Maffer76 – that’s great news.
Alas, my view of the response from Avon and Somerset Police is not so positive. My bike was stolen in Nov 2011. Just over 2 months ago I spotted parts of it for sale on two auction sites. I did a bit of amateur Internet sleuthing and established the sellers actual location, name and address. I phoned AandS to report my find. I was telephoned the next day to be told that ” the member of staff who deals with Internet stuff isn’t in until next Tuesday” which was 5 days later. I expressed my dissatisfaction with this and it was suggested that I “phone the police force local to the seller to see what they can do”.
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Anyhow, what followed for the next few WEEKS was me telephoning both forces repeatedly to get the case details transferred from AandS to the local force. Obviously, any hope of recovering my property was long gone. It took another two weeks for the local police to turn up at the sellers house.
Basically, I wasted my time. I should have accepted a good friend’s offer to get my stuff back for me (he lives in the same county as the seller). However, I wanted to stay on the right side of the law.
More fool me.