<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[An expensive lesson]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday evening I picked up Brad Fallon and Andy Edmonds who were taking me to dinner. I didn&#8217;t even notice that Brad left a laptop bag in the back seat, although at that point even if I had I&#8217;m not sure I would have said anything (Andy carried his backpack into the restaurant). That turned out to be a very expensive mistake for both of us. <a href="http://www.freeiqteam.com/2007/04/conversations_at_the_web_20_ex_1.html">As he notes that after dinner</a> we came back to a smashed back window and a missing bag. Luckily they didn&#8217;t get into the trunk where I had a laptop and camera. I got the bill for the window: $410. The window itself cost about $185, the rest is labor. I probably could get it a little cheaper by shopping around, but at least Saturn loaned me a car while they are fixing it.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t be leaving my equipment in my car anymore. It was an expensive lesson to learn.</p>
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