posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:52am on 2003-12-11
I've got the serial numbers of everything that had a serial number, and most of the drumsticks had blue paint on them ...

I wonder whether there are shortcuts to searching eBay for this sort of situation.
 
posted by [identity profile] jim-p.livejournal.com at 05:28pm on 2003-12-11
I don't think there are any shortcuts, but you can search eBay for both current and completed items. Since some of your items seem pretty distinctive, it should be possible to narrow things down to a list of "likely suspects"... at which point you can contact the buyer and ask "Uh, what's the serial number on that camera?"

Stolen property remains the property of its rightful owner, no matter how many times it changes hands after that, so even if Thief sells it to Fence, who sells it to Mark, who sells it to Bubba on eBay, it's still stolen property which has to be returned to you. It doesn't matter that neither Mark nor Bubba knew it was stolen.

Does the police report include descriptions and serial numbers? If not, can you get them added to the police report? Doing so would be most helpful in getting the attention of (a) the buyer and (b) local law enforcement in the buyer's jurisdiction.

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