Many of my friends love to spend hours surfing eBay and other similar sites looking for bargains. I concede that it could be rather addictive especially when we nabbed a good deal. Some of my friends, when they come across a deal too good to pass, will write in to the Seller asking if the item is genuine.
It's funny when I told them that if the item does not carry any serial number, it's better not to know. True enough, today I read on BBC News about Michael Kavanagh, the mastermind behind a gang of drug addict shoplifters who supplied Michael Kavanagh with stolen goods that he then sold on eBay.
Michael Kavanagh orchestrated their activities so well so much so that he could afford luxury cars and exotic holidays that it took the authorities, with the assistance of eBay, where Michael Kavanagh had a few Seller's account, to crack him down.
I still maintain that if an item is sold cheaper than it normally would because it's stolen and the Seller wanted to offload it quickly, I would still buy it PROVIDED it does not have any serial numbers that could be traced. What about you? Would you buy stolen items from the web, if you knew beforehand?
It's funny when I told them that if the item does not carry any serial number, it's better not to know. True enough, today I read on BBC News about Michael Kavanagh, the mastermind behind a gang of drug addict shoplifters who supplied Michael Kavanagh with stolen goods that he then sold on eBay.
Michael Kavanagh orchestrated their activities so well so much so that he could afford luxury cars and exotic holidays that it took the authorities, with the assistance of eBay, where Michael Kavanagh had a few Seller's account, to crack him down.
I still maintain that if an item is sold cheaper than it normally would because it's stolen and the Seller wanted to offload it quickly, I would still buy it PROVIDED it does not have any serial numbers that could be traced. What about you? Would you buy stolen items from the web, if you knew beforehand?
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