On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:10:22 +0000 (GMT), charles
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My daughter's bike (a folding one) was stolen from the reception area of
her London Office.

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The City of London
Police weren't interested.

Was it recovered though? Did anyone contact eBay? I wonder if any
relevant insurance Co's would have been interested?

The police did give her a refence no, so her insurance co psid her.

The thing is, with no follow-up / comeback on the crims we all end up
paying for such things.

If I buy anything off a private seller on eBay or Gumtree I often have
a look and see if it's the sort of thing that could be easily stolen
.... and if it is, don't buy from them.

The last was some home automation lighting stuff, new Lidl gear and
similar. Looked iffy so walked away.

I thought if you bought stolen goods you may not be done for
'receiving' but they could take them off you (to return to the genuine
owner)?

In theory wouldn't have taken much to get the name of the purchaser of
the bike and recovered it, making people think twice about anything
too good to be true?

Cheers, T i m