Originally Posted by oilman_15106
My feeling on the whole matter is that there is much more stolen stuff on ebay than you think.
x2 I work in the Antiques & collectibles industry and know of several instances where theft items shortly turned up on ebay. At least 2 resulted in product recovery and charges all because the real owner watched local ebay listings for the items stolen.
Ebay has to be a major boon to the thieves. They can now easily fence their stolen items and get 75%+ of FMV where at a traditional fence they were lucky to get 20%. Pawnshops are required to submit computerized serial# listings to the police dept to match with reported stolen items. To my knowledge no such law exists for the various ebay consignment shops ... much less individual sellers.