salmonchild-
Why would you get joy out of shopping people who naively buy stolen stuff?
Because whether or not that is the truth would be up to a court to decide and not me.
If all I know is "This person is selling stolen goods", then I sure as hell am happy to shut it down.
The police aren't that bad. They have warned the naive in the past and let it go at that point, just helping reunite owners with items.
But they've also spotted patterns, where someone played the "I just bought it down the market, guv" line but the police then seek a search warrant and fine a treasure trove of parts, or more typically find online evidence of lots of stolen phones or other stuff on Craigslist or eBay going back to the same identity.
It's not up to me to say whether the given line is true... that's the job of a court, and requires the police looking into it. But failure on my part to push things to that point definitely would have resulted in a couple of very busy thieves walking free.
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Velocio
Honestly, some the greatest joy I can derive from LFGSS is to assist in convicting anyone who touches stolen bike gear.
Brnaby002 does seem like a victim himself, so that sucks for him... and for me as I prefer getting those who actually do this routinely than the ones who just naively buy stolen stuff.