Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Stolen merchandise on eBay?

The Oregonian in Portland has been publishing a series of stories on how professional thieves, mostly drug addicts, from around the West are allegedly channeling massive amounts of shoplifted merchandise through the city's secondhand stores and onto eBay, where unsuspecting buyers get a deal on the loot. Here are links to three of the stories: Link Link Link According to authorities, these stores were selling tons of stolen goods on eBay, without hesitation or oversight. Indeed, some of the stores were awarded Power Seller certificates. Has anyone heard of this type of blackmarket operating on eBay? Has anyone suspected, after getting a great deal on new merchandise, that it was stolen? Has anyone filed a complaint with eBay about stolen merch being sold? What type of response did you get?



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