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Can I please have my stolen guitar back?
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You know who you are.
You recently advertised my stolen guitar here, and upon my contacting you, you agreed to return the guitar to me.
For my part I accepted that you bought the instrument in good faith without realising that it had been stolen - and I agreed to pay you a considerable sum of money, in order that you wouldn't be too badly out of pocket.
Since then however, it has been almost two weeks and still no sign of my instrument.
A kind and helpful fretboard member who was travelling past your town waited for two hours last week at the address you provided, but no sign of you. Admittedly he was late that day, for reasons beyond his control. However, you too made yourself uncontactable - a simple text message or phone call would have been most helpful / appreciated.
I have since informed you of a number of occasions when he’ll be crossing your town over the next few days - but no reply from you.
After some initial communication, my attempts to contact you have been met with silence. Since then you have not replied to my messages and not taken my calls. You have however, found time to be active on the forum here.
This has not been a pleasant experience - and I would be most grateful if you please make contact in order to return my instrument.
Jay
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A few questions.....
Is he a long standing member on here or a newby, and has he got the balls to be still posting on here ?
Has he given you a fake Name/address ?
The Forum moderaters might have his name and address but you will first have to prove 100% the situation that you are in e.g ownership , crime number ,exchange of messages on here ,etc etc.
If you have your proof of ownership and police crime number off when it was stolen go to the nearest police station to him and explain the situation and they might send someone down with you to recover it .
In a nutshell its how much is the guitar worth to you ? if its a squier etc is it worth the time / hassle/ day off work but if its a £500 or more then its worth fighting/ travelling for .
Hope you get this sorted Jay.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
Hope it works out for you Jay
Give him one last chance, failing which get in touch with the police and tell him you'll be suing him for delivery up of the guitar.
You have also deleted all screenshots pertaining to your 'innocent' Gumtree purchase that you sent me via FretBoard PM . Again, did you imagine that I would not have saved them?
Also do you really imagine that I would not by now have found out exactly who you are and your accurate address (not the one you gave me).
I promise you, I will be taking this to the police if I do not hear from you - formally on the fretboard's PM system and copied to @digitalscream - within the next 12 hours.
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The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
I bought a custom made amp head through CrackConverters (honestly thought it was cheap because it wasn't a mainstream brand and genuine people get hard up and need whatever cash they can get at the time). I decided to move it on after it wasnt to my taste and shortly after listing it across legitimate classifieds, I got the Old Bill calling me. He said he was investigating some kit stolen from a house in Leeds and the original owner saw my listing. He went on to say 'normal procedure for this would usually mean you'll be arrested for HSG and taken to your nearest station for questioning. However, I have done a background check on you and you seem legitimate (paraphrasing!) and you seem to be a victim too. If you have a receipt [which I did], then supply that to me. If t you have bought it through a shop, then you are the lawful owner, so it is your choice if you return the item'.
I did return it (because that was the decent thing to do and no one wants their personal belongs to be taken by a crack head), got a refund from CrackConverters, but no apology for the upset and hassle it caused. Haven't used them since. My statement went to the prosecution too.
So, as I understand from my experience (and I'm not a lawyer!) if the seller bought it from a shop (and can prove that), then he has a legal claim on the item. Your beef would be with the shop and the due diligence they went through when they bought it BUT if the buyer bought it privately, they are handling stolen goods and can be arrested, and will have to answer to the police - even if he /she got it in good faith through a classifieds. I presume you have reported it?
Cant understand the issue when Jay is prepared to buy it back
Sellers trading feedback really ought to reflect this
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...