Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Exactly. My wife had a bike stolen, and it was recovered when a person tried to register it for a bike license. He bought the bike at a bar from someone else. While my wife got her bike back, this poor schlep was out whatever he paid for it.
That's a tough situation, and I don't know what else could be done about it. It's not fair, and that means someone ends up hurt. I'd like to think I would give the guy something to compensate, like a "reward" for finding and rescuing my bike, but it probably wouldn't be enough to make him whole, so he'll still hate me.