Peddling Stolen Wares?
I want you to check out this auction on Ebay. I have to think this seller is either a thief, or the owner of a pawn shop or something. I feel sorry for the poor person who had that book of DVD’s sitting in their house somewhere in an easy to steal package, when some guy in need of cash grabbed it and ran off with it. Who the hell sells their stuff like that? Drug addicts who stole it from somebody’s house. That’s my guess.
Then if you look at the seller’s other items it becomes painful. A Sony Handheld Camera being sold without a case or a manual. Imagine that. Why wouldn’t the person have the case and the manual? Hmm. And this. An HP Pavilion Laptop being sold with absolutely nothing but the actual laptop and the power cord. I figure HP sells their laptops with backup discs of their software right? Where are those discs? Some college kid got screwed in this deal.
The list goes on and on. Various tools. An MP3 player without any of the accessories, probably ripped from a college campus. A lot of 46 Playstation 2 games probably stolen from someone’s apartment on Christmas break. Do I have any proof? Not a chance. Am I being completely judgemental and unfair? Absolutely. Take a look at this seller’s items and you be the judge. Of course they could have gotten these things from bankruptcies or something like that, but I can’t help but feel some of this stuff might have been ripped off. And the DVD’s in the booklet are just screaming at me.
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In potential defense of this guy, I don’t have the documentation or accompanying accessories to basically anything I’ve ever owned. If I sold my DVD player, computer, or camera, all would have to be without the documents and trinkets, because I chucked them out a window a long time ago.
Fair enough. The Case Logic book of DVD’s really sends up a warning flag though.
Yeah, that and the “big pile of PS2 games” auction are more than a little suspect.
Only if he had an auction of “frames containing family photographs of people I don’t know” could it be more suspicious.
Yeah, I have to side with Justin on that. I don’t keep manuals, boxes or anything of that nature. In fact, I think most people didn’t start keeping those sorts of items until e-bay came into existence as this greatly increases the value of the items up for sale. (Unless they are completely anal, not pointing any fingers Craig.
“I can make copies!” ) Also, I find that most of the auctions I visit, because of the nature of the items involved, electronics, etc. ARE in fact pawnshops. What better way to let the masses fight over your useless junk? Now, any credible pawn shop will ask for an ID from the seller, in case one of the serial numbers shows up on a police report. I’ve never put an item up for auction on ebay, so I’m not sure if they require serial number information, but they should, and I would hold THEM responsible for aiding in racketeering if that is the case.
I am anal, but I have also moved 3 times in the last two years. I don’t know where any of the manuals are for my stuff. That being said, I don’t normally sell anything but DVD’s and CD’s that I no longer want. Now that is something I am anal about. I have all the Jewel cases and DVD cases accounted for.
Speaking of anal… I have a CD that is by a band called Maritime which is made up of members of a couple other bands that I like a lot. So they only did two limited pressings of their album. 1000 discs each. I have a sealed copy (#852) and I don’t want to break open the plastic, but I haven’t heard the album yet. It is quite a quandary. I am trying to buy a second copy, so I can keep one sealed.
Go to work folks. I have just given you plenty of material to rip me a new one for at least an hour or so.
You are right though, that book of DVD’s does look mighty suspicious. Not to mention the user name hotdealstoday.com Nothing like actually putting the word HOT in your username to draw attention to yourself. Not the brightest of sorts.
Suggestion: You already have a CD Burner. Buy a shrink wrap machine.