Thanks to all who posted earlier in the week regarding my stolen Yeti.

It was stolen from my house a few months ago and finally turned up on eBay this week.

The police were really helpful and without going into the detail managed to recover my bike today. I know we hear a lot on here how the police don't seem to take bike theft seriously, it certainly hasn't been the case with my theft.

For all of you who have been unlucky enough to have your pride and joy pinched, it really is worth setting up a couple of eBay searches for the name of your bike within a certain radius.

Just wanted to share my good news! :O)

Excellent! 😀

Great stuff. Shouldn't e-bay have pulled the auction by now?

Looks like the toe-rag has history from his sales

I'm glad you got your bike back and the police where helpful but a quick look on his feedback shows he has made thousands in stolen bikes.

Are the police going to recover this money? Are they hell. He'll be selling stolen bikes in a couple of weeks under another name thats why i applaud ruff justice.

It's literally only just been recovered. eBay auction was left alone so as not to arise suspicion..

win the auction, leave a negative saying item being sold was stolen

Good stuff.

Quite obviously an uneducated little oik judging by his spelling. I know I'm not exactly the last word in spelling and grammar, but 'corbon' and 'hydrolic'.
Glad to hear you've got it back and I hope the little sh1t gets what he deserves.

Great news!

Top news!
Is it legal yet to pull the toenails off bike thieves?

Glad you got yours back, I wonder if he will be getting a roasting for the other stuff he's sold?(a fair few bikes).

How did you prove it's your bike?

How did you prove it's your bike?

He's a STWer. He'll have shedloads of photographs of it! 😀

Nice to hear you got it back, well done!

Excellent news.

Stolen in Leeds, then advertised for sale in Leeds. Thick ****. Some people eh?

Jesus – look at all the bikes and parts he's sold. I imagine an awful lot of people are without their bikes because of this little sh1t. Well done on tracking your bike and him down.

All without the need to resort to 'Bombers as well.
Which is what the little fecktard really deserves, but hey at least you got your bike back.

well done – glad the police helped.

Are the police likely to recover stolen goods he has shifted, seeing as they have records of who it was sold to? There's a Marin in his history sold for £750… Buyer must be gutted if he had no idea it was stolen and then it gets confiscated. Do paypal/ebay provide any help in these situations? Obviously I would want the original owner to get it back, especially if it wasn't insured.

Nice work in getting your bike back, and hope this little bugger gets what is coming to him.

When can you go into the details then? We want stories.

he's cunning funt and should be hung up by his scrotum and left to bleed to death. Even if he goes to jail we pay for his entertainment/punishment/rehab/drugs.
Makes my blood boil

Well done to the police for pursuing this

name and shame him….

Ben…… fantastic news!

Now fellow STWers, what are we going to do about the thieving little scrote?
(or what can we do)?

And what of the nice "ebayers" that have purchased stolen goods?

We have the collective ability to bring a hacking website to it's knees so i'm sure we are all capable of some form of input.

suggestions please……….

Some thieves really are thick. Nice bike. BTW how does it ride etc? Thinking of buying one

It must be a good day for it…
ANOTHER bike recovered today!!

As a result of this thread I did a quick ebay search for my mates Giant Reign which was stolen from his inside his friends house last month.. the first result was the frame..

I let the guy know.. he informed the old bill and they were round there recovering the frame this afternoon.. they're going back with a warrant to search the property.. hopefully more stuff will be recovered when this happens..

The ad was very cleverly worded.. spelt correctly and told some story about wanting to build the frame up (listing some bling)but having to abandon the project..

In all the seller was very knowledgable about bikes.. had concocted an intricate and detailed cover story and was believable and literate.

lets all put massive bids on everything he is selling and not pay up, make sure nothing gets sold to a geniune punter. dont use your normal account though!

yunki- which one I've been watching some reign frames on fleabay today!

sounding a bit naive here, but from the posts above it sounds like the guy won't get prosecuted? Is this correct? Does he just deny knowing it was stolen?

What gets my goat is the people who keep him in business- bidding on stuff that anyone with half a brain can see is stolen.

What gets my goat is the people who keep him in business- bidding on stuff that anyone with half a brain can see is stolen.

There are mountain bikers out there that care for a 'bargain' more than where something comes from. Not so long ago there were a couple who posted (definitely not trolling) that if they dont someone else will and it might as well go to a good home.

Good on them… ****.

It was in devon.. I suspect the seller and the ad have already been pulled by ebay….

Seems to be a good week for recovering bikes. A well known (in Sweden) suspension specialist had his Carver 69er stolen here a few days ago. While he was out at another LBS picking up work orders later the same day the thief came in looking for innertubes (the 69er curse). Bike was returned relatively peacefully, though I don't think the police were notified in the end.

Im pleased that through the efforts of people on here spotting the bike on ebay its led to an arrest, but be careful what you put on here as the same people selling stolen bikes on ebay are also users of this forum so be careful what you post.

What sort of punishment do bike thieves get? considering they are quite often nicking kit that is worth more than a cheap car should be at least some jail time?

Hold on, just how are we supposed to know its nicked stuff?
just cause the yeti thief was selling nowt but bikes and bits?
How many of us have a shed load of stuff from old builds?
I for a start have 3 frames in the shed 2 bmx's and 4 sets of fork, god knows how many bb's, cranks bars and stems..

Shoite. 2 of them frames came off ebay….. clap me in irons now?

"Sancho – Member
Im pleased that through the efforts of people on here spotting the bike on ebay its led to an arrest, but be careful what you put on here as the same people selling stolen bikes on ebay are also users of this forum so be careful what you post."

Care to elaborate with some names?

anyone know anyone who's lost a trek fuel x6 then? the guy who was selling the nicked yeti has that for sale as well…

link

EDIT: obviously assuming everything he sells is nicked of course!

"Sancho – Member
Im pleased that through the efforts of people on here spotting the bike on ebay its led to an arrest, but be careful what you put on here as the same people selling stolen bikes on ebay are also users of this forum so be careful what you post."

Care to elaborate with some names?

Innit? Name and shame

Hold on, just how are we supposed to know its nicked?
just cause the yeti thief was selling nowt but bikes and bits?

in the event that you're not trolling…
apply a bit of common sense. The guy's selling a high end frame, but doesn't specify anything other than the brand name?
Check out his other auctions, a mix of bike sizes and types, no attempt to 'sell' them..

He like his twist and goes too.

At the risk of getting accused of being a troll again, by the hard of thinking…

I personally know one guy who legitimately buys secondhand bikes, not stolen afaia, from trusted sources like LBS trade ins, breaks them and makes a living on selling bits.

So i ask you the same question again.

Excellent news.

Without wanting to start a bout of mob justice. I wonder if I were to forward this thread to people that have sold him stuff if they would be prepared to divulge the address it was sent to….(making assumptions that was posted to where he lives of course)

I know someone that got ripped off on ebay for concert tickets, within a couple of emails and a couple of hours they managed to get the money back off him whilst stood on his doorstep.

Doesnt take much thought to outsmart some of these scrotes

I personally know one guy who legitimately buys secondhand bikes, not stolen afaia, from trusted sources like LBS trade ins, breaks them and makes a living on selling bits.

OK, moron, here goes. If your mate makes a living at it then he buys kit he knows the value of, and to do that he needs to know what it is. When he's selling, he will describe the kit pretty accurately. He won't just put 'Yeti mountain bike'. In the same way a car dealer won't put 'Ford motor car'.