Was posted up on here by some dodgy person from Blackburn called tony I think, he ripped some people off and disappeared.

Well look what has turned up in Blackburn.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291145968108

guilty !!!

(of crimes against formatting)

Found the original post now.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/stolen-haslingden-new-build-cove-shocker-2012-fox-40s-stolen-built-7-weeks-ago

The seller on that eBay ad is “Tony”. Watson are the chances???

Yeah it’s very strange but he has left a current mobile number for those he ripped off.

Yes I do.

The kettles just boiled, which biscuits should I bring?

Bourbons, what I don’t understand is why report the bike stolen when he still has it, elaborate insurance fraud?

The kettles just boiled, which biscuits should I bring?

Shockerlate digestives?

Time for bed I think.

This isn’t going to end well, is it?

co-ordinate. dont bloody text him he might vanish

OI

bearnescessities

There’s always legs in a scheister story.

Somebody must know a local community copper who’d like to pay a visit.

Ha thanks a joke, the only way to find a copper is to break the speed limit

For comparison purposes…hmmm…

the only way to find a copper is to break the speed limit

CHOMP.

I break the speed limit. I’ve never had points but then I do have indate prescription glasses and drive within my limits. They put warning signs up, paint the things yellow and the camera vans are EASY to spot (usually sighted just after a warning sign).

NEXT.

So he stole his mates bike from work.

Was his mate in on it for insurance fraud or not?
Or
Are there more than one person called tony.

Is it even the same bike?

The plot thickens, what is needed here is a super sleuth .

Cove Shocker Size Small – check
Fox 40’s – check
Saint cranks – check
Hope M4’s – check
New Saint pedals to replace CB ones – check?
Fox DHX 5.0 – check
E13 chain device – check
Watsontony involved in it all?

well if the name on the ebay account and the lack of any previous sale activity is anything to go by then maybe he is just looking after the sale for his friend who has never sold on ebay before and some how got the bike back 🙄

the sleuth in me thinks this :

watsontony (dodgy, even when he posted on here, i thought he seemed a bit dodge)

watsontony, had someone else he knows or (maybe himself?), steal it from the workplace, given they obviosuly both worked there (so knew exactly where it was, how it was locked, value of it etc)

put out all the feelers on the net to look like he was trying to help his mate find it

leaves it a year, then trys to sell it

looking at original post the guy didnt have it insured so not a scam, just sounds like watsontony did his so called friend over like he did a few on here

He sounds lovely.

Stevie

You also forgot halo wheels – check.

good spot though phil, justa shame at no point in the original post does watsontony give the bike owners name or mobile for the future if it is spotted, like this!

so basically we have no way of gaining contact with him, other than through watsontony – pretty crafty eh?! 🙁

looking at original post the guy didnt have it insured so not a scam

Yes you should definitely take Tony’s word for it when he said it’s not insured. He’s been totally trustworthy so far.

Is that a pic of him above? Looks like a stereotypical effeminate wobbly teen (too much Estrogen) that you see a lot of now.

It’s a funny one this one. Do people think that it was ever actually stolen?

But it would of been reported stolen to Lancashire Police I would assume. If it is then a crime reference number would be available.

Ha thanks a joke, the only way to find a copper is to break the speed limit

except that there’s at least one copper posting on this thread…

He still owes me £25.. Might give him a ring.

Looks like a stereotypical effeminate wobbly teen (too much Estrogen) that you see a lot of now.

Sometimes I *heart* hora.

except that there’s at least one copper posting on this thread

He eats donuts and slides across the bonnet of his car too.

I break the speed limit. I’ve never had points but then I do have indate prescription glasses and drive within my limits.

Oh, thanks ever so much for keeping us safe by driving within your limits, you’re my hero 🙄
Any other laws you’ve decided don’t apply to you?

Hang on,

It clearly states he has receipts and boxes to prove purchase of components.

Any other laws you’ve decided don’t apply to you?

That I must humour idiots on a forum

This is rubbish. Where’s my vicariously gained vigilante action.

That I must humour idiots on a forum

physician, heal thyself 😉

Am I missing something or are we all to assume that there is only one person in that part of the world called “Tony”?

its a bloody big coincidence edlong if they are different people.

This is definitely our huggable, granny bothering friend watsontony, the PayPal address he used to rip me off is the same as the ebay id on the cove auction. He claims he’s advertised elsewhere, anybody know where?

Whilst i can fully understand that Tony pissed a lot of people off on here, it looks possible or even likely that his mate got this back and our long lost friend is selling this for him on the bay.

This was posted on the original thread after watsontony legged it with peoples money

Northerner – Member
Hi Guys

I have heard through a local bike shop that the Police Station in Uppermill, Saddleworth have a Yellow Cove Shocker which they discovered at someones house shall we say…

Maybe worth calling them as it could be the same bike.

Good Luck

That is followed by numerous sightings of the bike back in water foot. So his mate may well have had it returned to him.

I tries a search but only the eBay add came up.