Buying my stolen goods on ebay????

logie28

if you found a pound on the floor would you hand it in to the police?

He/she may have found it, thought it looked a bit knackered and decided to try their luck on e-bay.

Morally it isn't right, try contacting them, they may be honest and tell you the truth.
Go along the lost route, even "if" it was stolen they may see the light and offer it back saying it was found!!
worth a try.

Money_Saving_Mandy_2

If you found a pound on the floor you would have no means of identifying who's it was, so no.

If you found something identifiable to a person you should try to hand into the police or re-locate it to the owner yourself, i.e. pick up a lost phone and call the "home" etc / return lost wallet to address on drivers licence.

Its called a crime of "theft through finding" if you finding something identifiable and decide not to hand in etc. Hence me saying it could of been lost (but only next to my carboot stall - so easy enough for someone to see it and ask is this yours) or stolen (as the finder was in fact committing the crime of theft through finding).

Ive contacted the seller as a buyer and been ignored so the likelihood of them responding if I reveal I think your selling my lost / stolen phone is not likely to go down well!

Money_Saving_Mandy_2

Oh and phone didnt look knackered, only had it 8 months, although it did have some scuff marks. It looked like a posh expensive phone - hence why someone's had it away!

logie28

If you are so sure it is yours and has been stolen, contact e-bay then ring the police, there is no need to buy it.

E-bay are very good at working with the police and supply all information required on request. If you have reasonable suspicion(and it sounds like you do) the police will investigate

If all goes to plan you will get your phone back, chances are the seller will say they "found it" police will not prosecute on committing a crime through finding, ill guarantee it, there will not be enough evidence.

logie28

Btw if you found a pound on the floor ,, you should ALWAYS hand it in, regardless if you had no means of identifying who it belonged to,

I used this as an example because 99% would not., and would be wrong not to.

I have found a phone in the past, first thing i did was ring "home"

esmerelda98

Post 11: He lives local enough to of gone to the car boot...
Still no reply - a real seller I'm sure would of.
Think he may of sussed me being onto him

I can't resist! This is my particular pet hate on these forums. I think many think this usage is perfectly correct. No! 'He may have sussed me being on to him', or 'He may 'ave sussed me being onto him' (certain accents - the 'h' isn't pronounced), but not 'He may of sussed me being on to him'.

betterbargains4u

esmerelda98 wrote: »

Post 11: He lives local enough to of gone to the car boot...
Still no reply - a real seller I'm sure would of.
Think he may of sussed me being onto him

I can't resist! This is my particular pet hate on these forums. I think many think this usage is perfectly correct. No! 'He may have sussed me being on to him', or 'He may 'ave sussed me being onto him' (certain accents - the 'h' isn't pronounced), but not 'He may of sussed me being on to him'.

Please respect other forum users and do not critisise their spelling or lack of grammar.
This is not only childish, but is of no use to the person writing the post, or indeed the post itself.
Newbies like yourself, in my opinion cause more trouble on these forums than anyone else.

sunnysea83

If you think that they are on to you and thats why they wont answer your messages, they willhave probably blocked you from bidding on the item!

purplebutterfly

betterbargains4u wrote: »

Please respect other forum users and do not critisise their spelling or lack of grammar.
This is not only childish, but is of no use to the person writing the post, or indeed the post itself.
Newbies like yourself, in my opinion cause more trouble on these forums than anyone else.

I disagree. I think anyone with a sound educational background has an absolute DUTY to help less fortunate people to learn.

If nobody ever says anything, then nobody will ever learn. Ignorance is certainly NOT bliss. Newbie or not, everyone has the right to insist on proper grammar.

Money_Saving_Mandy_2

Well my proper educational background of 9 GCSE's, 4 A-Levels, a degree, a post graduate diploma and a forthcoming MSc seems to have failed me so far, because I continue to make one grammatical error. But I do earn a lot more than the average wage, so its not holding me back too much in life! So most definitely not one of those less fortunate people, thanks.