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[Closed] Anyone remember the stolen Cove shocker

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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


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 9:47 pm
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guilty !!!

(of crimes against formatting)


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 9:48 pm
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Found the original post now.

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


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 9:57 pm
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The seller on that eBay ad is "Tony". Watson are the chances???


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:01 pm
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Yeah it's very strange but he has left a current mobile number for those he ripped off.


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:11 pm
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Yes I do.

The kettles just boiled, which biscuits should I bring?


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:24 pm
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Bourbons, what I don't understand is why report the bike stolen when he still has it, elaborate insurance fraud?


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:33 pm
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The kettles just boiled, which biscuits should I bring?

Shockerlate digestives?

Time for bed I think.


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:34 pm
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This isn't going to end well, is it?


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:45 pm
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co-ordinate. dont bloody text him he might vanish


 
Posted : 19/05/2014 10:59 pm
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OI

[i]bearnescessities[/i]

There's always legs in a scheister story.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 1:11 am
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Somebody must know a local community copper who'd like to pay a visit.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 1:57 am
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Ha thanks a joke, the only way to find a copper is to break the speed limit


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 7:12 am
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For comparison purposes...hmmm...


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 8:06 am
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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.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 8:26 am
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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 .


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 8:30 am
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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?


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 8:52 am
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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 🙄


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:01 am
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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


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:04 am
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He sounds lovely.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:08 am
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Stevie

You also forgot halo wheels - check.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:09 am
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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?! 🙁


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:12 am
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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.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:31 am
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Is that a pic of him above? Looks like a stereotypical effeminate wobbly teen (too much Estrogen) that you see a lot of now.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:34 am
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It's a funny one this one. Do people think that it was ever actually stolen?


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:35 am
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But it would of been reported stolen to Lancashire Police I would assume. If it is then a crime reference number would be available.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:40 am
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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...


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 9:41 am
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He still owes me £25.. Might give him a ring.


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

Sometimes I *heart* hora.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 10:35 am
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except that there's at least one copper posting on this thread

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


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 10:39 am
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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?


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 12:22 pm
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Hang on,

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


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 12:50 pm
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Any other laws you've decided don't apply to you?

That I must humour idiots on a forum


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 1:05 pm
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This is rubbish. Where's my vicariously gained vigilante action.


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 1:32 pm
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That I must humour idiots on a forum

physician, heal thyself 😉


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 4:37 pm
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Am I missing something or are we all to assume that there is only one person in that part of the world called "Tony"?


 
Posted : 20/05/2014 4:44 pm
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its a bloody big coincidence edlong if they are different people.


 
Posted : 21/05/2014 10:31 am
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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?


 
Posted : 21/05/2014 8:19 pm
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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

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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.


 
Posted : 21/05/2014 8:31 pm
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I tries a search but only the eBay add came up.


 
Posted : 21/05/2014 8:31 pm
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Wow cant actually believe the imagination of some people ever heard of the word slander???


 
Posted : 23/05/2014 11:22 pm
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Your point caller?

Considering you have just registered to post that, do you have some knowledge of the bike then?


 
Posted : 23/05/2014 11:29 pm
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looks like you guys were wrong about Tony before!!! You should all be ashamed of yourselfs..... nothing but internet bullies with nothing better to do than make lies up about people and bad mouth them, when actually they have done nothing wrong. You say ''scum'' Well take a closer look at yourself!!!


 
Posted : 23/05/2014 11:30 pm
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Dammit no handbags gif available


 
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