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Amazing also how the street sellers had an angle grinder "just handy"?
Yeah, I thought that too. In terms of dodginess they were just one notch above the ones who sold my bike. But they did help when they didn't need too, so fair enough.
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I mean "DON'T BUY STOLEN" doesn't work for pirate DVDs, so why would it work for bikes?
Technically, pirate dvds aren't stolen, they are just copies, and there is a difference ;)
piracy = copy of a original, original remains intact
theft = removal of the original from the owner, transfer of goods;)
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Technically, pirate dvds aren't stolen, they are just copies, and there is a difference ;)
piracy = copy of a original, original remains intact
theft = removal of the original from the owner, transfer of goods;)
You are as wrong as being born a hermaphrodite. The people who would disagree with you most, are those that work in the music and film industries.
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I mean "DON'T BUY STOLEN" doesn't work for pirate DVDs, so why would it work for bikes?
buying a stolen bike deprives a single individual of their bike, worth several hundred pounds. buying a pirate dvd deprives a multibillion pound corporate industry of a few pence profit.
i don't think it's worth redredging the whole "downloading music is a crime" debate, but let's at least agree that you can argue there's a difference between the two.
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2 Bikes recovered feckin excellent!
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Good work guys.
We have people coming into BC all the time asking if we sell second hand bikes, to which I always replay that we don't buy stolen bikes.
When they give me a strange look I tell them that most second hand bikes are stolen, and explain why we don't support that kind of culture. I never send them down Brick Lane for a bike.
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Brilliant. Rubbish that you effectively had to do the police's work with bike number 2, but reassuring to hear of some helpful coppers on here for a change. I find it amazing people who've bought stolen bikes react like that, but I guess it's the last thing they want to hear so they're basically going to be in denial.
How long did it take them to grind through the lock? It was a NY 3000 right?
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this story is about 90% legit and generally backed. however, if i just bought a second hand bike (i know it seems obvious to everyone on here but i bet A LOT of people really don't think about this shit being stolen) and you accosted me claiming it was yours then started wrestling me off it, well fuck, yr lucky dude wasn't into fighting.
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Epic win!
Also I think the strategy of identifying a bike and waiting for someone to buy it before reclaiming it is very good. I don't imagine the guys who paid thieves for stolen bikes and then had them very publicly removed from them by their rightful owners will be doing that again. Hopefully they will tell other people about it (altho I'd be inclined to keep it quiet - repeating it back it would be very hard not to make you look like a bit of a cunt, and that ain't a great anecdote).
Better that than taking on a bunch of 16-20 yr old law breakers.
Anyhoo, nice one guys! :D (for Object)
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Success story from Brick Lane Market - A play in three acts
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Amazing also how the street sellers had an angle grinder "just handy"? Well, better to get rid of the problem and back to selling more stolen bikes eh? You've got to give them that, they're ballsey.