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I bought a 3' landscape rake from a guy on CL today. New in box. For 1/2 of what they sell for in the big box stores. And as best I could tell there were more in the bed of his pickup still in original box. Got to thinking.... He probably could return them to place of purchase for more than what I paid him. Assuming they were purchased of course. Have no way of knowing for sure they were hot, but ya gotta wonder.

By the way, the post is still up on CL 3 hours after I bought it.

To answer the thread title.............. NO!

Karma is a bitch & even if I didn't steel it, if I buy something I suspect is hot I feel I'm inviting stealing. That might include, me, being the next victim.

In short, I hate a fuggin thief, & if I suspect them of it I ask that they GTF away from me.


But sometimes we don't know if the item is hot. But if it don't feel right ??????????

Don’t buy anything I suspect as being stolen. I hate a thief.
Uncle always told me if you knew someone was a thief ask them so they’d lie, So they’d go to hell twice as quick.

No, try to be very careful. If the price is too good, maybe stolen.

I have been offered the opportunity to buy things, mostly tools and construction equipment, that I strongly suspected were stolen. I always pass on anything suspicious, and have called the police a couple of times.

One thing I am a bit suspiscious of.

Guy had a used yamaha generator selling it for maybe $300 under what it was probably worth. I asked him why he was selling. How he used it etc. The usual to get a feel for whether he was telling the truth and if it was stolen.

I felt there was about a 30-40% chance it was stolen. He came across with his story fairly straightforward. My biggest red flag was the price but he was pinched for money, so I could reconcile that in my mind. I did buy it. I do occasionally wonder if it had been nicked though.

To my knowledge I have never brought anything that was stolen. If I suspect that it was I pass on it.

Nope. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Ron

See all kinds of never used power tools here on the sale sites. Buddy works at Home Depot and says pretty much all of it is stolen.

Something to consider, the guy could have got them at an auction. I went to a home center auction once with a buddy. After a really long day, the paint, all 300 gallons of it, came up on the block. My buddy said to me, “hey go in half with me on the paint, I think we’ll get it cheap”. I did, we got it all for $275 and sold enough for $5 a gallon, before we loaded up, to get our money back on it. We used some, sold some and did great overall.

My buddy goes to a lot of auctions and always does well. He researches everything, sets his top bids and sticks to them.

So, you never know for sure, it could have been an auction deal.

TAMPA — Detectives have arrested 34 people in the sale of stolen power tools and other items from retailers including Home Depot through websites such as OfferUp, Letgo and Facebook Marketplace.

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Was offered a brand new, in the box, never registered, didn't need to
transfer, Ruger MKII Government at a gun show at a table run by
an unlicensed dealer. Good price.

Passed.

(The transfer was the real kicker. It's legally required here. Even folks that
don't know it, often want their name off the gun.)


I Don't steal, wont be involved in it.

Yes. I bought musical equipment for some really low prices as a HS kid, and figured it was hot.

Not really anything since then.

My guess is it might have been 90% off Clearance item... I have bought lots of stuff like that... then again maybe it was stolen.

Good way to get a good price lol. Ask not want not lol


Joke by the way. No I don’t buy hot [bleep]

I bought a set of Crager rims with tires on them from a guy living in a storage unit. Pretty young and naive at the time, but looking back...🤔

Several Years ago I had a guy ask me if I wanted to buy a rifle. He pulled out a leather fitted hard case. Opened it and it had a rifle that looked like a Weatherby Royal Deluxe. It was beautiful. Chambered in 300 Norma Magnum. Wanted 500 said it was a little warm. I really wanted it but passed. The case was lined with red velvet and had slots that had 40 rounds of ammo in it.
No telling what it was worth.

I've bought stuff out of pawn shops and gun shops who buy/trade used stuff cheap enough that it might've been stolen. Most recent was in mid-Jan this year, a very clean 4-16x42 A/O Weaver, Japan produced, w/ 1/8th MOA dot in a set of cheapo AL 22 dovetail rings for $63 including Tx.

If I suspect it's stolen I pass. I hate thieves.

I've stolen a kiss, or two, never bought, nor sold any.