Stolen Card Box

Brendanzgirl Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:25 PM

Stolen Card Box

At my cousin's wedding someone stole the money in the card box!!!!
Can you believe this?!!!

How many of you will keep the money in the card box?
or designate someone to take it out periodically and hold it safe?

I can't believe this could happen!!! This makes me scared to trust that the money will be in there at the end of the night!

Any words?

laurak102476 Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:29 PM

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That really S U C K S!!!! I haven't really thought about it too much. I am having a DOC, so I guess I will ask her to keep an eye on it for me...

Brendanzgirl Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:32 PM

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DOC? DIrector of Ceremonies right?

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:34 PM

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Posted by Brendanzgirl

DOC? DIrector of Ceremonies right?

day of coordinator i would assume

Butterfly123 Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:34 PM

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I carried around a pouch with my cards and that pouch was always in my hands or in my parents hands. Thats TERRIBLE what happened to your cousin

Espo22 Posted: Sep 07, 2008 11:53 PM

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this is what the cardbox at my wedding looked like, ill post apic

it wasnt an open box or a box with a lid you can just open. Infact even when we had to open it we had to practically rip it apart lol. You have to pull the ribbon on top pull it apart and then you can pull the bottom lid off. So people were not able to just take things. Plus ours was big so would've been noticeable if someone tried leaving with it.

I know SOME think card boxes or big ones are tacky but i did it for this reason. One of my closest friends went to a wedding where the whole thing was stolen, they were able to hide it easily and leave with it, and ive heard of it happening other times.

WE had no problems and didnt have to worry about it all night or even sit to really watch it. Our maitre'd was by it alot and our Bridal attendant was by it most of the night.

Brendanzgirl Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:01 AM

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Wow it was big, but that def. worked! I bought one and its not very big, its 15 inches tall and 13 inches wide...

So as long as my bridal attendant is by it we should be OK
BUt i still can't believe it! I feel so bad for them!

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Espo22 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:07 AM

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Posted by Brendanzgirl

Wow it was big, but that def. worked! I bought one and its not very big, its 15 inches tall and 13 inches wide...

So as long as my bridal attendant is by it we should be OK
BUt i still can't believe it! I feel so bad for them!

thats a good size trust me, you should be fine.

bluegreen08 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:15 AM

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our card box was very big, and it was right by our table and my bridesmaids table at all times. you couldnt get anything out of it easily (we had to cut open a hole in the bottom to get our cards out) and we would have noticed if someone tried to leave with it. well, i'd like to think we would.... apparently DH's little bro posed for a pic where he is 'stealing' it and pretending to run down the stairs with it. i think i have that shot in my album

that's scary though!

yswedding Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:28 AM

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I'm just wondering who's doing the stealing, is it just random people walking off the street and to your hall?

FutureMrs.M Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:38 AM

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I think Im getting one of those baggies for either me or the MOH to carry I only say that cuz at my friends wedding someone gave her the card with the money and she put it down to take a picture and forgot to pick it up again and it disappeared...she thinks the staff accidentally threw it out since this was at the end as clean up was happening

Brendanzgirl Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:40 AM

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Posted by yswedding

I'm just wondering who's doing the stealing, is it just random people walking off the street and to your hall?

You know what that is so scary but possible! A dj I was just talking to told me to come down to a wedding he is doing at my RH soon and to see him and where he sets up the booth! I said NO WAY b/c i wouldn't want some random person coming in and looking around even if it is before the cocktail hour is over
I don't want anyone in my RH unless they are my guest on the day of my wedding

Cpt2007 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 12:47 AM

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a suggestion to all of you-- do a walk through with your bridal manager and find out where they usually put the gift table and where the card box goes. we had ours right next to us in the room with 90 pairs of eyes on it the whole time. check out where the entrances to the room are in relation to the box too, to see if someone could conceivably come in without being seen and take something.

I made our box, and while it wasn't as large as some others I have seen, it was large enough that you couldn't walk out with it, and it was difficult to open, so someone would have to wrestle with it to get it to come open.

But do keep security in mind when you do your walk throughs. It is SO important, especially if there are random people or other events going on at your RH during your wedding.

deb08 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 04:28 AM

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Posted by Cpt2007

a suggestion to all of you-- do a walk through with your bridal manager and find out where they usually put the gift table and where the card box goes. we had ours right next to us in the room with 90 pairs of eyes on it the whole time. check out where the entrances to the room are in relation to the box too, to see if someone could conceivably come in without being seen and take something.

I made our box, and while it wasn't as large as some others I have seen, it was large enough that you couldn't walk out with it, and it was difficult to open, so someone would have to wrestle with it to get it to come open.

But do keep security in mind when you do your walk throughs. It is SO important, especially if there are random people or other events going on at your RH during your wedding.

good idea- thanks!!!!

Kricket212 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 06:56 AM

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I FM'd the girl who started this post & she just told me it's not the whole box...it was the cash inside.
I am not sure how this happened but the email was not very clear.

I was really wondering how someone could walk out with the box & nobody stop them.

KRISTIND Posted: Sep 08, 2008 07:57 AM

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The card box was stolen at my cousin's wedding...the guy must be a professional...he came in wearing a tux so he looked like a waiter and then grabbed it...they noticed pretty quickly and the security and police chased him through smithtown....I'm pretty sure they caught him...thank god it was mostly checks so he was throwing them on the floor

FuTuRe MrS MaZz Posted: Sep 08, 2008 07:58 AM

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mine is small so im seriously considering bolting it down somehow (my father is a pro at these things) and/or removing some cards at various points and putting them in a safer place so that if something does happen, ALL wouldnt be lost

jennarose023 Posted: Sep 08, 2008 08:14 AM

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our card box can't be opened unless you unwrap it...pic posted...and it will be placed right behind our table! i can't believe that happened to your cuz...that's awful!

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jtgarsik Posted: Sep 08, 2008 08:29 AM

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that's aweful!!! what is WRONG with people?! hopefully most of the gifts were checks & can't be cashed(and hopefully the guests will cancel & re-write them)...but it's still aweful that she's going to miss out on all those cash gifts my card box was huge & was behind us all night..even if we were up dancing i dont think it would've been possible for someone to walk out with it & not be noticed!