$55,000 in stolen bikes and equipment
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$55,000 in stolen bikes and equipment
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Link is jibberish for me?
Have I ever bought any high end stolen bicycles? Possibly. If you remember the theft of stuff last year? About $340,000 worth of stuff that was ebayed. Bought a frame that was part of that stuff. Unbeknowst to me and nobody has showed up at my door to take the frame back. The guy was caught and has to pay restitution.
Oh yea, and ebay did an Alfred E. Newman on the whole thing. "Who me?"
Have I ever bought any high end stolen bicycles? Possibly. If you remember the theft of stuff last year? About $340,000 worth of stuff that was ebayed. Bought a frame that was part of that stuff. Unbeknowst to me and nobody has showed up at my door to take the frame back. The guy was caught and has to pay restitution.
Oh yea, and ebay did an Alfred E. Newman on the whole thing. "Who me?"
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Link is jibberish for me?
Have I ever bought any high end stolen bicycles? Possibly. If you remember the theft of stuff last year? About $340,000 worth of stuff that was ebayed. Bought a frame that was part of that stuff. Unbeknowst to me and nobody has showed up at my door to take the frame back. The guy was caught and has to pay restitution.
Have I ever bought any high end stolen bicycles? Possibly. If you remember the theft of stuff last year? About $340,000 worth of stuff that was ebayed. Bought a frame that was part of that stuff. Unbeknowst to me and nobody has showed up at my door to take the frame back. The guy was caught and has to pay restitution.
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The items were left at a bike shop in the Seattle area last February after a man took a test ride of a $6,800 Cervelo-R3 racing bike and never returned.
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I'd think the restitutions would be paid to the people who originally paid for the bikes, and the bikes are then returned to the store. Or, the thief could give the money to the shop, and the owners could pay the difference in price to the shop, since usually stolen goods aren't sold at retail
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I don't know, first off, he might not be able to pay the court judgment. Even if he does, you have to factor in the lost profit on the sale that could have been made by the shop, cost to restock the product after it was stolen, devaluation when trying to sell the reclaimed bike, appropriateness of punitive damages, etc. I can think of a lot of good reasons why they should get the bike back AND get its value.
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Back when I started working at my old shop about 5yrs back, no one ever asked for anything when people would go out for test rides - and we would encourage people buying high end stuff to go for at least a half hour ride! No word was ever handed down from the boss, but as the high end-side of our buisness grew, all of us who worked there slowly started asking for ID more often. However, even when I left (last year), there were still plenty of times I would send someone out on a $2K bike and not bother. Even after hearing stuff like this, I still have mixed feelings - I am guessing the number of bikes that are stolen via shop test rides is trivial compared to those stolen out of garages/bikes racks/left leaning against the side of the building, etc.
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The real scenerio
Dr.Cluptomaniac:Hey dude,let me try out that $6000 "Itralian" ride.I,ll leave my coffee mug and baseball cap as collateral.
Former bike shop employee:Enjoy,take your time.
At 6pm. closing time,fired employee seen leaving shop with used coffee mug,dirty cap,old slippers.
Dr.Cluptomaniac:Hey dude,let me try out that $6000 "Itralian" ride.I,ll leave my coffee mug and baseball cap as collateral.
Former bike shop employee:Enjoy,take your time.
At 6pm. closing time,fired employee seen leaving shop with used coffee mug,dirty cap,old slippers.
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....then again that's because I left my 1-1/2yr old son with them. Guess they figured I would come back.
Damn...missed my chance.
...and before you yell at me for leaving my son there were 3 employees that were already go-go-ing over him. I would have let any one of them babysit. Besides, what would you do to get some ride time in?
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same here, but that's because the shop sponsors my team. and i'm there every other day. but that's why I said "strangers" in my post.
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Last test ride I went on I did not have to leave anything.
....then again that's because I left my 1-1/2yr old son with them. Guess they figured I would come back.
Damn...missed my chance.
...and before you yell at me for leaving my son there were 3 employees that were already go-go-ing over him. I would have let any one of them babysit. Besides, what would you do to get some ride time in?
....then again that's because I left my 1-1/2yr old son with them. Guess they figured I would come back.
Damn...missed my chance.
...and before you yell at me for leaving my son there were 3 employees that were already go-go-ing over him. I would have let any one of them babysit. Besides, what would you do to get some ride time in?
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Originally Posted by the article
Police want to locate two more stolen bikes they believe were in Bos' possession: a Litespeed-Vortex, serial number 104853ML, and a Maverick-ML.73, serial number INUYASHA.
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