duncanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
| Unfortunately, that is one of the big problems with pawn shops here
| in Aus (in my state, NSW, anyway).
|
| Even if you find your stolen item in a pawn shop, the dealer is not
| obliged to give it back to you, and is immune from prosecution, as
| long as he bought it 'in good faith'.
I know that Cash Converters must hold on to stock for 2 weeks before
they put it onto the shelves in case it is stolen.
| (which is why you get such things as full 'blad outfits in road cases
| appearing in pawn shops in the seediest parts of town).
Which parts of town are those then :-)
- Robi
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