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melarky:

--- Quote from: screaming on December 21, 2006, 06:52:02 pm ---what would "justice" be, in this case?

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The guy getting caught would be justice to me.  I almost don't care about the GPS (it would be nice to have back, but I would much rather see the guy who stole it get busted and either re-imburse me or be fined or whatever happens with small time theives...)

melarky:

--- Quote from: AlanS17 on December 21, 2006, 08:10:27 pm ---That's just awesome. Good luck with all of that. At the very least, you have solid grounds for a civil case.

How much did it sell for on Ebay, what was the original retail value when it was a brand new model, and what did you pay for it? You mentioned $300, but what does that mean? You could teach this guy a lesson and get a much nicer GPS all at the same time.

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I bought it for $250, but they usually seem to sell for around $300 (I got a good deal, Amazon had them refurbished for cheap).  I haven't had it long, less than a year.  I reported it's worth as $250 on the police report though.

melarky:

--- Quote from: shardian on December 21, 2006, 10:03:18 pm ---Just curious, but how did you get ahold of the buyer? I just tried to get ahold of a buyer today. The seller is selling a board as-is, even though it is the same one I returned to the guy as dead! Anways, ebay blocked my message to him.
I would like to warn him if at all possible.

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I just clicked on the winning bidders username from the top part of the screen (where is says "Winning Bidder: Username").

That loaded up a page with info on that user, and on the top left area, there is a link that said "Contact Member".  I just clicked that and sent him a message through ebays message system.

You probably have to logged into your ebay account to do that.

melarky:

--- Quote from: Texasmame on December 21, 2006, 11:15:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: melarky on December 20, 2006, 04:52:39 pm ---I had one of those portable GPS units (portable in the way that you could move them to any car and plug them into the cigarette lighter).  I noticed a few days ago that it was missing from my car.

I pretty much had no hopes of it ever showing up again, and at first didn't even bother to file a police report, but then I figured I would check ebay and see if I could find it.  I'm pretty sure I found it:

Ebay Item Link

He lives about 15 miles from me, and as you can see he states in his description that he "found" the item.  He also had 2 other items he was selling around the same time that he conveniently "found".  Lucky guy keeps finding stuff to sell :)

So anways, by the time I found that, the auction was over and someone had  already won it.  I contacted the seller (asked him where he "found" it) and the buyer (told him the situation and asked if he could see if there were any identifying marks or addresses left in the address book that would prove it was mine).  The buyer wrote back really quick and told me he had not gotten the item yet, and the seller had not responded to his e-mails, the seller finally wrote me back like an hour ago that said:


--- Quote ---i found it outside of maverick by maceys in logan but it's already sold sorrry.
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I just wrote him back the following:


--- Quote ---That sounds pretty fishy, you had 2 other items for sale that you also just found. I filed a police report yesterday, and showed them the auction that you had up. I also contacted the buyer, and he said that you hadn't sent it yet and that you weren't replying to his e-mails.

I think you need to do what's right here before any more authorities get involved and you make a big mess for yourself. You've left a paper trail on ebay (your history shows the items you sold that you say you found, if I'm not the only one that filed a stolen item police report, it shouldn't be long before they connect the dots).

If you still have the item (since the buyer says you haven't sent it yet), you have a chance to make this right, and I'll back off. If you don't have the item anymore, you can re-imburse me, and I'll drop it.
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I did in fact file a police report yesterday (after contacting ebay, they basically told me that they wouldn't help me unless I did).  The officer who took the report has already handed it off to a detective, but I'm pretty sure a $300 GPS is pretty low on their priority list, but it just bugs me that this guy is so close, and obviously the theif.

Any suggestions on what more I could do?  I almost don't care if I get the GPS back, but would rather this guy get busted (but it would be nice to have the GPS back :) ).  Would appreciate any opinions or advice.

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"Found" the item.  What a mother ---smurf---.

Be sure that you actually filed a formal report with police.  Easiest way to do this is to go to the PD and get a copy of it yourself.  May cost a few bucks, tho.

Screw this guy to the fullest.

G'luck!

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Yeah, I got a copy of their "Voluntary Statement Form" yesterday, the detective said that he needed me to fill it out and hand it back into him (along with all of the e-mails I've been sending and receiving) because that would be the first thing the prosecuters would ask for.  It didn't cost anything for me, they actually had a copy available to download from their web page.

More Cowbell:
If it's a kid, he has to absolutely be crapping his pants right now. Your email would have scared me to no end had I stolen it.

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