything is a supreme pain. Better things moving forward!
I've had my whole 35mm bag stolen while we were on location, we were right there and had just turned around, they were watching us the whole time...word to the wise. We have caught someone in the back of our truck and we all started yelling and the guy ran off. And we had stuff stolen while we were loading out and everyone had carried stuff in all at the same time...all that to say basically you are a target, so ya'll be careful as you can be, it may still happen. We did have a guy at a pawn shop secretly call us bc it had our name on our gear and were able to go and buy our stuff back. It may be worth it to call around the shops near you. Good luck!
That fucked up feeling you’re feeling right now is how I felt when one of my “friends” stole a pistol from me. Years down the road I was blessed with this TH-cam channel and now get guns for free. You’ll bounce back my brother. A wise rich man once told me, in life there’s $100 mistakes and $100,000 mistakes. Learn from them.
😢 this happened to me. People always say you should put your stuff up. But not realizing it’s hard unloading a shit lot of gear! Especially when you get home late and have to leave at 5am.
Sorry to hear that dude ... They will vomit through their noses later . In the future you could get a trolley / cart and wheel your stuff from home to your car ... The storage too , you aint sure what's gonna happen there though. In any which way, take care in the future . Shall we go to Antoa to seek redress?
This is tough bro, friend of mine recently went through this. Thankfully we were able to recover all items because of the community and some good samaritans.
I’ll personally never leave anything remotely of value in a vehicle anywhere in North America sadly. One thing that was hard for me to get used to when traveling to Taiwan was the safety / lack of theft. I would get laughed at when I wanted to lug all my stuff around instead of leaving it in the car… people leave the keys to their car / scooters in the ignition parked on the side of the road without a single worry. North America needs to chill on the car break ins.
So sorry to hear this happened to you bro! I live in the UK and this sort of stuff happens so frequently so I learnt years ago not to leave anything in the car (even if it's just a few mins!) and camera gear insurance is an absolute must! I hope you're able to recover fast!
Crazy I got my fx30 stolen last year with all my sd cards and lenses but this year I got a fx3 with a bunch of other stuff cause I locked in and never gave up.
I have never gotten anything stolen out of my car, but I most certainly put myself in positions where I could have. Now its not camera related (but ill get there in a moment), regardless of peoples opinions on stuff like this - In the state of Florida I am licensed to carry a firearm on my person. Its not exactly comfortable because....well you have a gun in your pants. So if I feel like I am about to walk into a store or restaurant in a relatively safe area, Ill keep the gun in the car. Pretty well hidden too. Sometimes I will go to a venue where on the way there I have my firearm, but I can't bring the firearm into the venue (Florida has since changed how this works, and most venues I can now...but if there is Law Enforcement there, then I dont feel the need to feel uncomfortable and still leave it in the car). A family member of mine is a cop and it got brought up in a conversation that a particular area she works where I leave my firearm in the car all the time - she gets about 7-10 stolen firearm calls out of a car....a DAY! At that point I aksed "its not *if* it will get stolen now, its *when*." And I stopped doing it. Either its on me, or I leave it at home. ITs a bigger responsibility in that case because if a firearm is stolen, its a MAJOR deal. You HAVE TO report it stolen immediately with its serial number. Now this comes full circle to my film making gear because I myself ALSO leave film making gear when I show up to a shoot in my car. I will ALWAYS bring more than I need because I have a jeep and can fit virtually everything I own into the Jeep and of course there is going to be gear I simply dont need. So my practice lately has been - scope the location for security cameras. My main gig is corporate videos so Ill see if theres cameras facing in certain directions...and thats where I will decide to park my car. Sometimes its not ideal locations for moving equipment back and forth, but its my form of "insurance" that if someone DOES break into my car...theres video evidence of it and 9/10 times - the people will get caught. Around where I live, its almost immediate too. I also have 1 level above legal tints on my jeep (Florida doesnt care how dark your tints are because of the sun and heat so the tint laws are kinda...out the window. No one enforces it.) So you can try REALLY hard to peak into my Jeep and see if theres anything worth taking out of it and I promise no matter how bright it is out, you WILL NOT see into my jeep at all. So thats another form of "insurance" I have. In my neighborhood, last year around this time we had a series of car break-ins in a single night. 2 people tailgated a car into our main gate, waited until around 2am, and went on their spree. They hit about 37 cars. They tried over 100, but 37 cars...people left unlocked. Expensive golf clubs were stolen, 1 firearm (again...dont leave a firearm in a car if youre in the US!), credit cards, debit cards, cash, just all loads of stuff. I don't care if I live in a gated community, I always leave my front and back doors locked and I leave my Jeep locked. I have them on camera trying to get into my car, the realized it was locked...and moved to the next house. So...always keep your car locked too. One thing I learned when I served in the military when trying to enter a house before we either blow the door open, bust it down, use a breaching shotgun was....did you check if maybe the door was unlocked before we use anything thats loud? Oh! HAHA good idea. Youd be surprised how many times bad guys in combat just....leave their doors unlocked lol and we got inside. Robbers have the same mindset "Let me see if its just unlocked first." ALWAYS keep your car locked.
Hate to hear that. Many years ago thieves broke into my apartment and steal everything of value, including a computer when on hdd I had my film project for the final exam and my Thesis project. There wasn't any backups, as there was no cloud services etc. From that time I am paranoid about safety. I wasn't even insured.
@@KofiYeboah yeah, that was tough for the whole family :( But several years later I finished Film School in Poland, I have my own company and last year I even purchased FX6 for my work - partially thanks to your videos 😊
Sorry to hear man. But its just one set back and even the greats had set backs along their journey. Keep doing what you do and i hope you get back 10 x what was taken from you!
Sorry this happened to you bro. I’m now about to purchase 20 AirTags and put them strategically around my gear. Hopefully they find the people that have no clue wth they just stole 😢
The hell with all of that what you should have done. What I wanna hear is what you would have done if you would have walked out and caught them 😂? Nothing pusses me off more than when people steal from people hard working people. I feel for you man.
Dang bro. I’m sorry bro, you a good dud focusing on your career and proving others real insight others. Time to do it bigger and better because good always prevail brother. 🎉
home insurance covers all of this. I water damaged a camera body and some lenses, and it was cheaper to just pay the 1k deductible and slight rate increase. home insurance also covers anything stolen out of a vehicle except jewellery and cash. you dont even need to own a home. even if you rent, the insurance you pay is the same thing.
@@KofiYeboah It was be under the content insurance portion of it. I do know they have some limits on the amount, but my claim for 10k got accepted no problem and within a week.
It's so annoying that people can't just leave things be and have to steal - even more so that it's so expensive to use the insurance that we pay for when it's for instances like these that we pay for them... Glad to see you're still positive though and I'll be watching the entire sponsored segment of any future videos, if that's any way to show a bit of support here 😄
Literally just yesterday I was selling my FX30 and met the "potential buyer" at a public parking lot. As soon as he got his sights on it, he grabbed it out of my hands, and took off with it. He seemed legit until he wasn't. We had a bit of a tussle before his accomplice revealed himself, so I just had to accept letting him go for my own safety. Really sucks but I'll learn from it, we move on. Sorry to hear you're in the same boat
Same thing happened to me last month shooting a film in New Orleans. My car and all my lights and gear(and my b cam). The lights and big stuff was easy enough to replace, but I had a box full of smalls... Accessories, odds and ends, adapters, rossettes, etc. If I had an unlimited budget, I still wouldn't know what all was in there until I got to reach for something and don't have it. Absolutely sucks. Sorry you have to deal with that too Kofi. Brutal..
Kofi I am a big fan of your channel and really sorry to hear that. It is really painful and sad news, I wish this to not happen to any person. But better days are ahead my friend.
I have so many AirTags hidden through all my gear. A band I work with had their trailer broken into while on tour and one banjo case had an AirTag in it and they were able to find all of their gear because of it. They only missed one tour date. After that I put them everywhere.
Sorry to hear this happened to you, My car has been broken into twice in Toronto, the first time my lenses and other camera gear was stolen and the second time I think they were still trying to find things to steal again but they found nothing but still left me with a back broken window to fix 😠😠😠😠😠
Man I am so sorry, I learned the same lesson when I got my red vans stolen from my car and ruined my day by destroying car window. I hope you can restore you gear list sooner than later. Yeah, I don't leave any gear in cars cuz that. I personally ended up getting a hand truck and bungie cord. Wish you the best and send you big bear hug bro.
I appreciate you for telling your story especially with it being so recent. I'm terrified of all this and hearing that you got hit sucks so much. Do you have a gofund me or anything that we can help support you ? I've been learning so much for free i don't see an issue helping where i can bro.
Do you have serial numbers for the lenses, lights, powerbanks, and microphones? You might keep an eye out on Marketplace, pawn shops, Craigslist, and other sales spots for some of the items.
@@KofiYeboah Although it's a stretch that you'll get your gear back, at least you have the serial numbers in case you run across the gear in the various places.
If I randomly saw you on the streets I’d definitely recognize you, don’t you think someone in your neighborhood knows your a TH-camr and carry around expensive gear? Hope your able to recover as much equipment as you can.
Sorry to here that buddy. It is just discussing that you can not even leave your sh*it on your property like in a car, without worrying that no one will break it in. hopefully you find a way to get the stuff back too. and I think you forgot to put the End Screens.
Get a storage space. One that has 24-hour accessibility. They usually provide carts and freight elevators. They are pretty safe and easy to access if you get one close to home. Good lucj!
Well I don't know if you know, but depending on the type of auto insurance and homeowners insurance that you have. They treat your car like an extension of your home. I had. State Farm. When they broke into my car. I put my bag in the car. And ran it to the barbershop for fifteen minutes to tell one of my barbers to lock up tonight and boom. But definitely check your auto and Home Insurance. They treat your car like an extension of your home. Hope this helps for the hassle. Of a thief who doesn't want to work for anything taking your stuff
Waiting for the follow up when you’ve bounced back and got all the things that you lost and more 👊🏼 the quick turnaround is gonna happen!! You know me, I’m gonna be positive af, especially now!
This sucks bro. Thieves are some of the worst. It’s one thing to steal from a store but to steal from a person trying to make a living is another level of despicable. Hope everything works out and you find a quick fix solution.
THES happened to me too a couple years ago. I also lost over £3000 worth of gear. Same mistake, I left gear in the car during an overnight shoot. Sorry bro I know how that feels. Violation of privacy 😢
Is there any possible way you could make a video about insurance? Appreciate you turning this into an educational experience. Every moment is perfect, if we make it so. 🎬
Sorry man. I’ve done that. I’ve left gear in my car (forgetting to take it out) and walked back out the next day hoping nothing was stolen! Thankfully nothing yet, but words of caution are needed. I’ve had a camera stolen at a wedding shoot which sucked.
Sorry this happened. There are a lot of bad people out there. I do weddings and I hear from time to time of gear getting stolen. I always put my gear next to the band or DJ. Not saying that will stop someone but if someone is close by my gear they might not want to chance it.
I've missed out on a few "after the shoot" dinners because I insist on driving all my gear home first.
Good call!
And after the shoot parties and drinks. I have been told enough horror stories.
Ditto. When my Hasselblad H1 with Leaf digital back got stolen back in 2005 after a club shoot in DC. I never leave gear alone.
I dropped my camera home after a shoot day to go and have drinks. Came home, camera gone and all the footage I had shot for a week, gone.
@@sryan8971Did someone break in then?
Important to note that many gear insurance policies exclude theft from vehicles in their fine print because it is so common. Be very sure that your policy covers theft from vehicles before purchasing.
YUP , 😂😂 and it’s a pain to learn that the hard way
Have you found any company that does cover theft?
@@snead1 Athos Insurance is worth looking into
Not PPA if you buy the pro upgrade! Covers it all with photo care plus.
Don’t leave stuff in the car - you can break into any of them. Vans too!
@@snead1 Athos is what I use
It's crazy this is happening more and more lately. 3 weeks ago I got my Fx30, Sony lens, mic, Sd card and other things stolen from my car. I never leave equipment in my car and the one time I did, someone stole everything. I totally agree with everything you're saying. I actually have renters insurance and found out they help with stolen items. Overall it hasn't been the best experience but a learning lesson and covering your investment is a must. Thanks for sharing Kofi.
Absolutely man, now if it was like 10,000+ in gear I’m Running to my broker, but idk if it’s worth it
@@KofiYeboah totally understand. I’m telling you I was sick and couldn’t believe it. It reminded me that I was getting to comfortable with everything. Overall, appreciate the content and advice.
My, you are taking this a lot better than I would have. End of the day lesson learned and you keep on keeping on! Creatives have lots of obstacles, effing thieves are just one of them. Hopefully they did not do too much damage to your vehicle as well. Keep moving forward on your path young brother.
Thanks, appreciate the support, just gotta keep moving forward !
Damn, this sucks bro. I do love your continued positive attitude/ outlook! Good luck.
Absolutely and always !
Best to get a trunk safe if you have a SUV or sedan. It will slow thieves down or deter them from stealing it during crime of opportunity. Also take six right turns before getting to your destination in case someone is following you home. Worked for 25 years. Also do not use pelican cases if necessary. They scream ROB ME.
You right lol , gotta be smart
@@KofiYeboahI’m more paranoid than smart lol. Also lived in many shady neighborhoods and random hotels when traveling so better safe than sorry. Sorry to hear about your loss.
Omg! Sorry man! That really sucks! Thanks for sharing that though and helping other people keep their security practices up!
Absolutely!
Oh man, sorry bro! This is such a fear for all of us, sorry it happened to you. I totally get leaving stuff in the car, I do it too whenever I have really early shoots.
A buddy of mine had a bunch of stuff stolen one time. Not long after, some of it popped up on a local market in a nearby city. He was actually able to identify it. In the end, He was actually able to catch the perpetrators and get everything back. Not trying to plant seeds of false hope, but just a thought 🙂
Man! So sorry to hear this! I got my Nikon D90 stolen in 2011 on a rainy day while working my 9-5. Had a shoot the day before and left the equipment in the car in the midst of those early days hustling and bustling. Never did anything like that again -- one of my most expensive lessons. I know you'll bounce back fam!
Agreed man !!
This is a bad habit of mine but I NEVER NEVER leave lenses or camera in the car. If thieves steal heavy c stands, heavy lights sand bags and grip gear, I might as well pay them money to be a PA because moving that shit is real work.
Ahah that’s a habit I had
And they actually left them in the car ahah
I feel for you dude! So sorry that happened to you. It seems like it’s becoming more and more common everywhere
It’s wild how rampant it is !
Sometimes learning experiences are costly. I hope you get the stuff back and the thieves are caught and punished.
Yup - had gear stolen from my car in “safe” underground parking in downtown Vancouver. Feel for you Bud…Sucks big time!
I feel for you.
I had a student stop in front of the restaurant so they could see the car and went in to eat thinking they were safe. Rented Tesla. Nothing was in view. Only inside for 30 minutes. Window out of view was broken and the criminals got access and stole $30K in camera gear, lenses, lights.
I am now going through deep hassles with losing my digital idea to a scam/breach. Only a few thousand but the loss of and reconnect to everything is a supreme pain.
Better things moving forward!
Same shit happened to me 2 month ago, they broke the window and stole my camera, lenses, mics, backpack....starting over....they ain't stopping us
You got this homie !
Here is a coffee and donut on me? Actually I have no idea what a coffee and donut cost 🤷♂
Man THANK YOU ! I appreciate it 🙏🏾😆
I've had my whole 35mm bag stolen while we were on location, we were right there and had just turned around, they were watching us the whole time...word to the wise. We have caught someone in the back of our truck and we all started yelling and the guy ran off. And we had stuff stolen while we were loading out and everyone had carried stuff in all at the same time...all that to say basically you are a target, so ya'll be careful as you can be, it may still happen. We did have a guy at a pawn shop secretly call us bc it had our name on our gear and were able to go and buy our stuff back. It may be worth it to call around the shops near you. Good luck!
I'm so sorry about the loss of your equipment.
It happens :(
Man, that SUCKS. Hope you get it back.
Thanks man !
That fucked up feeling you’re feeling right now is how I felt when one of my “friends” stole a pistol from me. Years down the road I was blessed with this TH-cam channel and now get guns for free. You’ll bounce back my brother. A wise rich man once told me, in life there’s $100 mistakes and $100,000 mistakes. Learn from them.
Absolutely! Also that’s WILD someone stole a whole firearm from you
@ sure is! Love the content my mans keep it up!
😢 this happened to me. People always say you should put your stuff up. But not realizing it’s hard unloading a shit lot of gear! Especially when you get home late and have to leave at 5am.
It’s a real struggle to unload gear late at night esp with no elevator in our building 😂
AirTags in all my cases / bags and AirTags inside the battery plates of the cameras…
That's great until it notifies the thief that there's an unknown tag following them.
Sorry to hear that dude ... They will vomit through their noses later . In the future you could get a trolley / cart and wheel your stuff from home to your car ... The storage too , you aint sure what's gonna happen there though. In any which way, take care in the future . Shall we go to Antoa to seek redress?
This is tough bro, friend of mine recently went through this. Thankfully we were able to recover all items because of the community and some good samaritans.
Yeah man, it’s crazy how the community can come together sometimes!🙏🏾🙏🏾
Sorry to hear man. Thanks for tips. Good on you turning that energy around to help others. 🙏🏻
Gear can be replaced !
Sorry that this happened to you. Wishing you the best overall in recouping and getting your gear back
Dude I'm so sorry to hear that. I don't pack up until morning for this exact reason
I’ll personally never leave anything remotely of value in a vehicle anywhere in North America sadly.
One thing that was hard for me to get used to when traveling to Taiwan was the safety / lack of theft. I would get laughed at when I wanted to lug all my stuff around instead of leaving it in the car… people leave the keys to their car / scooters in the ignition parked on the side of the road without a single worry.
North America needs to chill on the car break ins.
Agreed
Who is laughing though? absolutely ridiculous it’s expensive gear these people who are “laughing at you” don’t have any self awareness.
It's wild that it happened and sorry for it. I'm just happy you're safe. Stay safe though :D
Agreed, could of been WAY WORSE
So sorry to hear this happened to you bro! I live in the UK and this sort of stuff happens so frequently so I learnt years ago not to leave anything in the car (even if it's just a few mins!) and camera gear insurance is an absolute must! I hope you're able to recover fast!
Same here , it’ll be fine !
Hey man! Really sorry to hear that, I hope this "little" help helps.❤
Crazy I got my fx30 stolen last year with all my sd cards and lenses but this year I got a fx3 with a bunch of other stuff cause I locked in and never gave up.
Don’t call it come back 💯💯💯💯
Kofi! That sucks man! It's great to see you being so positive about this experience, I hope you get all of your gear back!
Ahah gear is gear, thankfully nothing that was $10000+ , I’ll get it back !
I have never gotten anything stolen out of my car, but I most certainly put myself in positions where I could have. Now its not camera related (but ill get there in a moment), regardless of peoples opinions on stuff like this - In the state of Florida I am licensed to carry a firearm on my person. Its not exactly comfortable because....well you have a gun in your pants. So if I feel like I am about to walk into a store or restaurant in a relatively safe area, Ill keep the gun in the car. Pretty well hidden too. Sometimes I will go to a venue where on the way there I have my firearm, but I can't bring the firearm into the venue (Florida has since changed how this works, and most venues I can now...but if there is Law Enforcement there, then I dont feel the need to feel uncomfortable and still leave it in the car). A family member of mine is a cop and it got brought up in a conversation that a particular area she works where I leave my firearm in the car all the time - she gets about 7-10 stolen firearm calls out of a car....a DAY! At that point I aksed "its not *if* it will get stolen now, its *when*." And I stopped doing it. Either its on me, or I leave it at home. ITs a bigger responsibility in that case because if a firearm is stolen, its a MAJOR deal. You HAVE TO report it stolen immediately with its serial number.
Now this comes full circle to my film making gear because I myself ALSO leave film making gear when I show up to a shoot in my car. I will ALWAYS bring more than I need because I have a jeep and can fit virtually everything I own into the Jeep and of course there is going to be gear I simply dont need. So my practice lately has been - scope the location for security cameras. My main gig is corporate videos so Ill see if theres cameras facing in certain directions...and thats where I will decide to park my car. Sometimes its not ideal locations for moving equipment back and forth, but its my form of "insurance" that if someone DOES break into my car...theres video evidence of it and 9/10 times - the people will get caught. Around where I live, its almost immediate too. I also have 1 level above legal tints on my jeep (Florida doesnt care how dark your tints are because of the sun and heat so the tint laws are kinda...out the window. No one enforces it.) So you can try REALLY hard to peak into my Jeep and see if theres anything worth taking out of it and I promise no matter how bright it is out, you WILL NOT see into my jeep at all. So thats another form of "insurance" I have.
In my neighborhood, last year around this time we had a series of car break-ins in a single night. 2 people tailgated a car into our main gate, waited until around 2am, and went on their spree. They hit about 37 cars. They tried over 100, but 37 cars...people left unlocked. Expensive golf clubs were stolen, 1 firearm (again...dont leave a firearm in a car if youre in the US!), credit cards, debit cards, cash, just all loads of stuff. I don't care if I live in a gated community, I always leave my front and back doors locked and I leave my Jeep locked. I have them on camera trying to get into my car, the realized it was locked...and moved to the next house. So...always keep your car locked too. One thing I learned when I served in the military when trying to enter a house before we either blow the door open, bust it down, use a breaching shotgun was....did you check if maybe the door was unlocked before we use anything thats loud? Oh! HAHA good idea. Youd be surprised how many times bad guys in combat just....leave their doors unlocked lol and we got inside. Robbers have the same mindset "Let me see if its just unlocked first." ALWAYS keep your car locked.
Hate to hear that. Many years ago thieves broke into my apartment and steal everything of value, including a computer when on hdd I had my film project for the final exam and my Thesis project. There wasn't any backups, as there was no cloud services etc. From that time I am paranoid about safety. I wasn't even insured.
Oh my goodness, that would ruin me , hope you were able to bounce back!
@@KofiYeboah yeah, that was tough for the whole family :( But several years later I finished Film School in Poland, I have my own company and last year I even purchased FX6 for my work - partially thanks to your videos 😊
Pay the deductible and get your gear back. If insurer jacks your rates, switch carriers.
Our options in Canada are pretty trash 😂
Sorry to hear man. But its just one set back and even the greats had set backs along their journey. Keep doing what you do and i hope you get back 10 x what was taken from you!
That sucks. If you could find a house with a built-in garage that could help too.
I’m so sorry to hear this man.
Sorry this happened to you bro. I’m now about to purchase 20 AirTags and put them strategically around my gear. Hopefully they find the people that have no clue wth they just stole 😢
Ahah I put one in every case I have !
The hell with all of that what you should have done. What I wanna hear is what you would have done if you would have walked out and caught them 😂? Nothing pusses me off more than when people steal from people hard working people. I feel for you man.
My video would be “I went to jail”
Dang bro. I’m sorry bro, you a good dud focusing on your career and proving others real insight others. Time to do it bigger and better because good always prevail brother. 🎉
Absolutely! Thank you man !
@ No doubt. This is your introduction to the next level.
sometimes you just dont have the energy, especially when you have a small crew
We don’t have an elevator either ahah
I’m sorry this happened to you bro. Getting robbed/having your stuff stolen is the worst feeling ever.
Feels like a gut punch but it’s an eye opener ‘
home insurance covers all of this. I water damaged a camera body and some lenses, and it was cheaper to just pay the 1k deductible and slight rate increase.
home insurance also covers anything stolen out of a vehicle except jewellery and cash. you dont even need to own a home. even if you rent, the insurance you pay is the same thing.
I have renters insurance, but those guys aren’t really helping :(
@@KofiYeboah It was be under the content insurance portion of it. I do know they have some limits on the amount, but my claim for 10k got accepted no problem and within a week.
Ugh. Brutal. Thanks for sharing. Great reminder for us all to be careful and be insured.
I will walk so you can run!
It's so annoying that people can't just leave things be and have to steal - even more so that it's so expensive to use the insurance that we pay for when it's for instances like these that we pay for them... Glad to see you're still positive though and I'll be watching the entire sponsored segment of any future videos, if that's any way to show a bit of support here 😄
Bless you man thanks for the support !
Literally just yesterday I was selling my FX30 and met the "potential buyer" at a public parking lot. As soon as he got his sights on it, he grabbed it out of my hands, and took off with it. He seemed legit until he wasn't. We had a bit of a tussle before his accomplice revealed himself, so I just had to accept letting him go for my own safety. Really sucks but I'll learn from it, we move on. Sorry to hear you're in the same boat
Oh noooooooooo! "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy", isn't supposed to work like this! 🤦♂
Same thing happened to me last month shooting a film in New Orleans. My car and all my lights and gear(and my b cam). The lights and big stuff was easy enough to replace, but I had a box full of smalls... Accessories, odds and ends, adapters, rossettes, etc. If I had an unlimited budget, I still wouldn't know what all was in there until I got to reach for something and don't have it.
Absolutely sucks. Sorry you have to deal with that too Kofi. Brutal..
Man during the Christmas season theft goes up like crazy in California
Toronto aint no different unfortunately
Sorry to hear man. Mistakes happen but hopefully you will get that stuff back soon.
Absolutely! Thanks brother
Kofi I am a big fan of your channel and really sorry to hear that. It is really painful and sad news, I wish this to not happen to any person. But better days are ahead my friend.
Absolutely! Thank you man !
I have so many AirTags hidden through all my gear. A band I work with had their trailer broken into while on tour and one banjo case had an AirTag in it and they were able to find all of their gear because of it. They only missed one tour date. After that I put them everywhere.
Bloody hell, man. That sucks.
It’s unfortunate, but we move!
Sorry to hear this happened to you, My car has been broken into twice in Toronto, the first time my lenses and other camera gear was stolen and the second time I think they were still trying to find things to steal again but they found nothing but still left me with a back broken window to fix 😠😠😠😠😠
That’s annoying :/ I’m sorry man
Sucks bro, but I’m sure you’ll bounce back. Lessons learned & wishing you well
Thanks man !
when your cardio sucks: inconvenient 😂😂😂 ....boyz watched your vids for sure !
Ahah 5 flights 5times at 2am you aint wanna bring up 40lb cases aha
Sorry to hear this. I'm interested more then ever to get insurance for my camera gear. It gets expensive but it worth it in theses cases.
PLEASE
Man I am so sorry, I learned the same lesson when I got my red vans stolen from my car and ruined my day by destroying car window. I hope you can restore you gear list sooner than later. Yeah, I don't leave any gear in cars cuz that. I personally ended up getting a hand truck and bungie cord. Wish you the best and send you big bear hug bro.
Thanks man! Ahah I learned my lesson 😂😂 the hard way
Damn brother, I intend that you get back what you lost and more. Minor setback for a major comeback!
That’s for sure my g!
That sucks. Sorry brother. Keep your head up. Stay well!
Thanks man, we’ll bounce back!
I appreciate you for telling your story especially with it being so recent. I'm terrified of all this and hearing that you got hit sucks so much. Do you have a gofund me or anything that we can help support you ? I've been learning so much for free i don't see an issue helping where i can bro.
The only thing I can ask for is continue to watch the content, send a like when you can🙏🏾🙏🏾 that’s enough for me
Sheesh my heart sank bro. WTH hope karma gets them but yea bro glad you’re staying positive about it 🤦
Could of been worse , thankfully no one was hurt
Sorry to hear this as well as DAMMED insurance companies. We pay so much for ao little. It is such a racket!!!
It’s just not enough money to go through it all but annoying
Do you have serial numbers for the lenses, lights, powerbanks, and microphones? You might keep an eye out on Marketplace, pawn shops, Craigslist, and other sales spots for some of the items.
I have most of them yeh!
@@KofiYeboah Although it's a stretch that you'll get your gear back, at least you have the serial numbers in case you run across the gear in the various places.
Well that's a bummer. You live and you learn.
Ish happens !
Sorry that happened bro. 😢
Thanks homie, we’ll be aight
Sorry to hear this bro. Always a fear when working on larger jobs.
Pays to have someone looking after things on set
Bummer brother. Stay encouraged.
Absolutely!
If I randomly saw you on the streets I’d definitely recognize you, don’t you think someone in your neighborhood knows your a TH-camr and carry around expensive gear? Hope your able to recover as much equipment as you can.
Im not that famous tbh. lol gears gear, it'll make its way back eventually
Sorry to here that buddy. It is just discussing that you can not even leave your sh*it on your property like in a car, without worrying that no one will break it in.
hopefully you find a way to get the stuff back too.
and I think you forgot to put the End Screens.
Yeah the endscreens cleared themselves while I let TH-cam do its thing, imma fix it ahah
Get a storage space. One that has 24-hour accessibility. They usually provide carts and freight elevators. They are pretty safe and easy to access if you get one close to home. Good lucj!
Well I don't know if you know, but depending on the type of auto insurance and homeowners insurance that you have. They treat your car like an extension of your home. I had.
State Farm.
When they broke into my car. I put my bag in the car.
And ran it to the barbershop for fifteen minutes to tell one of my barbers to lock up tonight and boom.
But definitely check your auto and Home Insurance. They treat your car like an extension of your home. Hope this helps for the hassle.
Of a thief who doesn't want to work for anything taking your stuff
Waiting for the follow up when you’ve bounced back and got all the things that you lost and more 👊🏼 the quick turnaround is gonna happen!! You know me, I’m gonna be positive af, especially now!
+ my fav comment is the one that below that said “you’re fruading the system, I can see it in your face” 😂😂😂
If it’s that easy to spot a fraudster the fbi needs that guy ahah
That sucks-sorry to hear that this happened to you.
It happens man, best thing to do is be careful moving forward
This sucks bro. Thieves are some of the worst. It’s one thing to steal from a store but to steal from a person trying to make a living is another level of despicable. Hope everything works out and you find a quick fix solution.
Thanks 🙏🏾 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Sorry to hear that. 😢
sorry bud that sucks - i'll try and keep an extra eye on marketplace if anything looks familiar.
Thanks homie! My notifs on marketplace and eBay are on 🫡
So sad. Hope u recover soon.
Thanks!!
You'll bounce back tenfold big dawg!!!
Absolutely man!
THES happened to me too a couple years ago. I also lost over £3000 worth of gear. Same mistake, I left gear in the car during an overnight shoot. Sorry bro I know how that feels. Violation of privacy 😢
It is , I’m now spending the week securing all my stuff
@ I didn’t get a screw back. Lost it all including a VND EF to RF adapter that was being returned to Amazon. Nothing was insured unfortunately
dang bro im sorry that happened :( so frustrating
It’s annoying to all hell, but we move !
Is there any possible way you could make a video about insurance? Appreciate you turning this into an educational experience. Every moment is perfect, if we make it so. 🎬
In the new year !
What insurance do you recommend for cameras bro?
I have front row (owned by intact now) or TD just launched gear insurance (its not cheap) or PPA , they’re all kinda the same
Dang man! Sorry that happened to you brother.
I really appreciate it!
I’ll bounce back just wait!
@@KofiYeboah Did they get any cameras? Or just the lenses and the power bank stuff?
Insurance premiums going up after a claim is wild for Europeans. That only applies to car insurance.
Sorry man. I’ve done that. I’ve left gear in my car (forgetting to take it out) and walked back out the next day hoping nothing was stolen! Thankfully nothing yet, but words of caution are needed. I’ve had a camera stolen at a wedding shoot which sucked.
Literally the one time you’re caught slipping ahah
Good thing it wasn’t something that’d put me out for weeks
From a wedding :O Thats some crazy stuff there. I ussually forget batteries or cables but deem stolen camera
Sorry to his bro hopefully you can recover some of your loses through some sponsorship videos 🙏🏽
Ahah if you see a few videos just humour me and watch them aha
Damn. Sorry to hear that man. Thanks for sharing as a reminder to all us creators.
Yeah man, keep safe!
Sorry to hear this. That’s freaking messed up.
Yeah :/ it sucks but we adapt !
With that said.....whats some recommendations for insurance providers in the usa? Pro and cons??
I’m from Canada so I’m not a good person to ask haha
Sorry this happened man. Was relieved to hear you didn't lose any Cameras.
Thankfully , I brought that and my truly expensive stuff in that night
I'm so sorry man, that blows!
Sucks, bright side, no cameras lost
This is a messed up situation. I know you will bounce back
Absolutely’
Sorry for your loss.
Appreciate the support !
Oof, sorry to hear this, thanks for sharing just the same.
Just don’t make my mistakes !
Make that Mula back playa, it’s not easy getting jacked 😭
It sucks, but we move !
Sorry this happened. There are a lot of bad people out there. I do weddings and I hear from time to time of gear getting stolen. I always put my gear next to the band or DJ. Not saying that will stop someone but if someone is close by my gear they might not want to chance it.
Good call man, people suck sometimes
Insurance companies and their policies are such a scam but unfortunately a sometimes necessary evil. Do you have security cameras?
They’ll do anything but help you unless they absolutely have to ahah