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Originally Posted by carnation
But I work in a jail 2 nights a week and we have quite a few men who were not only arrested for but convicted of receiving stolen goods when all they did was buy something from an ad in a paper, like a lawnmower, with no clue it was stolen. I used to not believe that they could get jail time for that (how could they know it was stolen?) but the corrections officers told me that it's pretty common and that the buyer is supposed to check into things like that. No idea how.
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Hmm. The laws are a bit different between where you and I live.
That said, I'm not sure that the same would apply to eBay, given that distinct possibility that the buyer and seller (and Smiley) live in different states.
Regardless of whether it the buyer could be charged with receipt of stolen property (and remember that Smiley says she can't say if it was stolen or lost), I still think that going straight to the threat of criminal charges is a very bad and counterproductive idea. Kind of the catching more flies with honey than vinegar thing.
Shoot, if the buyer bought it for $26, I'd offer him $50.
But I'm glad to see from honeychile that the seller still has it, at least for now.
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