Originally Posted by
duke_of_hazard
I would never buy a bike without seeing it. Within a few exchanges of emails, I can tell with 90% certainty whether the bike is stolen or not. Are you saying it is ok to buy a stolen bike as long as someone else stole it?
No it is not ok to buy a stolen bike. But you are fooling yourself if you think you can tell.
Maybe you can tell if the local junky is trying to sell it. But alot of bikes are stolen buy junkies, then sold to a ebayer, or craigslister, then sold to you. Or taken apart and sold to you.