Resold to bars, frat houses and the like. Anywhere you want to show sports games to crowds or buy cheap home theatre components - or so I have heard. MVK >On Thursday 09 February 2006 20:22, John Gorentz wrote: >> At 03:02 PM 2/9/2006, Tom Rockwell wrote: >> >... but there seems to be a rash of projector thefts on campus lately. >> >> Really? Tell us more. Are these now considered hot items that one can buy >> out of a car trunk in a parking lot? >> >> We're off campus but not entirely immune to theft. We've gotten more >> casual lately about securing our projectors. > >There seems to be a growing market for this equipment. My wife works >at Washtenaw Community College, which had a bunch of them stolen, >and the UM and Eastern were hit as well. The folks who were stealing >them were caught, but many had been resold. They're a hot item, it >seems. > >--STeve Andre' -- Michael V. Kramizeh Technology Coordinator and Language Laboratory Manager Language Learning Center Michigan State University Rm. 131 Old Horticulture Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824 517-355-8374 Phone 517-432-5246 Fax E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Language Lab Rm. 141 Old Horticulture Bldg. Hours of Operation Fall and Spring Semesters: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Saturday 10:00 am - 4:30 p.m. Sunday 12 noon - 9 p.m.