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Re:Where do stolen bikes go? by zarzavat on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:34AM (#34836798)
I can't believe the law works like that. Are you telling me that if I buy a yacht in Austria "in good faith" from someone who doesn't own it, I can just sail away on the yacht, original owner be damned?
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Re:Where do stolen bikes go? by nkingsy on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:18PM (#34837441)
Not a lot of yachts in Austria
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Re:Where do stolen bikes go? by _nalply on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:38PM (#34837708)
There's same law in Switzerland.

However as soon as you as the buyer feel something is off, you aren't protected anymore because only good faith buyers are protected. For example if you go to the black market or something seems to be extremely cheap you definitively aren't protected anymore.

It's a conflict of interests. This law is trying to do a tradeoff. Imagine you went to Walmart and bought a bike and everything seemed fine but it turned out that an employee stole the bike and sold it to you in the name of Walmart. In this case you can keep the bike.

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