The F-Stop wrote:
sounds like a scam to me.

It's truly not a scam, I knew I was running a risk with people saying mean stuff on mm but I read the forum rules and it said it was allowed. I have been part of MM for about 11 years now and respect everyones art and contribution. I understand your point of view but sometimes you have to take a risk and reach out for help. It's not an easy thing to do actually. But, I thought in this community in particular there might be some compassion. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to visit my go fund me page, if you did and respectfully, I do wish you a great week! Trisha Lurie

Paolo Diavolo wrote:
I don't think these kind of posts are allowed.
If they are, can someone kick me down some money too? if it helps I can come up with a sob story.

Best of luck with getting your gear back.
check on craigslist and in pawn shops.

Protect your stuff better!!

Thanks! I have been checking CL, local pawn shops and filed a police report and I'm doing everything I can but no luck so far.
I did learn my lesson though, I should have had insurance.
P.s. If I wasn't so broke right now, and you had a go fund me and needed help... I would totally help. I have contributed to many throughout the years and that is what gave me the idea to reach out for help

Paolo Diavolo wrote:
I don't think these kind of posts are allowed.

They're allowed ever since one of the mods put up a begging thread and they changed the rules retroactively to cover her ass and allow it.

Looknsee Photography wrote:

I looked into Renters Insurance
It was pretty inexpensive
I never leave my gear in cars

Looknsee Photography wrote:
Say -- does anyone insure their gear?

Back in the old days, when I was traveling a lot with my gear, I had a rider on my home insurance that covered my camera.  I was covered if my gear was stolen out of my car while I was on the road.  All the gear (and the serial numbers) were registered in my policy.

Lately, I do nearly all of my photography at home, and I've made sure that my gear is covered by my regular home insurance.  I dropped the special rider.  I do take my little P&S camera out when I walk around and/or travel, but its replacement value is maybe $500 or less, so there is no special insurance for it.

But I do have a spreadsheet where I've recorded the serial numbers of pretty much everything that has a serial number.

So -- who's explored insurance for their gear?

I have business insurance that covers my equipment wherever I am.  I once thought I'd get this really great shot of a waterfall with my medium format camera and digital back.  Right after the shot, me and my camera fell backwards into six feet of water.  The insurance bought me an $8000 replacement.   I probably actually came out ahead.

Looknsee Photography wrote:
In the past year, I've personally known two photographers who have had their cars broken into & their gear stolen.  I know these photographers well enough to believe them.

I don't know the OP.

But if her story is true, it's so sad that so many people here are mean to her.  If you don't want to contribute to her cause (for whatever reason), then don't.  What's the point of doubting her story here?

Hear, hear! Be nice! Or at least neutral!

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:

I looked into Renters Insurance
It was pretty inexpensive
I never leave my gear in cars

even so, items stolen from a Vehicle are covered under Comprehensive.

PhillipM wrote:
Wait....  You let your stuff get ripped off, and then want money from strangers to replace it, because of your incompetence?   

Ummmm, No...  btw, I dropped my 70.200 2.8 lens and it broke.  Send me some coins....

No soup for YOU!

I hate to sound callous but I have to agree with you. What is it these days with people being perfectly OK asking strangers for money because of their own poor decisions? You have thousands of dollars in gear and you didn't bother to insure it? Really?

It's one thing if you're some hobbiest with a grand or two in camera gear and it gets stolen...that can easily be filed with your home or car insurance. But if you are a professional shooter with no insurance, you're a moron and I don't think you deserve much sympathy. It's lousy that your gear was stolen, but at the same time, this could easily have not been a catastrophic loss if you just bothered to pay a few bucks a year.

Let this be a lesson to everyone out there. If you don't have your gear insured, do it today.

SAND DIAL wrote:
Trisha has been at MM for 11 years. She is not fly by night.

All the more reason she should have known better than to not insure her gear. If you can afford a camera body and a lens, you can afford the insurance to cover it.

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:
I looked into Renters Insurance
It was pretty inexpensive
I never leave my gear in cars

FIFTYONE PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:
even so, items stolen from a Vehicle are covered under Comprehensive.

Just to be clear, I don't think the OP has said that her gear was stolen out of her car.  I said that I know two photographers who had gear stolen out of their car.  I don't think we should assume that this was a "stolen out of car" situation.

SAND DIAL wrote:
Trisha has been at MM for 11 years. She is not fly by night.

Were you around for the Clare Hesse cancer/death/hoax/debacle ?
A healthy dose of scepticism is totally reasonable and in no way "mean"

Trisha Lurie wrote:
Well... thank you all for all your input I guess most people didn't read the whole go fund me page but I didn't really expect anyone to so, I understand.
Yes, it was terrible that I had my gear stolen and that I didn't have insurance which was a huge mistake. Yes, I am a model and photographer and I do make money to support myself and my son shooting various things but mostly I was shooting bands live music videos and such. As to some of the comments about whether or not I should be counting on photography to survive, etc. I actually was working full time with a guitar company (I paint custom guitars as well) and out of the blue the company dissolved and so did my job. I was fortunate enough to have the photography/videography as a back up but then all my gear got stolen. It was super shitty. Sometimes, when it rains, it pours.
Anyway, yeah, so here I'm with a child who depends on me and all these bills adding up, eviction notices and no way to catch up. I have even started babysitting, cleaning houses, assisting other photographers, etc. trying anything to make ends meet. I thought I would do a go fund me just to get me back on my feet. I have been a donor to may campaigns over the years and thought it was a cool way to help each other out.
I guess it was a bad idea to reach out here in support. I will be deleting the thread and wish everyone well.
To those who offered good advice and support thank you so much, to everyone else, I understand you as well. I get how this looks.
Regardless, good luck to everyone and their art. I hope good favor and good fortune rain on your careers
Much love and respect. Trisha Lurie.

I understand your situation and wish you good luck.   

FIFTYONE PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:
even so, items stolen from a Vehicle are covered under Comprehensive.

They really aren't. Well maybe when it happened to me last spring Liberty Mutual said I was a professional photographer since I had a website and I traveled to shoot models.  My homeowners insurance would only pay me $250 for. 3 year old 7 D and a F4 L series lens because that was the most I could collect as a professional.  I argued then I ignored my claim because the payout was absurd.  When I got back to Minneapolis my wife said they were calling my home and accusing me of fraud. This is a total scam, like most insurance. Car insurance in my case would not cover anything. I had both my home owners and my car insurance with Liberty Mutual. The did at least repair the smashed window, though that took all day.