Jay Rideout
Suz,
I agree, it is the weak part of this proposal, and, unfortunately the person that is racing the stolen property is probably a third party.
The value of this type of property should make this a reasonable request to eBay. I'll pursue this... is there anybody out there that has some inside contacts with eBay?
thanx,
Jay
----- Original Message ----
From: Suz Weldon
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 9:11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Something to consider
Do you really think any sort of significant number of people stealing
the bikes are actually participating in ANY events? More likely the
bikes are going to meth addicts who turn around and sell them for a
few hundred bucks. Or going on eBay. Here's a better idea: propose
to eBay that they require bike sellers to list the serial number.
suz
Quoting Jay Rideout :
> It seems we can't go very long with hearing or reading about
> somebody's bike getting stolen. With the setup and preperation time
> and money ($1000 to $6000 with a few higher or lower) we each it
> is a devestating loss.
>
> I would like to propose that we include a make/model/serial number
> on our event registration. I'm thinking that between OBRA, WSBA,
> Cascade, and some of the other organizations it might create a
> deterent. If stolen numbers are listed with the various
> organizations and somebody registers with matching number it would
> help lead to property recovery.
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Jay
>
>
>
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