This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police

Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by ghshephard on Thursday June 02, 2011 @02:43AM (#2611003)

Reason #1 to always request a receipt when purchasing anything. It's entirely possible that the Cab Driver just thought he was getting a good deal off of craigslist, but, without a receipt, he's now in possession of stolen property.

Also a good reason for the purchaser to visit the seller's place of residence, instead of having them come to your home.

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by JoshTriplett on Thursday June 02, 2011 @07:15AM (#2611471)

"possession of stolen property" requires the recipient to knowingly accept stolen property; if the recipient didn't know, then they haven't committed any crime (though they will lose the property in question, and have to hope they can get their money back from the seller).

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by JabavuAdams on Thursday June 02, 2011 @10:41AM (#2612146)

Good luck proving that without a receipt.

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by jonknee on Thursday June 02, 2011 @06:43AM (#2611401)

... He'd still be in possession of stolen property even with a receipt.

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by hollerith on Thursday June 02, 2011 @02:51AM (#2611015)

a good reason for the purchaser to visit the seller's place of residence

--or if that's not practical, for the seller to show purchaser his DL.

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by w1ntermute on Thursday June 02, 2011 @03:51AM (#2611114)

DL?

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by brok3nmachine on Thursday June 02, 2011 @04:03AM (#2611134)

Driver's License

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Re:This Guy Has My MacBook, Caught by Police by hollerith on Thursday June 02, 2011 @05:51PM (#2614161)

Driver's license.

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