When the High Roller was at the Showboat my bag got stolen also.  Was talking to some of the tourney heads and they say teenage kids use the crowded area to just walk up and out with your stuff.  If you stop them they just say "Sorry, thought it was my bag".  This didn't happen until bowling balls reached $200.

Luckily this has not happened to me yet! I do tournies just about every weekend, but most of the tournies I go to, the people there are true bowlers, not just punk kids. So I am not real worried about anything getting stolen. I usually have my bag in site though, put it in the middle of the center, so I can get to it and not have to walk a mile every time I need something.
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2 2 ball bags
4 balls
2 pair of shoes and a Partridge in a pear tree from the front seat of my car.

It happens around here from time to time but usually some of the stuff is recovered.  

Smash49
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I had stuff stolen from my car around 1976 or so. They had to have my 8 track player, so I guess they got the bowling balls just for kicks.

There were only 4 in the car (a LOT for those days). The bad news was that I'd ordered a pair of custom Linds - those things took MONTHS to get - they had just come in - I'd worn them once. They were stolen, too.

Linds actually rushed a replacement order for me - I got them in a couple of weeks. Never saw the equipment again, though.

I now keep a ball card with all the serial numbers. That way if they get stolen, I'll be able to at least identify them. I'd look all over ebay to find those things.
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