Re: Warning: Bunk Cooper 106 Ebay Listing

I could write a book about all the stolen gear from break-ins and
internal theft that has happened to me, as my business was growing over
the years, before we instituted better controls. It happened more to me
because I was an absentee owner/mixer and I had to put my trust in
people. Sadly, a large percentage of those I trusted were rotten
apples. I had employees caught in stings and some even arrested. (In
fact, my last bookkeeper spent a year in jail).

However, at least I used to recover a lot of stolen equipment back from
pawn shops and other dealers who were approached to buy the hot stuff.
I have been involved in plenty of scenarios with cops. It sometimes
seemed like a tv script. One time, with the help of Hare Krishnas, who
were approached to buy an entire stolen channel for their media
department, we hid in the next room as the transaction was "going down",
and the cops nailed the bad guys cold. I've recovered thousands of
dollars from pawn shops, swap meets and other means.

But now, in the new internet age, E-Bay is the safe haven pawn shop for
criminals. The trail is easier to cover. If we don't check serial
numbers, we are aiding and abetting crimes against us.

What happened to the thief selling the 744T? I'll bet nothing at all.
Somehow selling on the internet is not prosecuted like a normal theft
situation used to be handled, often just because it's long distance
transactions.

Congrats on stopping this false sale, but it will go and on and on
anyway until the bad guys get controlled on the internet.

Until the police catch up o these crimes, please keep trying to ruin the
bad guys sales on E-Bay, because the next item they sell might be yours.

John Coffey C.A.S.
http://www.coffeysound.com

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