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Camera/video equipment can add up pretty quickly.

Even nicer everyday items can quickly amount to over $500 USD. E.g. shoes (150), 3x wool socks (45), 3x dress shirts (180), jeans (100), sunglasses (150).

[newnewpdro]

Sure, if you've got a huge entourage and this adds up to the order of $10k through simple multiplication of necessary items I can understand.

But if it's just a couple on vacation? Please do not create such incentives for the robbery tourists. Leave the $5k timepiece and bail money at home.