You legend.Dunndog, you're right - it's a fair assumption to make but if you see a really nice bike in my shop it has been traded in for something equally awesome like a professional DSLR camera for example. Or alternativley I could be selling it on someone elses behalf.
I do this for a living, I can smell a rat a mile off, so you can be assured if someone comes in to sell me a stolen bike they either get a headbutt or arrested, whichever comes first
Thank You.
D-locks are the only way to go mate.What kind of locks / locking mechanisms are being used. If I want to ride my bike to Uni everyday how can I protect my self?
Pawn shops can legally deal in stolen goods! All they need do is have the person pawning sign a waiver to say the goods are theirs and noone elses yadda yadda. If you ask a pawn shop if they have received a bike of this description they are not required to tell you, they are however supposed to call the police and report it stolen after you have described it correctly. The police will then contact you about your stolen bike!So really, any bike that's not old as the hills or a generic no name ride is more than likely a hot item that the thief want to get quick cash for. is this not a fair assumption? So next time a bike like this is brought in to a store by a drunk grey bearded dude wearing 8 layers on a 35 degree day who knows only that it rolls when facing downhill or you push those thingys with your feet, maybe he's NOT the real owner?!? Sure not ALL cases are going to be obvious, but by the number of sick bikes that show up in places like these there must be a fair bit of 'turning a blind eye' going on.. Who wouls sell their 4, 5, 6 grand bike to a cash converters for 600 bucks? Really?
yer man that shop your talking about is greater trader it is better now but lately they have had really shocking bikes like kmart bikes so i think the cops probally had a good word to themFor those in and near Greensborough, a friend in the force tells me that the pawn shop on Main street regularly has incomplete records of where their stock has come from. I'd recommend having a look there if something of yours had gone missing.