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They have two days left and I am in Moab!
AAAaaaaah!
If you search I'm sure you'll find them.
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you should call your local plod cyber crime unit asap
ime experience they will be useless but you should do it anyway
ime experience they will be useless but you should do it anyway
definitely.. ime they are excellent
bid and buy then go round and collect with fist pie.
Just found the seller, must be devastating.
Take it they are Arch rims?
I see the items. Why not report your stolen goods to the plod?
Selling the rear mech with the mech hanger still attached! A scrote that knows nothing about bikes.
Is there anyway you can contact the Met Police. Surely they could then follow the auctions through. The wheels are the first to end, so ideally if they win them, the other bits will still be at the property?
Why don't you bid? Offer a silly amount to ensure you win. Tell the seller you are not in the UK and that you will pay cash on collection when you return. Inform the police and get them to come with you when you collect?
a friend a couple of years ago spotted his stolen frame and parts on ebay.. (actually I spotted them and gave him a bell)
he called the police, who were round the sellers house the same afternoon..
scumbag, im not far away from kew if you want some backup collecting!
yunki - Member
a friend a couple of years ago spotted his stolen frame and parts on ebay.. (actually I spotted them and gave him a bell)he called the police, who were round the sellers house the same afternoon..
i found my camera (nicked from delivery suite while we were in theatre having our ne baby) police refused to do anything, ended up having to buy it back
I've a suggestion for you. This would be my way of dealing with it personally but anyhow, food for thought seeing as how useless the plod are.
Come together a group of friends and/or MTB riders local to you, if I was local i'd opt to do this. Everyone buys 1 part or another that this guy has for sale, so between you and your friends you've bought all your parts back, technically. Offer the seller cash on collection, seeing as it's some tealeaf shit head he will snap you up. 1 friend arrange a time to collect 1 item and viola, mini van full of angry MTBers use sheer number and force to overwhelm and reclaim item. Simples...
On the other hand, try calling the police and don't risk getting 15 or so of you arrested and a criminal record...
police refused to do anything, ended up having to buy it back
postcode lottery I spose 😐
My mate's stolen bike appeared on ebay.
He "won" the bike and arranged to pick up. A police officer went in his place.
NB He got is bike back but bugger all happened to woman who had the bike at her house - just some deperate smack head holding the bike so the real culprits cant be touched.
oh and the bike got nicked again a few months later
Unfortunately it looks like your fork, shock, seatpost have sold a few days back...
think i found them is it chainset wheels bars and mech etc
Hmm found them - that really sucks - any help you need PM me
Andy can you email me a link please?
Again, if I can help out..... mail me, seriously.
Based in farnborough, hants, but willing to travel.
Bid on whatever ends first then go round with thirty people off here and just take back all the stuff!
Thieving scum bags
try...
Shimano deore xt and set the price from £4-£6
found it
Deffo your bits
How about buying, use PayPal. Open PayPal dispute to get money back ??????
Unfortunately it looks like your fork, shock, seatpost have sold a few days back...
Wait for feedback to appear on these bits, then contact the buyer. Explain the situation and that the police are involved etc...
Ok. I can't find any of it. Somebody point me in the right direction.
I would pay with a bunch of fives!
Ok Found them now! What a tool.
Each police should be allowed a fake account that allows them to win an auction and request the other parties details (which you can do), the only downside being it gives yours too, which wouldnt much matter if it was a fake address.
Definitely get the police involved if you aren't there or slip a shady mate £50 to visit for you!
As a thought why not place a high, but not over the top, bid on one of the items to ensure no one else wins the auction or agrees a buy-it now price outside of ebay?
Emailed the person. Found out that they live in Shepards Bush, SW12. They said they are happy for people to collect. Good luck!
It's a waste of time ringing the police, either do something about it yourself if possible or just forget it
Contacting the police will just waste your time and theirs, they are a complete waste of space
Ooooooh..... Someone doesn't like the Police!
It's not a waste of time. My mate is a policeman and only last week went round to someone's house as someone bought stuff on eBay that was stolen from them, got address, went to police station and police went round to sellers house. Bike was postcoded and original owner had serial number etc. they took it all back for him
Contacting the police will just waste your time and theirs, they are a complete waste of space
Cheers!
Contact the Police flamejob, they will take it seriously. Areas of the Met are getting smashed for cycle thefts so it's a big deal at the mo. If you were on my borough, i would have offered to deal with it myself
Kato, whats the best way of suggesting that if the police dont do something you will personally see that this person pays so to speak without being arrested? Just enough to get them to act but not take it full circle and go after the innocent victim as so often happens?
It's a waste of time ringing the police, either do something about it yourself if possible or just forget it
Contacting the police will just waste your time and theirs, they are a complete waste of space
My experience, of reporting seeing my stolen bike locked up outside York Uni, and having it delivered to my house in a police van later the same day, says different.
Police nabbed the guy that put my bike on ebay, brought it back to me and he went to prison for 6 months. Not all bad.
the guy obviously knows its stolen... hence braking down a perfectly good bike!
this sort of pondlife makes me sick!
ebay should hand over the details of the winners of the other bits to the police so they can go get your bits.
I got ripped off on pinkbike a couple of years ago, I had the blokes email address, ip addresses, last log in, even bank details.
Rang the police countless times, even made an appointment and saw them, sat in an interview room and they swore blind there was nothin they could do about it as because the lad lived in Shrewsbury the crime was commited in Shrewsbury and I live in Wigan...rang West Mercia police and they said it was down to Greater Manchester police.
This went to and fro for a while and I just gave up, they just weren't interested in the slightest
Just a waste of space
Had I been driving at 35mph in a 30mph zone they would be more than interested.....cheques in the post sir
Rang the police countless times, even made an appointment and saw them, sat in an interview room and they swore blind there was nothin they could do about it as because the lad lived in Shrewsbury the crime was commited in Shrewsbury and I live in Wigan...rang West Mercia police and they said it was down to Greater Manchester police.
Thankfully, times have changed and the police are much more adept at dealing with eBay crime etc. not perfect but way, way better. Not going into specifics on here but much of what has been suggested, certainly happens regularly at my place. It's my team what do it.
That's pretty crap. For the record it was down to GMP to report the crime and West Mercia to investigate it, but that matters not
flamejob i've emailed you
It was so annoying and i had so many blazing rows the the police it was making me ill, and it was wife that told me to just forget it
Bregante,
Probably worth making the point as well that eBay themselves have come on too, in terms of providing information in a time frame that empowers us to do something. Their processes going back 18 months to 2 years ago when I was acting on a Priority Crime Team was not the fastest turnaround TBH - far from it. Often victims would see it as police failings - when quite frankly it wasn't.
oooh nice spot, keep us updated.
small time crook. some dvds, a book, 100% feedback, then bam, flamejob's bike.
i would hope this is enough for the police to go with, he could have multiple accounts, could be part of something bigger.. probably not though.
been treating the girlfriend too i see, on the proceeds. and pimping his car (a peugeot). classic.
Smiff the sniff, I like your style.
Thanks for the support guys.
I am actually a bit distracted at the moment. So much so that I went and joined the tribe.
Tip: Don't drive through the desert the day after visiting the Yeti factory and the week after having your bike nicked, then visit a cool Moab bike shop. I must look like a right "all the gear no idea".
We are on the case and the cops seem pretty interested. They asked for a list and I gave them a pretty exhaustive one, including the fact the cranks are actually Touring ones, and loads of other inanely dull facts about every single part.
Parts found, bozo arrested.
So far the cops have most of the bits and can probably recover the fork and Seatpost.
Score. Well done Met cops.
Its 3AM here and I am sleep deprived from driving all yesterday (I also went for a sneaky ride near Vail on the way to Denver)