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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 495614, member: 37&quot;]While the store may offer consignments, it sounds more like Asian Fever is renting space.&nbsp; Correct me if I am wrong.&nbsp; In either case, liability for theft should be covered in any contract signed at time of rental or consignment.&nbsp; If not, it is extremely negligent on the part of the store owner.&nbsp; They may be on the hook if this is the case but you would probably have to prove negligence in court.</p><p><br /></p><p>In most situations, the risk is retained by the owner of the goods and it is spelled out in a contract.&nbsp; It would be up to the owner to obtain insurance but that may not even be possible or cost prohibitive. There is a certain amount of risk you take any time you offer something for sale to the public.&nbsp; You try to minimize risk but it is impossible to negate it entirely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I sell and work in a very similar store.&nbsp; Our contracts are spelled out, with the owner of the goods holding liability for their property.&nbsp; We try to minimize risk and do have cameras that cover some areas of the store.&nbsp; Valuables are generally kept in locked cases up front near the cash station where is it likely to notice any suspicious actions.&nbsp; However, it would be possible for a diligent and talented thief to steal something from our store.&nbsp; Fortunately, we have not had many problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>I might add that we also do not have any single item in our store worth $5K.&nbsp; Were it my item, I might think twice before offering something like this in an unregulated retail environment.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am sorry this has happened to you and hope that you are able to somehow retrieve your property or compensation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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