I'll just take my Fabergé egg to the pub

[Olivera]

A truly odd story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6098jngryo

[Earthdweller]

I'm just going to leave my handbag on the table in a busy soho pub containing a £2m faberge egg whilst I have a drink

Mental

[Mr Whippy]

It's happened to us all at one point or another.

For people who can afford Faberge' eggs I'm sure it's just one of those things.

[CoolHands]

Algerian (not mentioned on the beeb ) Enzo Conticello, also known as Hakin Boudjenoune because we all have multiple names don’t we, was arrested in Ireland for 4 offences, which then led to him being linked to the egg theft.

What a quality import. And now we pay for 2 years jail. Will he be deported? What has he cost us so far, with the extradition, police time, court costs, insurance payout etc etc plus multiple other unproven thefts (allegedly).

Place your bets…

[anonymous-user]

Insurers paid out £100k for a £2million loss.

I bet the employee got a glowing end of year review.

[John D.]

anonymous said:

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Seems a fairly idiotic way to transport something so valuable, even if she didn't stop off at that pub on the way home.

[CrgT16]

I think there is more to this story. Either the “egg” value has been overhyped or, if it was worth £2M then how could it be transported that way?

If my boss gave me something worth that to transport I would be interested in security, and would be a straight A-B travel until valuable was safely delivered.

The lack of awareness it’s not surprising these days so this type of news is expected. As stupid goes this hits 12! I read she is still employed… like said more to it than we know.

[wazztie16]

Earthdweller said:

I'm just going to leave my handbag on the table in a busy soho pub containing a £2m faberge egg whilst I have a drink

Mental

Between her legs it says in the article, not that it obviously makes a difference now, as the egg is gone.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

CrgT16 said:

I think there is more to this story. Either the egg value has been overhyped or, if it was worth £2M then how could it be transported that way?

If my boss gave me something worth that to transport I would be interested in security, and would be a straight A-B travel until valuable was safely delivered.

The lack of awareness it s not surprising these days so this type of news is expected. As stupid goes this hits 12! I read she is still employed like said more to it than we know.

I'd at least want an E38 735i and black suit as part of my agreeing to transport it.

[Mr Penguin]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

I'd at least want an E38 735i and black suit as part of my agreeing to transport it.

You are changing the deal.

[anonymous-user]

Who is prepared to bet that there never was a Faberge egg in the bag..

[Zetec-S]

It was a typo on the police report, no one noticed until things had gotten too far along and then nobody was prepared to admit to the mistake:

[Milkyway]

Zetec-S said:

It was a typo on the police report, no one noticed until things had gotten too far along and then nobody was prepared to admit to the mistake:

It was in a Lewis Veyron bag.

[FourWheelDrift]

It's not an original Fabergé Egg though, it's not listed amongst the 61 (still around today) made between 1885 and 1917.

It's a modern Fabergé egg made in Germany, which is why the insurance pay-out was low.

https://www.faberge.com/pages/faberge-x-the-craft-...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 10th April 15:04

[Sheepshanks]

FourWheelDrift said:

It's not an original Fabergé Egg though, it's not listed amongst the 61 made between 1885 and 1917.

It's a modern Fabergé egg made in Germany, which is why the insurance pay-out was low.

https://www.faberge.com/pages/faberge-x-the-craft-...

So the whole set - egg, watch, whisky etc, was “worth” a couple of million at resale. Poss more now if there’s one less available.

There was someone on here recently worried about walking around London with a few £K - it’s incredible how blasé this woman was.